Brandon Daniels, President of Global Technology Markets at Exiger, joins Tom Fox for this week’s episode of Innovation In Compliance, to chat about how technology is leading the compliance discussion. Exiger develops technology solutions in the compliance space. Third Party Risk Management Tom notes that the market has recognized the need for more robust management of third party risk. Brandon agrees that more people are recognizing that third party risk can define their organizations. Revised f...
Dec 03, 2019•20 min•Ep. 108
Jonathan Sampson has worked in the compliance industry for the past decade, including as COO of Click for Compliance, a pioneer in the compliance training space. He and co-founder Karen Kiesel started Peak Compliance Training because they recognized a need for a customer-centric training provider. He says that compliance professionals are passionate about driving company culture through their training initiatives but they need customization, often in multiple languages. He joins Tom Fox on this ...
Nov 19, 2019•19 min•Ep. 106
Compliance is widely seen as black and white, but this week’s guest argues that there is a lot of thinking, decision making and ways to innovate inside the compliance space. Jeff Nally is an executive coach who has spent the last fourteen years using neuroscience to help business leaders think differently, make better decisions, and spark ideas, innovation and insight in others. Jeff’s Approach to Coaching Tom comments that using a brain-based approach seems antithetical to what lawyers generall...
Nov 12, 2019•17 min•Ep. 106
Paul Brodie is the CEO of Brodie Consulting. He is a consultant and keynote speaker, and most interestingly, he helps would-be authors get their books published. He joins host Tom Fox today to discuss his professional background, and his work and most importantly, how to get your book published. How Brodie Consulting Began His company, Brodie Consulting, was born out of a personal health crisis. Paul relates that his doctor told him that if he didn’t change his life, he would be dead within five...
Nov 05, 2019•16 min•Ep. 105
Christian Perez Font is the founder of Thinkeen Legal, a law firm that uniquely incorporates data analytics, compliance and law. He began his career as a corporate attorney and in 2008 joined Baxter International, a multinational healthcare company, as in-house counsel. When he joined Baxter, his work was 10% compliance-related and 90% business-related, but by the time he left 5 years later, he was doing 65% compliance work. The key to becoming a better compliance professional, he proposes, is t...
Oct 29, 2019•20 min•Ep. 103
Andrea Falcione and Tricia Cornell of Rethink Compliance, one of the most innovative companies in the compliance space, join Tom Fox in this week’s show. They discuss their compliance journeys, and how content is reshaping the world of compliance. Their Compliance Journeys Andrea is a lawyer by profession. In 2004 she transitioned into compliance; she joined Rethink Compliance about a year ago. Tricia comes from the marketing and advertising world. The founder of Rethink, Kirsten Liston, asked h...
Oct 22, 2019•18 min•Ep. 102
Alyson Van Hooser is a self-described ‘old school millennial’. From being on her own from age 13, to putting herself through college, to leadership positions in the retail and finance industries, Alyson has worked hard to achieve her goals. She now works with Van Hooser Associates, where she has to opportunity to dedicate herself to her passion for leadership development. Leadership is TwofoldAlyson says that leadership is twofold: you lead yourself and you can lead others. The first step in lea...
Oct 15, 2019•18 min•Ep. 102
Tom Fox celebrates this special 100th episode of Innovation in Compliance with Megan Dougherty. Megan is the co-founder of One Stone Creative, the company that produces this podcast. The show takes a different spin: first Megan interviews Tom, then he interviews her. They talk about how the show started, favorite episodes, and how you and your business can benefit from podcasting. Favorite EpisodesMegan wants to know what Tom’s favorite episode has been so far. He responds that he loves all the ...
Oct 08, 2019•17 min•Ep. 100
Welcome to the fifth and final episode in our 5-part series on financial compliance with the VP of Product Strategy for Verint, Phil Fry. In this episode, we’re talking about how everything from the previous episodes comes together into a comprehensive compliance plan that reduces risk and improves the investigation of interactions and trade-related data. If you missed any of this week’s episodes on Financial Compliance, make sure to give them a listen! Philip Fry Verint
Oct 04, 2019•11 min•Ep. 97
This is the fourth episode in this week’s 5-part series on Financial Compliance with VP of Go To Market Strategy from Verint, Phil Fry. With lots of information, and constantly evolving tools and strategies to manage it, making compliance programs sustainable is a top priority for a finance firm. Particularly in times of constantly changing, multi-jurisdictional regulations, sustaining acceptable levels of risk and compliance and staying on top of issues and opportunities is a top priority for l...
