Join me Thursday, April 17/25, as I talk with respected resilience and risk management expert, keynote speaker, and executive, Daniela Parker. We discuss Vendor Risk Management and Third-Party Risk Management.    During our talk we touch on:    1. Defining Vendor Risk Management and Third-Party Risk Management.   2. Evaluating vendors and partners.    3. Where and how, to get started.    4. Executives and their preferred vendors.   5. Capturing risks and mitigation activities.   6. Stakeholders (Project Management).   7. Complacency and lack of understanding.   8. Assessment proof and documentation.   9. Finding the gaps and testing together.   10. The dreaded ‘tick-box’ exercise’.   11. Replacing a vendor (it’s more than you think).    12. Due diligence.   13. Scheduling ongoing reviews…and more! For the 3rd segment, we talk about her keynote presentation at the October 2024 Continuity & Resilience Today (CRT) conference – ‘Staying the Course: Resilience in Times of Internal Uncertainty’. We discuss:   1. Talking strategy.   2. Prioritizing and communicating risk.  3. Resilience as a revenue generator (if that doesn’t get attention from leadership, nothing will).    4. Strong sponsors. 5. Leveraging the headlines. 6. Tips…and more! Daniela shares some wonderful insights as a resilience and risk management professional, former Chief Risk Officer and Operating Officer, and provides realistic tips that can help resilience professionals with 3rd party risk management and ‘staying the course’.  Don’t miss what Daniela has to share. Enjoy! 

 

Daniela Parker

Currently serving as the Chief Risk Officer for Resource One Credit Union in Dallas, TX, she manages various areas such as Enterprise Risk Management, Information Security, Collections, Internal Audit, Compliance, Business Continuity Planning, Fraud and Financial Investigations, and Vendor Management.After beginning her career with US Bank, Daniela joined credit unions as a Branch Manager for TwinStar Credit Union in Olympia, WA.  She held multiple positions over an 18 years there, from Division Manager and AVP Branch Operations to Chief Risk Officer. She joined Resource One Credit Union in August of 2022, relocating to Texas.Daniela is a Certified Business Continuity Professional DRI and holds CUNAs Credit Union Enterprise Risk Management Expert Certification. Additionally, she earned a Master of Science Degree in Business Continuity, Risk, and Security from Boston University. Daniela has delivered presentations at prestigious events such as MITs Advanced Business Resiliency Program and is a class facilitator in Boston Universitys Graduate Risk Management Program.