Every GoldSRD instructor and advisor has held the seats your team sits in — CAE, CISO, CCO, and beyond.
Danny M. Goldberg is the Founder of GoldSRD, a leading provider of staff augmentation, executive recruiting, and professional development services. He is a well-known speaker on internal auditing and People-Centric Skills, co-authoring and coining the term People-Centric Skills: Communication and Interpersonal Skills for Internal Auditors (Wiley) — the first book published specifically to address communication skills for internal auditors, offered through the IIA and ISACA bookstores since 2015 with over 4,000 copies sold. The second edition was published by Wiley in July 2020.
Danny has over 25 years of professional experience, including five years leading and building internal audit functions, and was named one of the Fort Worth Business Press 40 Under 40. He is accredited as the Professional Commentator of the Bureau of National Affairs — Internal Audit: Fundamental Principles and Best Practices, and is consistently rated a top speaker in the industry. His IIA leadership roles include:
Tali Ploetz is an industry-recognized expert in governance, risk, internal audit, fraud, and compliance. She delivers practical training and advice designed to strengthen team skillsets and improve corporate internal control environments — covering leadership and executive presence, executive communication and political savvy, regulatory compliance, negotiation with examiners and auditors, and finding breakdowns in processes.
A recognized IIA All-Star Conference speaker, experienced negotiator with federal examiners, and board director for multiple for-profit and non-profit organizations, her executive roles include:
She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with dual degrees in Accounting and Marketing.
Neil spent 15 years as Chief Audit Executive for Frontier Communications, a Fortune 500 public company serving customers in 25 states. Previously he was Vice President, Internal Audit for Warner Music, managed Viacom's global Sarbanes-Oxley compliance function, served as CFO of Simon & Schuster's medical publishing operations, and was an audit and transaction support manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Neil has presented at numerous national and local conferences and authored multiple articles on corporate governance and compliance. He co-chaired an annual government/private-sector cybersecurity collaboration conference from 2016 to 2019, and previously served as Vice Chairman of the North American Board of the IIA, member of the IIA Global Board, and President of the Westchester/Fairfield IIA chapter. He was a board member of the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford from 2014 to 2022, serving as Board President from 2017 to 2019.
Pedro Serrano has over 35 years of experience managing and installing technical controls in networks around the world — 20 of those in military systems. He is a former CISO for an integrated healthcare system and former Security Architect for a major oil and gas exploration company; today he is CDW's Security Solutions Executive.
He holds two postgraduate degrees, in Telecommunications Management and Computer Science, serves on the boards of the ISSA Tulsa chapter and BSides Oklahoma, advises the Latino Leadership Institute, and is a graduate of the Leadership Oklahoma program. A sought-after speaker, he has presented for ISSA, ISACA, the Information Warfare Summit, Secure World Expo, CS4CA USA, and many others.
Mark Cassetta is a learning and talent development executive with 25+ years of global experience — and the perspective of having been "in the trenches" as a leader of leaders in Fortune 500 companies. Based in New York City, he helps organizations unlock business value by strengthening leadership capability, accelerating performance, and aligning people strategies directly to business imperatives.
Andrew Cano has 20 years of learning and development experience, having designed and led courses and workshops across academic and professional settings. His career includes serving as the inaugural Literacy Liaison at a major metropolitan library, coordinating a Quality Enhancement Plan at a regional community college, and serving as a faculty-level Virtual Learning Librarian at a flagship university.
Book an instructor for your next chapter event, conference, or in-house training day.
