Sarah has over 30 years of Advisory experience and targeted knowledge within the IT Security and compliance field. She has worked at many high-tech firms throughout the years, such as Cisco, WebEx, Lucent and IBM, as well as start-ups in Silicon Valley.
Sarah works with an array of clients, both domestic and global, which need distinct knowhow when compliance and regulations are requested or required. Sarah’s background in the certification and authorization processes (FedRAMP, ISO, SOC2, HITRUST, HIPAA CSA, CMMC), control requirements (NIST, GDPR, CCPA) and security monitoring capabilities (Security Operations Center) enable her teams to prepare clients for future transformation. Sarah has written for the CSO online magazine, guest starred on San Francisco Radio and led trainings on Cloud auditing for the ISACA of Sacramento. Sarah is also a technology advisor for the Astia Advisory Board and Advisory Cloud.
Sarah is also the Partner in Charge for BPM’s Fairfield office in a city where she has serviced as a Citizens Police Officer, Chair of the Solano Pride Center and member of the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce. Sarah is also a diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) partner to BPM’s Chief People Officer and Chief Transformation Officer. She is the Executive Sponsor of BPM’s LGBTQIA+ Colleague Resource Group (CRG), in addition to being a BPM Board Member.
Quick facts
- Awards
Diversity in Business Award – North Bay Business Journal (2023)
- Certifications
- Certified Internal Auditor
- Certified Data Privacy SE
- Certified CMMC Practitioner
- Certified Cloud Security Knowledge
- Community
- Member – ISACA
- Member – ISSA
- Technology Advisor – Astia Advisory Board
- Education
- BS/Business Administration – University of Phoenix
- MBA/Risk Management – New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury
- News
- The Role of Risk Orchestration in Enhancing Financial Institution Agility Against Emerging Threats – The Fintech Times (September 2024)