Speaker: Kathleen Garenani

Kathleen is currently Director, Data AI & Delivery for BDO Digital. Her client service experience involves data governance, information technology program management, information security programs, and various process improvement initiatives for complex and highly visible customers within the federal, public and private sectors.

Kathleen is a technical data management professional with over ten years of experience leading information security programs, enterprise-wide risk mitigation, data management, and process improvement initiatives helping to ensure streamlined solutions to complex problems while adhering to best standard practice, legal, and regulatory compliance.

Prior to joining BDO, Kathleen served as Information Governance Operations Lead for the White House Information Governance office, where she conducted multiple process improvement programs, defining and implementing data privacy initiatives for Presidential and Federal records and data. Many of these programs revolutionized the way data is maintained, stored and processed for the Obama and Trump administrations.

Additionally, she worked as a Security Program Manager for White House Information Technology where her portfolio included Computer Network Defense, Information Governance, and Security Systems Engineering. During this time Kathleen worked to implement highly-integrated security programs and process improvements for computer network security, information security, data protection, vulnerability management, authentication, and incident response.