ISACA Manila Chapter

ISACA Manila Today The Manila Chapter organizes various talks, seminars, conference, forums and other activities to keep our members informed of the latest IT Governance, Control and Assurance issues for members and other IT governance professionals both from public and private organizations. This contributed immensely to the recognition of the ISACA Manila Chapter as the premiere IT Governance Institution in the Philippines. Furthermore, its effort has been geared towards reaching out not only to the IT Governance in industry, but also to the government sector and the academe. The Chapter is currently is the process of establishing linkages in these two additional areas, to develop a top-of-mind recall for the Chapter in matters relating to IT Governance. ABOUT OUR CHAPTER Overview & History The Birth of ISACA Manila Chapter In June 1992, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) formed the EDP Committee, a task force that will oversee the development of the Information Systems Plan (ISP) for PICPA. This committee was headed by Chairman Vir Leynes and assisted by Lyn Geronimo (Vice-Chairman), Teri Siddayao (Secretary), Lou Agravante (Treasurer), Esa Atienza (Member), Ruby Chunsim (Member) and Robert Villanueva (Member). The group met every Wednesday to work on this project and after a year, the ISP project of PICPA was completed. PICPA was then ready to commence software development. For the second time, the committee was commissioned to spearhead the bidding and awarding of the project to qualified software houses. This committee was to be dissolved as soon as the project for software development was awarded to a contractor. The group’s commitment to serve the Accounting/Auditing profession was so strong that they would have wanted to serve the profession in a more permanent manner. On Lyn Geronimo’s suggestion, the group started the organization of ISACA-Manila Chapter. Vir Leynes contacted ISACA International (USA) to discuss t