— Profile —

       Joe Revnes is based in Atlanta, GA, and specializes in data analysis and reporting for audit and assurance, performance improvement, and business intelligence. He is highly experienced in ACL scripting and has leveraged SQL and Business Objects for enterprise reporting. Joe also delivers high-quality information systems audit testing for a variety of large clients. For inquiries, refer to the email address listed at the bottom of the page.

— Education —

University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
BBA in Management Information Systems, Graduated May 2008
Focus on process methodology & improvement and project management

— Experience —

KPMG LLP, Atlanta, GA, August 2008 - Present
Associate, Advisory Services
• Currently performing integrated audit work for a major international supplemental insurance carrier and two specialty P&C insurers, as well as software and local government clients. Former IT audit client industries include energy, manufacturing, financial services, and retail.
• Leveraging ACL for multiple projects, including substantive access control testing and a very large data analysis, reperformance, and reporting project for a Fortune 500 insurance client involving full recalculation of reserves, factor validation, and other actuarial tests
• Designed and implemented executive reporting systems for the merger of two international financial institutions
• Calculated and reporting on feasibility of real estate portfolio performance projections for an engineering, manufacturing, and banking conglomerate

KPMG LLP, Atlanta, GA, September - December 2007
Intern, Advisory Services
• Performed integrated audit work for major insurance clients
• Rebuilt and restored a mission-critical transaction processing server

Siemens Energy & Automation, Alpharetta, GA, May - August 2007
IT Intern
• Designed and implemented reports in Business Objects Enterprise XI to empower supervisors to better manage their teams’ performance and enable the organization to evaluate SLA fulfillment for their shared service organization
• Assisted in the progress of a large systems transition project

Corporate Research Intl., Athens, GA, January 2003 - January 2007
Retail Auditor

Georgia Theatre Company, Athens, GA, March 2002 - August 2006
Floor Staff

Cunard Line, Ltd., Miami, FL, July 2002 and July 2003
IT Intern

— Technology Skillsets —

• Very experienced in ACL scripting for data analysis and assurance / audit procedures
• Experienced in Business Objects XI and SQL for enterprise reporting
• Some experience in PHP, AJAX, Java, SAP, ColdFusion, and Access applications
• Knowledgeable with server hardware / software implementation and management,
       including RAID arrays, Windows Server, and other enterprise solutions
• Highly skilled with most of the Microsoft Office suite, with some experience in Adobe
       Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Microsoft Expression

— Activities and Honors —

• Passed CISA exam, currently fulfilling experience requirement; member of ISACA
• Member of the Shepherd Center Junior Committee, involved in planning and hosting the
       annual "Derby Day" fundraiser, to benefit therapeutic recreation programs at Shepherd
• President of the Delta Chi Fraternity, UGA Chapter, 2007
• VP of Finance, Society for Management Information Systems (SMIS), 2007
• Awarded scholarship by the Society for Information Mgmt., Atlanta Chapter
• Combined SAT: 1540, Verbal: 800, Math: 740; AP Scholar 2003, 2004
• Volunteer for Jazzoo, an annual benefit for Zoo Atlanta

— College Projects —

Security, Controls, and Policy Audit, Hartwell, GA, March 2007
Advising Auditor
Audited the Hart County Board of Education as part of a team organized by SMIS. Analyzed their current state and made recommendations for physical security, network security, patch and virus management, change management, system controls, and business continuity.
• Performed penetration test with Metasploit, Netstumbler, GFI Languard
• Audited user permissions and GPOs in Active Directory
• Engaged end users in trustworthy worker tests / social engineering

Project Management, Consulting, SDLC, Athens, GA, August - December 2006
Team Lead
Leader of a team consulting a regional antiques retailer. Analyzed their business processes and designed a web-based inventory and reporting environment to replace their paper systems.
• Personally created the system with PHP, MySQL, and AJAX
• Created a comprehensive workplan and schedule with MS Project