Paul Phillips is the Director, Event Content Development and the Risk Professional Practice Lead. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA with concentration in both Management and MIS. He also holds an honorary Doctorate in Divinity from the Hope Seminary and Bible Institute. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor, a Certified Information Security Manager and a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer. He has worked in corporate America in various capacities for 36 years. He has also worked as a part-time professor for several universities and other various institutions of higher learning for 20 years.

Andrew Guasp is Senior Manager, Standards and Professional Guidance at the IIA Global Headquarters. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Andrew started his career as an Auto Mechanic, where he found a passion for problem-solving. During the 2008 Audit Industry Crisis, he returned to education to major in accounting at the University of Memphis. Following graduation, Andrew secured an internal auditing role as an associate auditor for FedEx in Memphis, Tennessee. Having moved back to his hometown of Orlando, Florida, he took up a position as an accountant working in the communications sector. This led to a position working with Verizon where he specialized in a risk management SOX compliance role. He most recently returned to internal auditing again, serving four years in the Fintech space. With over ten years of experience, Andrew has performed operational, financial, and IT audits and has been fortunate to have worked in four countries, including the USA, Mexico, Canada, and the Philippines.