The performance and survival of a business in a global economy depends on understanding and managing the risks-external and those embedded within its operations.It is vital to identify and prioritize significant risks and detect the weakest points. Adding other elements to an essential ERM program, such as PESTEL and Porter's 5 forces, treatment plans, scorecards, the three lines of defense (3LoD) components, and process improvements (six sigma, 8D, etc.) significantly increases the ERM success rate. The authors outline a comprehensive strategy to designing and implementing a robust and successful ERM program - and not just successful in implementation but also yielding enormous returns for the organizations that implemented this enhanced ERM program.
John Sidwell (CPA, CIA, CRMA) is currently with Infinera transforming business practices and controls. His experience includes roles with PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, Cypress Semiconductor (Infineon), SunPower (TotalEnergies), Electronic Arts, Dolby Laboratories, and 3COM. Past ten years John specialized in developing robust ERM programs, spoken at MetricStream Global GRC Summits, Institute of Internal Auditors, and Risk Management/Internal Audit class at San Jose University, and written to blogs of companies such as AuditBoard. John has a BS degree in accounting from Quincy University (Quincy, IL) and is a member of Institute of Internal Auditors, Financial Executives International, Neu Group Internal Audit Peer Group, and others. Peter Hlavnicka is Venture Partner with R3i Ventures and Founder of Phi Ventures specializing in risk management, IP strategy/commercialization, and brand protection. Previous roles include director brand protection APAC (Fitbit), director pricing (Blackberry), director IP protection & enforcement (Dolby Laboratories). Mr. Hlavnicka's other roles included strategic pricing, ERM, contract management, operations, and SCM (Nortel, Avaya). He is an active speaker, writer, and contributed to numerous publications, including Business Week. Mr. Hlavnicka received his MSc in computer science from the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, and his executive MBA from the University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business.
John was a pioneer and early adopter of the three lines of defense and ERM. He built a framework that involved the leaders and staff across the company to identify risks, both known and previously unknown to the executive team. Importantly, he was able to use a common sense approach to quantify and rank the risks and track the trending of the various risks. With the closed loop process, tracking and managing mitigation plans protects the shareholders and stakeholders.--Chuck Boynton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Poly, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer SunPower Corporation The most useful ERM program I have ever seen. I have asked the other companies on which I am a board member to emulate your exact program.--Thomas McDaniel, Audit Committee Chairman at SunPower Corporation, former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Edison International While most ERM programs are sufficient in identifying business risks, John's program successfully focused on the Treatment Plans to mitigate the risks. In volatile/dynamic industries and a world of heightened geopolitical risks, this program is excellent and brought life to our risk management process and had a significant impact on the organization.--Thad Trent, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer On Semiconductor Corporation, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
