Editing Andrew Fastow (section)

== Life after incarceration ==
Soon after his release on December 16, 2011,<ref>Andrew S. Fastow, inmate # 14343-179, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, at [https://archive.today/20120721003434/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Andrew&Middle=&LastName=Fastow&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=91&y=19].</ref> he began working as a document review clerk for law firm Smyser Kaplan Veselka LLP in Houston.<ref name="BW20120322">{{Cite news| url =http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/enrons-andrew-fastow-the-mistakes-i-made | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120323223326/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/enrons-andrew-fastow-the-mistakes-i-made | url-status =dead | archive-date =March 23, 2012 |title=Enron's Andrew Fastow: The Mistakes I Made|author= Francesca Di Meglio |work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date =March 22, 2012}}</ref>

=== Speaking engagements ===
Since his release, Fastow has worked the public speaking circuit with presentations on ethics and business. In one such speech, Fastow recounts his crimes at Enron and reflects on his guilt:<blockquote>“I found every way I could to technically comply with the [accounting] rules... But what I did was unethical and unprincipled. And it caused harm to people. For that, I deserved to go to prison.”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-24 |title=First Person: Andy Fastow and Me |url=https://www.cfo.com/risk-compliance/2019/04/first-person-andy-fastow-and-me/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CFO |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206112745/https://www.cfo.com/risk-compliance/2019/04/first-person-andy-fastow-and-me/ |url-status=dead }}</ref></blockquote>In March 2012, Fastow spoke on ethics to students at the [[University of Colorado Boulder]] [[Leeds School of Business]].

In June 2013, Fastow addressed more than 2,000 anti-fraud professionals at the [[Association of Certified Fraud Examiners|Association of Certified Fraud Examiners']] 24th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

In April 2014, Fastow spoke at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, regarding business ethics.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://miamistudent.net/?p=107208 | title=Convicted Enron CFO to speak on ethics| date=2014-04-18}}</ref>

In February 2015, he spoke at:
the University of St. Thomas,
the University of Minnesota,
the University of Texas (Austin campus),
the University of Houston Bauer College of Business,
the University of Southern California's Leventhal School of Accounting, and
the University of Missouri School of Accounting.

In April 2016, March 2017, March 2018, and March 2019 Fastow spoke at the [[Ivey Business School]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/leadership/events/2016/04/andrew-fastow-to-address-hba1-students/ |title = Andrew Fastow to address HBA1 students}}</ref> The [[University of Tampa]]'s Center for Ethics hosted him in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ut.edu/centerforethics/speakerseries |title = The University of Tampa – College of Business – Centers – Center for Ethics}}</ref> In March 2022 the [[National Investor Relations Institute]]  New York Chapter hosted Fastow as guest speaker for a discussion on business ethics, and the ambiguity and complexity of laws and regulations.<ref>[https://www.niriny.org/events/event-calendar/event-details/2022/NIRI-Virtual-Hosts-A-Discussion-with-Andy-Fastow-Former-CFO-of-Enron-Corp/default.aspx/ NIRI Virtual Hosts: A Discussion with Andy Fastow, Former CFO of Enron Corp - NIRI]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Investment in KeenCorp ===
Fastow became principal and investor in KeenCorp in 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Software co. with former Enron CFO picks Houston for U.S. HQ |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/02/22/software-co-with-former-enron-cfo-picks-houston.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> KeenCorp is a Netherlands-based company that offers analytics and artificial intelligence products that monitor "day-to-day workflow: E-mails, Microsoft Teams chats, Google Suite, and Slack" in order to analyze employee sentiment and engagement.

Originally, Fastow connected with KeenCorp when the company was beta testing its software using a digital database of Enron emails.<ref name=":0" />