IPCONNECT CONSULTING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice President Operations
, a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), with over 15 years of Information Technology (IT) Auditing experience in multiple industries Including-Big-4‖ public accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, LLP, several banks in the United States (Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, Guaranty Bank of Dallas, Liberty Bank of Oklahoma, etc.), and Senior Investigative Processional Contractor for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). As an Internal Controls Manager at the Hertz Corporation of USA, leading Car Rental Company in the world, Clifford performed IT audit work in the USA and internationally in New Zealand and Australia. Audit work has maintained a strong focus in information access security, segregation of duties, application security and evaluating the adequacy of company policies and procedures. Clifford also performed additional work that focused on business contingency and disaster recovery plans. Clifford is a graduate in Business Administration and minor in Computer Science from Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma, USA.
Michael Oyeniya has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Master of Science degree in Business Administration (Management).
At GE Capital, he single handedly managed several cycles of PCI DSS Certifications especially during the merger of two GE Capital businesses and the separation of GE Capital Retail Finance from the GE family by ensuring Network design incorporates PCI DSS requirements, Data center solutions satisfies industry and regulatory requirements, collaboration with Network, Database, Mid-range (UNIX/WINDOWS) and application teams to ensure systems and applications were built with secure hardening standard as well as ensure Report of Compliance (RoC) were obtained at those critical times of the organization.
As Vice President, Information Technology Audit & control/governance and compliance for Citigroup USA, he led the implementation of Risk & Control Self Assessment (RCSA) framework that was rolled out to Citigroup North America and later to Citigroup worldwide. The framework serves as the control point of reference for internal and regulatory compliance for the institution. He was also charged with the responsibility to ensure Parkland Hospital was HIPAA security compliant at the kick-off of the regulation.
In his consulting practice, he assisted medium size to fortune 500 institutions in establishing and strengthening their IT Risk Management and Audit & control practices. He assisted several medium and large institutions to satisfy PCI DSS compliance requirements as well as ensure they are listed on Visa's global list of validated entities. His experience cuts across management of IT risk and control in major business applications, Operating Systems, Data security and Integrity, Networks, IT Policies and Procedures, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity (DRBC) etc. He is well grounded in Project Management and Software testing. He has implemented over 20 cycles of core business application such as SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft to mention just a few.