As a Sr Specialist Analyst within the Assurance practice, Alejandro advises and writes research for Chief Audit Executives to help them address and better understand their most critical priorities. He supports CAEs on a range of topics including audit engagement process and productivity, AI adoption and overall technology strategy for audit.
As a Specialist, Research in Gartner's Assurance Practice, Alejandro conducted in depth research on CAEs and Heads of ERM's most pressing challenges, surfacing evidenced best practices and practical tools practitioners can put to their own use. Alejandro has supported and written critical work such as:
- Early research on audit's use of AI, Benchmarking Audit’s Use of GenAI
- The 2024 and 2025 Audit Hot Spots report
- Building and Maintaining an Effective Audit Universe
- How to Efficiently Assess Assurance Partner Maturity for Reliance
Gartner, Specialist, Research, 2 years
Audit Methodology, Technology and Reporting
Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Government and History from Cornell University
Identifying opportunities to increase the efficiency of audit methodology and execution
Building and advancing a more digital audit function, for example through the use of AI capabilities
Improving or refining audit engagement scoping, effectiveness and reporting to deliver high-quality insights
Increasing the use of analytics in internal audit and building data literacy skills