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Quality Assurance Manager

Location:
Saint Louis, MO, 63105
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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MR. TIMOTHY J. GARTIN

**** ********* *****

SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63105

314-***-****

abnihp@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Gartin has over 18 years of experience in internal audit, accounting, programming, financial

and systems auditing, and information technology consulting. His areas of emphasis have

encompassed information management strategy, systems implementation, design and

implementation of IT solutions, practice and project management, and security design and

assessment.

Regional Operations Director. Milo Belle Consultants. St. Louis, Missouri. March 2009 to

present.

Mr. Gartin is the Regional Operations Director for Milo Belle’s consulting practice in St. Louis.

He is leading the opening of the office and as a result is focused on sales generation, staff

recruitment and marketing. His specialization in this role is accounting advisory, internal audit

services and IT consulting.

Principal. KPMG LLP. St. Louis, Missouri. November 2000 to August 2008.

Mr. Gartin was a principal in KPMG's Midwest Advisory Services practice in St. Louis. He led a

practice of 25 professionals with gross revenues of $4.5M annually. In his leadership role, he

was responsible for the following functions:

Recruiting, training and retention of professional staff

Sales opportunity identification and development

Account management

Engagement execution and quality assurance

Professional practice compliance

REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Led the analysis and development of the information systems strategy for an $800M

manufacturer in Missouri. This included transformation and change management plans

for the people, software and hardware in use at this client.

Managed the implementation of a large public school system’s PeopleSoft project,

including in-house and technical integration support and project financial performance.

Assisted in the selection of the ERP solution for a large internet travel company and in

the controls implementation of this solution (SAP).

Led the project management and internal control design and assessment work for a

$26B food & beverage company’s SAP implementation. The total size of this project was

$420M.

Led the IT internal audit activities including the assessment of the design and

effectiveness of key general computer controls at a large higher education organization

in the Midwest.

Performed TG-3 encryption audits for a number of financial institutions throughout the

nation.

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Served as the global IT internal audit manager of a $23B manufacturer including the

scoping, execution and reporting of these audits.

Led the delivery of IT audit services for approximately 55 external audit clients in St.

Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha.

Elected to KPMG’s Partnership Council, a group of partners responsible for advising the

management committee on partnership and business issues as they develop. Only 30

partners are elected to this committee each year.

Selected to attend KPMG’s Partnership Leadership Academy. Only partners on KPMG’s

largest global accounts are selected to attend this training on global business issues held

in Switzerland.

Director. Jefferson Wells. Minneapolis, Minnesota. September 1999 to November 2000.

Mr. Gartin was a director at Jefferson Wells’ practice in Minnesota. He led a practice of 55

professionals with gross revenues of $7.5M annually. In his leadership role, he was responsible

for the following functions:

Recruiting, training and retention of professional staff

Sales opportunity support

Product development and market strategy

Account management

Engagement execution and quality assurance

REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Led the execution of all accounting, tax, internal audit and IT consulting activities in this

marketplace. At the time, was the only director with all four Jefferson Wells service lines

reporting to him in the entire company.

Led the instruction of the annual CISA review course, hired by the local ISACA chapter,

to train prospective CISA candidates.

Performed and managed attack and penetration testing projects for clients in Minnesota,

Wisconsin and New York.

Led BSA, CRA and FHLA internal audits for a large bank based in Minneapolis.

Managed engagements to determine the tax provision for a large insurance company in

Minnesota.

Managed the diagnosis of a large brokerage’s managed 401K program to ascertain the

appropriateness of member contributions to the proper plans.

Senior Manager. Deloitte & Touche LLP. Minneapolis, Minnesota. March 1993 to August 1999.

Mr. Gartin progressed from the entry level of Associate to Senior Manager in six years at

Deloitte’s practice in Minnesota. He led a practice of 16 professionals and was responsible for

delivering IT controls assessment services throughout the upper Midwest.

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REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Facilitated the selection and advised on the implementation of a $4 million dollar Baan

and Cincom MRP system implementation at a major defense supplier organization.

Subsequently, audited the nationwide implementation of this ERP against the project

objectives.

Managed a $1.8 million systems replacement project that included financial, human

resources and practice management systems for a health care provider.

Served as the quality assurance manager for a $4 billion defense supplier’s worldwide

J.D. Edwards implementation.

Served as the IT audit manager for a $3 billion industrial and defense manufacturing

organization. This included planning, execution and reporting related to the audit of

worldwide operations for this company.

Conducted an analysis of a quasi-governmental organization’s information systems

department to ascertain the effectiveness of that department in meeting organization

objectives related to completeness of service delivery and use of vendors to support IS

operations.

Assessed the adequacy of implementation of Oracle financial and manufacturing

modules for a $300 million utility to determine if Oracle met the organization’s objective

or if Oracle should be replaced with another package.

Auditor. Roosevelt Bank FSB. St. Louis, Missouri. March 1990 to February 1993.

Mr. Gartin progressed from the entry level of Junior Auditor to Auditor at this local $3B financial

institution. He worked directly for the Chief Auditor and Compliance Officer for the bank.

REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Performed branch audits of each location in the system.

Performed daily BSA monitoring of suspicious transactions.

Assisted in CRA documentation and monitoring.

Performed all IT internal audits of the bank.

EDUCATION

Mr. Gartin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (1991) and a

Masters in Accountancy – Taxation (1993) from the University of Missouri – St. Louis.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Mr. Gartin is a member of The Society for Information Management (SIM), the Institute of

Internal Auditors (IIA), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and the

American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).

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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS AND INDUSTRIES

Consumer and Industrial Markets

Emerson Electric

General Motors

Gardner Denver

MEMC

ESCO Technologies

Sigma Aldritch

Tyson Foods

Honeywell

Alliant Techsystems

Olin Corporation

Financial Services

First Banks

Commerce Bank

First National Bank of Nebraska

TCF Bank

Travelers Express

Deluxe Data - E Funds

Employers Reinsurance – Swiss Re

Energy

Peabody Coal

Information, Communication and Entertainment

Sprint

Charter Communications

UGS – Siemens

Carlson Companies

Public Sector and HealthCare

The Washington University in St. Louis

The City of St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis County

The University of Missouri

St. Louis University

Hennepin County

The City of Bloomington, Minnesota

The University of Minnesota



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