Fred Hood

About Fred Hood

Fred Hood is a Manager at Schellman based in Raleigh, NC. Prior to joining Schellman in…

Experience

1. Senior Associate

   Schellman

   Oct 2021 — Present

   Leading examinations to assess clients against self-defined control objectives related to financial reporting (SOC 1), trust services criteria defined by the AICPA (SOC 2), and security and breach notification rules defined by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HIPAA)- Documenting process walkthroughs to identify controls to be utilized in satisfying control objectives / trust services criteria - Assisting with an initiative to build out an audit program to test clients against a subset of frameworks contained in the Secure Controls Framework (SCF) such as NIST CSF, COBIT, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS - Executing planning and fieldwork tasks in support of an integrated audit approach to leverage an SCF-based set of common controls intended to satisfy SOC, PCI, ISO, and HIPAA requirements, depending on individual clients’ compliance needs - Providing valuable and actionable client observations and process improvement opportunities based on potential vulnerabilities and identified risks, including those related to the type of data stored in client systems (e.g. personally identifiable information (PII) or protected health information (PHI)) and inefficient or ineffective utilization of applications

Education

• Johnson C. Smith University - JCSU

  Biology, General

  2012 — 2013

• UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

  Master of Accounting, Accounting

  2017 — 2018

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor's Degree, Economics

  2013 — 2016

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Research
• Public Speaking
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Powerpoint
• Event Planning
• Stata
• Social Networking
• Time Management
• Microsoft Office
• Leadership
• Social Media
• Teamwork
• Student Affairs