ISACA LA Career Night 2018 - ISACA

ISACA LA Career Night

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm – Optional Pre-Meeting
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm – Registration & Networking
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm – Dinner & Networking
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm – Program

Dinner Meeting Topic:

“Careers in the Era of Disruptive Technology – How to stay relevant in the era of Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, and AI”

We often follow traditional routes to achieve our career goals—whether it’s starting in an IT audit department or moving up the ranks in an Information Security organization and aspiring to become a CISO. However, there are many different paths to your ultimate dream job. As Robert Frost puts it, when you look at forks in your career, you can take the “one less traveled by” and often, that makes all the difference.

Our annual ISACA Career Night—moderated by Thomas Phelps IV, CIO of Laserfiche—will focus on several industry veterans who will share their story about how they achieved career success. The panelists will also discuss job opportunities at their organizations—and provide valuable insights on what they look for in hiring top talent.

3:30-5:00 Pre-Meeting — Resume, Cover Letter and Interviewing Workshop

Do you want to get selected for a first round or second round campus interview with a great company? Are you an experienced professional with 10+ years of experience and have a resume that already looks like a novel, but hasn’t turned out to be a best seller?

Are you anxiously waiting for an email from the recruiter about that perfect job, and seeing your inbox lonelier than ever?

In today’s competitive job market, you need to stand out among a sea of thousands of resumes all competing to get noticed. If you need help brushing up your resume and cover letter, our annual Resume Writing Workshop is just the thing for you. This session will provide a highly-interactive and lively workshop where Thomas Phelps IV, a former PwC Recruiting Champion and now a Laserfiche corporate executive, will share with you his secrets for how he helped many people—from individual contributors to seasoned CIOs—get their resume noticed and find good jobs.

Managers from Big Four firms and industry leaders will be on hand to help review resumes and provide feedback. Bring your resume and if you’re comfortable sharing it with others in the audience, we will edit it in real-time on the main projector. If you want to participate and have your resume edited in the workshop. Get ready to stand out and get noticed!

Please plan on joining this great educational experience and taking advantage of the opportunity for networking!

Keynote

Heidi Pease, Cofounder, Los Angeles (UCLA/USC/UCI/City of LA) Blockchain Lab CEO and Cofounder, Proof Of Art

As a leader in the Los Angeles blockchain community, Heidi cofounded the Los Angeles (UCLA/USC/UCI/City of LA) Blockchain Lab — a partnership of academia, government, businesses, nonprofits, and the community focused on developing the Southern California blockchain ecosystem. In addition, Heidi is CEO of Proof Of Art – a social publicity network used to promote and fund artists using blockchain; and CoFounder of HomeSidekick – a peer-to-peer mortgage-lending platform.

Heidi is also an advisor for numerous startups including Spire (mobile crypto wallets for emerging markets) and DApperNetwork (developing blockchain technical talent), a guest lecturer at UCLA and USC, and a hand-selected participant for Richard Branson’s Blockchain Summit where 40 global thought leaders were invited to address blockchain’s potential for social impact. Prior to her blockchain activism, Heidi focused on turning around distressed assets, growing small businesses into top-tier national firms, and leading sales teams for companies including Ascension Insurance Services and AIG.

