Bio

I like to make things easier and more efficient for people – whether it's helping you tailor a report highlighting exactly what you want to showcase about your vendors, troubleshooting a bug you encountered and can't find out where it originated from, or reviewing a paper, blog post, or email before you send it out - I want to be there to lend a hand and help you succeed.  

For the past seven years, I've been able to help people with goals like these in my current role working at Tandem LLC. Working with this software company gives me the opportunity to interact directly with people every day and learn about their unique needs and figure out the best way to provide them with solutions to meet their goals.

I started this journey by working in IT at my university when I was a freshman in college. This gave me the knowledge and skills necessary to work with a diverse range of people, and understand their needs, whether it was climbing on desks to fix a projector, sticking my hand inside a printer to remove some cartridge, or removing a hard drive from a laptop to save its files and reformat.

All these experiences have culminated into the characteristics that make me who I am today – a person who is curious, likes to ask questions, learn, and try new things – but still finds herself always wanting to help others.

My life outside of work is simple. I enjoy relaxing with my husband, who I was fortunate enough to meet at work, so we can often talk about the similarities in our careers. We spend time playing Mario Kart, watching our favorite Marvel shows, and playing with our three adorable, rambunctious cats.

My goal is to continue the path of helping others, and along that path, find a road that leads me to opportunities to advocate for the success of everyone around me.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthatorrez/ 

Recent Speaking Engagements

• 2024 Jack Henry User Group Conference
  • 10-Minute Tandem Presentation
• 2024 KEYS Conference
  • What to Expects When You're Expecting (An Auditor)
    • Co-Speaker with Robert Wells
• 2024 Webinars
  • Tandem's Ask Me Anything Bi-Weekly Webinars
• 2023 Webinars
  • The Ins & Outs of Your Annual Report to the Board
  • Tandem's "Ask Me Anything" Bi-Weekly Webinars
• 2023 KEYS Conference
  • The Ins & Outs of Your Annual Report to the Board
• 2022 Webinars
  • 5 Considerations When Selecting Controls for Your Risk Assessments
  • Tandem's "Ask Me Anything" Bi-Weekly Webinars
• 2022 KEYS Conference
  • Information Security Risk Assessments with Tandem
  • Many Birds, One Stone: Using Asset-Based Risk Assessments for More than Your Assets
• 2020 Missouri Bankers Conference
  • Complete Your Assessments with Tandem Cybersecurity
• 2020 Tandem Summer Series
  • Tools & Templates for Vendor Due Diligence Reviews