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Recent Q&A Interviews

Over the years, Compliance Week has conducted literally hundreds of interviews—online, in print, and interactive—with compliance and risk officers at leading public companies, including Home Depot, Pepsi, Tyco, UPS, Microsoft and others. Some of our recent Q&As are below, but also refer to our ongoing webcasts series or our schedule of upcoming events for other opportunities to interact with corporate compliance and risk leaders across the globe.

  Title & Description Date Type of Article
1. Talking ERM at Tyco Electronics
As part of our occasional series of conversations with corporate governance and compliance officers, this week we conclude our two-part interview with Richard Suminski, deputy general counsel and chief ethics and compliance Officer of Tyco Electronics. Part one, published on May 4, 2010, focused on Tyco’s efforts at ethics and compliance training for its 78,000 employees. Part two, below, talks about establishing a risk-management program.
 By Jaclyn Jaeger
05/25/10 Q&A Interviews
2. Talking Ethics at Tyco Electronics
Tyco Electronics spun off from the parent company, Tyco International, three years ago. How has your ethics and compliance function evolved over that time?
 By Jaclyn Jaeger
05/04/10 Q&A Interviews
3. Q&A With SOX Compliance Chief for U.S. Postal Service
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance executives, we talk with Steven Phelps, manager of the Sarbanes-Oxley implementation program now underway at the U.S. Postal Service. You can see our previous conversations with other executives here.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
03/09/10 Q&A Interviews
4. Yahoo CCO: On the Road With the Ethics Code
In the latest of our conversations with corporate governance and compliance officers, we talk with Dave Farrell, chief compliance officer of Yahoo, about the company’s interactive ethics campaign, “On the Road With the Code.”
 By Jaclyn Jaeger
02/23/10 Q&A Interviews
5. Talking Governance at United Launch Alliance
In the latest of our conversations with corporate governance and compliance officers, we talk with Cindy Corrigan, head of internal governance for United Launch Alliance.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
10/27/09 Q&A Interviews
6. Best Buy Ethics Chief on Living the Values
In the latest of our conversations with players in the corporate governance and compliance field, we catch up with Kathleen Edmond, chief ethics officer at retail giant Best Buy.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
07/21/09 Q&A Interviews
7. New COSO Chairman Details Committee’s Goals
Compliance Week recently caught up with David Landsittel, the new chairman of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
07/07/09 Q&A Interviews
8. Easton-Bell Chief Ethics Officer on SOX Compliance
In the latest of our occasional conversations with chief compliance and governance officers, we catch up with Elliot Fisch, director of internal audit and chief ethics officer at sports equipment maker Easton-Bell Sports. Fisch joined the non-accelerated filer specifically to help the company through its first Section 404 audits under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; excerpts of our conversation are below.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
05/12/09 Q&A Interviews
9. Incoming CalPERS Exec: Give Shareholders a Voice
In the latest of our conversations with corporate governance movers and shakers, we catch up with Anne Simpson. Simpson recently resigned her post as director of the International Corporate Governance Network in London, to take over the corporate governance function at the California Public Employees Retirement System. Excerpts of our conversation are below.
 By Neil Baker
03/10/09 Q&A Interviews
10. A Discussion With IIA President Richard Chambers
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance executives, we catch up with Richard Chambers, newly elected president of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Readers can also visit our archive of Q&A interviews.
 By Jaclyn Jaeger
02/24/09 Q&A Interviews
11. Big Blue Tries to Go Big Green
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance executives, we catch up with Steve Sams, head of Project Big Green at IBM, Corp.
 By Todd Neff
04/29/08 Q&A Interviews
12. Duke Energy Modernizes Its Compliance Program
In the latest of our conversations with players in the compliance and governance realm, we talk to Julia Janson, SVP of ethics and compliance and corporate secretary of Duke Energy.
 By Christine Dunn
04/22/08 Q&A Interviews
13. Leveraging AS5, SOX Testing at Silicon Graphics
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance executives, we catch up with Dean Plank, director of internal audit at Silicon Graphics. Readers can also visit our archive of Q&A interviews.
