Joseph McCafferty Joseph McCafferty is editor and founder of Internal Audit 360°. During his 25 years in the publishing industry he has spent time in various senior roles at leading business publications, including as executive editor of Compliance Week, editor of Directorship, and as special projects editor at CFO Magazine. He honed his expertise in internal audit in these roles and as head of internal audit content at the MIS Training Institute, which specializes in internal audit training. He has also reported on several business areas during his career, including risk management, internal audit, technology, and finance. When he is not covering risk management and internal audit, he coaches youth ice hockey and baseball and serves as a board member for the Boston College student newspaper, The Heights. | |
0 | Michael Moran Michael is a Manager in PwC’s Enterprise Risk & Regulatory line of service focusing on Internal Audit and SOX compliance engagements. Michael has nine years of experience supporting the internal audit function for numerous technology-based clients testing both business process and IT general controls. In addition, Michael has nearly seven years of experience providing audit, assurance, attestation, and consulting services. Michael has assisted in the end-to-end SOX compliance function, including key activities such as; pre-IPO SOX readiness, risk assessments, planning & scoping audit programs, control rationalization projects, and the remediation of material weaknesses. In addition to SOX-based experience, Michael has executed numerous operational audits leveraging IIA Standards while supporting the organization's strategic objectives. Michael’s specializations include; external quality assessment reviews, IA maturity assessments, disaster recovery, third party risk management, data privacy, and fraud investigations. Michael graduated with a Masters in Accountancy from the State University of New York; the College at Brockport, with a specialization in Forensic Accounting. Michael is an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Colorado, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) & Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). |
0 | Timothy O'Brien Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA, is one of the most highly regarded auditors in Colorado. He was elected as Denver’s Auditor to a four-year term in 2015 and reelected in 2019. As Denver’s Auditor, he oversees both the Audit Services Division and Denver Labor for the City and County of Denver. He is licensed in Colorado as a Certified Public Accountant, has an MBA from the University of Colorado, and holds the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Global Management Accountant. With 40 years of auditing and accounting experience, Auditor O’Brien has served on numerous private- and public-sector governing boards and was Colorado’s State Auditor for 11 years. He has also served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association. Auditor O’Brien has led both private and public organizations and provided expert financial advice to those and others. Auditor O’Brien was honored with the Access Award from the Colorado Cross Disability Coalition and the top honor for journal contributions, the “2017 Outstanding Contribution to Local Government Auditing Quarterly” award, from the Association of Local Government Auditors. He also received the 2016 Jonathan Holtzinger Award of Excellence from the Colorado Chartered Financial Analyst Society for demonstrating the highest standards as a financial and investment professional. In 2017, Auditor O’Brien also received the Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award from the American Institute of CPAs. |
John Olenberger John Olenberger is the founder of Colorado Independent Consultants Network (CICN), an innovatively structured boutique internal audit firm serving local, national, and international clients for the past 14 years. Prior to founding CICN, John was a Manager in the Denver office of KPMG’s Internal Audit Services practice. John has also worked in the Internal Audit department of Waste Management, as well as the Internal and External audit functions of Arthur Andersen in Boston. John has been an active member of the Denver IIA chapter for the past 20 years, having served as Chapter President and Board Chair. John currently chairs the Chief Audit Executive roundtable for the Denver IIA chapter. In his free time, John enjoys sharing all that Colorado has to offer with his family, including skiing, mountain biking, hiking, and sailing. | |
0 | John Wallace John Wallace is the Branch Director for Robert Half Management Resources, the premier provider of senior-level finance, accounting, and business systems professionals to clients on a project and interim basis. Prior to joining Robert Half, John was a Director of Internal Audit for First Data Corporation and held risk management, audit, and compliance roles in other Fortune 500 companies and consulting firms, including Arthur Andersen and Protiviti. John holds degrees in Spanish and Finance from Emory University, as well as an MBA from Florida State University. Additionally, he is a Certified Internal Auditor and actively involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. |
0 | Steve Wang Steve has over 20 years of extensive internal audit experience working in the manufacturing, hospitality & gaming, telecommunications, retail, and banking industries. Prior to joining Protiviti, Steve has worked with two public accounting firms: Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen. Steve obtained his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois and had also worked three years in the retail industry. He currently leads the internal audit solution locally for the St. Louis market and has global responsibilities for ESG / Sustainability Reporting. |