Sara Gaylord - Senior IT Risk Analyst, ABM Industries

Years of experience: 28

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Brynn Simons
Associate @KPMG
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During my time working with Sara, her ability to train and uplift me was invaluable. As I was still new to IT and Data Governance, she not only provided clear and thorough guidance but also fostered a...
Ashley (Jennifer) Revell
Technology Risk and Compliance Manager @Invitation Homes/Waypoint Homes
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I reported to and worked alongside Sara. She leads with empathy and transparency, and is an extremely effective communicator and leader. She is a SME at understanding and applying regulations and in...

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Sara's Career Path

Mar. 2023 -
Present

OktaStaff Security Risk Analyst

Piedmont, Oklahoma, United States• Leverage knowledge of enterprise governance to improve compliance in Okta’s multi-provider cloud environment. • Engage across business units, including Executive Management, Legal, IT, Human Resources, DevOps, Information Security, and Internal Audit to conduct the annual IT risk assessment. • Partner with business and technical teams to identify remediation plans for risks and issues ident...

Aug. 2021 -
Mar. 2023

GongGovernance Risk Compliance Staff Specialist

• Leveraged knowledge of enterprise governance to improve compliance in Gong’s multi-provider cloud environment. • Engaged across business units, including Executive Management, Legal, IT, Human Resources, DevOps, Information Security, and Internal Audit to normalize IT controls across Gong’s compliance landscape. • Performed gap analyses for new international and domestic regulatory requirem...

Feb. 2016 -
Aug. 2021

PaycomTeam Lead, IT Governance Risk and Compliance/ Enterprise Data Governance

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area• Developed the IT GRC and Data Privacy Teams from inception and oversaw the day-to-day activities of 11 direct reports. Developed KPIs for both teams and reported across multiple levels of management, from executives to individual contributors, and across various technical and non-technical audiences. • Designed and implemented the workflows for IT GRC and Data Privacy, aligning all IT contr...