Danyel has more than 25 years of experience across IT Audit, Information Security program management, and IT service delivery. For the past 10 years, he has been working with $100M to $50B+ banks, $300M to $2B FinTechs, and public companies to achieve their IT audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements as well as validating the remediation internal and regulatory findings. He has experience in completing IT, cybersecurity, cloud, SDLC, FFIEC, FedLine, and SOX IT audits as well as coordinating with external auditors. He has worked with regulators to manage and adjust expectations for financial institutions and has also updated and aligned IT audit programs and risk and controls matrices. Danyel is responsible for planning, directing, and reviewing IT internal audits, external audits (FDICIA and SOX), and business process control review engagements. He serves as a subject matter expert to identify gaps and provide recommendations to reduce the risk of regulatory and legal sanctions.
Prior to joining Elliott Davis, Danyel held senior level positions at Protiviti, Computer Services Inc., and Finastra where he was responsible for auditing bank operations and IT General Controls, issuing descriptions and recommendations, and reviewing audit reports to ensure clarity, conciseness, and overall quality.