Berk Leads Risk & Compliance For Silicon Valley Bank

With the help from his multiple direct reports, Berk leads key IT GRC domains, including IT Risk & Compliance (his primary focus area) and IT Performance Management (establishing KPIs). He also supports Financial Forecasting, IT Strategic Planning, IT Outsourcing and Vendor Management processes.

At SVB, Berk champions and implements risk governance best practices and frameworks, prepares and presents periodic executive dashboards and reports on key risks, issues and remediation status, and leads critical risk assessments and improvement projects. As the primary IT contact, Berk works extensively with federal and state regulators as well as internal and external auditors.

Prior to joining SVB, Berk was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young’s Advisory Services group where he audited and advised numerous high-tech companies such as Google, Facebook, PayPal, Apple, Intel, and Juniper Networks. He has a MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.