ISACA May Event - Career Workshop (6 CPEs)

Job search experts and IT audit practitioners will be on hand to provide tips and techniques for finding a job, getting the job and performing on the job.  Even if you are currently employed you will leave this session with new information on how to present yourself in a positive light and you will learn what IT audit managers expect to see from you when you are working.

The morning session will feature:

• Marilyn L. Carpenter: Life Coach and author of Open Sesame, Why It’s All About ACCESS for the New Worker of the 21^st Century
• Don Rosenberg: Entrepreneur and author of 60 Seconds to an Unforgettable Elevator Speech
• Gary Zukowski: Founder of TweetMyJobs.com

After lunch we will have a panel of IT Audit practitioners who will discuss what IT auditors do and will discuss on the job expectations.  This panel will include:

• Matt Thompson, Senior Manager - Grant Thornton
• Stephen Head, Senior Manager - Jefferson Wells
• Kathy Yandle, Senior IT Audit Director - Duke Energy

The day will conclude with KPMG’s Dan Manley speaking about “How to deal with difficult people”. 

The full agenda is below:

Cost and Credits Offered:

In addition to the networking and information offered on this information packed day, attendees will also receive 6 CPE Credits for attending the full day.  ISACA Members can attend the entire day including breaks and lunch for a mere $35.  Associate organization members can join in for $45 and non-members are welcome for $50. An additional fee will be added for EventBrite processing.

 
Gold Event Sponsor: Sherpa, LLC

Our Speakers…

 
Marilyn Carpenter

Marilyn Carpenter is a certified Business Coach who engages with businesses and individual clients through her practice V. James Coaching Consortium. She conducts workshops for businesses and individuals on the topics of creating value, sales leadership for the 21st century, and effective go-to-market business strategies.

Her first book, Open Sesame: Why It's All About ACCESS for the New Worker of the 21st Century was published in September 2009.  Written against the backdrop of our global age and post-2008 recession, Carpenter reveals the truth to readers about ending their work struggles and finding the work they are uniquely gifted for.  

Prior to founding V. James Coaching Consortium, Marilyn enjoyed a successful, twenty-five year career in sales and executive sales leadership in the technology industry and for a Charlotte technology company for 14 years.  While successful in this capacity, her biggest challenge came when the company promoted her to VP of Sales and asked her retain and retrain all of the sales people to sell an entirely new product line.  It was her first confrontation with the idea of talent and why individuals either really thrive in their roles or simply do not succeed.  This is where her obsession with talent began and the vital role that talent plays in the success - or failure - of businesses.

 Carpenter is the creator and facilitator of ACCESS Coaching, a learning and certification program for job seekers to be choice seekers and become irreplaceable talents in their perfect fit job.  Carpenter is co-creator and facilitator for Interact Live, a unique, interactive conversation series for leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, presented by Salum International and Interact. She lives in Charlotte with her husband Eric and daughter Sydney. As a leading advocate for the worker, Marilyn regularly writes on topics relevant to workers and leaders alike. She invites readers to email her at mlc@vjames.net and to connect with her online.  Marilyn writes a weekly blog http://osaccess.net on topics relevant to workers and leaders alike.  

Don Rosenberg

Don has been an entrepreneur since the day of his graduation from the University of Virginia in 1979. On that day he started his first business, The Record Exchange, which grew into 15 stores and sold over $100 million in its 27 year history.

He has spent the last three years starting and promoting his new business, Instant Organic Garden, which installs raised bed vegetable gardens in back yards throughout the greater Charlotte area.  Don promotes his business through networking meetings, public speaking and trade show events like the Southern Spring Show, Southern Women's Show and Taste of Charlotte. He estimates he's met and talked with over 30,000 people in the past three years and has developed an approach to introducing his business to others that gets his message across in a short amount of time to a wide range of audiences.

Don has written a book, "Sixty Seconds to an UNFORGETTABLE Elevator Speech" that takes you through the entire process of developing your talking points, making them unforgettable, and delivering your speech in any setting.

Gary Zukowski

Gary is the Founder and President of TweetMyJobs.com which he founded in 2009 and has quickly become the largest Twitter job board in the world. With 8,898 vertical job channels segmented by geography, job type, and industry, TweetMyJobs is able to connect employers and recruiters with targeted job candidates instantly any time a new job is posted to our service. Gary Zukowski. With over 21 years of management, technical, and business development experience, Gary brings a unique combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and entrepreneurial success. Having worked for Fortune 500 organizations as well as starting his own information technology company, EasySoft Solutions, he is considered an expert in the social media recruiting space.

