meetings

Upcoming Meetings:

1. NYCOAUG-Internal Controls SIG joint meeting. Please check back for details.
   1. Members will receive invites through our newsletter.
   2. Expected Date: April 28, 2005
   3. Topics to include Internal Controls Manager, Information Security best practices
2. Connection Point 2005. Please check back for details.

Previous Meetings:
 

A.K. Viswanathan (Vis), Firm Director, Deliotte & Touche: Vis is a Director in Deloitte’s Enterprise Risk Services group.  Vis is a Chartered Accountant (India) and a Certified Internal Auditor.  In addition Vis is also a CISA and CISSP.  Vis has over 10 years of systems and process controls implementation and auditing experience in Oracle Applications. Vis leads the Canadian national practice for Oracle Application integrity.   Vis has also spent 10 years as a financial controller in the Middle East, Cyprus and Canada.  

Vis can be reached at aviswanathan@deloitte.ca or by phone at (416) 601 6525.

Alicia Hoekstra, Solution Beacon: Alicia Hoekstra has over 20 years experience with information technology, including more than 10 years working with, implementing, upgrading, and supporting the Oracle Applications in commercial and public sectors. Alicia served on the international OAUG Board of Directors for three years as well as actively participating in the establishment and leadership of local and regional user groups and sitting on the International Oracle Users Council (IOUC) representing OAUG. She frequently speaks and writes on a number of Oracle Applications implementation and upgrade topics at local, regional, and international user group meetings and conferences in addition to working directly with clients to scope, manage, and successfully execute their Oracle Applications initiatives.  

Alicia can be reached at ahoekstra@solutionbeacon.com  or by phone at (214) 912 9477.

Analyst, TBD

Grant Gasson, Director of Financial Systems, Apollo Group, Inc: Grant Gasson has over 11 years experience working with the Oracle Applications.  He is currently the Director of Financial Systems for the Apollo Group, Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona.   He has presented numerous papers at various OAUG conferences covering such topics as document imaging solutions, archive/purge implementations, and system administrator best practices.  Apollo installed Oracle Financials in 1989.  It is currently running 11.5.6 with over 6,000 users at 196 locations.

Grant can be reached at grant.gasson@apollogrp.edu or by phone at (480) 557 1238.

Mark Nelson, Vice President and Co-Founder, Applimation, Inc.: Mark Nelson has more than 17 years of experience in executive management, auditing, consulting, and sales.  Nelson's experience in public accounting with PWC and internal audit at Mead-Westvaco coupled with his IT consulting experience at Oracle Corporation inspired Nelson to co-found Applimation, the leading software vendor to manage change and data growth within enterprise applications.  Nelson is a CPA in the state of New Jersey and holds an MBA from Rutgers University.   He also serves as a member of the National Strategic Planning Committee for OAUG, chairman of the OAUG Exhibitor Council and board member of the NYCOAUG.  He is also a frequent speaker at OAUG and Oracle conferences.

Mark can be reached at mnelson@applimation.com or by phone at (212) 560 7878.

Rajesh Parthasarathy, Director of Product Management, Applimation, Inc.: Rajesh Parthasarathy is Chairperson of Internal Controls and Security SIG of the OAUG.  A Chartered Accountant, he has more than 12 years of experience in auditing, consulting, software development, and management.  He has managed audits for Coopers & Lybrand, run a consulting firm that set up control and accounting systems, and implemented Oracle Applications at Fortune 100 companies.  Over the last 3 plus years, Rajesh has focused on the design and management of pioneering Audit and Control solutions for Oracle Applications.

Rajesh can be reached at rparthas@applimation.com or by phone at (212) 560 7878.

Tracy Holter, Director of Internal Audit, Apollo Group, Inc.: Tracy Holter is the Director of Internal Audit for Apollo Group, Inc.  She has been in this position since January, 2001.  She has worked as a Manager in the Corporate Financial Audit Department of Honeywell, Inc. and was an audit manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP.  The Internal Audit Department at Apollo Group utilizes various reports and detailed information from the Oracle system in performing its audits.  Tracy is a member of the IIA, ACUA and holds a certificate of public accountancy.

Tracy can be reached at tracy.holter@apollogrp.edu or by phone at (480) 557 1182.

Whitt Butler, Manager, Ernst & Young: Whitt Butler is the leader of Ernst & Young’s Lake Erie Oracle Integrity group.  Whitt is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).  Whitt has over 5 years of Oracle Applications security controls experience and has led several engagements to ensure appropriate security and controls were designed during implementations and upgrades.  Most recently, Whitt has worked with clients running Oracle Applications to identity, remediate and monitor security and controls applicable to their Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 efforts.

Whitt can be reached at whitt.butler@ey.com or by phone at (216) 583 2320