MEGA GRC Expert Will Tell How to Align Risk with Business Strategy

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Patrick Wells, MEGA’s director of business development, will be a featured speaker on financial risk and compliance issues at the 2013 GSMI GRC Summit, April 9-11 in Boston.

“Providing accurate and concise risk intelligence to business executives empowers them to make smart and strategic decisions about the way the company operates”

His presentation, “Operational Governance: Aligning Risk Intelligence with Business Strategy and Goals”, is meant for:

• governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) professionals at all levels
• CIOs and CFOs
• managers and directors of internal audit

“Providing accurate and concise risk intelligence to business executives empowers them to make smart and strategic decisions about the way the company operates,” noted Wells. “When executives can more easily connect their risk decisions with business goals, better company performance is the result.”

MEGA has been a noted industry leader in integrated solutions for GRC and enterprise architecture (EA). The company was recently recognized for outstanding technology innovation in GRC architecture with the 2013 GRC Technology Innovator Award. MEGA is the only company in the GRC industry with more than 20 years of expertise in business process improvement and EA. It has been noted in industry reports that EA provides a strong foundation for highly efficient and effective GRC solutions.

MEGA has been cited in numerous analyst reports on GRC, including Chartis Research’s 2012 RiskTech 100 report, Gartner Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms (October 4, 2012), and Continuity Insurance & Risk Magazine’s 2012 Risk Assessment Software Report. It has also been named a leader for multiple years in Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave reports on EA.

MEGA offers an integrated EA and GRC solution that helps companies maximize business performance within acceptable risk levels. For more than 20 years, companies worldwide have relied on MEGA’s software solutions to help them improve operations. Clients include Aetna, BAE Systems, Cardinal Health, Choice Hotels, Cox Enterprises, JC Penney, Express Scripts, Nissan, and Procter & Gamble.

The keynote presentation at the conference will be offered by Michael Rasmussen, chief GRC pundit at GRC 20/20 Research, who will speak on “Enterprise Architecture: Enabling GRC”. Carole Switzer, president of Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG) will also speak at the conference.