Audit & Finance Committee

Committee Chair
	Robert Maranga works at Stanford as an IT Auditor where he is responsible for ensuring that the University's IT environment has adequate and effective controls while adhering to various internal and external policies and regulations. Robert was also a research fellow at the Reuters Digital Vision program at Stanford. He has a rich exprience in business systems and his experience includes IT training, Oracle Applications administration and implementation and business process analysis. Robert holds a bachelors degree in accounting and a graduate diploma in management information systems . He is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and is in the process of getting certified as a chartered accountant. He is also a member of the Insitute of Internal Auditors and participates in the activities various Bay Area charitable organizations interested in community development, education, micro-finance and technology.
Committee Member
	Balakrishnan Natarajan is a Senior Consultant in the Technology and Security Risk Management practice at SOAProjects, Inc. Before that he worked in the Enterprise Security Solutions (ESS) Consulting Practice at Wipro Technologies. He has over 8 years of experience in audit and consulting. His areas of specialization include information security, internal controls assessment, operational, management and financial audits. Before moving to US in November 2005, he worked at Infosys Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers in India. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, is a Chartered Accountant from India and also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He has passed the ISO27001 Lead Auditor, CPA, CISM, CIA and CCSA examinations.