 By Christine Dunn
04/01/08 Q&A Interviews
14. Building an Integrity Culture at Siemens
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance executives, we catch up with Andreas Pohlmann, chief compliance officer for Siemens AG. Readers can also visit our archive of Q&A interviews.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
03/11/08 Q&A Interviews
15. How Sara Lee Adopted Notice-and-Access
In the latest of our conversations with corporate governance executives, we talk to Helen Kaminski, assistant general counsel at Sara Lee Corp. The $12.3 billion food business was an early adopter of the notice-and-access rule approved last year to streamline dissemination of proxy materials, and Kaminski oversaw Sara Lee’s efforts.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
03/11/08 Q&A Interviews
16. Inside the Mind of the RiskMetrics Group
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance officers, we catch up with Patrick McGurn, special counsel for RiskMetrics Group and a long-time executive with its predecessor, Institutional Shareholder Services. Readers can also visit our archive of Q&A interviews.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
02/20/08 Q&A Interviews
17. A Conversation With NYSE’s Top Enforcer
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance officers, we catch up with Richard Ketchum, chief executive officer of NYSE Regulation. Readers can also visit our archive of Q&A interviews.
 By Tammy Whitehouse
02/12/08 Q&A Interviews
18. Talking ERM, AS5, and More at Cognizant
In the latest of our conversations with compliance and governance executives, we catch up with Ross Williams, chief risk and compliance officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
 By Christine Dunn
01/08/08 Q&A Interviews
19. Talking Controls and Compliance at Burger King
In the latest of our conversations with chief accounting, compliance, and governance officers, we catch up with Chris Anderson, corporate controller at Burger King Holdings. Anderson was appointed to his job in July 2007 and is responsible for risk management, global accounting operations, and external reporting, as well as the finance functions in Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
 By Jabulani Leffall
12/18/07 Q&A Interviews
20. Talking Risk, Audits and More at Wachovia
In the latest of our conversations with compliance, risk, and accounting officers at public companies, we talk with Peter Carlson, controller and principal accounting officer at Wachovia Corp. You can see an archive of previous question-and-answer interviews here.
 By Jabulani Leffall
09/05/07 Q&A Interviews
21. Ex-FASB Member On Accounting’s Future
In the latest of our conversations with regulators, compliance executives, and other players in the corporate governance realm, we talk with Ed Trott, recently retired from the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
 By Tammy Whitehouse
07/31/07 Q&A Interviews
22. The Investor Activist Who Took Down Yahoo
In the latest of our conversations with players in the compliance and governance realm, we talk to shareholder activist Eric Jackson, chief executive of Jackson Leadership Systems.
 By Christine Dunn
07/17/07 Q&A Interviews
23. How Nielsen Prepares For First SOX Audit
In the latest of our weekly conversations with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Peter Newton, vice president of internal controls at Nielsen Co.
 By Christine Dunn
06/26/07 Q&A Interviews
24. Q&A With The PCAOB’s Claudius Modesti
In the latest of our regular Q&As, we talk to Claudius Modesti about his role as director of enforcement and investigations at the PCAOB.
 By Compliance Week
06/05/07 Q&A Interviews
25. Nurturing A Compliance Function At Rogers
In the latest of our regular Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Debra Granger, vice president of corporate compliance and controls for $455 million Rogers Corp.
 By Christine Dunn
04/17/07 Q&A Interviews
26. A Chat On Financial Reforms With EU’s McCreevy
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives and regulators, we talk with Charlie McCreevy, Commissioner of the European Union Internal market.
 By Jeremy Woolfe
04/03/07 Q&A Interviews
27. Armstrong Compliance Leader On GRC Roles
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Linda Winter, director of compliance for $3.6 billion Armstrong World Industries.
 By Christine Dunn
03/27/07 Q&A Interviews
28. Talking ERM And Auditing Overlap At Sun
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Kevin Hoskinson, director of enterprise risk management solutions for Sun Microsystems.
 By Christine Dunn
03/13/07 Q&A Interviews
29. General Counsel Of Iron Mountain On ERM
In the latest of our occasional Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Garry Watzke, general counsel at $2 billion Iron Mountain.
 By Christine Dunn
01/17/07 Q&A Interviews
30. Oracle VP’s Pointers For Risk-Based Auditing
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Scott Rae, vice president of business assessment and audit at $14.4 billion Oracle Corp.
 By Christine Dunn
11/21/06 Q&A Interviews
31. Talking Compliance And ERM At RadioShack
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Jolene Miller, senior director of ethics and corporate compliance at $5 billion RadioShack.
 By Christine Dunn
10/17/06 Q&A Interviews
32. Talking Convergence With IASB Ops Director
In the latest of our conversations with governance leaders and regulators, we talk to Thomas Seidenstein, director of operations at the International Accounting Standards Committee and point-man on global convergence of accounting rules.
