Christopher F. Gomba

Experience

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  JPMorgan Chase

  Feb 1996 - Apr 1998

  Financial Analyst Derivative Securities Trading

  Back Office Accounting & Financial P&L Analysis for Derivative Securities Trading (Basis Swaps, Interest Rate Swaps [IRS], Cross Currency Swaps [CRS], Forward Rate Agreements [FRA], Non-Deliverable Forwards [NDF], Portfolio Hedging & Portfolio Netting Analysis)

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  Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ)

  Apr 1998 - Jun 2001

  Senior Financial Analyst Capital Markets Trading/Private Funds Group

  Foreign Exchange Sales & Trading Middle Office• Managed the implementation and deployment of an automated COTS trading and risk management enterprise software solution, Wall Street Systems (WSS), designed to support all front office, middle office and back office business workflows.• Developed and managed the data synchronization and maintenance process requirements for intraday live feed data sets and for official data sets captured at the market close.• Developed and managed the middle office risk management processes and procedures for the monitoring of Foreign Exchange (FX) products such as FX Spot, FX Forwards and FX Futures.• Collaborated closely with sales/trading personnel and technology consultants to translate sales/trading business requirements into technology requirements.• Successfully communicated complex quantitative concepts and processes into non-technical layman formats for senior level executive management and other non-technical audiences.Financial Competence• Developed and managed all of the middle office business analysis and senior management reporting responsibilities including profit/loss (PnL) reporting, position, trade and counterparty credit risk reporting and trading carry cost analysis. • Ensured that trades are booked correctly and the PnL valuations, transaction costs, credit risk metrics and other accounting data are accurately captured in various downstream sub-ledger/chart-of-accounts accounting systems.Investment Banking Private Fund Group• Performed strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting analysis and reports for quarterly presentation and review by senior level executives.• Created various data analysis for inclusion in marketing materials and to assist with due diligence processes and activities.• Supported fundraising efforts and various fund related activities that that advanced strategic fundraising goals.• Performed various ad-hoc projects and financial analysis as assigned. Show less

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  WestLB

  Jun 2001 - Dec 2002

  Associate Director Multinational Corporate Client Group/Regional Management Committee Asia Pacific

  Customer Relationship Management – Multinational Clients• Managed and developed business relationships within the Bank’s customer portfolio of Multinational Corporations (MNC’s) operating in the Asia/Pacific region (ex-Japan).• Created and executed a business development strategy targeting prospective MNC clients for inclusion into the customer portfolio which resulted in new business revenue growth for the bank.• Led and managed a culturally diverse team of nine direct reports located in regional branch offices across the Asia-Pacific region.• Developed enterprise data security polices and system security test plans which were implemented company wide.Business Manager – The Regional Management Committee (Executive C-Level)• Reported directly to the CEO of Asia-Pacific and Chairman Regional Management Committee (RMC) with a dotted line to the WestLB AG Managing Board Member responsible for the Asia-Pacific region.• Managed activities and logistics of a corporate executive level committee responsible for all of the Bank’s business strategy and operational performance within in the Asia-Pacific region.• Led and managed a culturally diverse team of nine direct reports located in regional branch offices across the Asia-Pacific region.• Developed enterprise data security polices and system security test plans which were implemented company wide. Show less

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  GHI International Corporation

  Dec 2003 - Aug 2005

  CEO/Founder

  Hong Kong SAR, China• Founded a start-up import/export consulting business based in Hong Kong targeting Multi-National Corporations (MNC’s) seeking product manufacturing partners in mainland China.Severna Park, Maryland USA• Relocated operations to the United States and changed the business strategy to focus on the acquisition of petroleum retail properties.• Registered the company with the Internal Revenue Service, the State of Maryland and DUNS.• Dissolved the company in 2005. Show less

