Socorro Partners

Kim Garcia is a partner and the IT Risk Leader for Socorro Partners. With 24 years of experience providing IT risk management advisory services, Kim has led a significant number of engagements working with publicly-traded and privately-held companies ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 organizations with a focus on IT risk mitigation and tech-enabled value creation. Her experience encompasses working with CIOs and other IT executives during a ramp-up phase to prepare for an IPO or other exit.

Specifically, Kim has led advisory and internal audit outsourcing and co-sourcing arrangements, managed SOC assurance engagements, performed risk assessments, and designed security and controls optimization services in connection with ERP implementations. Additionally, Kim has worked with many large, SEC registrants, including international and multi-location companies, on IT audit-related projects to comply with the provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and led numerous general controls reviews and application controls testing over IT and business processes. Kim started her career with Ernst & Young in 2000, and in 2015, joined Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra (MBAF) as a Director in the firm’s Risk &Transaction Advisory practice. In 2021, MBAF was sold to BDO, where, as a Managing Director, Kim led the East region Data, Risk, and Controls team.

Kim, a CISA and CPA licensed in Florida and New York, is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Florida Institute of CPAs, and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. She earned a Master of Accounting in Information Systems Audit, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, from Florida Atlantic University.