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It was an honored for OIA to receive a visit from a group of VVIP from ACL Vancouver and ACL Asia on 3 November 2016. The President & CEO of ACL, Miss Laurie Schultz and her team were on their visit to various countries in the Asia region to meet their customers who used ACL software in their organization including Malaysia, particularly IIUM. Mr. Sean Zuberdier, Vice President Global Sales and Customer Success, Mr. Eric Lim, Managing Director of ACL Asia and Mr. Derrick Wong, Country Sales Manager of ACL Asia were also among the delegates who joining the visit.

The visit was mainly to share some ideas how IIUM can be the key advocate for ACL, and be an example for the public universities in Malaysia in using technology for internal audits. Ms. Laurie Shultz is responsible for leading the transformation of ACL's global business by mobilizing talent towards category disruption and double-digit growth.

Apparently, ACL is an audit software that was widely used in many parts of the world. ACL is the only software provider to seamlessly integrate the industry's standard data analytics capabilities into a comprehensive risk assessment, audit management, work papers, issue tracking and remediation workflow with powerful visualization and dashboarding.

Additionally, ACL data analytics is a data extraction and analysis software used for fraud detection & prevention and risk management. By sampling large data sets, ACL data analysis software is used to find irregularities or patterns in transactions that could indicate control weaknesses or fraud.

It was attended by the Deputy Rector of Research and Innovation, Prof. Mohamed Ridza Wahoddin, representative from Chief Audit Executive i.e. Tuan Haji Jalani Hassan (CAE from Universiti Malaya), Puan Zainora Abd Talib (CAE from Universiti Putra Malaysia), ITD Senior Officials, Sr. Siti Zarina Muhamat, Sr. Masita A. Rahman & Br. Syed Mohd Hazul Syed Salim, representative from Finance Division, Br. Muhamad Faizal Mohd Gunny, last but not least all officers and staff of OIA respectively.