Sam Kumar

Executive Director | Head of Data Capabilities | Risk & Regulatory | Reporting & Data Analytics | Data Operations & Governance | Global Delivery

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

About

Self-confessed data nerd. Leads globally diverse data teams with accountability for data operations, data governance and risk reporting programs. Current Role: Executive Director, Head of Data Capabilities for Corporate Risk Reporting and Data Analytics at Wells Fargo, where I have direct accountability for data sourcing, data operations, data quality and data governance.

Experience

  • Executive Director, Head of Data Capabilities, Corporate Risk Reporting and Data Analytics at Wells Fargo
    Nov 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

  • Bank of America (16 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Vice President - Data Governance Executive
      Sep 2013 - Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Develop and execute strategies for data governance and risk reporting to improve data quality, mitigate risk and comply with regulatory and enterprise policies. • Led development and execution of program to comply with Basel Principles (BCBS239) for Risk Data Aggregation and Reporting; Program passed exams by audit and regulators. • Executed regulatory and enterprise policies to manage data quality and controls across 7 business portfolios and 85 technology applications. • Developed and executed programs to measure, improve and report data quality; built processes to prioritize and remediate data issues and data sourcing from authorized sources. • Co-led $27MM program to integrate data and reporting for Compliance and Operational Risk organizations. • Represented Compliance organization in multiple regulatory and audit exams. • Partnered with multiple stakeholders including lines of business, technology, architecture and enterprise teams to deliver data initiatives.

    • Senior Program Manager
      Nov 2010 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Govern vendor programs with annual spend of $250MM covering over 2000 resources at domestic and international locations. • Led team focused on governing contract execution, monitoring program risk and reporting key performance metrics. • Led negotiations with multiple suppliers for outsourcing contracts worth $323MM over 3 years. Delivered cost savings of $40MM in addition to risk controls, flexibility to change locations / suppliers and enhanced service level agreements. • Developed strategy to optimize the global resource mix across 5000+ technology outsourced resources, 1000+ contract labor resources and global employee populations across Costa Rica, Mexico and India.

    • Senior Change Manager
      Jul 2008 - Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Relationship manager for Marketing Technologies accountable for execution of $10MM+ portfolio. • Implemented RSS enabled updates for key marketing websites.

  • Senior Consultant at Razorfish
    May 2000 - Feb 2001 · 10 mos

    Provided leadership in analyzing data, developing recommendations, and managing client relationships and projects totaling over $5MM in consulting services.

  • Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
    Jul 1998 - Apr 2000 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Managed projects totaling over $8 million dollars in consulting services