Summary
Today’s global economy opens up a world of opportunities, but reliance on a vast web of vendor relationships to conduct day to day operations creates and a whole new world of risk exposure.
Crowe’s Third-Party Risk Benchmark Report provides valuable insight into how the Life Sciences industry is responding to these challenges, common critical gaps in oversight of supply chain risk, and the key considerations for achieving regulatory compliance and developing a more robust and mature TPRM program.
ProcessUnity and Crowe invite you to join us, and your peers, for an evening’s discussion where you will have the opportunity to share experiences and discover best-practices in identifying and mitigating potential critical disruptions and risks within the supply chain.
Some of the topics that will be discussed include:
- Addressing the challenges of growing regulatory pressure in the healthcare and life science industries
- Strategies for identifying and mitigating risks throughout the third-party supply chain
- Best practices for creating scalable models for third-party risk management and reduction
- The importance of maintaining a framework, program, and resources to ensure risks are identified and managed effectively
Join industry peers and TPRM experts from Crowe and ProcessUnity to learn how leading life science and healthcare organizations are addressing growing regulatory pressure and creating scaleable models for third-party risk management and reduction.
About Crowe
Crowe is a public accounting, consulting, and technology firm that combines deep industry and specialized expertise with innovation. Crowe’s Life Sciences Consulting team includes expertise across a broad range of risk domains, with relevant knowledge of life sciences and healthcare organizations, customers, patients, and regulators. The team is composed of individuals with certifications in GxP, change management, information security, and third-party risk management. Our team has vast experience working with clients to create operational efficiencies and value within their risk management programs.
Crowe is a global firm operating in 150 countries, but is headquartered out of South Bend, Indiana.
About ProcessUnity
ProcessUnity is a leading provider of cloud-based applications for third-party risk and cyber security performance management. The ProcessUnity platform unifies how organizations assess, measure, and mitigate risk through automation. Built by a team of risk experts and implemented within the world’s leading enterprises, ProcessUnity solutions align programs and people to create a well-rounded defense against critical business risks.
Headquartered outside of Boston, Massachusetts, ProcessUnity has earned recognition from leading analyst firms, customers and partners.
Speakers:
| Alicia McKnight, GRC Technologies Principal (Partner), Crowe LLP
Alicia specializes in governance, risk, and compliance programs (GRC) and technology-enabled business initiatives. She directs Crowe’s GRC offerings providing implementation and system administrator managed services to our GRC technology clients to design and maintain sustainable GRC systems. She strives to help her clients enable risk and compliance programs through smart use of technology to make your life easier. Her previous internal auditing and information security roles provide practical experience in developing leading practice GRC programs. Outside of the office, she enjoys spoiling her adopted senior dog, cycling, and visiting breweries. |
| Blake Gardner, Life Sciences Third Party Risk Sr. Manager, Crowe LLP
Blake has nine years’ experience in the third-party risk management discipline with a specialization in Life Sciences. He specializes in Information Security, Business Continuity, and Regulatory Compliance. He helps manage Crowe’s relationship with several large organizations, coordinating assessments of third-parties and managing TPRM programs. Blake is well-versed in quality and privacy regulations specific to the Life Sciences and Healthcare industries such as GxP, GDPR, and HIPAA. |
| Kelly Griffin, Director, Partner & Alliances, ProcessUnity
Kelly has 8 years of experience within the Third Party Risk Management space and is responsible for managing global relationships with ProcessUnity’s consulting partners and content providers. She previously worked at a Big 4 firm focused on their TPRM consulting and managed services offerings. Kelly’s experience includes TPRM program transformation, assessment execution, regulatory response, and external data integration for clients across various sectors both nationally and globally. |
Agenda
| 18:30 | Welcome Drinks Reception & Networking |
| 19:00 | Open Roundtable and Panel Q&A |
| 20:00 | Dinner and Discussion |
| 22:00 | Conclusion |