AMX International, Incorporated

Glen Boyls, CBCP, has been actively involved in enterprise risk management and business continuity planning for the last twelve years of his twenty-five year management consulting career. Over the course of his career, Glen has helped clients achieve over $1 billion in stakeholder value through risk mitigation, financial and operational improvements, program management and IT project turnarounds. His experience includes: acquisition planning, business analysis, business continuity, merger consolidation, risk management and sourcing strategies. Clients include Global 50 to Fortune 1000 corporations across 10 industries. Glen is an Ernst & Young alumnus, is a Certified Business Continuity Professional and has a Master of Science degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources Management.

Robert Bray, CPEA, has 24 years of experience in regulatory compliance and Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) management. He has supported clients from the energy, petrochemical, aerospace, manufacturing, primary and secondary metals, pharmaceutical, food, printing, textile, electronic and utility industries. Rob’s specific HSE management experience includes assisting numerous corporations in the design and implementation of auditing programs and HSE management systems by conducting training, developing state/industry-specific audit protocols, developing audit report formats, designing databases to store and track audit information, and leading audit teams in the field. Rob has conducted more than 550 compliance/management systems audits worldwide. He has also assisted clients in the development and implementation of compliance management systems which promote long term compliance and HSE improvement. Rob received his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from the University of California Riverside, and is a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor.

Tom Casey, CMC and CCP, has thirty years of experience in the consulting industry, with extensive experience in financial systems management, information technology, and business process improvement. He has serviced all types of organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors. As the former Director of Global Financial Systems and Reporting for a large multi-national chemical and equipment manufacturer, he was responsible for all financial reporting for the corporation, as well as the development and testing of all business continuity and disaster recovery planning. In addition, he managed the implementation of compliance directives across 165 world-wide locations. Tom is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), a Certified Computer Professional (CCP), has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Saint Joseph’s University, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Widener University.

Ted Dann, CPA, CRM and ARM, has 20 years in accounting management and six years in corporate risk management. With an approach to holistically managing risk, Ted has attended numerous enterprise risk management roundtables in the ERM series presented at North Carolina State University and various seminars on implementing and monitoring ERM at the national convention held annually by the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS). More importantly by putting theory in to practice, Ted was previously the Director of Risk Management for Highwoods Properties where he helped launch the ERM process. Ted is conversant on the key steps that executive management needs to drive its enterprise risk management approach across key business functions, thereby achieving a process that is embedded in the company’s culture and strategic business plan. In addition to RIMS, he is a member of the Business Continuity Professionals of the Carolinas. Ted has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, is a CPA in Ohio and holds the professional designations of Certified Risk Manager and Associate in Risk Management.

Marc Dominus provides specialized services implementing enterprise risk management programs. He has conducted over 100 board and executive enterprise risk assessments throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Asia Pacific. Industries served include energy, retail, manufacturing, communications, hospitality and financial services. His management consulting experience spans over 25 years, including Director positions with leading international professional services firms including Arthur Andersen, Protiviti Risk Consulting and Aon, as Director in their ERM consulting services. Marc has assisted Global 1000 companies with the development and prioritization of objectives, strategies and resource allocation as well as leading organizational consolidations and redesign. Marc has deep experience in the use of group decision-support technologies and is a very effective facilitator of collaborative process. He has also held leadership positions in Local and State government. Marc has a bachelor degree from SMU, a masters from the University of Texas at Austin and a certification in Control Self-Assessment from the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Patrick Doyle, has over 20 years of professional experience in the Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) management field. He has supported a wide range of industries, including consumer products, petroleum, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, public utilities, and manufacturing facilities across the globe, including Africa, Asia, Australia (Oceana), Europe, North America, and South America. The focus of his professional work is international HSE management system development and implementation. Patrick has performed numerous HSE diagnostic assessments at industrial operations worldwide and facilitated the development and implementation of effective HSE management systems to address program gaps and deficiencies. Patrick is fluent in Spanish and working knowledge of Portuguese. Patrick received his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and his Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering/Environmental Management, both from Tufts University.

