As a Partner in Frazier & Deeter, LLC's (FD) Process, Risk, Governance (PRG) Practice, Shelby contributes 20+ years of diverse experience in external and internal audit, project, and operational risk management with specialization in System and Organization Controls (SOC) reporting. Her career includes responsibility for the successful creation, execution, implementation, optimization and testing of operational and IT controls, as well as recognized as an industry leader in SOC consulting, lecturing, and reporting. Shelby has worked with a variety of institutions and industries, assisting clients with reviewing and establishing internal controls over IT environments, regulatory compliance and industry framework assessments (SOC, COSO, COBIT, CMS, NIST, ISO, HIPAA, etc). During her career, she has served on an internal financial services leadership council, information technology working group, data governance steering committee and as a SOC examination subject matter expert, including an AICPA SOC published author and certified instructor. Her industry experience encompasses financial services, healthcare, insurance, pharma, manufacturing, utility, staffing, automotive, law firms, software as a service and government. From beginning her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, to IT Audit Manager of a global insurance and investment company and then becoming the longest tenured and only female Chief of Staff of a multi-billion-dollar investment organization, she understands the importance of internal control, operational, business and investment risk management, communication, compliance, transparency and delivery. Because she has served in these functions, Shelby possesses deep appreciation for the value provided by internal and external auditors as resourceful and trusted advisors to audit boards, business partners and members of executive management. Shelby is the only professional within FD to obtain both the AICPA CyberSOC and Advanced SOC certifications. Leveraging those credentials, Shelby continually gives back to the profession as the author of the 2020-2023 AICPA SOC for Service Organizations School (SOCSO) curriculum. She has been an AICPA SOCSO instructor since 2018. She has also contributed writing for the AICPA on COSO application exercises as well as the CPA examination. Shelby is also an AICPA SOC Peer Review Specialist, giving her valuable insights to SOC examinations performed by firms of all sizes. She is also the creator of FD's SOC School and SOC University programs designed to immerse both beginner and advanced service auditors in the SOC framework and methodology at FD. Active in her community, she is a board member of the Atlanta Chamber Players, Audit Committee Community Advisor for Atlanta Public Schools, and a past recipient of the Obama Presidential Volunteer Service Award. She was named to the 2021 Atlanta Business Chronicle's "People On The Move", and cited in "Auditors: SOC 2 exams have become 'more challenging'": The Title Report, a publication for title insurance companies, December 2019. Shelby holds both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Accounting from the University of Mississippi and is a frequent speaker for professional organizations and client events both nationally and internationally.