Lindsay Utts

About Lindsay Utts

Strategic and solutions-oriented risk management professional with extensive expertise in…

Experience

1. Director of Compliance

   CoreSite

   Jun 2016 — Present · Lake Forest, IL, US

   Manage annual Sarbanes-Oxley IT audits, including preparation, coordination with internal and external auditors, and support for Accounting and IT teams.• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and documentation to strengthen the control environment and drive process improvements.• Oversee annual compliance audits (SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53) for multi-tenant data centers, consistently achieving zero material or significant issues.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect control evidence and serve as liaison between internal teams and external auditors to ensure smooth, efficient audit processes.• Address identified gaps through remediation plans, timely corrective actions, root cause analysis, and monitoring to prevent recurrence.• Conduct vendor assessments and monitor control effectiveness in third-party risk management, improving vendor compliance.• Execute comprehensive risk assessments and gap remediations, significantly reducing identified risks.• Engages in Third Party Risk Management by conducting vendor assessments and monitoring control effectiveness, contributing to enhanced vendor compliance.• Mentor junior staff and manage co-sourcing partners, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.

Education

• Miami University

  B.S., Accounting and Management Information Systems (Minor)

  2002 — 2006

• Miami University

  Masters, Accounting

  2006 — 2007