Resume for Rick Kneale
2007 Coral Shores Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306
954.907.4374
Summary
I am a senior professional working in Information Systems SOX Audit and Security with a reputation for being thorough, enthusiastic, and realistic.
Specific technical experience producing Ad-hoc information that is unavailable with the client’s current resources or business reporting applications. Typical work includes ODBC connection with client application data and manual manipulation and analysis of business data related to SOX deliverables and audit evidence.
Implementations include cross-functional data mapping, user profile cleanup, financial data conversion, creation of business reports sourced from multiple platforms and applications, vendor and contract negotiations, Disaster Recovery documentation,and technical team building with trainingand hands-on participation. Disciplines include JSOX, COBIT and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) with a focus on remediation regardless of audit, security methodology or business application.
Experience
Office Depot Headquarters, IT Security and Audit Analyst Consultant
October 2011 - Present
Assist with project implementations and process documentation. All projects utilize various applications across multiple platforms for SOX regulated business data. Most recent projects include DR (Disaster Recovery) procedural documentation for testing, SLA (Service Level Agreement) template re-design with full management approvals including Sharepoint implementations for mitigation of SOX risks, and Complete documentation and process improvement implementation for SOX Quarterly User Profile attestations.
Cordis (Johnson and Johnson),IT Security and Audit Analyst Consultant
October 2009 – October 2011
SOX Deliverables related to OneWorld Security back-end files with Oracle 9i, MS Access 2007 VB programming and advanced Excel. User ID cleanup (removal of approximately200 obsoleted User IDs). Provide full Production and Lower environment review and Cross-Functional conflict analysis(i.e. Per SOX requirements, the same user should not be able to write and approve their own check). SOX data was created from multiple applications and database platforms (Oracle, Peoplesoft).
Tire Kingdom (TBC Corporation), IT Security Audit Consultant
October 2008 –October 2009
Delivered User ID analysis and resulted in removal of over 400 obsolete profiles. Data analysis of Return Goods identified that warranties were paying out on expired inventory. Delivery of SOX information specific to IT Audit and Security requirements.
Bureau Veritas, JD Edwards/Deltek Systems Analyst North America
August 2007 - August 2008
Provided full-range support of JD Edwards 8.1x World and DeltekVision accounting application interfaces (both functional and technical)and helped develop migrations from Deltek raw data to JDE corporate application, and provided user supportand training. Responsibilities included troubleshooting JDE World import/export Zfile transactions related toAR/AP/GL, Business Unit
Security administration, and Menu, Dreamwriter, Worldwriter and FASTR reportdevelopment. Query tools include AS/400 SQL and MS SQL Server along with the full suite of MSOffice tools (Excel, Word, Access) for user and management information presentation. As a French-owned company penetrating the US market through acquisition, the JDE World installation included over 240active companies with individual application mappings of accountingdata.
CIO and VP of Information Technology at Silversea Cruises
October 2002 - May 2006
As VP of IT and Chief Information Officer for a small luxury cruise line, I oversaw a staff of fourteen,a network serving 400 users in 50 countries and communications and support services for a fleet offour ships. We consolidated servers, centralized security and businessoperations, created processes for compliance with Standard IT security policies andbusiness procedures.Contract negotiations resulted in over 5 million dollars in savings to the company while improving IT services and deliverables.
JD Edwards/EDI Special Projects Manager at Sunbeam Corporate Headquarters and follow-on consulting
February 1999 - October 2002
Management of both employee and programming personnel for project planning and implementation related to inbound and outbound EDI transactions. Helped Re-engineer and recover uncollected cash as a result of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) andJDE (JD Edwards) business-application configuration deficiencies. Applications included JDEEDI (System 47 files), Harbinger/Premenos, Essbase, Showcase, Cognos Impromptu, and Crystal Reports as relatedto marketing, sales, and accounting data.
Staff Systems Analyst at IBM/Lexmark
September 1978 - June 1998
A long and rewarding career with IBM allowed me to work on many different projects related to JDE World, Beta versions of OneWorld and project management disciplines. My final position was on the IT Audit and Security team.
Education
PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification 1999
Nova Southeastern University, MBA, Business, 1988
University of Florida, Bachelor’s of Science, 1985
Personal Interests
Married, 3 sons, Racquetball, Bass fishing
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