Compliance for the Modern MSP: Navigating Success with Vanta, BARR, and Electric

Sam is an award-winning Security, Risk & Compliance leader with a proven ability to develop and lead people and programs that bring trust and assurance to the marketplace. Armed with “Big 4” and boutique consulting experience, industry positions at companies like SAP Concur and Smartsheet, and having crossed from Accounting to InfoSec, Sam offers the unique ability to translate complexity to both business and technical audiences, for companies in any industry, at all stages of growth (from pre-IPO to Fortune 5 Enterprises). Sam is charismatic, compassionate and collaborative, and embodies a growth mindset for every experience and challenge he takes on.

Sam’s mission is to bring trust and assurance to customers, investors and regulators globally, advance the security of the business, its operations, products, data, infrastructure, and people, and protect the brand and reputation, significantly reducing barriers to sale.

Volunteer activities include serving as an advisory board member for the University of Washington MPAcc program.

Specialties: Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), IT Security, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Compliance Management, Audit Management, Vendor Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, Policy Management, Identity Access Management, ISO27001, 27701, 27018, 27017, 22301, 20000, SOC-1 / SSAE16 / SAS70, SOC 2, SOX, FedRAMP, DoD IL4, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CPA, CISA, Network+, Accounting, GAAP, SEC Reporting, Consulting