it compliance after 23 years of service to enron , alberto gude retired on april 30 , 2000 .
on behalf of the many personnel that knew and worked with alberto , i want to
thank him for his dedication to enron and also for his friendship and
mentoring that he provided to so many . we wish alberto , his wife maria , and
their children steven and michelle all our very best .
following alberto  , s retirement , the following organizational changes will
take place immediately within the it compliance group .
andrew parsons , senior director , will be responsible for all corp . it
compliance activities . andrew will report directly to me .
mark thibodeaux , director , will continue working primarily on information
security evaluations and technical reviews . mark has 16 years of experience
as an it security expert and ten years as a cpa .
stephen simpson recently joined it compliance as a director . steve came to
enron with 8 years of experience in arthur andersen  , s computer risk
management practice . steve will focus on application risk management .
the corp . it compliance group is responsible for enterprise wide information
technology reviews and it risk management compliance activities . these
activities include ensuring that our systems and related processes are
secure , available , operating with integrity and are adhering to audit
standards developed in conjunction with arthur andersen .
please join me in congratulating andrew , mark and steve on their new
responsibilities .