Erica Hightower is a principal with Baker Tilly’s risk advisory practice. She provides risk management services to clients across multiple industries, including manufacturing, utilities, financial services, healthcare and technology. Erica clients have included large public utility companies, municipalities and banks with assets of nearly $50 billion. She has extensive experience providing internal and information technology (IT) audits, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and FIDICIA testing, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT regulatory audits, system and organization controls (SOC) audits, cybersecurity evaluations, and risk management engagements including risk assessments and gap assessments.
Develops specific work plans and testing approaches to address key business processes and specialized technology issues
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), CPA Exam Item Development, consultant
- The Institute of Internal Auditors, Nashville chapter, treasurer
- ISACA, Nashville chapter, treasurer
- Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators
- Tennessee Bankers Association Strategic Technology Conference, planning committee
- Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA)
- Women in Technology of Tennessee, scholarship committee, outreach committee
- Certified HIPAA Compliance Officer
- HITRUST Certified CSF Practitioner
- Registered SOC Peer Reviewer