ISACA Webinar—Closing the Translation Gap: When Education and Employment Speak Different Languages

When:  Apr 21, 2026 from 11:00 to 12:00 (CT)

ISACA Webinar—Closing the Translation Gap: When Education and Employment Speak Different Languages

21 April 2026 | 12 pm (ET) / 11 am (CT) / 9 am (PT) / 16 (UTC)
Free for ISACA members and non-members. (Not a member? Join now!)

Students can graduate prepared and still struggle to be understood by employers.
Higher education describes learning through courses and case studies. Employers hire based on role readiness and demonstrated capability, particularly in IT, cybersecurity, risk, governance, audit, and compliance roles.

When those definitions don’t align, capable graduates can be overlooked. 
In this 30-minute session, we examine where that disconnect shows up in real hiring decisions, and what alignment looks like through the lived experience of an ISACA student member working in the field.

What You’ll Learn

  • Why capable graduates are sometimes overlooked in hiring
  • How the “translation gap” appears in IT and cybersecurity roles
  • What employers actually mean by role readiness
  • What employer-alignment looks like in higher ed

Who Should Attend

  • Higher education leaders and faculty
  • Career services and workforce development professionals
  • Academic program designers

Unable to attend? You should still register! Registering gets you access to view this event on-demand until 12:00 pm CT on 21 October 2026. 

Jeff Angle
Senior Director, Academic and Workforce Development
ISACA 

Jeff is a highly experienced executive focused on the education of the future workforce. He has held executive level roles with ETS, Pearson, HMH, and Arizona State University. Jeff has developed successful academic and workforce development programs throughout the US, Middle East and the LATAM areas focused on upskilling students in secondary and post-secondary education. In his spare time, Jeff is faculty at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Gloribert (Glori) Roque-Melendez, CPA, CITP, CISA, PMP
Lecturer of Accounting at the Lee Business School, Department of Accounting
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Gloribert (Glori) Roque-Melendez is a Lecturer of Accounting at the Lee Business School, Department of Accounting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She has a Bachelor in Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus and a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) in Information Systems Auditing and Control from Bowling Green State University (Ohio).

She started her career at EY in Assurance Practice and then transferred to Advisory Practice where she spent most of her 13-year tenure at EY. Most of her time was dedicated to IT audits and attestation engagements. At EY, she also earned the ISO 27001 Implementer and ISO 27001 Auditor Certifications. She got to work on ISO-related certification engagements as well.

Glori currently teaches mainly Accounting Information Systems and Accounting Data Analytics courses. She also supports the ISACA Student Group (ISG) and the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) UNLV student organizations as their Faculty Advisor.

She has the following credentials:

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
More information

Location

Online Instructions:
Url: https://store.isaca.org/s/community-event?id=a33VQ00000264KjYAI
Login: Register for this ISACA webinar at the link above. Login instructions will be provided after registering.
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