Steffan Antonas

Current

IT Specialist, Internal Control at Callaway Golf

Past

Senior Associate, IT Advisory Services at KPMG LLP
Account Manager at SPIDERSPLAT CONSULTING, INC
Advertising and Promotions Manager at SYDNEY SURF EXPERIENCE

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Education

Georgetown University
Boston University - School of Management
Choate Rosemary Hall

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Connections

195 connections

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Websites

My Blog

Steffan Antonas’s Summary

Steffan Antonas’s Specialties:

Steffan has contributed to the popular tech blog ReadWriteWeb and has been a featured guest on Internet Talk Radio. He began researching human behavior in online communities in 2003 as a graduate student at Georgetown University, where he developed a passion for studying technological innovation, design and social change. He currently writes a popular blog on community, design and technology and is an active member of the online tech community.

Steffan Antonas’s Experience

IT Specialist, Internal Control

Callaway Golf

(Public Company; ELY; Sporting Goods industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Lead in charge of the design and performance of seasonal Sarbanes Oxley 404 IT Audits and key stakeholder in IT Compliance initiatives, including PCI Compliance and IT/Network Security related projects.
Senior Associate, IT Advisory Services

KPMG LLP

(Partnership; Accounting industry)

June 2005 — July 2008 (3 years 2 months)

Information Risk Management, Audit and Advisory Overview - Sarbanes Oxley 404, SAS 70 Attestation, Business Process Analysis, Internal and External IT Audit, Disaster Recovery and IT/ Network Security.
Account Manager

SPIDERSPLAT CONSULTING, INC

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

December 2002 — September 2003 (10 months)

- Managed and administered technical advertising campaigns for large e-commerce companies across the USA
- Developed and executed online advertising campaigns with budgets over $25,000 per month; initiated contact with existing customers to develop ad copy, identified and translated customers' needs into creative internet-based solutions
Advertising and Promotions Manager

SYDNEY SURF EXPERIENCE

(Entertainment industry)

August 2001 — December 2001 (5 months)

- Created, designed, and wrote copy for brochures, flyers and display ads; developed high-impact multi-media and promotional packages; web design; created direct-mail campaigns; represented company at trade-show exhibits
- Presented products through formal multi-media presentations to groups of 30-50

Steffan Antonas’s Education

Georgetown University

Masters , Communications Culture & Technology , 2003 — 2005

Masters Thesis: Gaming In Cyberspace: How Interactive Entertainment Is Changing Communication & Identity On The Net

Awarded High Pass Masters Thesis Honor Award 2005.
(Download a copy @ http://cct.georgetown.edu/7010.html)

Coursework included, but not limited to, the following:
- Privacy Rights In Communications
- Politics Public Policy & The Public Interest
- Broadband Proliferation Project (Independent Study)
- Technology, Culture & Development
- Statistical Methodology
- Cryptographic Methods
- Children and Technology (Developmental Psychology)
- Modern Media, Politics and Persuasive Communication
- Multimodal Interaction and Virtual Environements (Thesis Research)

Teaching Assistantships in 3 Graduate Level Courses:
- Privacy Rights In Communications
- Politics Public Policy & The Public Interest
- Introduction to Communications Culture and Technology

Activities and Societies:

Captain Georgetown Men's Waterpolo Team 2003-2005
Boston University - School of Management

BSBA , Management Information Systems , 1998 — 2002

International Internship Program - Sydney, Australia (2001)

Activities and Societies:

Cum Laude, Lock Honorary Society
Choate Rosemary Hall

H.S. , 1994 — 1998