SUMMARY: Compliance and risk management specialist in Sarbanes-Oxley, with
expertise in full-cycle SOX compliance. Skills include COSO and top-down risk
assessments, materiality and scope assessments, control design, key control
reduction documentation and testing. Specialize in first-year filer full cycle
projects.

CORE SKILLS:
 * Led public company though two years of full cycle SOX compliance resulting in
unqualified opinions.
 * Comprehensive understanding of key GAAP and FASB requirements including
revenue recognition for complex projects applying SOP 97-2
 * Over 6 years of SOX project management, audit planning and control testing in
accounting, finance, operations and IT General Controls.
 * Hands-on testing and documentation of all control cycles including entity,
SEC reporting, financial statements, fraud prevention and detection, invoicing to
cash, purchase to 
 pay, treasury, equity, and acquisitions.

EXPERIENCE: 
SOX Program Director Internet Brands Inc. 
Jan. 2008 - Present El Segundo, CA

 * Effective cost management of SOX compliance projects reducing year over year
costs by 50% through focused risk assessments and "just-in-time" testing.
 * Development of company's first formal audit program with cycle testing for
compliance.
 * Designed and write IT and Financial process narratives for US, UK and
Canadian subsidiaries.
 * Complete "top-down" risk assessment for business, operations, finance and
IT.
 * Design and remediate entity and activity controls programs for AS5
compliance.
 * Test and remediate over 300 control activities in all Business, Finance
cycles and IT GC cycles.
 * Interface with External Auditors and manage cost effective delivery of
unqualified opinion.
 * Implement key control reduction program resulting in 50% cost reduction of
SOX program

Compliance Deliver Manager WGA Consulting LLC,
Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2007 Long Beach, CA

Client Engagements:
Toyota Motor Sales, North America, SOX Engagement: (15-Months)
 * Project lead for 3 teams addressing change management, security and
operations for control design, remediation, and testing for over 2000 controls
across all business units 
 in North America.
 * Responsibilities included project management, status reporting,
recommendations for process improvements for all applications and platforms.
 * Assessment and testing of IT organization's compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley
internal controls for 404 and 302 compliance.
 * Complete audits for IT Governance, Application Program Change, Computer
Operations, Incident Management, SDLC, Production Support, Security, Business
Continuity 
 Planning and Disaster Recovery.

SC Fuels, IT/Business Alignment (4 Months)
 * Development of key strategic business initiatives for So. California's
largest private oil distributor.
 * Identify current systems capabilities and limitations with GAP analysis
 * Assess and recommend new systems and prioritize initiatives with both IT
implementations and business process improvements.
 * Lead facilitation sessions with business and finance unit executives to align
business and IT strategy.

Toyota Customer Services, Outsourcing and Organizational Change Mgt. (5 Months)
 * Successfully lead project to save in excess of $3.0 million in applications
development costs though outsourcing.
 * Accomplishments included completion of RFP and Statement of Work for bid by 9
global Tier One outsourcing organizations.
 * Developed supplier measurements, and financial models for supplier costs.
 * Created and led teams to implement common process and organizational change
management efforts.

Sox Compliance Auditor Myspace.com
Jun. 2005 - Nov, 2005 Santa Monica, CA
 * Create SOX audit program for social networking organization with 4th largest
page count on the Internet.
 * Responsibilities included development of SOX 404 Risk Control Matrix based on
COBIT and for all IT areas including SDLC, Change Control, Acquisition of
Software, Managing 
 Operations, Security, Data Centers, and Third Party Security.
 * Identified organizations control gaps, created and recommended remediation
strategies and plans, worked with internal and external audit teams to develop
framework and 
 evidence requirements.

Security & SOX Compliance Mgr DIRECTV Inc.
Feb. 2005 - Jun.2005 El Segundo, CA
 * Led Security projects, which included the implementation of SOX compliance
controls, as well as ensure company met all compliance requirements such as
HIPPA, CA Privacy 
 Laws, VISA CISP/PCI, and ISO17799.
 * Preformed risk assessments with recommendations for improved controls and
through the use of a security checklist for SOX compliance and meeting
organizations security 
 policies.
 * Lead organization's Security Architecture Team, with the charter to recommend
programs to improve and meet all state, federal and company security policies.

SOX Compliance Analyst Asyst Technologies Inc.
Sept. 2004 - Nov. 2004 Fremont, CA
 * Complete review of control objectives and activities for IT GC compliance.
 * Write all documentation of policies and procedures for security, change
control and operations.
 * Perform SOX 404 IT Compliance audit
 * Define control objectives and activities, write documentation, develop
comprehensive test plans, execute SOX compliance testing, and initiate
recommendations for 
 remediation. 

SOX Compliance Auditor THQ Inc,
Jul. 2004 - Sept. 2004 Calabasas, CA
 * Perform SOX 404 IT Compliance Audit including documentation, testing, risk
assessment, and remediation plans for IT Governance, Program Change, Security and
Computer 
 Operations.
 * Assess SAP ERP security controls
 * Execute SOX compliance testing, and initiate recommendations for
remediation.

Western Region - Consulting Director META Group Inc.
Jun. 2003 - Jun. 2004 Los Angeles, CA
 * Generate and deliver consulting and research services for global research and
advisory firm in areas of Balanced Scorecard, Business Intelligence, Business/IT
Alignment, 
 Applications and Infrastructure Outsourcing
 * Support sales and delivery of engagements for Fortune 500 firms in Western
States including California, Colorado, Washington, Arizona and Oregon.
 * Deliver and project manage outsourcing/benchmark assessment for $ 1 billion
year global agreement for Japan's second largest automotive manufacture which
identified saving 
 in excess of $20 million per year.

IT Sourcing Consultant Denali Consulting LLC.
Jan. 2002 - May 2003 Los Gatos, CA
 * Perform IT sourcing assessment for So. Calif Edison resulting in
identification of savings in excess of $17 million.
 * Led $150 million information technology sourcing and spend assessment for one
of the nation's leading utilities.
 * Successfully negotiated $60 million in offshore application service
agreements with four suppliers, resulting in new sourcing agreements that saved
$15 million over five years 
 and increased the scope of available services.

Chief Technology Officer iSolve Inc,
Feb. 2000 - Jan. 2002 Stamford, CT
 * Responsibilities included operational management of all business
transactions, business processes and rules, supplier alliances, systems
operational performance and financial 
 reporting.
 * Managed a staff of 50 with an annual budget in excess of $10 million.
Designed and built information technology logistics and financial reporting
systems and led quality 
 assurance and security organization.

Vice President and Practice Leader Gartner Group Inc.
Feb. 1995 - Feb. 2000 Stamford, CT
 * Delivered and implemented strategies for integrated service delivery of
benchmarking, technology architecture and outsourcing engagements for global
clients.
 * Lead delivery of global and complex information technology engagements to
financial service clients in areas of applications and technology architecture,
outsourcing, 
 Business/IT Alignments.
 * Successfully identified acquisition candidates and integrated acquisitions,
adding a 30% increase in revenue as well as global capabilities to the firm.
 * Sold and managed the first integrated $1 million services project to five top
investment banks for benchmarking and consulting for network, applications and
servers 
 performance assessment.
 * Led benchmark and operational assessment of a $90 million outsourcing
agreement for a global automobile manufacturer. 

EDUCATION:

 University of Albany, Albany, NY
 B.A.: Concentrations in Political Science, Statistics and History 

New York University, New York, NY
Completed graduate studies in Business, Information Technology and Finance.