I help mid-market teams pass audits efficiently—building right-sized controls, streamlining evidence pipelines, and making compliance predictable. (And yes, I actually do use em dashes.)

Highlights:

• Experience: 6 years

• Audits Completed: 180+

• Industries: Colocation & hyperscale data centers, fintech, healthtech, SaaS/IaaS, mobile apps, AI, software development (startups to multinational enterprises)

Work History

AARC-360 | Atlanta, GA (Remote) | 2019 – Present

Manager | 2024 – Present
Associate Manager | 2023 – 2024

• Led dynamic teams of 2–3 analysts per engagement, drawing from a core group of ~20 staff across multiple simultaneous projects.

• Served as Quality Assurance gate for readiness assessments, audit lead sheets, and audit reports, ensuring consistency and accuracy.

• Achieved 95%+ client engagement renewal rate by fostering transparency, open communication, and strong interpersonal relationships.

• Developed and delivered NASBA-approved CPE trainings for firm-wide, in-person sessions over 4+ years.

• Expanded revenue by growing existing client engagements and securing new business opportunities.

• Skills:

•  Frameworks: SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, HITRUST, ISO 42001.

•  Compliance: GDPR, HIPAA.

•  Platforms: AWS, Azure, MongoDB Atlas, VMware, Windows Server, Nutanix.

•  Tools: Drata, Vanta, Tugboat, GRC suites
  
  

Senior Consultant | 2021 – 2023
Staff Consultant | 2019 – 2021

• Conducted external audits for international and domestic clients. 

• Developed training materials and internal tools that improved efficiency across multiple audit engagement types. 

• Coordinated and executed audits using various client GRC tools, including Drata, Vanta, and Tugboat.

• Major industry types:

• Colocation & hyperscale data centers, fintech, healthtech, SaaS/IaaS, mobile apps, AI, and software development (startups to multinational enterprises)

Fun History

Cheese Maker, Open Gates Group | Kalona, IA

• Helped develop and launch the cheddar cheese curd product at the historic Kalona Creamery. 

Drone Pilot, Prairie Aerial | Sioux Falls, SD

• Early adopter of drone film technology whose most-viewed video has over 20,000,000 hits on Youtube and was: 

  • Winner, Best Directing, SEDIFF 2016 (Seoul, Korea drone film festival), 

  • Official selection, NYDFF 2016 (New York Drone Film Festival). 

Volunteer Representative, LDS Church | Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Interacted with native Mandarin Chinese speakers in daily living and proselytizing efforts for a period of two years.
  
  

Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | 2009 – 2013 | GPA 3.56

• • Major: Mandarin Chinese; 

  • Minor/certificate: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

  • Certifications: TOCFL Level 4 (Advanced Mandarin Chinese Listening and Reading) | ACTFL OPI - Advanced Mid (Mandarin).

  • Awards: Academic Scholarship Recipient (2010 – 2013)  

  • ACT score: 31.

Professional Certifications:

• • HITRUST CCSFP, credential ID practitioner number: 58694; exp: 07/26

  • Currently pursuing ISO 42001 Lead Auditor

Professional Affiliations/Memberships:

• • AICPA

  • ISACA

• • Author and creator of The Sword of Adam and enochtime.com

  • Genealogist and publisher of thorinfamily.net.

  • Fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

References available upon request.