Securing Your Firm's Future: ISO 27001 Advantages

Nelly Spieler has nearly 20 years of auditing, consulting and management experience working with companies worldwide. She currently leads the firm’s IT Audit practice which includes all service areas involving Cybersecurity, Privacy, IT Audit and Compliance. Nelly leverages her expertise in cloud security, information systems and controls into an array of topics in the Governance, Risk and Compliance field. 

 Nelly’s client experience spans various industries, such as consumer goods, finance and leasing, private equity, high-technology and food and beverage. She works with a range of clients including privately held, pre-IPO, and public companies. Nelly’s experience includes serving as both an internal and external auditor for her clients. Prior to working in the professional services field, Nelly worked in both high tech start-ups and large corporations within IT and Engineering departments.

Will Liu is a partner at BiModal Consulting Inc. He leads the Security and Compliance teams in helping companies with security certification objectives, information security program buildout, CISO/CSO responsibilities, application security, and risk management. By bridging the communication gap between technical teams and compliance expectations, clients can focus on their core competencies without compromising regulatory, statutory, and external commitments.

He has over 20+ years of tech experience, beginning at Sun Microsystems, with progression at several startups, and then into the satellite broadcasting security industry at Cisco Systems. By compounding his experience starting with Unix/linux infrastructure environments, he gradually shifted to networking, SAN management, security and compliance. With this broad knowledge of production and engineering environments, security and compliance became a natural fit.

Currently, he leads a senior team of consultants helping clients achieve a perfect record of 100% ISO 27001 certification. He is also well versed in the delivery of SOX, SOC II, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CMMC, NIST CSF, HITRUST/HITECH, FedRAMP compliance.

He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of California, Irvine. His passion for continuous learning is shown in his certifications: CCISO, CISM, CISSP, CRISC.