Greig Fennell, FBCI, is a recognized leader in the development of enterprise-wide operational risk and business continuity management programs, including disaster recovery, incident management and crisis management. Greig has 20 years of experience creating and enhancing management decision making frameworks to identifying, assess and prioritize company risks and developing cost effective strategies and solutions to minimize impacts to supply chains, business operations and services. He has created and lead ERM and business continuity programs at two Fortune 100 companies. His background includes manufacturing, distribution and logistics, apparel, healthcare and telecommunications. Greg is a results-driven executive with experience in bringing management teams and technology enablers together to develop cost-effective and risk-tolerant solutions. Greig has received national recognition for his leadership in business continuity and his work has been featured in numerous continuity planning magazines. He is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College and a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute.

Lawrence Heim, CPEA, has over 23 years of experience with environmental risk management serving clients from the forest products, metal manufacturing, utility, aerospace, and general manufacturing sectors. Areas of focus include environmental compliance audits/assessments, risk identification, integrating risk concepts into environmental program development, and liability mitigation programs. Lawrence has conducted more than 400 compliance/management systems audits in the US, Canada and Latin America. In addition to supporting clients with environmental management activities interdepartmental and management-level coordination, communication and training, EHS performance measurement, cost accounting, economic valuation and product/branding strategy, Lawrence is also the creator of ROIa (Return on Investment of Loss Avoidance Costs), a financial metric that demonstrates the economic value and balance of ongoing environmental management costs compared to an entity’s environmental risk profile. Lawrence received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor.

Jeff Hymowitz has over 25 years of consulting and executive experience in quality assurance, information technology, and marketing and sales. Jeff provides executive-level policy and planning service, with a focus on financial and business need prioritization, risk management, coordination of multiple teams’ activities and integrating new technologies into live competitive business operations. He has defined methods to support upgrades and support of numerous IT and Sales systems, where 24x7 continuity is critical. Examples include managing the integration of a series of IT upgrades for a multi-billion dollar consumer products company, upgrading the configuration and QA processes of a national retail website, and the database backup/recovery plan for a bank’s retirement account system. Jeff is an alumnus of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture and has a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Stan Kabot has over 25 years of experience as a consultant, CFO and controller across multiple industries with business operations in the United States, Europe and Asia. As a consultant, he managed and provided support to companies ranging in size from $50M to the Fortune 500 in their efforts to implement or upgrade Enterprise Resource Planning systems. Stan has a strong background in operational and technology risk management. During the past four years, he completed multiple and successful IT Audit engagements for Sarbanes Oxley 404 compliance. He influenced and helped executive management develop strategies to enhance risk management practices. His skill set also includes: project management, business process and system analysis, COSO and COBIT implementations, change management, business case studies and financial analysis. Stan is an alumnus of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Syracuse University.

Sue Kerr, CBCP, has over 20 years of risk management experience, including eleven years at a Fortune 500 financial institution developing and implementing a comprehensive international Business Continuity Program. As the designated Crisis Manager, she led other senior executives through a number of significant events. Her experience includes: business continuity, crisis management, enterprise risk management, business modeling, operations management, process improvement, dashboards, change management, continuity of operations, human capital development, project management and COBIT implementation. Her industry experience includes financial services manufacturing, government and insurance. Sue has a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Virginia Commonwealth University, is a Certified Business Continuity Professional through the Disaster Recovery Institute and holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.