 TweetMyJobs has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Business Week, and on various radio and television networks including CNN and NPR.

Matt Thompson

Matt is a Senior Manager in the Carolinas Advisory Services Practice of Grant Thornton.  His experience spans several industries, including banking, manufacturing, retail, biotech/life sciences, utilities and telecommunications throughout North and South Carolina and across the Southeast.

 Matt also serves as a national leader of the firm's IT GRC, Sarbanes-Oxley and information security practices. Matt has over fourteen years of experience in internal audit and information security.  As a business advisor, Matt has managed engagements that include co-sourced and outsourced IT internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley 404 assessments, information security assessments, business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness engagements, Information Technology audits and more. In addition, Matt served as interim CIO for a $500 million company.

 Matt is a recognized speaker on Internal Audit and Information Security, including presenting at several seminars for the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, and the National Automated Clearing House Association. Matt is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and has held a General Securities Representative Series 7 license.  He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors' Board of Governors for the North Carolina Triad Chapter along with a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

Stephen Head

Stephen has over 30 years of broad-based audit and technology experience as an IT audit manager and consultant spanning a variety of industries ranging from insurance and banking to manufacturing, energy, consumer products, and government. As a Senior Manager with Jefferson Wells International, Mr. Head provides practical, relevant guidance to Fortune 500 Internal Audit Departments and IT Executives, helping them meet the challenges of today's rapidly changing environment.

Stephen is editor of ISACA's CISA Review Manual, and is the author of the internationally recognized Internal Auditing Manual, published by Thomson Reuters. He co-authored the AICPA's Statement on Auditing Standards No. 94, and has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in information security. He served as President of the ISACA Charlotte Chapter in 1990-91, International Chair of the ISACA Standards Board from 1999 to 2001, and as an International Vice President of ISACA from 2001 to 2002. Stephen held a similar relationship with the AICPA National Office for over 10 years and served on the AICPA Information Technology Executive Committee from 2000 to 2003, and as a Commissioner on the AICPA National Accreditation Commission from 2001 to 2004. He has been prominently featured in the Journal of Accountancy and other national and international periodicals.

 Kathy Yandle

Kathy serves as the Senior IT Audit Director of audit services for Duke Energy.  Ms. Yandle joined the company in 1979 in the Information Technology department.  She held several positions of increasing responsibility in applications, customer support, technology projects and business services and served as project manager for Duke Energy's Year 2000 Readiness Program.  She joined Corporate Audit Services in 2000 where she has helped implement risk-based auditing and enhanced staff capabilities and processes.  

Ms. Yandle received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Lenoir-Rhyne University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  She is a Project Management Professional and a member of the Project Management Institute.

Dan Manley

Dan is a Managing Director in KPMG's Risk and Compliance Information Protection practice with more than 20 years of management advisory and Information Technology experience.  He has lead and delivered business process and information technology system design, implementation, operation, audit and control.  Dan has substantial experience leading and coordinating IT advisory projects across several industries, with a focus on the financial services sector. He has served as project manager with responsibility for planning, budgeting, execution, and delivery of IT project assessments; business process redesign; control risk assessments and recommendations; and attestation engagements. He has also provided subject matter knowledge and guidance to leading global financial institutions on information protection, business resiliency and IT governance.  Dan also served as a member of KPMG’s Advisory Team that developed a 3-year plan for strategic growth.  Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Manley worked as a Network Business Integration Analyst for Bank of America (Barnett Bank) and as a Senior Systems Support Representative for Diebold, Inc.  Mr. Manley began his career with the United States Air Force as a Communications and Computer Systems Program Manager.

 
Cost and Credits Offered:

Registration available until 5:00pm, May 16, 2010:  The registration event cost is $35.00 for Charlotte ISACA members, $45.00 for Other ISACA Chapter, ISSA, IIA, & Partner Members, and $50 for non-members.   An additional fee will be added for EventBrite processing.

 
Refund Policy:  Due to the deadlines for attendance guarantees which commit us to pay for you whether or not you are able to attend, paid registrations will be refunded in full, minus the processing fee, for requests received in writing on or before February May 16, 2010 at 5:00pm. Submit refund requests to programs@charlotteisaca.org.  No refunds will be given for any cancellation requests received after May 16, 2010  at 5:00pm. No reimbursement will be made if you fail to attend. Please note that substitutions will be accepted until 4 p.m. on May 16, 2010. Substitutions may be requested by sending an email to programs@charlotteisaca.org.  No walk ins permitted for this event.  

Parking: Parking is not included as pat of the event fee. Parking is available at various other locations nearby including 7th St Station. Please find your appropriate parking.

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