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Bernard J. Tyson to Deliver Keynote Address at MetricStream GRC Summit
2014
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernard J. Tyson,
Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, will deliver a keynote address
at MetricStream GRC Summit 2014 which is taking place from April 29 -
May 1, 2014 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. Mr.
Tyson will join a distinguished line-up of keynote speakers, including
Secretary William S. Cohen, the 20th U.S. Secretary of Defense, CEO of
The Cohen Group, and Board Director at CBS Corporation; Dr. Yvonne
Cagle, NASA Astronaut; and Gunjan Sinha, Executive Chairman of
MetricStream.
The GRC Summit, which is based on the theme "Towards Pervasive
Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)," will feature inspiring and
interactive panel discussions, analyst presentations, GRC workshops,
Special Interest Group (SIGs) meetings, and case study presentations.
In his keynote address, Mr. Tyson will discuss the risk, compliance,
and governance challenges facing businesses today. He will also
highlight how Kaiser Permanente's governance, risk, and compliance
efforts help support the organization's mission to deliver
high-quality and affordable health care to its members, patients, and
the communities it serves.
Mr. Tyson has held a range of leadership positions during his nearly
30 years at Kaiser Permanente, one of America's leading health care
providers and not-for-profit health plans with more than 9.1 million
members in eight states and the District of Columbia. Kaiser
Permanente's innovative and fully integrated approach to health care
and health care coverage is helping its members achieve their
aspirations of total health.
As Chairman and CEO of the company, Mr. Tyson is dedicated to
upholding Kaiser Permanente's mission to provide high-quality,
affordable health care services for the organization's members, and to
improve the health of the communities it serves. He is also a strong
advocate for the elimination of health care disparities among
individuals by promoting the use of aggregated data from members'
electronic medical records to determine the most effective treatments.
"We are very pleased to have Mr. Tyson serve as a keynote speaker at
MetricStream GRC Summit 2014," said Shellye Archambeau, CEO of
MetricStream. She added, "Mr. Tyson is successfully tackling some of
the toughest risk management, compliance, and governance challenges
through his innovative and collaborative approach and exemplary
leadership. Our GRC Summit attendees will benefit from Mr. Tyson's
perspective, experiences and insights, which will be timely and
valuable to the attendees, who represent diverse industries from
around the world."
At the GRC Summit, attendees will have the opportunity to network with
CEOs, board directors, and business executives from Fortune 500 and
Global 2000 companies. They will also gain a first-hand understanding
of the state of the GRC market and where it is headed during
presentations from leading analysts from Forrester Research, Gartner,
and GRC 20/20 Research.
Sessions at the event have been approved by the National Association
of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) for CPE credits. Event
attendees are eligible to receive up to 20 CPE credits.
To learn more about the Summit agenda and speakers, or to register to
attend, please visit the GRC Summit 2014 website:
http://www.grc-summit.com/2014/
About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk,
Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions for global
corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations
such as UBS, Barclaycard US, P&G, Constellation Energy, Pfizer,
Philips, United Technologies Corporation, SanDisk, Cummins, and
Autogrill in diverse industries such as Financial Services,
Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities, Food, Retail, CPG,
Government, Hi-tech and Manufacturing to manage their risk management
programs, quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated
compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as several
million compliance professionals worldwide via the
www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo
Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.
Media contact: Mr. Vinay Bapna Email +1 650-620-2955
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