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The Hormuz Closure Is No Longer a Crisis, It’s an Operating Condition
The Strait of Hormuz story is one that few risk playbooks were written for. Riskonnect CEO Jim Wetekamp explains in Supply Chain Moves that what defines this event is the way multiple exposures are colliding in real time – and the economic impacts are still expanding.
Maintaining Continuity and Resilience During Mergers and Acquisitions
During a merger or acquisition, the last thing you want is a disruption to your services. Wary customers, already watching for potential impacts to leadership or service level, may see even a slight [...]
The Wendy’s Company
Bob Bowman, chief risk, ethics, and compliance officer of The Wendy's Company, explains how Riskonnect has become the connecting point across its risk program, breaking down communication barriers with trusted insights that contribute to [...]
Boston Scientific
Rose Bamford, senior risk analyst for Boston Scientific, explains how Riskonnect is helping this leading medical device maker streamline values collection and reporting for easy, accurate insurance renewals. WATCH THE VIDEO ORGANIZATION [...]
Pure Storage
Kevin Low, senior manager, global enterprise resilience, explains how Riskonnect has helped Pure Storage (now known as Everpure) take its resilience program to the next level with intuitive features, easy reporting, and useful [...]
Jim Wetekamp – Connected Risk Intelligence for the AI Enterprise
By Martin Russo | AI Time Journal | February 19, 2026 As risk becomes faster and more interconnected, traditional periodic review models are breaking down. In this conversation, Riskonnect CEO Jim Wetekamp explains why [...]
AG Risk Management Simplifies Run-Off Claims with Riskonnect
AG Risk Management is a rapidly growing third-party administrator that needed a single claims platform, which could adapt to each client’s data and requirements without delaying onboarding or increasing IT workload. DOWNLOAD THE CASE [...]
Southwest Airlines Reaches New Heights in Safety Reporting with Riskonnect
Southwest Airlines transformed its safety program using Riskonnect’s reporting and analytics as the foundation for connected, consistent, and data-driven actions. DOWNLOAD THE CASE STUDY Challenge Southwest Airlines operates one of the [...]
Jim Wetekamp – Connected Risk, AI as Copilot & the Future of Resilience
AI Frontier Network, December 4, 2025 Jim Wetekamp is the CEO of Riskonnect, a company that provides integrated risk management software to organizations around the world. With deep expertise in insurable risk, enterprise risk, [...]
Risk Has a New Superpower: Agentforce for Riskonnect
By Andrea Brody, Chief Marketing Officer, Riskonnect, Inc. Risk management has always been about awareness. What is changing is how fast organizations can turn that awareness into action. Today, Riskonnect introduces a fundamental shift [...]
Discount Tire Drives Business Value with Riskonnect
Chris Henrichsen, senior vice president of risk management and litigation for Discount Tire Company, explains how Riskonnect has helped this large and successful retailer improve safety, lower costs, and respond faster to disruptions [...]
4 GRC Trends That Will Define 2026 and What They Mean for You
In 2026, GRC leaders will manage a level of complexity their programs never accounted for. AI is changing how risk behaves. Third-party dependencies now shape core business outcomes. Regulators want results, not intent, and [...]
Risky Business: 2025 New Generation of Risk Report Paints Uncertain Picture
New Zealand Security Magazine, January 8, 2026 According to Riskonnect’s latest annual risk report, political uncertainty is climbing, geopolitical shocks and cyberattacks are impacting on businesses, economic uncertainty persists, and AI is advancing [...]
BI Comp Spotlight with Jim Wetekamp of Riskonnect
BI Comp Spotlight with Jim Wetekamp of Riskonnect Business Insurance Comp Spotlight, January 8, 2026 Jim Wetekamp, CEO of Riskonnect, talks with host Business Insurance about how AI can improve workplace safety management. [...]
Internal Audit’s New Role and Why It Matters for Your Business
Internal audit is often treated as a backward-looking function. As many see it, internal audit validates controls and surfaces problems once the work is already done. That framing undersells their value. Today’s internal audit [...]
Americold Demonstrates Reliability to Customers with Riskonnect
Americold’s Director of Business Resiliency Martin Gonzalez’s favorite thing about Riskonnect is how easy it is for anyone to understand.