Chris has over 12 years of risk advisory, finance and IT consulting experience. He has held the titles of Internal Audit Director, Senior Program Manager and Managing Consultant at various companies in industries including financial services, telecommunications, software development, manufacturing and government. His practice focuses on assisting clients with 404 implementations, Type I & II SAS 70, risk assessments, leading internal audit teams and making cost-effective recommendations to enhance internal controls, maximize efficiency and minimize exposure to loss and regulatory risk.

Managed multiple Type II SAS 70 engagements making value added recommendations regarding IT control deficiencies.

Led turn-key Sarbanes-Oxley implementations/ attestation engagements for both the business and IT segments.

Managed multiple Business/ IT risk assessment projects which led to the engineering and re-engineering of key business and IT processes.

Developed and implemented Business/ IT Sarbanes-Oxley training methodology for a major software development company.

Developed and implemented a Business/ IT Gramm Leach-Bliley training methodology for a major software development company.

Trained the CFO and company controllers on the Sarbanes-Oxley methodology (both business and IT functions), which included process flow/ program development, exception monitoring and report development.

Chris received his Bachelor of Accounting degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio and his MBA in Information Technology from Touro University. Chris is a CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), a CISA (Certified Internal Systems Auditor) and a CCSA (Certified Control Self-Assessor).

Chris is an active member of the local chapter of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He is a frequent speaker on issues related to SOX and has recently spoken at the local chapter of the DFW Reporting Group and to the North American Regional meeting of Polaris International. He is an active member of his church and assistant golf coach for the DFW Golf League.