Oct 03, 2019•11 min•Ep. 98
This is the third episode in this week’s 5-part series on Financial Compliance with VP of Product Strategy from Verint, Phil Fry. As we talked about in yesterday’s episode – there is a lot of data coming in, and a lot of monitoring is required to keep on top of it. Traditional methods are no longer enough to keep up with the flow of information, and Phil gets into some of the new strategies and technologies available to help compliance officers manage their programs. In case you missed it, liste...
Oct 02, 2019•9 min•Ep. 94
Welcome to the second episode in this week’s 5-part series on Financial Compliance with VP of Product Strategy from Verint, Phil Fry. This episode is about capturing the data that you need. The breadth of technology available to employees has expanded hugely, encompassing not just voice and email, but social media, instant message, and desktop sharing. It is possible to capture information from all of these channels – and important that financial services firms do so. If you missed it, check out...
Oct 01, 2019•9 min•Ep. 96
Welcome to the first episode in the special 5-part series on Innovation in compliance. In this episode, Tom Fox talks to Phil Fry, the VP of Go To Market at Verint. Tom and Phil talk about reactive, active and proactive compliance, and get into the concepts of capture, control, sustainability and oversight, which will be the topics for the rest of this week. We hope you enjoy this episode, and tune in for the rest of the week, to learn what’s new, what’s cutting edge and what’s coming up in fina...
Sep 30, 2019•9 min•Ep. 95
Host Tom Fox attended Podfest Expo in March and came away thinking that it was the best conference he had ever attended. He is excited about chatting with this week’s guest on the Innovation In Compliance Podcast, Chris Krimitsos. Chris is the CEO of CK Productions and the organizer of Podfest Expo. They discuss the history of Podfest, the incredible sense of community at the event and what’s coming up for Podfest 2020. The History of PodfestChris describes how Podfest evolved from his local bus...
Sep 24, 2019•23 min•Ep. 94
In today’s show, host Tom Fox speaks with Shaina Weisinger of Repurpose House, a company that repurposes long-form content into optimized social media posts. Shaina had years of experience in digital marketing strategy and established Repurpose House when she realized that her clients wanted repurposed content, a niche in the marketplace that no other company was filling. She chats with Tom about why repurposing is a good strategy, how she built her offshore team and her company’s 5 core princip...
Sep 17, 2019•21 min•Ep. 93
What to Say During a Crisis with Eden Gillott When you’re dealing with drama and you want to know what to do and what to say, Eden Gillott is the person to go to. She has been the President of Gillott Communications, a crisis PR firm, for over 11 years. She chats with Tom Fox about what a company should say in a crisis situation, how to prepare for a crisis in advance, and common mistakes to avoid. What to Say During a CrisisEden defines a crisis as anything that threatens your reputation in a w...
Sep 10, 2019•16 min•Ep. 92
In today’s show, Amy Kadomatsu joins host Tom Fox to share how her company makes compliance simple for their clients. Amy is the Chief Operating Officer at ComplySci, a provider of regulatory technology for financial and professional services companies. ComplySci helps its 1200 clients in 51 countries monitor and manage employee risk, by leveraging technology to transform their day to day operations with digital compliance. 360° Employee Risk Management. Tom asks Amy, should a COO think about us...
Sep 03, 2019•20 min•Ep. 91
Jeff Kushner, Chief Marketing Officer at Allgress, speaks with Tom Fox about what companies should look for in a platform to innovate and automate the compliance function. Allgress provides an integrated solution that automates risk and compliance management with simplicity and quick time to value. Jeff talks about the challenges businesses face with regard to the compliance function and how Allgress can help. The Biggest Compliance ChallengesKeeping pace with workflows, processes and requiremen...
Aug 27, 2019•23 min•Ep. 90
Our illustrious guest on this week’s show is Jeffrey Hayzlett, the founder and CEO of C-Suite Network. He chats with host Tom Fox about his podcast network and what he sees as the future of podcasting. The Evolution of C-Suite RadioJeffrey has had a very successful career in the corporate world: he has bought and sold over 250 businesses, completed $25 billion in transactions, was the Chief Marketing Officer for Eastman Kodak, a Fortune 10 Company. He was also a judge on the Celebrity Apprentice...
Aug 20, 2019•15 min•Ep. 89
On today’s episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast with host Tom Fox, we get to meet Neha Gupta, chief executive officer at True Office Learning who shares the importance of effective training within an organization. Tom first met Neha at a presentation where she was speaking on innovative compliance techniques for training and what he got was a much broader appreciation of behavioral science around compliance programs. From Business to ComplianceTom asks Neha how she worked her way up t...
