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Chapter Board
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| Balakrishnan Natarajan is a Manager 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 9 years of experience in audit and consulting. His areas of specialization include Internal controls assessment, Information Security, Operational, Management and Financial audits. His past work experience includes Infosys Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers in India. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting, is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) from India, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the US, a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), an ISO27001 Lead Auditor, a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). | |
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Jayaraman Swaminathan is a manager in the IT practice of SOAProjects. Jay as part SOAProjects’ Oracle practice collaborates with his clients to efficiently leverage Oracle applications. He primarily helps his clients on compliance projects and focuses on optimizing the overall cost of compliance. Prior to SOAProjects, Jay was with the Risk Advisory Services in Ernst & Young. He was responsible for managing and executing review of IT systems as part of financial and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 audits of major corporations like Seagate, Spansion, and Copart. Jay was an Oracle Subject Matter Resource (SMR) in Ernst & Young’s PNW area practice and instructed various Oracle training sessions. Jay earlier worked for the Oracle Corporation, validating business designs and systems for the Oracle E-business Suite. He has also practiced as a Chartered Accountant in India, providing assurance and other services. |
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Larry Halme is a security consultant with over twenty years of industry experience focused in the area of IT security. He has worked closely with financial firms, credit card companies, service providers, global enterprise clients, branches of the military, and government agencies to plan, assess, remediate, and maintain robust security postures. By supporting a wide spectrum of consulting engagements, Mr. Halme has gained a broad knowledge of corporate security and Government INFOSEC issues. He has extensive experience in the areas of cross-discipline security assessments, compliance audits, enterprise operations security, penetration testing, intrusion detection, government criteria evaluation support, security policy and policy model development, formal proof methods, MLS systems, and development and integration of trusted DBMSs. Mr. Halme was a founding member of pioneer information security consulting/training company Arca Systems, Inc., its transition to a subsidiary of Exodus Communications, and Exodus’ acquisition by Cable & Wireless, and finally Cable & Wireless America’s acquisition by SAVVIS. Mr. Halme holds CISM and CISA certifications from ISACA; ISSMP, ISSAP, and CISSP certifications from (ISC)2; IEM and IAM certifications from NSA; and a BS-EECS from UC Berkeley. Mr. Halme has served on ISACA-SV’s Board previously six years. |
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Raman Rangarajan is the founder of ‘Ram Accountancy Services’ , a San Jose CPA firm specializing in tax, payroll , write up and financial planning services . He has over 25 years of experience in audit, consulting and Information Technology having worked for companies like Oracle, SAP, Cisco, Google, Hyperion etc. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) from India, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the US, a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and California Society of CPAs (CalCPA).
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Russ Walsh is Senior Manager of IT Services at SOAProjects. Russ has 22 years of industry experience and has performed roles ranging from Acting CIO to SAP Project Manager. Russ has worked on more than 50 client engagements and has been a key team lead on projects with budgets ranging from $20k to $200M. He assists clients in semi-conductor, biotech, software, retail, and other technology sectors with complex IT projects and compliance work. Russ also is a Certified SAP Basis Administrator and has extensive experience with IT audit and IT management including hands-on IT technical roles. He has been an advisor to many organizations and startup companies and frequently speaks at global conferences and forums. His prior work experience includes working for companies such as IBM, E&Y, International Paper, NCR, plus Silicon Valley startup companies.
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Robert Ikeoka is an independent associate specializing in employee benefits with Pre-Paid Legal Services. Robert has 5 years of experience in the areas of risk management, information security, and incident response. Robert currently informs employees and employers about identity theft and provides voluntary employee benefits to companies seeking to offer their employees access to their legal rights and protecting their identity. Robert holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Future projects include creation of a blog educating the public of identity theft beyond the popular belief that it is credit theft.
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Brian Bertacini CEO co-founded AppSec Consulting in 2005 and
oversees all company operations. The company is headquartered in Santa
Clara, California, and is a leading provider of application security
services and training to Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Bertacini is a member
of ISSA and ISACA, and has over 15 years experience in software
development and IT security, fulfilling various roles at IBM, Varian
and Fujitsu. Mr. Bertacini is the founding member of the Silicon Valley
OWASP chapter, and oversees operations at AppSec Consulting to ensure
customers can deliver secure e-business services with confidence. |
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Kimberly Harbin is a consultant specializing in IT General Controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. She also conducts ISO compliance audits. Kimberly has over ten years of experience in IT, including change control management, information security, and wide area network engineering at a major financial institution. |
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Sixto Bernal is an IT professional with over 30 years of experience in IT Operations and Service Delivery. His work history spans most of corporate computing; operations, data center, website operation, Unix systems administration, Windows administration, database administration, QA, Help Desk, and Networking Operations.
He currently works for RoseRyan, Inc. where he divides his time between IT SOX compliance audits and IT Consulting. Previous employers have been with EPRI, Oracle, Pyramid Technology, Word Cup ’94, Sun, Interval Research, HearMe, and Good Technology. In addition he has consulted with several Valley startups to help them through their ‘growing pains’ transitions.
Mr. Bernal holds an ITILv3 certification, is awaiting the results of his CISA exam and is currently pursuing his CCNA certification. As unofficial assistant to the ISACA-SV Certification Director he has helped facilitate the CISA and CISM review courses.
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Greg Edwards CISSP, CISA, CISM, IAM, GCIH, CWNA is an amateur historian of cryptography for over 30 years. He works full time in computer security. He has a BS degree in Physics from UCD and teaches computer/network/wireless security part time at UC Santa Cruz extension. Greg has been involved with Information Security for over 15 years, mostly working on analysis of virus attacks and vulnerability assessments for various operating systems. He has also worked on wireless security, security awareness training, penetration testing, etc. |
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Ken Baylor is a security advisor to Silicon Valley firms.
Previously, he served as Symantec's Chief Information Security Officer
(CISO), and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional
(CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM). As CISO, he
was responsible for development of all information systems security
policies, oversight of implementation of all security-related policies
and procedures, and global protection of electronic and digital assets.
He also worked closely with internal products groups on security
capabilities in Symantec products, and headed-up the Information
Security department. Ken Baylor has 15 years of experience leading
global IT and security teams. Prior to joining Symantec, Dr. Baylor led
a number of strategic initiatives within McAfee, where he was
recognized as an expert in Intrusion Prevention Systems and Risk
Management. He was active in developing strategic alliances and
creating the Service Provider program. Dr Baylor holds bachelors and
doctorate degrees in Science from the National University of Ireland, a
law degree from University of Wolverhampton, England and an MBA from
the University of Texas. |
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