ISACA Ask Me Anything Events



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I'm an ISACA Hall of Fame Inductee: Ask Me Anything!

Frank Yam
20-24 June 2022
ISACA Rising Professionals Forum




Professor Frank Yam is a 2022 ISACA Hall of Fame inductee and recipient of this year’s prestigious Eugene Frank Founders Award, the highest recognition bestowed upon a dedicated ISACA member annually. Professor Yam has more than 30 years of experience in governance, auditing, risk management and cybersecurity, and has served in more than 50 terms of office in various ISACA international boards and committees, including six terms on the ISACA Board of Directors, and as president of the China Hong Kong chapter.

Often referred to as the “super-connector,” Professor Yam is a well-respected global leader in the community and an icon for ISACA. He is currently the Chairman & CEO of Focus Strategic Group Inc. Bring your questions about his road to success and learn lessons to apply to your own career during this AMA! 

 

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Frequently Asked Questions


Q: What is an AMA?

AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions are an opportunity for you to get to know a professional on a deeper level. Utilize the session to ask about their career path, personal growth & journey, and future goals. 


Q: Are there different types of AMAs?

ISACA AMAs are typically online discussion threads hosted over one week on Engage, enabling asynchronous participation from our global audience. Any user with an ISACA account can joint he respective Engage community hosting the AMA, log in and participate in the thread. The AMA guest may not respond to questions posted after the event has ended. 


Q: Where can I submit my questions?

All questions must be replies to the designated AMA thread. You must have an ISACA account to post a question, and you can create a free account here. All content must abide by the Engage Code of Conduct and community participation guidelines which available within each community's library. 

Past AMAs

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I'm a cybersecurity influencer: Ask Me Anything
Tina Gravel
21-25 March 2022, ISACA SheLeadsTech Forum

An award-winning executive with more than 28 years in information technology. Tina Gravel is SVP Global Channels and Alliances at Appgate, a secure access software and services company. Tina is known as a cybersecurity influencer and has received countless awards for her work; Top Gun 51 Channel Chief by Channel Online in 2019, Women of the Channel (7 years). CRN Top Executive of the Channel (3 years). In June 2020, Tina was named #58 on a Global list of IIOT influencers by Onalytica and in August of 2021 as an honoree on the Channel Futures DE & I 101 list and top Tech Woman Influencer by Award Magazine in August of 2021.  
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I'm a blockchain professional: Ask Me Anything
Raneem Rashid
21-25 February 2022, ISACA Engage Emerging Technology Forum

Raneem Rashid, a Blockchain expert with 6+ years of expertise in development, team leading, training and solution designing for multiple organizations. Raneem currently resides in Saudi Arabia, working full time with Smart chain LLC across UAE and Saudi Arabia, responsible for solution architecting and consulting for blockchain and non-blockchain based solutions and as a freelancer she is associated with Pearson Professional Middle East as an emerging technology course instructor for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain courses in a virtual environment. She collaborates with wiseHer platform as a blockchain expert and community advocate at Chainlink. She is a Certified Blockchain Solution Architect, IBM Blockchain and R3 Corda certified.

Outside her work, she has been actively contributing by sharing her knowledge via public speaking and technology experience to the advancement of the sector by mentoring one-to-one, writing on LinkedIn with 6500+ followers and conducting regular external technical training for both tech evangelists and business leaders from organizations such as Apple, Sage, King Fahad Medical City etc.

Raneem have also been recognized as Global thought leader by Thinkers360 and was nominated as “Speaker of the Year” at the Women Tech Global Conference in the areas of AI, RPA, Cloud Solutions, Tech, Innovation & Future of work.
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I'm a data privacy expert, parent, and run my own business: Ask Me Anything
Cat Coode
24-28 January 2022, ISACA Engage Privacy Forum

Cat is the founder of Binary Tattoo. Binary for the language of all things digital. Tattoo for the permanence of what goes online. Baked by two decades of experience in mobile development and software architecture (BlackBerry), as well as a certification in data privacy law, Cat helps individuals and corporations better understand cybersecurity and data privacy.

She specializes in global privacy regulation compliance and delivering privacy education seminars. She is a member of the Canadian Standards Council for GDPR. She has worked with tech start-ups through to large organizations in a breadth of industries including healthcare, education, and social media.

Cat was named one of Canada's Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity 2021.

Cat leverages her aptitude for teaching and her engineering background, in both her speaking and consulting engagements, to break down technical concepts in ways everyone can understand. Putting privacy at the foundation of everything you do.