
IT Specialist, Internal Control at Callaway Golf
Greater San Diego Area

IT Specialist, Internal Control at Callaway Golf
Greater San Diego Area
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.
(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.
(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.
(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
(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
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
BSBA , Management Information Systems , 1998 — 2002
International Internship Program - Sydney, Australia (2001)
H.S. , 1994 — 1998
New Technology, Online Community Building, Social Media, User Interface and Experience Design
Member of ISACA, Boston and San Diego Chapters, since 2006. (CISA obtained in 2008)