The Pun Group, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based accounting firm has added two professional Gallagher, MBA and Sophia Kuo, CPA, MBA, to its staff, according to a press release last month.

 His background includes extensive work in SOCS, HIPAA compliance, IT security assessments and enterprise risk management. 

Gallagher joined the firm as director of advisory services in April, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before that, he was with IS Partners from December 2009 until taking the job with the accounting firm. At IS Partners, he was a principal in the IT Advisory and Security Services.

Prior to that, Gallagher spent two years in the IT Audit practice of KPMG and almost five years in the same field with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Kuo, who was promoted, in April and has extensive experience in auditing with advanced certifications in Single Audits and is serving as Engagement/Project Director, overseeing audit team operations and ensuring seamless service delivery within specified timelines. 

She was in CLA in between her tenures. Kuo was previously with the Pun Group from April 2014 to May 2021 moving from audit staff to audit manager.

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