RIMS-CRMP Stories
Krupesh Shah: Securing the Ideal Foundational Risk Credential
Krupesh Shah is a rising star in the risk profession. A former Rocky Mountain RIMS Chapter Advisory Board member, Shah is now a student at Columbia University. Ahead of graduation and a prestigious En...
Kristen Peed: Lifelong Learner
Kristen Peed was named Chief Risk Officer at Sequoia in 2024 and is widely known as RIMS President in 2025. She discussed how earning the RIMS-CRMP helped facilitate her risk management career. ...
Kirk Andersen Japanese
カーク・アンダーセンは日本で初めてRIMS-CRMPを取得した日本在住のリスク専門家です。㈱椿本チエインのグローバルリスク管理者である彼は認証取得に向けた意欲と国内で活躍されているリスク管理者にどのような影響を与えられるか、自身の経験について語ります。 なぜ日本に来られたでしょうか？ 現在は㈱椿本チエインに勤めています。当社の国内外子会社を熟知していること、J-SOX(金...
Kirk Andersen: First RIMS-CRMP In Japan
Kirk Andersen is the first risk professional based in Japan to earn the RIMS-CRMP. The global risk manager at Tsubakimoto Chain Co. discusses his inspiration to pursue the certification and how he bel...
Khalid Almofeez
Khalid Almofeez is among the very first Saudi nationals to earn the RIMS-CRMP. He discussed his study method and the value the RIMS-CRMP brings to his daily responsibilities leading ERM at American Ex...
The Natural Next Step
Saskatchewan RIMS (SKRIMS) Chapter President Katherine Dawal earned her RIMS-CRMP certification in September 2022. Now on the broker side of risk as the Vice President of Risk Management at NFP...
Karthick Dalawai: The Right Quantum of Academic Rigor
Karthick Dalawai spent years in financial risk management before transitioning to ERM. He discussed how the RIMS-CRMP has enhanced his role as Chief Risk Officer for Penn Mutual. RIMS : You bec...
Government Approval
Dr. Karen Hardy built her risk management career working in the federal government of the United States. Now a strategic advisor, author and podcast host, she continued to build on her institutional k...
Joseph Pugh: Dedicated to Advancing the Risk Profession
Joseph Pugh is the ERM leader for AARP and is a highly visible RIMS member, having presented at many RIMS ERM conferences, including the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, and as a member of the RIMS Strategic...
JongKi Ryu (Korean)
류종기 전문위원은 20년 이상 기업 리스크관리(ERM, Enterprise Risk Management) 부문 전문 컨설턴트로 일해왔고, 현재는 IBM 사업개발담당 임원입니다. RIMS-CRMP(리스크관리전문가 공인자격) 획득을 위한 준비과정에서 어떠한 어려움들이 있었고, 리스크관리 분야 업무 경험이 이를 극복하는데 어떤 도움이 되었는지를 이야기 나누었습니...
JongKi Ryu
JongKi Ryu has 20 years of risk management experience and is the business development executive at IBM Korea, where much of his work is based on enterprise risk management (ERM). He discussed how earn...
John Button: ‘From the Trenches’ to the Board
John Button is the senior principal enterprise risk advisor at Gartner. He earned his RIMS-CRMP in 2022 and in 2023 began serving on the RIMS-CRMP commission. He discussed how the certification and hi...
RIMS Treasurer Jennifer Santiago on the Benefits of the RIMS-CRMP
Jennifer Santiago was among the first to take the RIMS-CRMP exam in 2016 and has since recertified to maintain an active certification status. She is now the head of risk management and safety at Wake...
Jason Venner: ‘Persistence Pays Off’
Jason Venner is a professional auditor whose career was highlighted by influential roles at Amtrak and the Department of Defense before transitioning into the private sector. He discussed why the RIMS...
Heather Moldowan: Bridging Operational Knowledge with Strategic Insight
Heather Moldowan is a strategy and risk management consultant at Optiv, a cybersecurity firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Based in Calgary, Canada, Heather took her risk knowledge to the next le...
Emily Casso Ford, Esq: Leading A Team Effort
Emily Casso Ford leads the ERM team at Globe Life and serves as the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) RIMS President 2024. She reflected on how her career experiences as a lawyer provided foundational knowledge...
DeMarcus Strange: Now Speaking "The Client’s Language" with the RIMS-CRMP
DeMarcus Strange, a risk controller at Insurica, earned his RIMS-CRMP certification in June 2023 to better understand the needs of his clients. He discusses how the RIMS-CRMP provides him with differe...
Darius Delon’s RIMS-CRMP Secrets
Approximately 10% of the 1,038 global RIMS-CRMP holders are based in Canada. And one of the very first among that special group is Darius Delon. An omnipresent force for risk management in Southern Al...
The Competitive Spirit
Dan Kugler was already a seasoned risk manager with decades of experience in 2016, but his enthusiasm for the profession got a boost when he took the RIMS-CRMP exam that year. He discussed how friendl...
Dan Elliott: Staying Cybersecure with the RIMS-CRMP
Search or scroll for “cybersecurity” through LinkedIn and you will likely find Dan Elliott, one of the most vocal proponents of this critical risk practice. Previously a Canadian Security ...