September 2006
President's Message
September 11, 2006
Congratulations! For the fourth consecutive year, our Chapter has
achieved the Platinum status, which is the highest chapter recognition level
available. This achievement reflects the efforts and commitment of our
membership and leadership team. Thank you for all of your hard work. Let’s
continue to aim high and achieve Platinum status again this year!
I am excited and proud to serve as your President this year and am
looking forward to celebrating our Chapter’s 40th anniversary with all of
you! We’ll be celebrating all year but will hold a special recognition
ceremony at our May meeting - - where we’ll also be recognizing May as
Internal Audit Awareness month.
The Chapter Officer’s and Board of Governors are in place and have held
several meetings to prepare for the upcoming year. A full list of your
Officer’s and Board of Governors is on the chapter website at
www.tampabayiia.org. There is still plenty of time and need if you are
interested in volunteering to serve this year. We are looking for Committee
Chairs and Committee Members – if you are interested, please contact me or
anyone from the Officer team.
This Chapter year is shaping up to be a busy one! We are close to
finalizing details for each of our seminars and meetings and have a solid
outline of events to come. This year, we will be starting our seminars at
8:30am and ending at 4:30 pm, offering 7.5 hours of CPE for each event. All
original CPE certificates will be available approximately 15 minutes prior
to the end of the seminar and/or meeting. If you must leave early, please
see an Officer to amend your certificate to reflect the correct CPE hours
earned. Last year, we tried several different methods to distribute CPE
certificates and found this to be the best. We appreciate everyone’s
cooperation.
This year, we are again selling package deals for seminars. $350 for four
7.5 CPE seminars including continental breakfast, gourmet lunch, and snacks.
This year’s seminar dates are Monday, October 9th, Thursday, November 16th,
Monday, February 5th, and Monday, May 14th. Monthly meetings are planned in
October, November, January, and March. And last but not least, the inaugural
Florida West Coast Chapter Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, April
13th. More details to follow on all of these great events. We will be
finalizing arrangements for all of these events over the next few weeks and
will post the details on the chapter’s website.
New this year will be industry specific break-out sessions. Based on
feedback from our annual chapter survey, professionals from the Healthcare,
Financial Services, and Government sectors desired semi-annual meetings with
their peers. We will also provide periodic break-out sessions for Chief
Audit Executives. If you are interested in Chairing one of these break-out
sessions, please contact me.
Thanks again for your support last year (and so far this year) – I am
thrilled with what we’ve already achieved and am excited about the
opportunities we’ll have to promote the Internal Audit Profession. Take care
and see you soon!
Tammy Griffin
2006-2007 Chapter President
2006-2007 Programs
Programs, Locations and Speakers still subject to change
Monday, October 9, 8:30-4:30 7.5 CPE
"What's Hot in Internal Audit?"
Will Include Industry specific break-out sessions
Location: Hillsborough County Location TBA
Thursday, October 26th - Joint meeting with ISACA 5:30 -
8:00 pm - 2 CPE
Sponsored by SAS70 Solutions
Topic: SAS70 Audits
Location: Doubletree Hotel in Tampa
Thursday, November 16th 8:30-4:30, Joint meeting with ISACA
- 7.5 CPE
Sponsored by Jefferson Wells
Topic: Security
Location: Radisson on Roosevelt Blvd. in St. Pete
Speakers -
- Gene Fredriksen, Chief Security Officer, Raymond James Financial
- Dave Bryant, Vice President, Information Security, Raymond James
Financial
- Karl Kispert, Technology Risk Management Solutions Director,
Jefferson Wells
- Sanjay Deo, Technology Risk Management Director, Jefferson Wells
- Representative from Ceelox to discuss Biometrics
Friday, January 12th, 7:30am - 9:30am, 2 hrs CPE
Sponsored by Nielsen Media Research
Topic: Operational Auditing
Location: Nielsen Media Research in Oldsmar
Speakers
- Daniel Monistere
- Gerald Dirksz
- Darren Cassels
Monday, February 5th, 8:30-4:30 - 7.5 CPE
Sponsored by Protiviti
Topic: Fraud
Technology fraud, fraud standards update, antifraud programs and
controls, fraud risk assessment, international fraud
Location – Renaissance International Plaza
March - Monthly meeting - Date TBA
Monday, May 14th, 8:30-4:30 - 7.5 CPE
Topic: Ethics
Location: Radisson on Roosevelt Blvd. in St. Pete
Spotlight on New Officers
This Month:
Scott Moreland is the new chapter secretary and Director of Internal Audit
at Raymond James Financial
Previous to joining Raymond James Financial, Scott spent 10 years with
international accounting firms where he provided audit, advisory, and risk
assurance services and served in key practice management capacities. In
addition, Scott spent 4 years with the PepsiCo organization where he held
leadership roles in the Corporate Audit and Accounting departments. Scott
graduated from Texas Tech University with a double major in Accounting and
Management Information Systems and is a Certified Internal Auditor and a
Certified Information Systems Auditor.
“The IIA has always provided guidance and resources to Internal Audit
professionals, and in today’s fast-paced world of Internal Audit,
information sharing among geographic and industry groups is more critical
than ever. At Raymond James Financial, we’re looking to better leverage the
wealth of knowledge and resources provided by our local IIA chapter. I
agreed to take on a leadership position because I have seen the benefits
that can be derived from close affiliations with other internal audit
professionals and want to do what I can to ensure that this forum remains
open and available for local internal auditors.”
Scott Moreland
 Platinum Status, Again!
Platinum Status, Again! As you may know, the IIA measures Chapter
Achievement Program (CAP) points throughout the year. A chapter earns CAP
points for programs, communication and services provided to its members. At
the close of a chapter year in May, a chapter is designated Bronze, Silver,
Gold or Platinum, based on the level of CAP points achieved. For the
2005-2006 chapter year that ended in May 2006, your West Coast Florida
Chapter achieved the highest designation possible – Platinum status, which
signifies reaching Gold status for 10 consecutive years. In fact, this marks
the fourth year of Platinum status for your chapter. Congratulations to all
the chapter leadership and its members for this notable distinction!
2006-2007 Seminar Pricing Package
The Chapter leadership has planned an exceptionally strong seminar series
this year covering topics in demand by the internal audit community. The
Chapter has gathered several nationally and regionally known speakers,
promising to bring the most timely and effective Seminar series our chapter
has ever presented. You will want to be sure to have a seat for all four
days. As in years past, the chapter offers special pricing for seats at all
four seminars. Visit
http://tampabayiia.org/Pricing_06.htm to make your reservation.
Report Your Speaking and Writing
It's time again for the survey to determine which IIA Tampa Bay
Chapter members have submitted articles or spoken in since June 1, 2006. Each
speaking engagement on internal auditing that a Tampa Bay Chapter member
completes will earn the Chapter 1 credit per CPE hour. Each full
article, Roundtable article, Fraud Finding, etc. submitted that meets
basic editorial guidelines will earn 5 credits. For each full article
published 20 credits are earned. Each internal audit related article
published in any other trade or professional journal that is authored
by a chapter member is 5 credits.
To report your writing and speaking go to
http://tampabayiia.org/Speaking.htm and complete the provided form
by
September 20, 2006.
Have an item for our next Newsletter? Email Newsletter Chair Kristine Del
Vecchio (kdelvecchio@metlife.com)
with your submission no later than
October 1, 2006.
Go to our web site, tampabayiia.org,
to contact any of our Chapter
Officers, Committee
Chairs or Board of Governors
members.
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