ComplianceOnline and Risk Luminosity Seminar present 2 days Interactive Seminar:
Thriving on Risk - Risk Management for 21st Century

Dr. Zabihollah “Zabi” Rezaee
Professor of Thompson-Hill Chair of
Excellence and Professor of Accountancy,
University of Memphis

James Bone
Founder,
Global Compliance Associates

08:30am - 09:30am

Registration

09:30am - 09:45am

Opening Remark and Welcome Note
By - Shellye Archambeau, CEO, MetricStream Inc.

09:45am - 10:45am

Keynote Address & Introduction/Fundamentals - Risk Assessment
By - Dr. Sam Savage, Author & Co-Founder, Vector Economics, Inc

10:45am - 12:00pm

Corporate Governance/Risk Culture
By - Dr. Zabihollah "Zabi" Rezaee, Professor of Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence and Accountancy,University of Memphis
James Bone, Founder, Global Compliance Associates, LLC
Tim Leech, Managing Director of Global Services, Risk Oversight, Inc

12:00pm - 01:00pm

Lunch

01:00pm - 02:30pm

Technology's role in Risk Management
By - Dr. Damian Handzy, Chairman & CEO, Investor Analytics
Kevin McDonald, CEO & Co-Founder, Vector Economics, Inc

2:30pm - 04:00pm

Breaking the code on Enterprise Risk Management
By - Tim Leech, Managing Director of Global Services, Risk Oversight, Inc

9:00am – 11:30am

Keynote Address & Modern ERM an innovative approach to risk management
By – Ali Samad-Khan, Founder and President, Stamford Risk Analytics

11:30am – 12:30pm

Build an effective Ethics Program
By - Peggy Love, Attorney, specializing in Ethics, Compliance, Risk and Legislative Affairs
Dr. Zabihollah “Zabi” Rezaee, Professor of Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence and Professor of Accountancy,University of Memphis

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Developing Risk Talent/ high performing risk management teams
By - Karen Rager-Takeda, President, Talent Acquisition at Rager Resources Group, LLC

Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream is responsible for running all facets of the business. Ms. Archambeau has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving sales growth in the technology industry. Prior to joining MetricStream, Ms. Archambeau was Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Sales for Loudcloud, Inc, responsible for all global sales and marketing activities. At Loudcloud she led the transformation into an enterprise-focused company while growing sales 50% year over year. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing Officer of NorthPoint Communications, where she led the design and implementation of all sales and marketing strategies. Ms. Archambeau also served as president of Blockbuster, Inc.'s e-commerce division and was recognized by Internet World as one of the Top 25 'Click and Mortar' executives in the country in June of 2000. Ms. Archambeau spent the prior 15 years at IBM, holding several domestic and international executive positions. Ms. Archambeau serves on the board of directors of Arbitron, Inc. and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. She earned a B.S. degree at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.

Dr. Sam L. Savage, is the author of "The Flaw of Averages, Why we Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty" (John Wiley 2009). In 2008, Sam invented a new data type, the Distribution String, which, according to Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz, "represents a major breakthrough in the communication of risk and uncertainty. It significantly widens the practical applicability of sound theory in these areas." In 2010, Sam co-founded Vector Economics, Inc., which provides Probability Management solutions by integrating the latest simulation, data, and cloud computing technologies. Sam received a PhD in the area of computational complexity from Yale University, and holds the positions of Consulting Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, and Fellow at Cambridge University's Judge Business School. He has consulted and lectured extensively to industry and has been called "The Edward Tufte of Risk."

Ali Samad-Khan is Founder and President of Stamford Risk Analytics. He has over 15 years of experience in risk management and more than 25 years of experience in financial services and consulting.

Ali has advised more than 100 of the world’s leading banks; insurance, energy and transportation companies; and national and international regulators on a full range of risk management issues. Key elements of his Modern ERM/ORM framework and methodology have been adopted by leading institutions around the world.

James Bone,is the founder of Global Compliance Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that specialized in operational risk management, compliance internal controls, risk frameworks, and information technology risk management best practices. James is a contributing writer for Compliance Week, Corporate Compliance Insights, and contributes to publications specializing in Governance, Risk, & Compliance. James has over 20+ years experience in financial services with firms such as Merrill Lynch and Fidelity Investments.