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  Protiviti

  Aug 2005 - Oct 2007

  Senior Consultant Capital Markets Finance & Technology

  Financial Analysis Fannie Mae, Capital Markets• Contributed to the Restatement accounting effort for fair value pricing of mortgage and debt securities in accordance with industry mark-to-market standards and regulatory requirements including FAS 115, FAS 133 and FIN 46.• Collaborated closely with several internal business units to identify specific asset and debt mark-to-market (MTM) pricing methodology requirements in order to facilitate a more accurate forensic financial analysis of prior years’ fair value reporting submissions.• Executed the fair value balance sheet valuation via mark-to-market price analysis for all FNM issued debt securities including Bullet Bonds, Medium-Term Notes (MTN’s), Long-Term Bonds, Indentured Bonds, Zero-Coupon Bonds, Callable Bonds and Subordinated Bonds.• Executed the fair value mark-to-market analysis for certain structured mortgage securities including Real Estate Investment Conduits (REMICs), Defeased and Nondefeased Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS), Multifamily MBS, Manufactured Housing MBS, Synthetic MBS, and IO/PO Strips.• Conducted several ad hoc financial and market analysis as requested including PSA prepayment modeling analysis, Option Adjusted Spread (OAS) verses market price analysis, “On-the-Run” and “Off-the-Run” Treasury yields verses Libor yields term-structure analysis, Value-at-Risk (VaR) analysis and duration and convexity fair value price sensitivity analysis.• Performed financial analysis and drafted disclosures for inclusion in select MD&A Footnote Disclosures and the Variable Interest Entities Valuations & Disclosures satisfying SEC Quarterly & Annual Report requirements.Customer Relationship Management• Liaised with several financial industry data vendors and credit rating agencies to procure historical bid-mid-offer market prices for MBS and debt securities including Standard and Poor’s (S&P), Moody’s and Fitch. Show less

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  Fannie Mae

  Feb 2008 - Jan 2011

  Senior Project Manager Capital Markets Finance & Technology

  • Provided project management consultation on all phases of the SDLC lifecycle process to support enterprise wide IT priorities and initiatives.• Performed business process reviews of financial systems, identified areas for better efficiencies, and reengineered business rules to enhance operational processes.• Consulted with project stakeholders to solicit business requirements, define project scope, and develop a consensus on key project deliverables and baseline milestones.• Implemented a project audit review and testing framework to ensure adherence to enterprise wide technology production quality standards and IT security policies.• Supervised and managed a small group of contractors supporting IT development program/project initiatives.• Supervised and managed the annual budget and quarterly forecast exercises for all units.• Supervised and managed monthly business expenses against original budget plans and forecasts.• Developed and managed the group’s business continuity plan and disaster recovery policies and procedures.• Served as a contributing senior member on the organization’s business resiliency policy review committee. Show less

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  US Department of Homeland Security

  Jul 2013 - May 2016

  Systems Engineering Branch Data Center Migration & Cloud Computing Services• Supervised the Enterprise Data Center team that comprised of both FTE and contract personnel serving as systems architects, solution engineers, software developers and information management solution providers.• Managed all phases of acquiring and hosting cloud “as-a-service” products and services; business & technical requirements documentation, technical engineering design solutions & DevOps process, project management oversight, quality assurance, data warehousing, delivery closeout process and ongoing O&M oversight.• Managed all quality assurance and IT security assessments to ensure that all technical infrastructure and cloud services were in compliance with Federal policies such as the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).• Interpreted Federal, Legislative/Executive Branch, and DHS HQ policies and guidance documentation, as requested, to evaluate potential impacts to the agency’s current operations. • Participated in the evaluation and scoring of Request for Proposals (RFIs) responses and decision making processes to select the vendor recipient to award the contract for procuring goods and services.Customer Relationship Management• Served as the primary Client/Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) to interagency customers, and external services providers/vendors.• Liaised and provided technical subject matter expertise (SME) with Congressional House Appropriations Committee (HAC) investigators, staffers and auditors on IT virtualization and modernization program cost issues and provided comprehensive financial analysis.• Negotiated with external vendors on the acquisition/procurement terms and conditions for IT products and services. Show less • Served as the Senior Agency Liaison and Data Center Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the House of Representatives Appropriations Congressional Committee’s 3-month investigation into the agency’s FY09-FY13 IT modernization expenditures focused on compliance with the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), and other Federal information technology virtualization, modernization and cloud computing policies, directives and legislation as they applied.• Independently performed a comprehensive audit review of the Agency’s IT Virtualization and Modernization appropriated expenditures roadmap and the consanguinity of lower IT legacy costs; developed a human capital centric process model and overhead operating cost analysis of the multi-agency IAA requisition approval process for data center services supplemented with recommendations for an automated solution to improve time efficiency and greatly lower procurement costs.• Worked with Senior Leadership and other staff to coordinate agency responses to investigation policy inquiries potential interpretative issues related, but not limited, to accounting, fiscal/finance, procurement/acquisition, resource, and administrative internal controls pursuant to OMB Circular A-123, “Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control” and other Federal policies, directives and legislation.• A favorable determination was made by the committee and investigative team upon completion of the 3-month review; received a formal letter of commendation from the Agency CIO Senior Executive for the quality of work effort and the level of professionalism rendered. Show less

  • ICE OCIO IT Program Manager

    Nov 2011 - May 2016

  • Senior Subject Matter Expert - IT Virtualization & Modernization Cloud Computing

    Jul 2013 - Dec 2013
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  U.S. Department of the Treasury - Office of Financial Research (OFR)

