In this episode of Auditors Save the World, podcast host Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA interviews audit superhero, Ross Visscher.
In a world where technology moves faster than trust can keep up, Ross, a fearless IT audit champion, watches over a city on the brink of transformation. He foresees and prevents the chaos and misuse of artificial intelligence before it unfolds.
To the casual observer, Ross is a mild-mannered city auditor serving a thriving Canadian metropolis. But in truth, Ross is a gifted technologist, wielding artificial intelligence to uncover risks, spot patterns, and sharpen the edge of oversight.
While others sample, he examines it all. While others guess, he knows.
Ross has so much to share, we split his story into two episodes. In this episode, Ross reveals how his team uses AI to perform smarter, faster, more effective audits turning insight into a superpower.
But every power has its discipline.
Stay with us, because in our next episode Ross reveals how that power is guided, controlled, and used safely.
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About Ross Visscher
Ross Visscher is an internal audit leader with responsibility for IT audit and data analytics programs at The City of Calgary. He has 19 years of internal audit experience, primarily within local government, complemented by earlier experience in financial services and public accounting.
For more than a decade, Ross has been actively involved with the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) and served as President for the 2024–2025 term.
He holds multiple professional certifications, including Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA – North Carolina), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC). His specialized credentials include ISACA’s Advanced in AI Audit (AAIA), ACL Analytics Certified Data Analyst (ACDA) and Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate.
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