Steve Lindo is a financial risk manager with over 25 years experience managing risks in US and international portfolios comprising fixed income, derivatives, high-yield debt, foreign currencies, sovereign debt, commercial and residential mortgages, insurance, structured finance, commercial and consumer loans and leases. Steve recently completed a two-year engagement as CEO of The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA), a non-profit member organization with over 70,000 members in 198 countries. Previously Steve was Head of Risk Capital Management at GMAC Financial Services, responsible for the capital measurement and modeling of automotive loan, lease, insurance and residential mortgage portfolios. Before that, he held a number of risk management roles in Cargill’s proprietary financial trading group. Steve spent his early career as an international banking and credit officer with Lloyds TSB Bank and then First National Bank of Chicago in Brazil, London and Madrid. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree from Oxford University and speaks fluent French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

Rob McDonough, CRP, specializes in financial safety and soundness and risk management. He is a Lead Audit Consultant and an instructor for several organizations and industry groups including the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the Global Financial Markets Institute, and regional CFA Institute associations. His expertise includes: treasury and investment portfolio management; derivatives, structured finance and securitization; risk management and asset/liability management; and financial institution and broker/dealer risk assessments. Rob was with the Fed for 12 years as an economic analyst and a capital markets examiner of large complex financial institutions. He also chaired a Fed-wide committee to design, develop and deliver training for capital markets examiners. Rob is an alumnus of Accenture where he provided capital markets and risk management expertise for financial services clients domestically and internationally. He is a Bank Administration Institute Certified Risk Professional, and has an MBA in Finance and Economics from Georgia State University and a BBA from Emory University in Business Administration.

John Moody, CPFA, combines a deep understanding of Internal Audit and Risk Management to develop integrated and positive assurance processes for private and public sector organizations. John is a master facilitator having facilitated over 1,000 executive workshops throughout Europe and the US. John is based in Ireland and has an extensive private and public sector client base across the energy, utilities, financial services and government sectors. John specializes in developing ERM and governance solutions with a strong focus on operational risk management. John has over 24 years experience and has held Director positions with Andersen and KPMG where he led the development of the Irish risk management and internal audit practices. John has authored three national surveys on Internal Audit and Risk Management and is a regular and popular speaker at European IIA and ALARM district and national conferences.

Warren Murdoch has extensive risk management experience in energy and financial markets. His core strengths and expertise include: energy markets, natural gas, power and oil; futures, swaps, options, caps, floors and exotics; foreign exchange, sovereign debt and agricultural markets; structure of commodity markets; verification of data inputs to models; operational scorecard design; selection and verification of ETRM, credit metrics including PFE, CVaR, and EE; market Value at Risk (VaR) and its limits; and stress and scenario testing. Warren has also developed option pricing programs and developed forward curves in liquid and illiquid markets. He has worked in the trading organizations of BP and Florida Power, served as a statistician with for Kaiser Permanente Health Care, and worked in foreign exchange for Bank of America. Warren is a recognized speaker at risk management events and is the Regional co-Director of the Houston chapter of PRMIA. Warren has a Master of Science degree in Financial Markets and Trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Doug Nagan has been actively involved in enterprise risk management and business continuity planning for the last fifteen years of his forty plus information technology and consulting career. Over the course of his career, Doug has helped clients, including the US Air Force, assess risks in manufacturing, finance, IT and supply chains. Results have included direct savings of over $100 million and the avoidance of potential risks of equivalent value through assessment of existing operational and implementing suggested improvements. His experience includes: business analysis, business continuity, information technology, merger consolidation, operations and process improvement, project and program management, risk management, and sourcing strategy. Clients include start-ups to Global 25 corporations across 8 industries.

Albert "Skip" Patterson has conducted enterprise risk management assessments, remedial action to assist clients in their compliance and risk management efforts. He has provided consulting services to Fortune 100 companies to solve security and privacy issues in their information technology and operational infrastructure. During his thirty year career, Skip has held CIO level executive positions with major financial services companies where his organizations delivered over $2 billion in stakeholder value by designing innovative information technology strategies that aligned with the strategies of the businesses they supported. His experience includes: acquisition planning, business analysis, business continuity, information technology, merger consolidation, operations and process improvement, project and program management, risk management, and sourcing strategy. At Verizon, he was the executive responsible the $1.5 billion Y2K program. Skip is also a career member of the Association for Computing Machinery and IEEE.

