Now that my blog is gaining momentum and averaging 1,000 hits a day, maybe I should tell the world a little about me and what I what I want to use this space for.

I work in Sydney Australia and have been at Sun for nearly five years. I work for finance in the ITC (invoice To Collect) space working in Process Complice for ITC at a global level reporting to Caryn Schraner and are part of the Global ITC Opps team.

My role covers Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements for ITC, process compliance for ITC globally for ITC and internal and external audit resoulution.  I also work on process improvement initatives in the ITC space.  My prior roles at Sun have been in Cash Applications for APAC and the SunRAMP ERP project.

Prior to Sun I worked in banking for 8 years at Bank of America primarily in cash management and trade finance. I have an economics / finance background with a first degree in Economics, graduate diploma in applied finance and investment and a Master of Commerce. I am now working towards my EMBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management and are in my final semester of the program.  I am currently in the final or Executive Year which has a main focus on Straregic Management.

My interests are skiing, triathlon and marathons. I have skied all over the world and race at a club level. I have competed in many triathlons and completed the Australian Ironman Traiathlon (3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42km run) in 2002 and have run 5 Sydney marathons.

That is enough about me. What I want to use this space for is a communication tool on my job as many of my colleges are based all around the world. So you will see regular updates on compliance and SOX.  I have a passion for what is new in the world of IT and media and you will see updates on the future.  I also want to pass on some of the learnings from graduate school.  I also want to bring some flavor as to what is happening in Sydney and Australia to the wider world and to have some fun. Cheers. Kirk
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