Gene Kim is the CTO of Tripwire, Inc. and co-founder of the IT Process Institute. He is currently actively working on a series of cross-industry projects to capture and codify how "best in class" organizations have IT operations, security, audit, management, and governance working together to solve common objectives. Gene co-chaired the "Generally Accepted IT Principles Summit" with the Institute of Internal Auditors in July 2005 to help codify how to create reasonable IT audit scope for SOX-404. In 2004, he co-wrote the Visible Ops Handbook, codifying how to successfully transform IT organizations from "good to great." In 2003, he co-chaired two conferences with SANS and the Software Engineering Institute, and was named by InfoWorld as one of the "Four Up and Coming CTOs to Watch." Gene is certified on both IT management and audit processes, possessing both ITIL^® Foundations and CISA certifications.