  May 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Managed the highly complex regulatory repo trade data collection workflow process requirements and IT infrastructure architecture design planning efforts for the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) pursuant to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Proposed Rule 12 CFR Part 1510 “Ongoing Data Collection of Centrally Cleared Transactions in the U.S. Repurchase Agreement Market” [Federal Register Vol.83 No.132 Tuesday, July 10, 2018].• Reviewed proposed changes to existing Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act legislation to develop a gap analysis of potential impacts to the agency’s project priorities and resource planning and advised upper management of strategic recommendations to mitigate any potential impacts to the agency’s mission.• Participated in LIBOR-to SOFR financial market data collection and transition strategy meetings with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) leveraging existing business processes supporting the FR 2004 “Primary Dealer Statistics Processing” and FR 2420 “Report of Selected Money Market Rates” technical infrastructure and data quality assurance process requirements.• Developed data collection work flow models, logical models, and object models compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), identified process control points, developed data work flow control mechanisms to ensure data integrity• Managed the Agency’s participation in a financial regulatory data standards symposium held in 2017 Frankfort, Germany, co-hosted by the Bank of England (BOE) and the European Central Bank (ECB); topics covered included the LIBOR-to-SOFR reference rate transition impacts and planning, the ECB’s Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary strategic approach to long-term harmonization of regulatory reporting data. Show less • Created BHC/FHC capital markets business workflow models detailing each of the “front-to-back” office roles & responsibilities for straight through processing (STP), the securities trade execution lifecycle, identified the operational areas most likely impacted by a LIBOR-to-SOFR transition process which included the different types of trading businesses also expected to be impacted by the reference rate transition. • Independently collaborated with senior level business stakeholders to develop a unique set of LIBOR-to-SOFR business requirements and translated into a complete work flow operations model and implementation strategy that included an enterprise ITIL services delivery framework. • Contributed professional expertise on U.S. (FASB/GAAP) and European (IFRS/IASB) regulatory data structures (syntax & semantics) taxonomy convergence; financial electronic communication networks (ECN’s) and standards including: FIX, Swift (Back Office – ISO 9362; 20022; 15022), OTC derivatives trading (ISDA, FpML, MDDL).• Contributed capital markets data profiling, data lineage and data modeling expertise; applied DAMA best practices; provided roles & responsibilities guidance in developing the enterprise data stewardship and enterprise data management frameworks.• Developed an enterprise data virtualization roadmap which included regulatory data aggregation ETL models, “thru-process” data quality controls and data quality monitoring metrics; provided expertise towards the development of policies and procedures draft documentation.• Contributed professional expertise in developing the communication strategy to engage and to receive industry feedback during the comment period subsequent to the proposed rule announcement [Federal Register Vol.83 No.132 Tuesday, July 10, 2018].• Performed additional LIBOR-to-SOFR transition ad-hoc project and SME work supporting other Agency business units as requested under tight timelines and simultaneously tailored to a diverse audience. Show less

  • Project Manager - Secure Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Regulatory Data Collections

    May 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Subject Matter Expert Financial Institutions/Capital Markets Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)

    May 2016 - Oct 2018
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  U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

  Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Responsible for successfully managing all IT programs established by the CIO and the Executive Committee to achieve technical and business objectives of the corporation.• Ensure all projects within OCIO’s IT portfolio meet established timelines, targets, milestones and expectations, and adheres to established operating parameters.• Analyze and manage the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act legislation to identify relevant information technology (IT) requirements required to formulate complex interagency action plans, across all phases of the project lifecycle for the consolidation of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and USAID’s Development Credit Authority (DCA) to create a new Federal agency, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).• Responsible for establishing an IT Governance Board framework to facilitate senior executive management and strategy decision making that is consistent with the OMB Circular A-130, “Managing Information as a Strategic Resource”.• Responsible for establishing, implementing, and successfully managing a capital planning and investment control (CPIC) framework encompassing all of OCIO’s IT investment portfolio which includes processes and procedures across all stages of the fiscal IT investment program.• Develop enterprise wide System of Record Notification (SORN) process and procedures to support agency’s System of Records Notification submission to the Federal Register and compliance with the Privacy Act and OMB Circular A-108, “Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication Under the Privacy Act”.• Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to support the financial portfolio risk modeling and risk scorecard(s) implementation; focused on complex work flow processes and application model calibration for the 2020 financial markets LIBOR-to-SOFR reference rate transition. Show less

  • Information Technology Program Manager

    Dec 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Director IT Program Management

    Feb 2019 - Dec 2019
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  Office of Management and Budget

  Mar 2020 - now

  Policy Analyst