Carlos Recalde, Executive Director of Technology, Americas Region, KPMG, LLP At KPMG, Carlos Recalde has started two different new technology groups, and is currently working on his third. In 1996 he created the Architecture & Integration group as part of the US IS organization. This group's focus was the transition of the US organization from a bi-weekly batch-based mainframe operation to a state-of-the-art distributed computing leader. This included the creation of an integration process and a technology architecture process, as well as the foundation of an information security group. In that role, he also was instrumental in helping to define the current International Architecture and Security groups. In 1999 he was asked to help create the Assurance Technology Integration group, whose focus is global line-of-business applications intended to help improve KPMG's revenues and competitive stance in the market. New audit and risk management methodologies were enabled with the deployment of work-flow and collaborative applications, that make extensive use of a 'non-connected application framework' and synchronization tools, to this highly mobile knowledge worker population. Today, he spends his time managing and changing the technology infrastructure for KPMG's Americas practices. This supports over 40,0000 professionals housed in over 200 sites in dozens of countries. Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Recalde founded and divested four different professional services businesses, including Internet Resources Corporation, whose focus was architectural consulting to larger enterprises. In this capacity Mr. Recalde was highly instrumental in the foundation of IP infrastructure for many name-brand organizations such as Pepsi-Cola, Lehman Brothers, Viacom, Texaco, Chase Bank, Verizon, US-West, AT&T, and others. He eventually started a one-man consulting firm, Internet Marketing Group, and helped lead the development of Lucent's strategic marketing plan in 1995, pointing them away from their traditional strength in voice switches and into IP telephony. Mr. Recalde lives in Chappaqua, NY with his wife and two children. Contact Us Home