GARY B. SHARROCK, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC

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Port Saint Lucie, FL 34983

772-***-****

E-mail: ab9iuo@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Certified IT Audit, IT Governance and IT Risk Control professional seeks a key position in IT Internal Audit where my 7+

years of diverse IT audit experience, extensive IT leadership experience and strong business acumen can add value to

the organization.

NOTABLE CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Brought extensive technical and business experience to the IT Audit team at Office Depot; earned CISA, CGEIT and CRISC

certifications; and became a key liaison with the IT organization.

• Managed the pre-implementation review of a $300M+ global project to deploy the Oracle E-Business Suite in a LINUX

environment at Office Depot.

• Developed and directed the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort for the fiscal year ended 06/30/05 at NuCO2.

• Built the IT organization at NuCO2 and led the transformation of the company’s IT infrastructure.

• Directed the development and implementation of NuCO2’s industry-leading route delivery system.

• Created the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans at NuCO2 and Armellini Express, and successfully managed

recoveries from two major hurricanes in 2004 at NuCO2.

• Achieved significant cost savings at NuCO2, Discovery Zone and Armellini Express.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Office Depot, Inc. 1/2006 to Present

Senior Manager – Internal IT Audit

Lead IT auditor for an $11B global supplier of office products and services.

• Prepared, planned, and performed complex IT audits (35) of IT systems and services.

• Teamed with Financial/Operational auditors on integrated audits (16).

• Managed and performed special projects and management requests (8).

• Partnered with the business to provide guidance on internal controls for IT systems and services.

• Performed the annual risk assessment, created the annual audit plan and assigned staff resources to audit

engagements.

• Performed a corporate-wide OFAC risk assessment and developed a compliance program.

• Mentored new IT audit team members.

• Led the pre-implementation review of a $300M+ global project to deploy the Oracle E-Business Suite in a LINUX

environment.

Sharrock Enterprises, Inc. 7/2005 to 1/2006

Information Technology Consultant

Independent consultant worked with clients on network and server configuration, disaster recovery planning, database and web page

design, marketing strategy and financial system implementation.

NuCO2 Inc. 8/1999 to 7/2005

Chief Information Officer

Lead IT executive for a $125M provider of bulk CO2 storage systems and liquefied CO2 to the fountain beverage industry.

• Built the company’s IT department and recruited all key personnel, eliminating the dependence on contract personnel and non-

technical leadership. Direct reports were 14 associates.

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NuCO2 Inc. (continued)

• Led the transformation of the company’s IT infrastructure from a green-screen, AS400 centric environment to a diversified

environment with integrated systems optimized to fill the needs of the business.

• Directed the development and implementation of the company’s industry-leading route delivery system utilizing hand-held

computers and proprietary forecasting and scheduling software. Negotiated savings of over $150K on a new generation of

hand-held computers and wireless printers.

• Negotiated new contracts for voice communications which resulted in aggregate savings of over $500K over three years.

• Created the company’s business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and successfully recovered in remote hot-sites from two

major hurricanes with no material loss of revenue or impact on customer service.

• Achieved Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Year One compliance for fiscal year ended 06/30/05. Developed the test plan, performed

tests, wrote policies and procedures, and performed remediation of internal control weaknesses.

• Administered and supported the corporate network, servers, desktops and PBX systems.

• Functioned as the corporate Director of Purchasing for two years, handling the purchasing of over $80M of supplies and

services.

Discovery Zone, Inc. 12/1998 to 5/1999

Director of Information Services

Lead IT executive for a $120M owner and operator of pay-for-play children’s entertainment centers.

• Negotiated a new contract for voice and data communications, which resulted in a projected savings of $225K over three years.

• Planned a project to upgrade the JD Edwards financial system to a Y2K compliant version (7.3.10). Identified an outside firm

to lead the project resulting in a savings of nearly $250K from the original project budget.

• Planned the upgrade of the AS/400 system from CISC to RISC and negotiated a vendor discount of over $50K.

• Aligned the department with the organization’s goals and led a dramatic turnaround in the staff‘s attitude, motivation and

productivity. Direct reports were 14 associates.

Armellini Express Lines, Inc. 2/1993 to 9/1998

Vice President of Information Services

Lead IT executive for a $65M international floral transportation company.

Recruited and mentored a high performance, service oriented team with 15 direct reports.

• Directed the design, acquisition and implementation of Windows NT and Novell local and wide area networks serving five

locations with more than 200 users.

• Selected a new carrier for voice and data communications and negotiated pricing plan resulting in savings of $300K over five

years.

• Developed and tested business continuity and disaster recovery plans including a contracted hot-site.

• Created and managed the hurricane preparedness plan for entire company’s operations.

• Selected and implemented a two-way satellite-based communications system for the truck fleet of 160 tractor-trailers.

• Participated in strategic planning as a member of corporate executive team.

• Performed financial analyses of potential business acquisitions.

• Created the business plan for Armellini Information Services, Inc., a wholly owned IT consulting company, which served the

local business community. Served as Chief Operating Officer.

Positions prior to 1993 include Director – IS, Manager – Computer Operations, Controller and Internal Auditor.

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PERSONALITY TRAITS

• Customer focused

• Strong leadership and team building skills

• Responsive and action oriented

• Proven ability to build consensus and resolve conflicts

• Able to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Excellent hands-on technical abilities

• Able to communicate effectively with associates at all levels of the organization

• Superb organizational and administrative skills

• Broad knowledge of trends in technology and their practical application to business operations

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Windows 2003 Server IBM RS6000 IBM iSeries (AS/400) IPS IDS

SQL

Windows XP, Vista, 7 Unisys ClearPath LINUX UNIX

PII

Microsoft Office SQL Server Exchange Server

Omni-channel Retailing

Citrix MetaFrame Retek RMS Qualcomm (Satellite)

JD Edwards Safe Harbor

Lawson (ERP) Vertex (Tax)

Teradata Vendavo Ariba Penetration Testing

RDBMS

Salesforce.com Transcera GenTran (EDI)

Oracle E-Business PeopleSoft HRIS BYOD

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

Manhattan Associates HIPAA

Client/Server Tools SDLC

SOC 1 2 3

VoIP Virtualization Cloud Computing

OFAC ISO 27001 FCPA Outsourcing Off-Shoring

ISACA COSO CobiT 4.1 Vulnerability Assessment

LAN WAN VLAN Wi-Fi

BCP DRP Governance Project Management

DLP

SAS70 SSAE16 PCI DSS ITIL

Process Improvement Big Data

Auto Audit ACL

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), 2007

CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT), 2008

CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), 2010

Member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

EDUCATION

Wright State University – Dayton, OH

Bachelor of Science – Accounting; Graduated Cum Laude (3.44/4.00)

REFERENCES

Excellent professional and personal references are available upon request.

LOCATION PREFERENCES, RELOCATION AND AVAILABILITY

I would like to be able to commute daily from my home in Port St Lucie, FL. I am also willing to relocate to another Sun Belt city.

I am available for a permanent full-time or contract to permanent position. I am able to begin work in 14 days or less after accepting an

offer.

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