Jon Mabry

Experience

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  MCI Corporation/Verizon

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2006

  Reported directly to the Sr. Vice President of Internal Audit and responsible for the company’s IT Audit function and the company’s Asia Pacific Internal Audit function. Managed a team 10 information technology audit professionals responsible for assessing the adequacy of information systems to meet processing needs, to evaluate the adequacy of internal controls, and to ensure that assets controlled by those systems are adequately safeguarded. Planned, organized, and directed the company’s IT audit activities and Asia Pacific audit activities such as on-going risk assessment, audit plan development, audit plan execution and communication of IT and Asia Pacific audit results to Executive Management. Show less

  • Senior Director, Internal Audit

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2006

  • Senior Director, Business Development

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  • Director, Marketing

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  • Senior Manager, Wholesale Sales

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1997
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  Mississippi Development Authority

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2014

  Chief Operations Officer, Disaster Recovery Division

  Appointed by Governor Barbour to lead the newly formed Disaster Recovery Division tasked with managing more than $5 billion in federally awarded disaster funds appropriated by Congress for Mississippi’s Hurricane Katrina Recovery. Worked closely with Governor Barbour, the Governor’s Chief of Staff and other advisors to develop recovery strategies, policies and plans for implementation. Established strong, enduring working relationships with a diverse group of other state department heads as well as the state legislature, local and state elected officials throughout Mississippi to recover housing stock, rebuild public infrastructure/facilities and implement initiatives to retain/ attract new jobs. Implemented a multi-faceted private-sector model comprised of financial, monitoring/audit, communications, compliance and product departments to develop, design, and implement recovery programs and ensure compliance with federal requirements. Recruited a team of department heads (CFO, Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Communications), product managers with more than 30 employees, and hundreds of contractors to manage 17 diverse recovery initiatives ranging from direct assistance to homeowners, construction of affordable housing, economic development initiatives, and construction of public infrastructure and facilities. Worked with federal regulators to ensure program adherence to all applicable federal regulations and to help evolve/improve future disaster recovery policies and procedures based around the unprecedented Katrina experience. Implemented performance requirements and higher accountability standards for contractors and staff resulting in more than $30 million in cost savings and state administrative costs below 3 percent. Show less

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  IEM

  Mar 2014 - now

  Vice President, CDBG Disaster Recovery

  Lead program management for CDBG disaster recovery programs and HUD disaster recovery programs. Currently serving as Program Manager and overseeing all project management for post-Sandy CDBG-DR program focused on housing recovery.