 By Jeremy Woolfe
09/06/06 Q&A Interviews
33. Q&A With Schering-Plough’s Global Compliance Leader
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Brent Saunders, senior vice president of global compliance and business practices at pharmaceutical giant Schering-Plough.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
08/22/06 Q&A Interviews
34. Q&A With Rohm And Haas' Governance, Compliance Head
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Gail Granoff, chief compliance and governance officer at Rohm and Haas, an $8 billion maker of paints and industrial coatings.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
08/08/06 Q&A Interviews
35. Talking Compliance And Ethics With PepsiCo
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Pamela McGuire, senior vice president and deputy general counsel for business practices and compliance at PepsiCo.
 By Compliance Week
07/18/06 Q&A Interviews
36. Talking Internal Audit With Continental’s Top Auditor
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Steve Goepfert, vice president of internal audit at Continental Airlines and newly elected chairman of Institute of Internal Auditors.
 By Christine Dunn
07/11/06 Q&A Interviews
37. Talking Compensation Reform At $88 Billion McKesson
In the latest of our Q&A interviews with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Paul Kirincic, head of human resources at $88 billion McKesson Corp., about reforming equity-based compensation.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
05/23/06 Q&A Interviews
38. Talking Fraud With A Reformed Fraudster
In the latest of our Q&A interviews with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Sam Antar, the former CFO of Crazy Eddie’s, the notorious stereo store chain where Antar helped mastermind a $70 million financial fraud in the 1980s
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
05/16/06 Q&A Interviews
39. Lessons From Defender (And Suer) Of Public Companies
In the latest of our compliance and governance Q&As, we talk to Harry Olivar, securities lawyer and parter at the Los Angeles firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges.
 By Paul J. Martinek
05/09/06 Q&A Interviews
40. Confessions Of A Hedge Fund Activist
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Jeffrey Ubben, managing partner at the $2.8 billion hedge fund ValueAct Capital.
 By David Haarmeyer
03/28/06 Q&A Interviews
41. Talking Compliance With Kraton Polymers CCO
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Jim Nortz, chief compliance officer at $752 million Kraton Polymers Corp.
 By Neil O'Hara
02/14/06 Q&A Interviews
42. Sonus Networks COO On Firm's 10 Material Weaknesses
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Bert Notini, chief operating officer at $170.7 million Sonus Networks.
 By Matt Kelly, Compliance Week Managing Editor
01/17/06 Q&A Interviews
43. Citrin Cooperman Governance Leader Discusses Year Two
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Michael Rhodes, partner-in-charge of corporate governance at $41 million Citrin Cooperman.
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
01/10/06 Q&A Interviews
44. Talking Six Sigma With DuPont's Chief Ethics Officer
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Marjorie Doyle, chief ethics & compliance officer at $27.3 billion DuPont Corp.
 By Matt Kelly, Compliance Week Managing Editor
11/29/05 Q&A Interviews
45. MIT Researcher Talks IT Risk And Impact On Enterprise
In the latest of our weekly Q&As, we talk to George Westerman, who is currently conducting enterprise risk research research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Information Systems Research.
 By Matt Kelly, Compliance Week Managing Editor
11/22/05 Q&A Interviews
46. Year Two Compliance Challenges: Q&A With DeVry's CCO
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Sharon Thomas Parrott, senior vice president and chief compliance officer at $780.7 million DeVry.
 By Matt Kelly, Compliance Week Managing Editor
10/25/05 Q&A Interviews
47. The Activist's View: Q&A With Shamrock Capital
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Michael McConnell, managing director at Shamrock Capital Advisors.
 By Stephen Taub
10/25/05 Q&A Interviews
48. Going Private And SOX: A Q&A With VTB's CEO
The Vermont Teddy Bear Co. Inc., a $66.6 million direct marketer of specialty gifts, best known for its Bear Grams, recently went private at $6.50 a share through an acquisition by private equity firm Hibernation Holding Company Inc. The company, which went public in 1993 and traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol BEAR, terminated its securities registration on Sept. 30. We tracked down their CEO to understand the role Sarbanes-Oxley played in the decision to go private, and the impact the law had on the company in general:
 By Melissa Klein Aguilar
10/11/05 Q&A Interviews
49. Chief Risk Officer At PMI Group On SOX “In-Sourcing”
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Joanne Berkowitz, chief risk officer at $1.1 billion PMI Group.
 By Matt Kelly, Compliance Week Managing Editor
09/27/05 Q&A Interviews
50. Director Of Control Assurance At Rinker On Risk, SOX 404
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Alan McVay, the director of control assurance at $4.5 billion Rinker Materials.
 By Matt Kelly, Compliance Week Managing Editor
09/13/05 Q&A Interviews

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