Deva Rama

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About Deva Rama

I am a passionate, proactive, and motivated executive with 15+ years of progressive leadership experience directing diverse operations spanning regulatory compliance, operational risk, governance, process / project management, financial management, business continuity, information security, and technology management within the Federal Reserve and global billion-dollar organizations. As a self-motivated and resourceful problem solver, I possess an innate ability to increase productivity, implement automated systems, and reduce operations costs. I also thrive as a people-oriented and collaborative communicator with success building high-performance teams, strategic partnerships, and customer relationships driving organizational growth, profitability, and sustainability. Career Highlights:* Recruited by Prudential Financial, Inc. to prepare Capital Markets Hedging group for Federal Reserve supervision. Implemented proper governance structure and oversaw team of consultants to develop 70 policy, procedure, overview, governance, user SOP, and process map documents. Conducted training sessions and mock interviews simulating interviews by Federal Reserve Examiner. Completed successful examination.* Selected offshore capital markets IT consulting firm with expertise in third party application used by Prudential Financial to complete major regulatory project within time constraints and post 15% layoff of IT staff. Completed project successfully with 15% cost-cutting goal met. Specialties: Leadership & Team Building • Operations Streamlining • Customer Service & Satisfaction • Operational Risk Management • Information Security • Finance, Accounting, & HR Management • Governance & Policy Adherence • Continuous Process Improvement • Business Continuity • Regulatory Compliance • Full Lifecycle Project Management • Performance Measurement • Budgeting & Expense Control • Risk Assessment & Mitigation