Oversight Systems

Patrick Taylor is the CEO and founder of Oversight Systems. In addition, Mr. Taylor is a respected information security industry insider who has served in various product management and strategic marketing roles with Internet Security Systems and Symantec. Patrick is also a seasoned start-up company professional with additional companies such companies as Red Brick Systems, GO, Air2Web and Fast-Talk. As a thought leader in continuous monitoring, Patrick has spoken at several compliance and audit industry conferences from organizations, such as the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Patrick is a frequent speaker at conferences, such as RSA, Networld + Interop, Comdex, NetSec and the Goldman Sachs Information Technology Conference. Patrick has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Dr. Kuokka has a broad range of expertise ranging from basic research to executive and product management. Dr. Kuokka managed engineering groups at Actra, a business-to-business e-commerce software startup later purchased by Netscape. After developing and delivering these systems as part of the Buyer Xpert software suite, Dr. Kuokka became Group Product Manager for the AOL Organizer Division. In this role, Dr. Kuokka led a team of product managers responsible for specifying the functionality and user experience of AOL's on-line calendar. Dr. Kuokka worked on agents at Fuji Xerox Palo Alto Labs applying them to common office productivity tasks and workflow. At Lockheed Martin, Dr. Kuokka was the principal investigator and manager of the Shade team, which developed basic technologies enabling networks of information consuming and producing agents. At Hewlett-Packard Labs, Dr. Kuokka worked on collaborative design systems allowing engineers to efficiently design products that take into account often neglected goals such as maintainability, reliability, and disposability. Dr. Kuokka has Ph.D. Computer Science and a M.S. Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a B.S. Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from University of Washington.

Keith Cooley is an information technology veteran who leads all product development and engineering efforts. Before joining Oversight, he was the Chief Customer Officer at Atlanta-based Witness Systems, Inc. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Cooley was the executive vice president of product development for Atlanta-based EzGov, Inc. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Cooley served as the vice president of engineering for Internet Security Systems (ISS) where he was responsible for production of the company's award-winning product lines. Prior to joining ISS, Mr. Cooley served in multiple roles at Dun & Bradstreet Software Inc. (DBS) including vice president of information systems, vice president of worldwide client server support and vice president of European support and development, headquartered in Brussels. Before it was acquired by DBS, he was a member of the executive management team at Management Science America (MSA) managing various support, engineering and marketing functions. Mr. Cooley holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech. He serves on the Georgia Tech College of Computing Advisory Board and is a member of the Georgia Institute of Technology's Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni. He has served as a member of the board of trustees for the Alexander-Tharpe Fund and the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.

Mr. Johnson leads federal operations for Oversight Systems where he draws upon more than 23 years of security, controls, audit, and management experience to deliver the benefits of transaction integrity monitoring to federal customers. Mr. Johnson is co-author of eight Oversight patents-pending. Recognized as an expert in applying technology to deliver tangible business results, Mr. Johnson is a frequent speaker at events sponsored by influential organizations such as ISACA, IIA, ACFE, SANS, CSI, the Conference Board for Shared Services, and the Contingency Planning & Management Association, where he speaks on the application of technology to solving business problems related to Sarbanes-Oxley, continuous audit and monitoring, and security. Prior to Oversight, Mr. Johnson led the application security and fraud control services practices at market leading government ERP systems provider American Management Systems (AMS). Before AMS, he directed the Vigilinx Inc. managed security service business unit and prior to joining Vigilinx, Mr. Johnson founded META Security Group where he served as chairman and chief executive officer of this full-service information security solutions provider. Mr. Johnson has held executive positions at Internet Security Systems and Trident Data Systems, a pioneering firm in the field of information warfare. Mr. Johnson has supported a large number of commercial, federal civilian, and federal Department of Defense organizations including the Navy, Air Force, Army, CIA, NSA, OSD, Department of State, Department of Energy and NASA. Mr. Johnson served as an Intelligence Specialist in the U.S. Navy, has a B.S. from the State University New York, and has pursued the National Security Affairs program at the Naval Post Graduate School.

Mr. Kaye is responsible for directing all sales strategies for the organization. Sam brings over 25 years of sales and leadership experience to Oversight and has spent a large part of his career working with Audit, Finance and Compliance executives. His background includes direct sales, reseller channels, business development and management. Most recently, Sam was Vice President of Sales at Paisley, Inc, where he expanded the sales organization and implemented strategies to help the company achieve record revenue growth and customer acquisition. During his tenure at Paisley, the company tripled its revenues and significantly increased its client base to over 1,200 companies. Prior to that, Sam was the Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Mobular Technologies, a firm that delivered technology to expand the footprint of financial transparency for publicly held corporations. Sam also was Vice President of Sales at Novient, Inc. where he was responsible for an international sales organization that exceeded all revenue records set by the company. Earlier in his career, Sam held senior sales and sales management positions at Oracle Corporation, Ross Systems, and ADP. He is a graduate of Marietta College in Ohio, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting.

Dr. Hermanson is co-author of a study performed for the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997, An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies. The results of the study apparently have influenced NYSE and NASDAQ listing requirements, as well as SEC disclosure rules, for smaller public companies. Dr. Hermanson was a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors' Blue Ribbon Commission on Audit Committees. He also was a member of the Auditing Standards Board's Anti-Fraud Detection Subgroup, which wrote the Appendix to SAS No. 99, Management Antifraud Programs and Controls: Guidance to Help Prevent, Deter, and Detect Fraud. He currently serves as a member of the Technical Working Group for the West Virginia University / Department of Justice Forensic Accounting Curriculum Development project.

Dr. Carcello has published over 30 articles in academic and professional journals on audit committee performance, financial fraud, going-concern reporting, and audit quality, including publications in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and Accounting Horizons, among numerous others. He is the co-author of a funded research study by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission titled, Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997, An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies. This study has been cited by The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, numerous regional newspapers throughout the country, and Georgia Public Television. The study's results have been presented to officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and have been frequently cited in SEC rules and speeches. Dr. Carcello is also the co-author of a follow-on research study published by the AICPA's Auditing Standards Board titled, Fraud-Related SEC Enforcement Actions Against Auditors: 1987-1997. Dr. Carcello is currently co-authoring a monograph on audit committee processes for KPMG's Audit Committee Institute. Dr. Carcello has served as president of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. He also is a member of Institutional Shareholder Services' Academic Advisory Panel and The Institute of Internal Auditors' Board of Research Advisors.

Dr. Beasley is a member of the COSO's Enterprise Risk Management Advisory Council and the AICPA's Antifraud Programs and Controls Task Force. Dr. Beasley has actively conducted research related to financial statement fraud. One study, published in The Accounting Review, was the recipient of the American Accounting Association's 1995 Competitive Manuscript Award and the 2002 Auditing Section's Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award. He has also conducted research addressing other board of director and audit committee issues, auditor quality issues, and the use of analytical procedures in multi-location companies. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Accountancy, and The CPA Journal, among numerous others. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards for Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, and the Journal of Forensic Accounting. Dr. Beasley is co-author of a study performed for the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997, An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies. The study examines approximately 200 financial fraud cases and offers insights for improving financial reporting. The results of the study apparently have influenced NYSE and NASDAQ listing requirements, as well as SEC disclosure rules, for smaller public companies. He also is co-author of the AICPA monograph, Fraud-Related SEC Enforcement Actions Against Auditors: 1987-1997. He has previously served on Auditing Standards Board task forces, including the SAS No. 99 Fraud Task Force.