Pat is a principal at Baker Newman Noyes and director of the Information Systems & Risk Assurance practice, specializing in a wide range of topics related to business process and information systems. He has been with the firm since it was founded, having previously been with one of our predecessor firms since 1988.
Pat has significant experience providing services such as System and Organization Controls (SOC) examinations, including ICFR SOC 1 and Trust Services Criteria (SOC 2), SSAE 18 examinations, peer review over SSAE 18 examinations, assessment and evaluation of business processes and the identification of information system solutions, creation of control frameworks to mitigate risk, information technology control and security reviews, developing solutions to analyze large-scale data sets, and developing information technology strategies and business resumption plans.
Pat is also a nationally recognized expert in SOC examinations; he provides SOC examination quality review services for four regional CPA firms. Pat has authored the AICPA’s SOC reporting education courses since 2017.
Pat earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maine, Orono.
Three Things You Don’t Know About Me
- I come from a very large family: I have 8 siblings and over 70 cousins (I and four of my siblings still live on the street we lived on as kids).
- I have authored AICPA’s SOC reporting education courses since 2017.
- I live in a Civil War era home.