OpenPages Launches Second Podcast in ERM Forum Series
September 8, 2008
Video testimonial from GMAC Financial Services executive highlights the need for holistic GRC approaches
Waltham, Mass — September 8, 2008
News Facts
- OpenPages, the leading provider of enterprise GRC management solutions that optimize business performance, today launched the second podcast in their ERM Forum series which highlights customer, partner and GRC expert interviews held during the company’s recent Executive ERM Forum.
- The second podcast in this series features Rick Lawson, senior vice president of operational risk, GMAC. As part of his interview with Gordon Burnes, OpenPages’ vice president of sales & marketing, Rick Lawson discusses the current issues in the GRC space as well as the role of IT in risk management.
- GMAC currently utilizes OpenPages solutions to enhance their risk management processes and to better manage their risk and compliance initiatives.
- Regarding organizations approach to risk management, Rick notes GMAC’s use of a holistic approach to enable greater communication and collaboration via a robust enterprise-wide GRC solution.
- The third Podcast in the series will be available on the OpenPages blog beginning September 15, 2008. Following, the company will continue to release new Podcast interviews every two weeks, with the last culminating at the fifth-annual OpenPages User Symposium in October.
Quotes from Rick Lawson, senior vice president of operational risk, GMAC
- “We are taking a fairly holistic approach in our organization. There is greater communication and collaboration through various risk and compliance groups. I think we have deployed a robust enterprise-wide risk governance module where, for the past few years, there has been strong participation between groups and through leaders in our organization.”
- “Our initiatives are focused on better understanding our risks. This includes investment in technology to maintain highly effective risk management process, policies and practices.”
Quotes from Gordon Burnes, VP of sales & marketing, OpenPages
- “One of the things that we’re seeing in companies today is that they are adapting risk management to current economic conditions. These conditions are a main driver for many of our customers – including GMAC – who are embarking on a holistic approach to GRC, ensuring strong risk management practices, avoiding unexpected business outcomes and promoting a strong overall risk culture.”
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OpenPages is the leading provider of enterprise GRC management solutions that optimize business performance. OpenPages empowers the world’s largest companies by unifying governance, risk and compliance (GRC) activities across the enterprise and by incorporating risk management into their day-to-day business processes. Founded in 1996, the company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with international offices in Japan and the United Kingdom, and regional offices throughout North America.
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