Aug 13, 2019•18 min•Ep. 88
On this week’s episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast, our host TomFox, the Compliance Evangelist, has the pleasure of speaking with Erik Rind, founder and CEO of ImagineBC. Erik has a background in Russian history and started his career by working as a management consultant (After turning down the CIA, true story.) After 9 years, however, he had to make a huge decision - stay on the consulting track and lose his home, or stick around and see what would happen. He finally decided to sti...
Aug 06, 2019•21 min•Ep. 87
On today’s episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast, our host Tom Fox has the pleasure of speaking with Alex Zlatin. Alex is the author of “Responsible Dental Ownership: Balancing Ethics and Business Through Purpose”, a book about how small business owners should think through the purchase of a technology upgrade. Upgrading: is it a Must? Alex explains how a lot of technologies such as Office Suite or even Windows are coming to the end of their lives, and so many companies are starting to...
Jul 30, 2019•15 min•Ep. 86
When you think about personal injury lawyers, is the first thing that comes to mind “what great advertising they have”? No? What about “the guys that work with these people must have an amazing company culture”? Also no? Well, today’s guest on the Innovation in Compliance Podcast has some insights that might just change your mind about that. Arnie Malham is a serial entrepreneur with a knack for solving problems - he and Tom discuss what mindset has to do with company culture, and what any of th...
Jul 23, 2019•12 min•Ep. 85
Today’s guest on the Innovation in Compliance Podcast is Eduardo Campos – an expert in cybersecurity. He spent 25 years advising clients as large and illustrious as Microsoft and Bell Canada – and his focus was always on the human factor of cybersecurity, which is more critical than technology, policy or any other element. Why is it So Hard for People To Understand? He shares how it’s important to make the end-users of technology understand what your goals are – you have to avoid jargon and acro...
Jul 16, 2019•15 min•Ep. 84
Tom recently attended Podcast Expo, an event designed for the little, non-corporate podcaster, and one of the vendors he met was Squadcast. Squadcast has an interesting tool to help podcasters, and they’re using it for this episode! This week on Innovation in Compliance, Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist talks to Zach Moreno and Rock Felder about how they found an opportunity to make a big difference in a crowded industry. How did Squadcast come to be?Zach Moreno is a technologist who’s interes...
Jul 09, 2019•22 min•Ep. 83
Moving Up to the BoardToday’s guest on the Innovation in Compliance Podcast is Louise Duffield, from Gated Talent, a company that helps executives connect with executive recruiters globally.Louise has a “diverse” background, including two degrees, sales, huge life experience, and a very interesting journey with Gated Talent. The company needed someone who could strengthen numbers, engage with the community and get the brand message out there. Louise shares how she was able to help them accomplis...
Jul 02, 2019•15 min•Ep. 82
IIC081 - Foundational Data Security In this episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast, Tom Fox has a discussion about data security for smaller companies with the president of Choose Networks: Chris Hoose. Choose Networks is described on its website as Chris Hoose’s youngest child - and that’s something many entrepreneurs can relate to. The idea of family, however, is very important to the culture of Choose Networks. Maintaining that kind of family culture, where you have friends at work, ...
Jun 25, 2019•13 min•Ep. 81
Megan Dougherty and Audra Casino have been working with Tom, producing the Innovation in Compliance Podcast for a little over a year now. They’re the co-founders of One Stone Creative, a company offering a variety of services to podcasters - ranging from production, to blog posting, to publishing - and more. Today, they are on the other side of the mic, as Tom’s guests. How did the company start? Megan and Audra introduce One Stone Creative. More About The Company Founded just about two years ag...
Jun 18, 2019•15 min•Ep. 80
Tom and Tanya met virtually years ago, and she’s one of the most interesting people Tom has ever come across. Tanya started her career in early childhood education but she didn’t end up there; after a leaving childcare and being a stay-at-home mother, Tanya dedicated her life to something that matters to her: being healthy. How does that apply to you? When you move your body and exercise, you will be much better at your job. More Than Physical Fitness Physical fitness isn’t just about your body....
Jun 11, 2019•19 min•Ep. 79
Brian is the founder of Informed360, one of the most innovative companies Tom has come across in a very long time. Brian’s a little unique in the compliance field in that he’s not a lawyer, but that’s one of the main reasons, coupled with his experience running large programs, that caught the CEO’s eye. He talks about the career path that led him to Informed360. Under the Hood of Compliance Brian talks about how having a great team working in a compliance department isn’t enough. When he looked ...
Jun 04, 2019•16 min•Ep. 78