Ann Rutledge has twenty-five years of experience as a senior finance practitioner in new market sectors where the norms and practices remain largely obscure to the outside world. A highly regarded advisor and strategist on credit ratings, credit risk measurement, risk structuring and cybernetics, Ann’s main focus is on enhancing franchise value through active information management. Her clients include hedge funds, securities regulators, rating agencies, multilateral development banks and small-medium sized enterprises. Ann is frequently quoted in The New York Times, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, National Journal, and she has appeared on MSNBC and Bloomberg television. She co-wrote The Analysis of Structured Securities (2003) and Elements of Structured Finance (2010), both published by Oxford University Press. Ann is an adjunct associate professor of finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth Business School and Wellesley College, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Marc Smith has 30 years of experience in providing technology development, planning, risk management, and consulting services. As a practitioner, he has provided CIO-level guidance to four firms, including Pabst Brewing Company, over a ten-year period.  As a consultant, he has provided senior advisory and project management services to Fortune 500 companies such as El Paso Corporation, Continental Airlines, Boeing, and Northwest Airlines as well as various local, state, and federal government agencies. Marc has been an innovator in the area of business and IT plan alignment/linkage and accelerated enterprise transformation planning and preparation.  He has been recognized for advances in technology developments and the overall effective use of technology in attaining strategic business goals. Marc is an Ernst & Young alumnus and holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, both from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Ron Walczak has over 30 years of IT and enterprise communications experience including technical design and development, network design and network management. He has advanced skills in voice, data, wired and wireless network technologies, cabling, local and wide area networks and video technologies. Ron has successfully managed and implemented multi-million dollar communications networks and premises equipment configurations, provided technology market assessments to wide area network equipment vendors, assisted telephone companies with engineering solutions and management techniques to improve customer satisfaction. Ron is an Ernst & Young alumnus, has an Electrical Engineering Degree from Youngstown State University, a Business Administration Degree from Capital University and a Master of Science Degree in Leadership and Information Technology from Duquesne University. He is an active member of ACUTA and BICSI and participates in two graduate level programs at Carnegie Mellon University as a lecturer and advisor.

Barry Weber has more than 25 years experience in IT consulting and leading IT as a CIO. He has unique experience in IT infrastructure for high volume e-commerce and financial services where risk is measured in impact to revenue/minute. He led the development of the business continuity plan for Barnes & Noble.com which is based in NYC and suffered no impact from 9/11. He has consulted to American Express, Citigroup, UBS Financial, BellSouth, Cingular, Merrill Lynch on ITIL process, performance, availability, and quality management. Barry is an alumnus of PricewaterhouseCoopers and has a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Mark Williams has substantial experience in risk management as both a practitioner, and as an academic. For more than two decades, he has worked as a senior trading floor executive, a trust banker, Fed bank examiner and as a business school educator. Since 2002, he has been on the finance faculty at Boston University specializing in banking, energy and capital markets related matters. Williams frequently appears in the national media and has been a guest columnist for Financial Times, Reuters.com, Forbes.com, and the Boston Globe. In 2010, his book Uncontrolled Risk, detailing the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers and root causes of the financial crisis was published by McGraw Hill. Outside academics, he conducts risk management seminars, has provided consulting to various fortune 500 companies, and has served as an expert witness on various risk-related legal cases. He also is a senior advisor at The Brattle Group, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based economic consulting firm and is on the board of Appleton Partners, a Boston-based private wealth management company.

Harry Wilson, CBCP has over thirty years of financial systems and information technology experience including ten years in enterprise risk management and business continuity planning. Over the course of his career, Harry has helped corporations improve financial and supply chain performance, implement enterprise resource planning systems and develop business resiliency solutions for manufacturers and wholesalers. Harry has the hands-on experience and confidence required to leading cross-functional teams in the development of deliverables that meet cost, schedule and business requirements. He has developed all-hazards business continuity plans that include the physical security of corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations. Harry has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Miami and is a Certified Business Continuity Professional from Disaster Recovery International.