Understand the requirement
Clarify scope, obligations, business context, and accountable owners.
TEXAS · CYBERSECURITY GRC
Clear governance.
Informed risk.
Stronger trust.
I’m Bunmi Isaiah Omodan. I connect security requirements, control evidence, and business decisions through governance, risk, and compliance.
Payments-sector GRC · IT operations · Governance leadership
BUNMI ISAIAH OMODANCybersecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance
FRAMEWORK EXPERIENCENISTISO 27001SOC 2PCI DSS
01 / PROFILE
Bunmi Isaiah OmodanCybersecurity GRC professional
Governance · Risk · Compliance
Technical context.
Governance depth.
My experience spans payments compliance, systems administration, academic governance, and independent assurance. That combination helps me interpret requirements, examine evidence, and communicate actionable findings.
7Completed cybersecurity
GRC projects at PadiePay
GRC projects at PadiePay
6Independent assurance
and evaluation engagements
and evaluation engagements
10+Years across governance,
research compliance, and IT
research compliance, and IT
02 / SELECTED WORK
From requirements
to accountable action.
Seven completed projects at PadiePay Global Payments Inc., covering risk, controls, policy, vendor assurance, and reporting.
Project summaries describe completed professional work. Internal company records and audit evidence are not displayed.
ACADEMIC WORK / DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Strategy made tangible.
Learning made visible.
Selected work from my Master’s in Digital Transformation at Nexford University, developed in MHY6750 Cybersecurity Leadership, June–July 2026.
ACADEMIC CASE STUDY
These assignments use Target Corporation as a case-study organization. Executive titles, proposed budgets, maturity assessments, and implementation status belong to the assignment scenario and do not represent employment at Target or verified company conditions.
Framework editions used in the submitted work: NIST CSF 1.1 and CIS Controls 7.1. Documents are presented in their original submitted form.03 / HOW I WORK
Evidence leads.
Judgment follows.
Assess the evidence
Review controls, identify gaps, document risk, and prioritize treatment.
Support the decision
Communicate findings, track remediation, and maintain clear reporting.
04 / EXPERIENCE
A career built around
systems and accountability.
MAY 2025 — PRESENT
GRC Analyst
PadiePay Global Payments Inc. ↗Plano, Texas
- Assess risks and test controls; document findings and track remediation.
- Support payments and data-protection compliance and maintain audit-ready evidence.
- Manage policy reviews, vendor risk assessments, audit responses, and leadership reporting.
DEC 2011 — DEC 2017
Systems Administrator
PrimeTech Financial Group · Ado, Nigeria
- Administered Linux, Unix, and Windows environments supporting financial applications.
- Maintained middleware and databases, executed patching, and automated recurring operations.
- Standardized deployment and change workflows, reducing deployment errors by 40%.
- Led Tier-2 support and authored operational runbooks.
2018 — APRIL 2025
Associate Professor & Earlier Academic Appointments
Walter Sisulu University · University of the Free State
- Taught governance, risk management, policy, organizational ethics, and data management.
- Managed competitive funding, expenditure reporting, and supporting accountability records.
- Supervised 11 completed postgraduate research projects under institutional ethics and data-protection requirements.
JAN 2022 — APRIL 2025
Research Ethics & IT Governance Assignments
Walter Sisulu University
Committee and liaison responsibilities held alongside academic employment.
- Reviewed consent, privacy, conflicts of interest, and research risk; maintained decision records.
- Supported faculty IT audits, access requirements, policy implementation, and corrective action.
- Connected academic and technical stakeholders and advised leadership on compliance gaps.
Explore committee and editorial leadership ＋
- Faculty Research & Innovation Committee Chair, 2024–2025
- Faculty Research & Higher Degrees Committee Chair, 2023
- Departmental Research & Higher Degrees Committee Chair, 2022–2023
- Faculty Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Committee Chair, 2022–2023
- Institutional Research & Planning Committee Chair, 2022
- Faculty Research & Higher Degrees Committee Deputy Chair, 2022
- D.Ed. Programme Coordinator, WSU, 2022–2025; M.Ed. Programme Coordinator, UFS, 2019–2021
- Editor-in-Chief, IJER, IJSS, and IJMS, 2020–Present
05 / ASSURANCE & OVERSIGHT
Reliable evidence.
Responsible oversight.
Independent research evaluation engagements demonstrating data-quality review, deliverable monitoring, resource accountability, and reporting.
FINANCIAL GOVERNANCECompetitive funding
Competitive funding
and grant accountability.
$311K+
Competitive research funding secured and governed, with budgeting, expenditure reporting, and accountability responsibilities.
06 / TOOLKIT
Tools that turn
evidence into insight.
GRC & workflow
ServiceNow · AuditBoard · Jira
Documentation & reporting
Word · SharePoint · Microsoft Excel · Excel risk registers · Power BI · Splunk
Research governance
RIMS for ethics workflows, application tracking, and approval documentation.
07 / CREDENTIALS
Governance scholarship.
Cybersecurity practice.
Advanced qualifications in governance, education leadership, and digital transformation, supported by cybersecurity certifications and professional training.
Academic qualifications & postgraduate study
Certifications & professional development
FOCUSED CYBERSECURITY TRAINING
ExcelMindCyber Institute
Cybersecurity GRC Programme
Completed October 2026Applied learning
NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2; simulated risk assessments, policy development, compliance gap analysis, and audit preparation.
Professional foundation
Security control assessment, compliance documentation, and communicating cybersecurity risk to stakeholders.
08 / CONNECT
Let’s discuss
your GRC priorities.
Based in Texas. Authorized to work in the United States.