February Meeting
Thursday the 19th
CityPlace Conference Center
Lunch Meeting 12:00pm
Registration begins at 11:30am
Here's an Idea... "Quit Traveling"!!!
Dr. Dan Kneer explores an idea introduced by audit visionaries in the 1980’s. With today’s technology, it is more than just a dream. Hint … think “O.R.” Dr. Dan is never so serious as
when he’s laughing!
 Dr. Dan Kneer’s specialty is the application of computer
control and security, and computer auditing. He is the world’s biggest
believer in real-time monitors and analytics. “Doc” stresses a “process
focus” and the mindset of a “value-added” consultant. Dan says match the
control and security to the client’s business model.
His amateur computer crime prevention career started in the early
1970’s when he hacked into the management simulation game in college as
a system “test”. Dr. Dan’s professional computer security career started
at Deloitte & Touche, in San Francisco. His national award winning Ph.D.
thesis in 1981 predicted security issues in decentralized or distributed
processing.
Dr. Dan served as the National Director of Research of the
EDP Auditors Association (now ISACA) and he initiated the Research
Monograph Series editing Monograph #1 Computer Assisted Audit
Techniques. He has taught many CAATs packages including ACL and IDEA. He
also was involved with the EDPAF’s “Control Objectives” (the “father”
document of the CobiT).
Dan served on the Arizona Society of CPAs Audit
Standards Committee and was involved in the content of SAS 47, SAS 48,
and SSAE 1. He also provided advice to the AICPA on SAS 55. Dr. Dan
co-founded the Masters Degree in Computer Auditing at Arizona State
University (the largest program of this type in the nation). He has won
college-teaching awards in each of the last three decades. Dr. Dan has
ranked in the “top 5%” of speakers at every conference for which he has
made presentations.
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Post-Meeting 1:30pm (Concurrent
with Student Forum)
STAR: A Cutting-Edge Monitoring Tool that
Rapidly
Identifies Operational Risks
Anthony Palmieri, JCPenney
Anthony Palmieri has worked for JCPenney Company Incorporated for nearly a decade, since graduating from the University of Florida. He started his career in South Florida
before transferring to auditing. In auditing, his most recent position is Audit Manager. Anthony has extensive experience with monitoring tools, conducting fraud investigations and
performing process reviews.
Anthony is the project manager for JCPenney's Store Assessment Review (STAR) program, a Web-based, exception-only, centralized monitoring tool for JCPenney Stores.
Implementation of STAR over the last four years has significantly impacted the Auditing Department's operating and travel expenses. STAR has allowed the centralization of its Store
Field Staff from seven field locations to one office and reduced staff from 44 field auditors in 1997 to 8 field auditors in 2004, while maintaining effective store audit coverage.
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Annual Student Forum 1:30pm
(concurrent with Post-meeting)
The forum brings together students from various area universities and a panel of practicing internal auditors to answer questions about the profession. Members can ask
questions, too. It is an opportunity to hear how other audit departments are structured, what areas they are auditing, types of audits, how they are addressing current issues in
the internal audit profession, etc. Panelists are at different experience levels and from a variety of industries to provide a broad perspective.
Please come to the Forum and meet the students!
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This meeting is being held at
CityPlace Conference Center
2711 North Haskell Street
Dallas, Texas 75204 |
