$ ls -la /career
Professional Experience
My professional journey spans technology risk consulting, AI strategy, and financial technology research.
career_timeline.sh
noah@portfolio:~/experience$ ./display_career.sh
EY
Technology Risk Staff
EY
Rogers, AR
July 2025 – Present
- Returned to EY's Technology Risk practice following a successful internship conversion, serving Fortune 500 clients.
- Execute IT audit procedures assessing IT General Controls (ITGCs) and IT Automated Controls (ITACs) for SOC and SOX compliance engagements.
- Develop engagement trackers, status reports, and automated control design documentation.
- Create User Access Review questionnaires, controls design documentation, and client learning session materials.
- Build analysis workbooks and leverage Power Automate, Alteryx, and SQL for data validation and permissions testing.
$ skills --list
# IT Audit# SOX/SOC Compliance# ITGCs# ITACs# Control Testing# Power Automate# Alteryx# SQL# SharePoint
Arkansas AI Foundry
Co-Founder / Strategic Advisor
Arkansas AI Foundry
Fayetteville, AR
January 2025 – Present
- Co-founded the Arkansas AI Foundry, helping grow the RSO to over 100 members and organizing events with guest speakers.
- Now serve as an unpaid, independent advisor to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with no fiscal responsibility.
- Scaled the organization across diverse academic disciplines including Business, Engineering, and Data Science.
- Partner with faculty advisors including Dr. Xinde Zhang and Mr. Michael Cawthon to integrate AI education into the curriculum.
$ skills --list
# Leadership# AI Strategy# Organizational Development# Event Planning# Faculty Relations
University of Arkansas – Sam M. Walton College of Business
Finance Technology Research Assistant
University of Arkansas – Sam M. Walton College of Business
Fayetteville, AR
January 2024 – July 2025
- Provided coding assistance (primarily Python) and supported research at the intersection of finance, AI, and Python programming under Professor Xinde Zhang.
- Aided graduate students with understanding and implementing finance-related coding concepts, troubleshooting and optimizing Python code.
- Assisted in research projects focusing on the application of AI in finance, including data gathering, analysis, and contributing to AI models for financial predictions.
- Stayed current on trends in finance AI and continuously enhanced technical skills in Python and Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Collaborated with faculty and students to foster a productive and innovative research environment.
$ skills --list
# Python# Machine Learning# LLMs# Financial Modeling# Data Analysis# Research# Collaboration
EY
Technology Risk Intern
EY
Rogers, AR
June 2024 – August 2024
- Contributed to the audit of multiple clients, focusing on the evaluation of critical IT controls for SOC and SOX compliance.
- Assessed access controls, change management processes, and other key security areas.
- Conducted in-depth reviews of specific IT Automated Controls (ITACs) and IT General Controls (ITGCs).
- Gained experience with risk mitigation strategies, IT audit methodologies, and control testing procedures.
- Received return offer for full-time position based on performance.
$ skills --list
# IT Audit# Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)# SOC Reports# ITGCs# ITACs# Control Testing# Risk Mitigation
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