Edward Suarez

Manager, Internal Audit Technology Audit @Canada Life

Winnipeg, MB, CA

Develop and contribute to a comprehensive audit plan outlining the objective, scope, deliverables, approach, resourcing, communications, and schedule. Execute collaborative risk-based technology and cybersecurity audits of moderate to high complexity in a local and global context and conclude whether risks are appropriately managed through effective controls. Serves as subject matter expect for global Internal Audit and stakeholders related to cybersecurity technology and processes including cloud, infrastructure, applications, and virtualization. Prepare and deliver effective presentations to stakeholders at audit opening and closing meetings as a means of communicating and gaining their agreement and understanding of audit plans and audit results. Ensure that the audit’s conclusions are supported by an orderly accumulation and analysis of documented evidence and that the content is clear and concise. Provide value-added and effective audit recommendations to stakeholder’s senior management, identifying significant issues in a business context, and working with audit stakeholders to identify and recommend feasible solutions.

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Telematics Engineering

Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo

Postgraduate in Information Systems Management