Cassandra Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

In my new role, I will be responsible for establishing and leading Axon's Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE), a central hub for managing and prioritizing data and reporting needs across the organization. As the driving force behind the CoE, I am tasked with spearheading the strategic management and prioritization of data and reporting requirements across the organization.In collaboration with our many departments, my mission is to deliver cutting-edge business intelligence solutions that empower decision-makers and drive organizational success. I am committed to establishing a robust foundation for analytics, aligning closely with Axon's strategic vision and most importantly, help achieve our moonshot goal to cut gun-related deaths between police and the public by 50% in 10 years.

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

• Leader of the IT pillar within the Corporate Audit team, overseeing all IT projects, analyzing results, identifying business risks, and proposing recommendations to Executive Management and the Audit Committee Board.• Redesigned the IT SOX control framework, resulting in standardized IT processes and controls across the organization.• Enhanced cross-functional departmental processes in Finance, IT, Business Intelligence, and Information Security, increasing data reliability from Axon's IT systems and enabling more efficient audit testing.

Scottsdale, Arizona

• Leveraged industry and compliance expertise, as well as in-depth knowledge of Axon’s business to develop and strengthen the IT pillar of the Internal Audit team.• Played a pivotal role in the successful implementation of the new ERP system in 2021, working directly with “Fusion” project team leaders across all four phases of the project. Evaluated and provided guidance on project management, product life cycle activities, data integrity, and control considerations, resulting in a successful ERP implementation that met strategic objectives.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Engagement Lead for clients across a variety of industries with responsibility for managing project teams up to 12+ consultants, contractors, and client personnel.• IT Audit / Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance: managed new and recurring client engagements to perform SOX compliance testing and IT Audits as determined by each client’s annual Internal Audit plan; responsibilities included performing annual IT SOX risk assessments, overseeing IT General Control design and effectiveness testing, presenting observations and recommendations to Executive Management, assisting clients with remediation of control deficiencies, coordinating with External Audit teams, overseeing project teams, and performing review of workpapers.• Business Continuity Management: performed business continuity management (BCM) reviews, including the performance of business impact analyses for high risk business functional units; responsibilities included identifying functional units within the business process universe, helping define Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO), identifying gaps in the current client BCM program, and building roadmaps for implementing a successful enterprise-wide BCM and Disaster Recovery program.• Data Privacy / Governance: lead multiple data privacy and governance assessments, including readiness assessments for GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA); responsibilities included conducting discovery interviews and surveys to create a record of processing activities and information systems, identifying gaps, and recommending prioritized remediation activities to assist organizations in complying with privacy regulations.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Implemented new workflow management system: The Court Record Online• Documented user requirements and created use case scenarios • Performed testing/debugging and created wireframes to assist in website development• Managed collaboration website, maintaining several modules in Drupal based system including Wikis, Blogs, Calendars and project management plugins• Supervised large criminal investigation transcription job lasting over a year: organized hundreds of hours of audio from phone calls and interviews; ensured all transcripts, linked to audio, were available to client via online rich media content management system

Perth, Australia

• Observed court trials in both Perth & Melbourne and performed research for Honors Thesis• Monitored trials and created logs of proceedings; worked as coordinator to proofread and merge transcripts • Operated digital court recording technology including FTR and TOMS systems