Mary brings over 12 years of expertise in business, technology, and emerging risk. With 7 years in New York City, she collaborated with Fortune 100 companies, designing strategic IT and Business solutions with a risk-focused approach. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Mary oversaw Corporate IT and Digital risk processes at Google, ensuring compliance with legal and business requirements while driving automation. Her background includes 9 years with Deloitte and KPMG in New York, where she published works on IT Risk Management and utilized analytics to support risk functions.
Mary's leadership at Google involved managing cross-functional teams for regulatory and contractual risk, including supply chain and infrastructure. Mary's experience spans the realms of Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and operational resilience, ensuring organizations can withstand disruptions and navigate the evolving digital landscape. She has partnered with C-suite stakeholders to develop enterprise-wide risk frameworks, streamline operations, and enhance security, privacy, and vendor risk management.
Mary's expertise also extends to system implementation, where she excels in developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to facilitate IPO readiness, bolster security and privacy, streamline Third Party/Vendor Risk Management processes, and establish internal controls programs supported by automation. Her comprehensive understanding of DSA, DMA, DORA, ICFR readiness, SOC 1, SOC 2, NIST Guidance, SOX compliance, and IPO readiness further adds value to her contributions.
