Kirsten Zieres
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Cybersecurity and Data Assurance
Western Governors University
2021 : 2024
U.S. Bank
Senior Information Security Risk & Compliance Analyst/ Consultant
Security and Risk compliance oversight with primary focus on Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), Disaster Recovery, SSL/TLS Certificate Management, Application Vulnerability Monitoring & Resolution, and Application Resiliency Metrics Reporting within the Retail Payment Systems Integrated Card Support organization.
2018 : 2021
U.S. Bank
Information Security Governance Risk Compliance and Reporting Lead
Managed PCI assessment efforts resulting in first successful PCI DSS Attestation of Compliance for GSA Lockbox, following successful completion of FISMA audit for GSA Lockbox; created procedure library specific to NIST requirements.
Reduce Disaster Recovery time from 12 hours to 2 by improving organization and delivery of applicable SCP plans and realigning to Enterprise Technical Recovery policies.
2015 : 2018
U.S. Bank
Audit and Compliance Manager
Partner with the Agile Product Owners, Functional Leads and Program Manager developing and implementing advanced analytics in Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations enabling maximum cost savings and efficiencies in forecasting, budget/actual, purchasing, projects, resource planning and scheduling.
2014 : 2015
Portland General Electric
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Manage field trials for Bonneville's Transmission System Maintenance Management prototype leading workshops with Operations functional product owners to design an eGIS/map-based interface to manage the maintenance of 91,000 assets spread over 15,000 miles.
Define and manage migration of legacy Hyperion based transactional reports to Oracle data warehouse with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) interface for mobile field, operations and management users.
2012 : 2014
Bonneville Power Administration
Senior Information Technology Business System Analyst
Skills
Application Security, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence, Business Process Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Compliance Management, Compliance Oversight, Compliance PCI, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Databases, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Software, External Audit, Finance, Information Technology, IT Management, IT Risk Management, KPI Dashboards, Management, NIST, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Process Engineering, Process Improvement, Program Management, Project Management, Release Management, Reporting & Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Traceability, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), SQL, Strategic Planning, System Administration, Systems Engineering, System Testing, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, U.S. Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Vendor Management, Vendor Relationship Management, Visio, Vulnerability Assessment, Web Content Management
About
Technology leader with a background in application development, software quality assurance and agile development methods. Specialties include managing teams to deliver enterprise-wide projects, providing vision, and leading the development of business/technical objectives that align to strategic direction for organizations. Strong technical, process and people skills; can lead large, diverse teams through challenging technical changes while delivering measurable results. Strong communication and interpersonal skills across all levels within organizations. Successful at collaborating with senior leadership and client groups to achieve successful outcomes on aggressive time lines