Presenter: 

Julie L. Mohr is a Principle Research Analyst and Author at BlueprintAudits.com. She is a passionate organizational change agent providing imaginative insight and dynamic leadership to transform organizations into best practice, customer-focused environments. She has empowered over 50 organizations including many Fortune 100 companies through Knowledge Management, ITSM, IT Governance, organization enhancements, process re-engineering and service level management. Julie has developed an IT Governance Framework and audit methodology utilized by thousands of organizations worldwide to identify weaknesses, develop improvement plans and implement IT Governance. 

Presentation: 

IT governance is about managing risk and driving higher value creation through IT-business alignment. But how does an organization that is struggling to manage change better align itself with the business and more successfully manage risk? In today’s IT organizations, risk has become the #1 issue facing companies and it has gone unmanaged. IT professionals need to have a better understanding of the role of IT governance and how it helps to manage risk and reassure the business that IT is managing its information resources appropriately. 
This session will explore the concepts of IT governance, focusing primarily on risk management: 

• What is IT governance? 
• The role of risk management in IT governance 
• Key stakeholders 
• Concepts of risk management 
• Value creation for the business