Michael is an internationally recognized pundit on governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). With 27+ years of experience, He is a sought-after keynote speaker, author, and advisor and is noted as the “Father of GRC” — being the first to define and model the GRC market in 2002 while at Forrester. Specialties: GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance), compliance management, risk management (e.g., strategic, operational, legal, compliance), business ethics, corporate governance, investigations, corporate policy management & communication, corporate social responsibility.

Tom Garrubba is an internationally recognized expert in Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Supply Chain Risk (SCR), with over 25 years of experience in TPRM/SCR, cybersecurity, operational resilience, privacy, governance, audit, and compliance. A cyber executive, board member, and educator, he shares his expertise through his "TPRM Tidbits" webcast on LinkedIn and industry conferences. Tom serves on various corporate and advisory boards, is an adjunct professor at Robert Morris University (starting Fall 2024), and holds the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol. His insights have been featured in major publications like Forbes, Bloomberg, The Washington Examiner, The Huffington Post, SC Magazine, Corporate Compliance Insights, Risk.net, CIO Magazine, Government Health IT, Future of Outsourcing Magazine, and ISACA, and he has authored a chapter on third-party risk for the Risk.net book "Cyber Risk."

Supra is a business leader with over two decades of proven track record in leading large-scale software implementations, service excellence and strategic partner alliance. Supra has worked extensively with the world’s best Professional Services and Consulting brands to deliver high-value solutions leveraging data and analytics to the fortune 500 clients.

Susan is the epitome of a customer advocate, and she has the first-hand experience to understand the needs of the customer and translate those requirements into innovation solutions. As an executive and advisor at several Fortune 100 companies and B2B SaaS startups, she has 30+ years leading teams focused on Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, InfoSec, Risk Management, Sales, and Customer Success. She has successfully defended Compliance programs to the OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC, and leveraged this experience to help shape GRC products. Ms. Palm led both sales and customer success teams, earning recognition for exceeding goals and retaining customers. Susan also serves as an Executive Advisor for PeopleShores and Data Safeguard. She received her B.A. in Economics from Lawrence University, and graduated from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business’ Executive Management Program.