John Arendes is Vice President and GM Global Compliance Solutions at Skillsoft, where he is responsible for leading the direction of Skillsoft’s Global Compliance solutions and ensuring the compliance programs have a multinational impact for organizations. John works closely with many of Skillsoft’s clients in identifying best practices for successful compliance training programs.
Katie Smith is Executive Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Convercent. Bringing nearly 20 years of industry experience, Katie has implemented ethics and compliance programs for multinational companies. Her professional passion flourishes in building compliance programs from the ground up and raising awareness throughout the company.Founded in 2010, CCI is the web’s premier global independent news source for compliance, ethics, risk and information security.
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