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P A G E 1 6 TACUA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

S C H E D U L E Thursday, April 17

7 : 0 0 A M Breakfast

I Want YOU for IT Audit
8 : 0 0 A M Chesney Cote, Audit Manager - Texas A&M University System
The presentation will provide non-IT auditors with information to assist them in conducting
basic IT audits. In addition, common themes identified in IT audits will be discussed.

Chesney Cote is an Internal Audit Manager for the Texas A&M University System Internal
Audit Department where she manages a team of auditors on audit projects in a variety of
subject matters. Chesney is a member of the department’s IT committee and manages the
Data Analytics team. She also serves as the Chapter Achievement Program chair for the
Brazos Valley Chapter of the IIA. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration
degree in Accounting and her Master of Science degree in Management Information Systems
from Texas A&M University in 2010. Prior to joining the A&M System Internal Audit team in
2012, Chesney worked for Ernst & Young LLP in Houston as an IT auditor for the Advisory
Services practice. Chesney is a CPA and a CISA.

1 0 : 0 0 A M Break

Using Data Analytics and Visualizations to Monitor Sponsored Projects
1 0 : 1 0 A M Erin Baker, Data Analytics Program Manager - University of Texas System

Review risks to sponsored projects, discuss data analytics tests used in a sponsored project
risk rating tool to monitor those risks, and walk thru dashboards of risk rating results.

Erin Baker is the Data Analytics Program Manager with the University of Texas System
Administration internal audit team. In this role, she provides data analytic related services
and support to internal audit departments around the System, including developing tools for
use with their data, establishing a formal training curriculum, and assisting with data
acquisition and analytics during audits. Erin has BBAs in both Finance and Accounting from
the University of Texas at Austin and San Antonio, respectively. Erin was first introduced to
the power, and fun, of data analytics at Frost National Bank. She has also been a one-woman
audit shop for a home health care company, where she developed scripts for operational,
financial, compliance, and administrative purposes.
Erin Baker is a CIA, CIDA, and a CFIRS.

1 1 : 4 0 A M Closing Remarks
Boxed Lunches & Departures
Boxed lunch available by request only. Please indicate you would like a boxed lunch to be
provided during the registration process.