Technology & Career Briefings Archives
Identity Theft
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and its implication for technology
Radio Frequency Identification or RFID
Tuesday, April 25,
2006
Identity Theft
On average it takes about 5 days to acquire a new credit card, about 30 minutes to finance a new car, and about 1 hour to finance a new house. But are you aware that it takes on average 3 - 5 years to correct your credit rating if you're the victim of Identity Theft? In this electronic age Phishing, Pharming, Spyware, and Bots all seek to steal your personal information. Come find out what you can do to protect your information and mitigate the risks of you becoming a statistic. Bill's PowerPoint Presentation.
Bill Hentschell
Cisco Security Specialist – Central Area
Mr. Hentschell has accumulated 10 years of Security experience with a focus on network security and security design. He was hired at Cisco Systems, Inc. in October of 2000 as a Systems Engineer in St. Louis with a security specialization. For the last 5 years he has been responsible as a point of contact for the regional teams and the US theater in matters of network security. In August of 2003, Mr. Hentschell was asked to move from a Systems Engineer to Security Specialist position for a multi-state territory and continues in that role today. In his current role, Mr. Hentschell meets with CEO’s, CIO’s, CSO’s, and Systems Architects of Fortune 500 companies to design, plan, and implement security technologies and solutions to solve business problems. Recently, Mr. Hentschell presented to over 6000 people across the U.S. and 8 other countries for the Multi-State ISAC and Department of Homeland Security about the threat of BotNet’s.
Previous to Cisco, Mr. Hentschell started a security practice at World Wide Technologies Inc. implementing technologies from multiple manufacturers and held a position as Principle Consultant. Prior to that, Mr. Hentschell was a Lead Principle Consultant for Xerox Connect Inc. working on Network and Systems integration for large scale projects in Federal and private business.
Mr. Hentschell has been interviewed in Network Computing (June 16, 2000) and Information Week (May 2000) magazines in regards to security incidents and best practices. Further he was featured in an issue of Certification Magazine (May 2000). He has also been a speaker at multiple TechConnect conferences on matters of Information Security. He is also a member of the ISSA, and has presented several topics to that group.
Mr. Hentschell graduated from University of Missouri with a BS in Criminology and Criminal Law. Currently Mr. Hentschell resides in St. Louis and continues to work at Cisco Systems, Inc. dealing with contacts all over the United States and their security needs.
Friday, March 3, 2006
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and its implication for technology
Sheila Burkett formerly of Edward Jones and Dave Friedrichs of KPMG will
talk about Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and its implication for technology.
As many of you know, in the wake of financial scandals at Enron and other
firms, Sarbanes-Oxley was a federal bill introduced to regulate reporting
of financial and other information from public companies. The bill has
also affected how information technology is implemented in public companies.
This briefing should be interesting from accounting and financial perspectives
as well as the technological.
Sheila Burkett, Tuxedo Park Racing
Sheila is co-owner of Tuxedo Park Racing with her husband, Steven. She is responsible for all business operations, included web development and marketing.Prior to starting her own business, Sheila was a partner at Edward Jones with over twenty years of experience in their Information Systems division. Her experience is primarily in software maintenance, design and development but also includes project management, strategic planning, IS general controls and infrastructure management.
Sheila has her bachelors degree from UMSL with an emphasis in MIS and her masters degree from Washington University. She is currently on the Craft Alliance board, St. Louis SCCA Club Racing committee, the St. Louis Panhellenic Alumnae Association and an active member of the Delta Zeta Alumnae.
David Friedrichs, KPMG, LLP
David is a Senior Manager in KPMG’s Risk Advisory Services group. He earned dual business degrees in MIS and accounting at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1997. After graduation, David worked in the Business Consulting practice of Arthur Andersen until 2001, when he moved to the Information Risk Management practice at KPMG. David is a Certified Public Accountant, having passed the Uniform Exam in Missouri in 1997. As a student, David was very active at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, and continues to be involved as an alumnus. He is a member of the Alumni Association, is a mentor in the MIS Mentoring program, and regularly participates in University and COBA functions throughout the year.
David's PowerPoint Presentation.
Monday, February 13 , 2006
Radio Frequency Identification or RFID
Radio Frequency Identification or RFID is a hot new technology for tagging and tracking physical objects. Wal-Mart provided significant impetus to this technology when the company insisted that its suppliers tag their product shipments with RFID so that tracking, distribution and inventory control could be simplified.
Rob Cole is Senior Account Manager with Symbol Technologies, an important provider for RFID technologies. He will talk about details of the technology and its impact on industry. Lunch will be provided. Series sponsored by Cisco and Symbol Technologies
Rob Cole, Symbol Technologies
Rob Cole received his Bachelors degree in Economics and his Masters degree in Accounting from the University of Missouri - Columbia. He is a CPA, and started his career with KPMG. He spent 6 years in their audit department and was involved in computer auditing and software. Rob spent 20 years at the May Department Stores. The first 3 years were spent in charge of the computer audit group, and the next 17 were spent in corporate IT. Rob was a corporate systems director and was responsible for branch store and credit systems for 10 years. Rob also spent seven years as VP of Systems Development. Rob is now Senior Account Manager for Symbol Technologies, responsible for 12 large corporate customers. Symbol mobilizes businesses and provides products that capture, move and manage critical business information through wireless networks.
