Gabriella B.

Kretsch
6633 W Airport Rd #1403
Houston, Texas 77035
Telephone: 845 345 1322 Email: gk6e622c@westpost.net
Summary: Forward-thinking, and results oriented, IT Audit Executive, with solid
experience in the banking industry.
Able to holistically conceive and implement strategic and technical methods of a
ccomplishing business objectives. Strength includes team leadership, strategic b
usiness and operations visioning, and planning. Strong consensus and team-buildi
ng capabilities with an exceptional ability to quickly establish rapport at all
organizational levels. Acknowledged leadership qualities punctuated by creative
thinking capabilities and "can-do" attitude. Interface with senior executives, c
apture and assess technical and business process continuity requirements. Identi
fy areas for improvement, design and communicate strategies for process improvem
ent and successfully execute global initiatives. Coordinate Business Continuity,
Disaster Recovery efforts and providing leadership to define objectives. Determ
ine techniques and methodologies to meet project objectives while coordinating w
ith business units to resolve control issues. Establish and maintain effective w
orking relationship with functional teams.
Education: MS, Operations Research & Management Science, Polytechnic University
of New York
BS, Pace University, New York
Experience:
July 2000 Independent Consultant, Houston, Texas
To Present IT Audit Project Manager - National Hungarian Bank, Budapest, Hungary
- Lead a team of 7 auditors
Directed comprehensive engagements in which overall strategies, operations, and
products and services where comprehensively defined, analyzed, structured, or re
engineered. Work focused on all or key components of lines of business, includin
g Risk Management and Disaster Recovery. All work resulted in enhancement of ope
rating efficiencies, profitability, and competitive advantage.
Led projects using AutoAudit software, it is a comprehensive, fully integrated,
risk assessment analysis/audit automation system that allows audit departments t
o complete all of their work in a single database. With modules for risk assessm
ent, planning, scheduling, work papers, reporting, issue tracking, time and expe
nses, quality assurance and personnel records. AutoAudit is the most complete wa
y to update an audit department and is a must for chief risk officers or others
involved in operational risk management training. At the Hungarian National Bank
I often used CARD map software that was designed to help organizations meet ris
k and control governance responsibilities including risk assessment analysis for
Sarbanes-Oxley and emerging Basel operational risk requirements resulting from
the Basel Accord.
Performed Logical Access Controls Audits that provided protection for the financ
ial applications and underlying data files from unauthorized access, amendment o
r deletion. Logical access controls can exist at both an installation and applic
ation level. Controls within the general IT environment restrict access to the o
perating system, system resources and applications, while the application level
controls restrict user activities within individual applications. Technology inc
luded Microsoft Windows, DB2, UNIX, Interactive Unix, Next Step, Linux, Unisys,
OS360, OS/VS/AS400, Novell. SintranIII, Sybase, Mobile Banking, Windows NT
July 1999 PricewaterhouseCoopers, Charlotte, North Carolina
To July 2000 Operations System Risk Manager
Liaison with Technology Risk Group of the Bank of America in Targeted Reviews: C
all Center Integrity Project, advisory on web application development team of Pr
emier Banking and Integrated Payments pre-implementation of Inter-active Banking

April 1995 EDS Professional Partnership at First Union Corp, Charlotte, North Ca
rolina
To July 1999 Private Client Group -Y2K Project Manager (4/97 to 7/99)
Set up and coordinated the Y2K readiness over a hundred departments of the Priva
te Client Group nationwide including Business Continuity Planning, Critical Proc
ess Documentation and Re-engineering.
Business System Analyst IV at First Union (4/95 to 4/97)
Performed application audits of the Capital Market Technology Group, vendor rev
iews, operational, financial and compliance auditing.
September 1989 The Bank of New York, New York, NY
To April 1995 Senior Business System Auditor
Directed compliance audits, application reviews assuring the integrity of the De
rivative Products, Government Security Clearance System. Responsible for conduct
ing a Data Center (housing the above applications) Operation and Procedure Revie
w in London, England.
International Exposure:
Extensive cross cultural social and professional awareness of Europe and Latin A
merica. Language skills include:
* English: totally fluent
* Hungarian: native
* Spanish: Speak and understand with limited fluency
* Russian: Speak and understand with limited fluency
Professional Memberships:
Society of Women Engineers, International Toastmistress Club
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