Neil Patrick has joined BWise, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software services, as professional services director.
Patrick will help develop a growing professional services and support programme for the United States, United Kingdom and other countries in response to the growing adoption of the BWise GRC application.
Patrick previously served as professional services manager at OpenPages, Inc., where he helped create and implement the corporate and regional services strategy. He also served in project and account management, subject matter expert, and business development roles.
Before this, Patrick utilised his domain skills and retail industry knowledge as a consultant for Accenture. Prior to that, he served as professional services manager for TempoSoft, a workforce management application provider, where he managed the implementation of business critical applications to a Tier-1 client base.
In other roles, Neil provided IT and strategic support on a consultant basis to financial services, utility and engineering companies, and his own start-up businesses.
“BWise is pleased to welcome Neil Patrick to our team and we look forward to utilising his extensive professional services and implementation expertise. Neil will help us provide our customers with top-notch implementation and service capabilities as we continue to be the leading GRC solution provider in the industry,” says Tonny Boerboom, COO, BWise.
“BWise was an ideal choice for me given my past experience and knowledge of the GRC industry and various implementation roles. As the leading GRC solution provider, BWise will allow me to fully demonstrate my strategic management and business development abilities,” adds Patrick.
Patrick earned his BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering and his PhD in Software Development and Knowledge Management from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.