# Business Consulting, Cybersecurity & Integration [Source](https://listentosee.com) Business and technology consulting in Thousand Oaks, CA: automation, systems integration, cybersecurity, GRC and business continuity. Since 2007. ListenToSee, Inc. is a business consulting firm founded in 2007, based in Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. Scott Young, Founder and President. We translate business into your language. Specializing in cyber and risk, governance, and compliance in the scope of business continuity, competitive advantage, and automation and integration. Public contact: [info@listentosee.com](mailto:info@listentosee.com); [310.613.4534](tel:+13106134534); [contact page](https://listentosee.com/contact). We help organizations accomplish more with the staff and systems they already have. Each engagement begins with a no-cost evaluation to find the service with the best cost benefit for the organization. ## Flagship: Aye Wanda Aye Wanda is ListenToSee's flagship tutoring platform. [Aye Wanda website](https://ayewanda.com). It combines a core tutoring engine and abstraction layers that let a college, school district or training department use its own curriculum. The same engine offers low-cost tutoring for general coursework, with the aim of cost-friendly tutoring for underserved communities around the world. It draws on enterprise software design, systems integration, cybersecurity and workforce development since 2010. Developed with research from synED, the nonprofit Scott Young founded and leads. ### Learning doors - [The Academy](https://academy.cyber-guild.app): Certification and interview preparation. - [The Orbital Lab](https://lab.cyber-guild.app): Open exploration of big questions. - [Cypherwild](https://math.cyber-guild.app): Mathematics, from fundamentals up. ### synED research publications - [Domain Expertise as Infrastructure](https://syned.org/domain-expertise-as-infrastructure): Why automated systems need qualified human experts, not only a final review. - [The Zero Cost Thesis](https://syned.org/the-zero-cost-thesis): How changing costs for model-based technology could affect jobs and the transition to new systems. - [The Oracle and the Collaborator](https://syned.org/the-oracle-and-the-collaborator): How coordination, memory, and continued learning affect systems beyond the size of the model. - [Vector Space & the HAG](https://syned.org/vector-space-and-the-hag): How the tutoring engine finds related information and connects concepts, with examples from the learning platform. ## Services - [Automation and Integration](https://listentosee.com/services/automation-and-integration): Streamline routine tasks and connect disparate systems so your team spends its time on customers, not repetition. - [Governance, Risk & Compliance](https://listentosee.com/services/governance-risk-compliance): Cybersecurity-focused GRC: assess your risk posture, navigate regulatory requirements, and implement effective controls. - [Business Continuity Strategy](https://listentosee.com/services/business-continuity): Evaluate preparedness, identify vulnerabilities, and design continuity plans that keep you operating. - [SWOT Analysis](https://listentosee.com/services/swot-analysis): A clear, actionable roadmap built with your executive team from your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. ## Sectors - Civil engineering: IT leadership and systems for growing firms. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=civil-engineering). - Biotech: GRC, incident response, and AI policy. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=biotech). - International services: E-commerce, integration, and multi-region operations. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=international-services). - Utilities & field-service safety: Online safety training for field workforces. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=utilities). - Livery transportation: Association portals, member systems, and hosting. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=livery-transportation). - Government: Risk programs, training, and public-agency systems. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=government). - Technology & media: Systems integration, e-commerce, and corporate e-learning. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=technology-media). - Education & workforce: Statewide programs with California's community colleges since 2010. [Related work](https://listentosee.com/work?sector=education-workforce). ## Selected work ### [GRC assessment and incident-response program](https://listentosee.com/work/b6-grc-incident-response-biotech) Client: A publicly traded biotech company. Historical engagement years: 2023–2024. A delivered risk assessment, security-training rollout, AI usage-policy work and incident-response planning across a multi-site business. ### [Acting Director of IT for a growing engineering firm](https://listentosee.com/work/b8-fractional-it-director-civil-engineering) Client: A Southern California civil engineering firm. Historical engagement years: 2008. A three-month engagement to bring every technology system under one plan, free partners for business development, and set the annual technology budget. ### [Statewide ICT sector platform and the Business Information Worker pathway](https://listentosee.com/work/b3-ict-dm-biw-pathway) Client: California Community Colleges · ICT-Digital Media sector. Historical engagement years: 2013–2019. The sector's web platform and a curriculum-pathways application whose first pathway reached 8 of 9 San Diego-region colleges and sent 104 hires out of one job fair. ## Our approach Our guiding philosophy is to remove the clutter from the business process: set the how aside long enough to be clear about the why, then apply the best available resources in the most cost-effective way. ## Company timeline - 2007: ListenToSee founded; first engagements in engineering and e-commerce. - 2009: Association portals and hosting for the livery industry. - 2010: Workforce consulting for the California Community Colleges begins. - 2014: First Digital Media Educators Conference produced. - 2017: synED founded; statewide cyber education programs. - 2023: GRC and incident-response advisory for biotech. - 2026: Aye Wanda launches: AI tutoring as human augmentation. ## Scott Young, Founder and President Before founding ListenToSee in 2007, Scott was VP of professional consulting services at an enterprise software and services firm. He managed ERP implementations, corporate computer-based training, enterprise software design and systems integration for Fortune 50 companies including General Electric, Frito-Lay and Bank of America, as well as mid-tier companies. At ListenToSee he has served clients in civil engineering, biotech, international services, utilities, livery transportation, government, technology and media, and education, as fractional IT director, systems integrator, GRC advisor and program builder for California's community colleges. Developed with research from synED, the nonprofit Scott Young founded and leads. Generated images are illustrations, not photographs of actual client projects or evidence of delivery. Archive artifacts are separately identified on the source pages.