ERIC L. NAKAGAWA
Senior Audit Manager &
STARS (ELM) Management
Internal Audit & Institutional Compliance
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
voice (650) 736-2247 ° facsimile (650) 725-0073
eric.nakagawa@stanford.edu ° www.Internal-Audit.stanford.edu

BIOGRAPHY

Eric is a Senior Manager in Stanford University’s Internal Audit & Institutional Compliance Department with responsibility for managing information security, data privacy concerns and institutional technology risks for the University, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. His responsibilities also include performance of compliance and operational audits throughout the University. Eric's responsibilities extend to assisting the University in defining polices and practices to meet legal, regulatory and contractual information security requirements. Mr. Nakagawa emphasizes improving business operating efficiencies, controls environments and information security practices through an effective blend of technological and business process improvements. He has particular skill as the liaison between the technical, academic and administrative communities and senior management. Eric has the unique ability to develop and lead multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams to provide business solutions through strategic planning, process development, system and process integration and training in diverse businesses and industries on time and under budget.

Eric serves as the Business Owner of the University's Enterprise Learning Management System (STARS), responsible for ensuring the ELM meets the University's compliance and personnel development training needs.

Mr. Nakagawa joined Stanford University in 2002 as an Information Systems Security Specialist. In 2005, Eric was also assigned the role of Audit Manager. He was promoted to Senior Manager in 2008. Eric previously worked at Arthur Andersen and LVMH - Moet Hennessey/Louis Vuitton responsible for information security consulting and auditing, and business continuity planning, on global, regional and local scales. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Nakagawa is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Silicon Valley Chapter of ISACA.  He continues to be a conference and seminar speaker on a variety of Information Security, Data Privacy and IT Controls topics. Eric also has served on the Board of Directors for the San Anselmo Baseball Association, Twin Cities Little League and Bay Area Pianists.

Eric has significant experience in the following areas of information security, technical, financial, and business process management and consulting:

Eric has held management level positions and consulted in the higher-education, retail, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and professional service industries in addition to founding his own consulting practice, focusing his efforts on melding technological solutions to meet organizational goals for small, medium and multinational organizations.

His greatest strength is his unique ability to establish, develop and lead cross-functional teams and to build effective multidisciplinary relationships under high stress and challenging environments to achieve organizational objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Partial list of clients/employers by business sector:
Business Sector Client / Employer Client / Employer
Higher Education Leland Stanford, Jr. University John F. Kennedy University
Healthcare Kaiser Permanente John Muir Medical Center
Finance AIG Marketing, Inc. W.R. Hambrecht & Co.
Governmental Marin County Health & Human Services Marin County Superior Court
Logistics DFS Group, Ltd. (Duty Free Stores) eLuxury.com
Manufacturing Huntsman Packaging Corporation Huntsman Packaging Corporation
Non-Profit Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Bay Area Pianists
Professional Services Arthur Andersen, LLP Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
Real Estate Meridian Industrial Trust Trammel Crow Residential
Retail LVMH – Moët Hennessy · Louis Vuitton Sephora, Inc. / Sephora.com
Software Development SS&C Technologies, Inc. IQue, Inc.


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