	Moderator Thomas Phelps IV, Vice President of Corporate Strategy & CIO, Laserfiche Thomas Phelps IV is the VP of Corporate Strategy & CIO for Laserfiche, a global provider of enterprise content management software. Thomas leads IT, vertical marketing, analyst relations and major strategic initiatives. Previously, Thomas was PwC’s national entertainment and media champion for cybersecurity. He helped launch the Telecom and Network Services practice, and was the Advisory Services leader for two Fortune 500 companies. As a founding member and Co-President of Ascend Los Angeles, Thomas leads workshops on leadership development topics for AAPA, ISACA, and at the Ascend National Convention. He serves on ISACA’s 50th Anniversary Panel and Executive Boards for UCLA IS Associates and SCSIM. He has instructed the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) review course for over 7 years. Thomas has co-authored and contributed to five books. He is quoted in numerous publications—including Business News Daily, CIO Magazine, Fox Business, Investment News, Los Angeles Times—and a member of the Wall Street Journal CIO Network.
	Panel Ted Ross, CIO and General Manager, Information Technology Agency, City of Los Angeles Ted Ross is CIO for the City of Los Angeles and General Manager of the Information Technology Agency (ITA). His department of 425 employees delivers enterprise IT services to 48,000 employees across 38 City departments and digital services to over 4 million residents. Ted has over 21 years of private and public sector technology experience, earning various awards along the way, including #1 Digital City and a Top 25 Doer, Dreamer, and Driver according to Government Technology Magazine.
	Special Agent Caitlin Gremminger, Counterintelligence Strategic Partnership, FBI Caitlin Gremminger has been a Special Agent with the FBI since 2006, primarily working Counterintelligence matters in Los Angeles. She has been a Crisis Negotiator since 2008. In May 2017, Special Agent Gremminger became the Counterintelligence Strategic Partnership Coordinator, where she spends her time collaborating with companies in the greater Los Angeles area on insider threats, national security concerns, and cyber threats. Prior to being hired by the FBI, Special Agent Gremminger worked as an Electrical Engineer for a cleared defense contractor.
	Steven Gin, Managing Director at BDO USA, LLP Steven Gin is a Managing Director at BDO and leads its Risk Advisory Services practice in Southern California. Steven supports his clients in accomplishing their strategic objectives through managing their risk and compliance needs. He is currently ISACA LA’s Secretary and Communications Chair.
	Erik Rolland, Dean of the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona. Erik Rolland, Ph.D., is Dean of the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona. Erik’s research embodies a broad range of management areas, electronic commerce, service science, and modeling of complex technology and management problems. He has published more than 100 articles in academic journals and texts on information systems, business analytics, technology management, operations research, leadership, and strategy. He is the recipient faculty fellowship awards from the American Institute for Certified Public Accountant and IBM, among others.

Dinner Meetings are generally the second Tuesday of each month. The exceptions are joint meetings with other groups and the summer months of July and August when we don’t meet.For Online Reservations, click the “Register” button below:

2 CPE credits for Dinner Meeting

2 CPE credits for Pre-Meeting

Payment Methods:

Credit Card, Cash and Checks
(made payable to ISACA-LA).

Rates	ISACA, IIA, ISSA, OWASP Members	Full-Time Students & Faculty (Members and Non-Members; now called “Academia”)	Non-Members
Pre-Meeting	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dinner Meeting: Pre-Paid online by midnight the Friday before the event	$25	$10	$35
Dinner Meeting: Walk-Ins or Pre-Paid online after midnight the Friday before event	$35	$20	$45

Address/Directions

Luminarias

3500 Ramona Boulevard

Monterey Park, CA 91754

(323) 268-4177

Disclaimer

ISACA reserves the right to alter or delete items from the program in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Material has been prepared for the professional development of ISACA members and others in the IT audit, control, security, and governance community. Neither the presenters nor ISACA can warrant that the use of material presented will be adequate to discharge the legal or professional liability of the members in the conduct of their practices. All materials used in the preparation and delivery of presentations on behalf of ISACA are original materials created by the speakers, or otherwise are materials which the speakers have all rights and authority to use and/or reproduce in connection with such presentation and to grant the rights to ISACA as set forth in speaker agreement. Subject to the rights granted in the speaker agreement, all applicable copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights in the materials are and remain with the speakers.

Please note: unauthorized recording, in any form, of presentations and workshops is prohibited.

Permission to be Photographed

By attending this event, the registrant grants permission to be photographed during the event. The resultant photographs may be used by ISACA for future promotion of ISACA’s educational events on ISACA’s web site and/or in printed promotional materials, and by attending this event, the registrant consents to any such use. The registrant understands any use of the photographs will be without remuneration. The registrant also waives any right to inspect or approve the aforementioned use of any photographs now or in the future.