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DEKNATEL SEDDON & ASSOCIATES
John Seddon and Jane Deknatel founded Deknatel Seddon & Associates in Los Angeles in 1996. John had been a Senior Manager in the Financial Services practice at KPMG Consulting, and Jane had been an executive in the entertainment industry. John left Deknatel Seddon & Associates in 2002 to become a Senior Vice President at Washington Mutual and then Managing Director at KPMG LLP. He rejoined the company in 2006.
JOHN SEDDON
John specializes in technology and operational risk management for commercial, retail, and trade finance banks. His approach uses quantitative and qualitative analyses based on client volumes and projections, industry loss statistics, and industry standards, guidance, and rules, to assess inherent and residual operational risk. He works with client staff to develop findings and observations and identify effective, efficient, risk management solutions.
John has conducted many risk assessment and risk management projects over the past twenty-five years, covering technology risk, Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)/Privacy risk, payment product risk, fair lending risk, and banking project risk. He has applied a wide range of operational risk management practices and guidance, including guidance from the U.S. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), the U.S. National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), the Payment Card Industry (PCI), and the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).
John is a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He holds a BA with Honors and a Master of Science in Information Technology, from University of Essex, England.