Pete Rife is the firm’s Director of IT Audit. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Pete graduated from Ridgedale High School in Marion Ohio before attending The Ohio State University. He formed Zero One Communications, a technology integration and consulting firm which specialized in system design and deployment. During his years at Zero One Communications, he delivered solutions to a variety of industries including healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, governmental, and institutional clients. In 1998 Pete joined the technology consulting practice of Holbrook & Manter. Working with Holbrook & Manter, Pete has developed a technology management practice focused on providing medium enterprise clients with CIO-level advisory services. His recent client projects include extensive work in the healthcare and financial services sectors for several 500M+ companies across the US.
Education
- Attended The Ohio State University
Professional Accreditation
- CISA- Certified Information Systems Auditor
- CGMA – Chartered Global Management Accountant
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Examples of Managed Projects
- Managed all aspects of technology for the build and move of a new community hospital. Responsible for all technology requirements from design to build. Managed move of all clinical departments into new facility.
- Managed a complete hospital pharmacy automation for a Lutheran Hospital Network hospital. LHN is an 8000+ employee hospital in the publicly traded CHS hospital group.
- Managed the deployment of a 20+ site MPLS WAN (Wide Area Network) for a 300+ million energy company in central Ohio.
- Design and deployment of a complete new network infrastructure for a worldwide manufacturer of heavy equipment.
- Numerous projects regarding internal control and information security. Audits types include review of relevant compliance requirements including HIPAA, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOX and other regulations. Information Security policy development and awareness training are often included in these engagements.
- Managed a complete software conversion and migration for a regional financial services firm. The project included database migration, SAN deployment, and WAFS (Wide Area File System) hardware for application acceleration and moving all infrastructure into a level 4 data center.