Damian has over 15 years' experience in the risk management industry, having consulted to many of Wall Street's largest asset managers on risk management, Internet-based reporting and data management in the mid-1990's. In 1999, Damian co-founded Investor Analytics to provide risk management services to the alternatives industry and was named Chairman & CEO in 2006.

Damian is regularly invited to speak at leading industry conferences, has been featured on the cover of Risk Professional magazine, has had articles published in several prominent investment management publications, and is a regular guest on the London based hedge fund radio program "The N@ked Short Club." His blog, Riskology®, can be found at www.risk-ology.com.

Kevin McDonald is the CEO of Vector Economics a probability management software company he co-founded in 2010. Throughout his career he has had the privilege of helping build penny-less start-ups into going concerns and the opportunity to launch new analytics products for SAP. During a moment of 'this market is just too big to pass up' he started a business intelligence company that was later acquired by Inforte. He was the EVP and GM of the Business Intelligence practice while at Inforte. His teams led successful multimillion-dollar strategy and analytics engagements for some of the world's leading brands including Cadbury-Schweppes, Nike, Kellogg's, NASA, BankOne and Volkswagen Financial Services AG.

Zabihollah Rezaee is the Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence and Professor of Accountancy at the University of Memphis and has served a two-year term on the Standing Advisory Group (SAG) of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). He received his B.S. degree from the Iranian Institute of Advanced Accounting, his M.B.A. from Tarleton State University in Texas, and his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. Professor Rezaee holds several certifications, including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Sarbanes-Oxley Professional (CSOXP), Certified Corporate Governance Professional (CGOVP) and Certified Governance Risk Compliance Professional (CGRCP). He has also been a finalist for the SOX Institute’s SOX MVP 2007, 2009 and 2010 Award.

Tim J. Leech is Managing Director Global Services, Risk Oversight Inc. (“RO”) RO focuses on helping companies more effectively manage risk, control and compliance to meet emerging due diligence expectations and add real value. He has over 25 years global experience helping public and private sector organizations design and maintain more effective enterprise risk and assurance frameworks. A sample of clients he has provided services to include Mobil Oil, RBC, Boots Plc, Telstra, British Airport Authority, BellSouth, Farm Credit Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Institute of Management Accountants, Government of Argentina, CIBC, Manulife, MBNA, National Bank, Potash Corporation, Independent Order of Foresters, Environment Canada, Ontario Provincial government, Rabobank, Fortis, Transport Canada, Northern & Indian Affairs, Parks Canada, Shell, City of Detroit, Australian Taxation Authority, Tucson Electric, and others.

Ms. Rager-Takeda has over 15 years of recruitment expertise across all industries and is often asked to speak at colleges, business networking events and focus groups on recruitment trends in the 21st century. Karen has been an advisor to many Fortune 500 companies and has successfully placed hundreds of manager to senior executives. She worked for several years with some of the top staffing firms in the United States. In 2008, Ms. Rager-Takeda made the decision to start her own executive search firm. Rager Resources is a Certified, Woman, and Minority Owned Executive Search Firm.

She is an acknowledged industry leader that has a proven track record of best practice methods. Karen and her team of recruiters focus on retained and contingency searches, specializing in placing talented Accounting, Finance, and Information Technology professionals throughout the United States and internationally.

Peggy Love is an attorney specializing in Federal government ethics, legal ethics, and professional responsibility. She is the former Deputy Ethics Official (DEO) for the Office of General Counsel (OGC) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Washington, D.C. office. She joined EPA in January 2002, and was responsible for providing professional responsibility and ethics guidance to 140 EPA attorneys in OGC. In addition, she had nationwide responsibility for managing the Agency’s award winning ethics program and providing ethics counsel and advice to 17,000 EPA employees.

Prior to coming to EPA, Ms. Love was a General Law Attorney for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Ms. Love served as the Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) and was solely responsible for managing the Agency’s Ethics Program. Under her leadership, FEMA was recognized for the first time in its history by the U. S. Office of Government Ethics for outstanding leadership in managing the ethics program. Ms. Love also provided counsel and advice on appropriations law, and represented FEMA on cases before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).