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Sarah is a senior technology manager at InmanTechnologyIT with extensive experience in all aspects of Information Technology for financial services, as well as biotechnology, government and higher education. PMP and CISA-certified, she has a broad background in developing and implementing major application systems, financial and technology operations, client services and risk management. Sarah's areas of expertise include equity and fixed income trading and analytics systems, risk management, compliance, accounting and performance analytics systems. She has significant experience in data center management on a wide variety of platforms and technologies, including expertise in data security, disaster recovery and high availability, risk management, control policy and program/project implementation.

Previously, Mrs. Cortes served as senior vice president and head of Disaster Recovery at Putnam Investments until parent company Marsh & McLennan's data center collapsed due to the September 11th terrorist attacks. Iron Mountain played a critical role in Marsh & McLennan's remarkable recovery, driving thousands of magnetic tapes across the country while airlines were grounded.

Sarah is a member of the AIM Advisory Board on Data Privacy Laws to the Massachusetts Legislature, as well as numerous other leading technology organizations, including:

• NE Technical Professionals Group
• Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council
• ISACA
• PMI - Project Management Institute

Sarah is a graduate of Harvard University where she studied applied mathematics, romance languages and literatures. You can read her other technology columns at Inman Technology IT. Also, you can contact Mrs. Cortes at sarah_cortes@inmantechnologyIT.com or follow @SecuritySources on Twitter.