MetricStream to Host its West Coast GRC Roundtable

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MetricStream today announced that it is hosting the MetricStream GRC Roundtable Conference on September 29, 2011 in Redwood

City, California.

September 27, 2011 | Palo Alto, California: MetricStream Inc., the market leader in enterprise-wideGovernance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced that it is hosting the MetricStream GRC Roundtable Conference on September 29, 2011 in Redwood City, California. The invite-only, half-day conference will provide a host of networking, interaction and learning opportunities for Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance practitioners in the Bay area.

"Across the world, the practice of GRC is rapidly evolving in response to economic events, changing risks and growing regulatory oversight," says Shellye Archambeau, CEO at MetricStream. "Companies are looking to foster a GRC culture that is sustainable, flexible, proactive and closely aligned with business strategy. The MetricStream GRC Roundtable Conference is designed to help GRC professionals learn how to build such a culture, and leverage it to drive value for stakeholders and customers."

Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream will deliver the keynote address on 'Aligning GRC for business value'. In addition, distinguished GRC executives and speakers from CISCO, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Salesforce.com, Sterling Savings Bank, SVB Financial and Black Diamond Risk Group will share their insights, best practices and tools for effective GRC management.

The three major sessions at the conference are:

• Aligning GRC for Business Value - best practices to follow, pitfalls to avoid and metrics to measure success when implementing integrated GRC strategies, processes and technology.
• Internal Audit Roundtable - the role of Internal Audit in various business functions such as Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Assurance and Regulatory compliance; the strategies that internal auditors can employ to add more value to their organizations
• Risk Roundtable - ERM successes, challenges and expectations from the perspective of regulators and the business in a dynamic global marketplace

"We are delighted to host the first MetricStream GRC Roundtable Conference," says Shellye. "It promises to be a meaningful and informative seminar packed with interactive panel discussions and plenty of opportunities to learn about the latest GRC trends, issues, technologies and strategies."

The schedule for the conference is as follows: 

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 Pfizer, Philips, NASDAQ, UBS, SanDisk, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, Constellation Energy and Cummins in diverse industries such as Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as by over a 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.

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