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Richard Chambers is the CEO of Richard F. Chambers & Associates, a global advisory firm for internal audit professionals, and also serves as Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit at Optro. Previously, he served for over a decade as the President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), where he led the organization to record global membership and countless milestones. Prior to The IIA, Chambers was national practice leader in Internal Audit Advisory Services at PwC and vice president of The IIA's Learning Center.

Kieran Taylor is a co-founder of Midship, an AI platform that automates controls testing. Midship's agents process PBC evidence and produce fully documented workpapers ready for external auditor reliance. Kieran now serves as the Senior Director of Engineering at Optro.

He started his career at Deloitte in London, building audit-ready GDPR compliance systems for a FTSE 100 bank. He later moved to the U.S. and joined Instacart, where he led an initiative to build a unified permissions system for IPO preparedness. After experiencing the pain of preparing for first year SOX, he started Midship to augment auditors with AI-assisted tooling.

Alfonso Pinto is an internal audit and risk leader at CBRE, serving as Senior Director, Global Audit (and previously as Director, IT Audit / Global Internal Audit) based in the Plano/Dallas, Texas area.

In his role within CBRE's global audit organization, his focus centers on IT audit, governance, risk, and internal audit oversight across enterprise systems and operations. He also participates as a speaker and industry panelist on governance, risk management, compliance (GRC), and the integration of emerging technology and AI within corporate audit and risk practices.

Jill Sylwester serves as the Vice President of Internal Audit at Fortive, based in the Greater Seattle area. She joined Fortive in 2018 to lead enterprise-wide internal audit functions, risk governance, and controls assurance. Prior to Fortive, Sylwester spent nearly sixteen years at KPMG US as a Director, advising corporate clients on internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, and risk management. Her earlier career includes leadership roles at Sprint across corporate audit services and product management. An alumna of Gonzaga University, she specializes in audit leadership, governance, financial analysis, and organizational risk strategy.