Further News from Istria
New Talent Joins Istria
Istria is proud to welcome leading talent from the world of risk management to its expanding organisation. This expansion has led to the recruitment of key personnel in the field of its international operations, consultancy business and software development team.
US Operations
In conjunction with the release of Version 3.0 of the leading risk management software IRIS, Istria is making the product commercially available in North America for the first time. The US office opened in Denver, Colorado in August 2006 in preparation with the official product launch on 1 October.
Istria is delighted to welcome Dan Shikiar on board to lead efforts in North America. Dan joins following many successful years working in the field of risk and project management. Most recently Dan was Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Palisade Corporation who produce @Risk - the leading edge statistical analysis tool that is incorporated within IRIS. Prior to that Dan worked as a risk specialist with Decisioneering Inc and brings a wealth of experience in oil & gas, manufacturing, aerospace & defence and technology.
Risk Consultancy
Istria are also extremely pleased to welcome Charles “Chuck” Ducher as the new Head of Risk Consulting. Chuck brings with him over 20 years Programme and Project Management experience in Systems Engineering, Quality Engineering, Production and, of course, Risk.
Chuck has provided high quality risk management advice to clients in all industries with a particular emphasis on Aerospace & Defence. Recent work includes Risk Consultancy to the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), the US Department of Defence (DoD) and the Defence Logistic Agency (DLA). Most recently he was the Head of Risk Management for European Multi-National Defence Organisation OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armaments).
Software Development
Demand for the leading edge risk management system IRIS continues to grow and, as a result Istria is pleased to announce a new member of the development team, Sarah Goodway. Sarah joins with an excellent record of Computer Systems Engineering, including a Bachelor’s Degree from Warwick University and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Bristol.
Istria is delighted to have recruited these top tier candidates and we are certain they will enable Istria to continue its proud record of outstanding customer service and excellence in Risk Management.
Istria will be speaking and exhibiting at a number of upcoming conferences throughout April and May.Visit Istria
We shall be presenting at Palisade’s @RISK User conference in April at Trinity House in London. At this conference, Istria has been asked to present a case study of our industry leading work in managing the risks associated with Aerospace and Defence. For more information, visit http://www.palisade-europe.com/2007Conf/
In May, Istria will be exhibiting at the Project Management Institute (PMI) EMEA Global Congress in Budapest. In addition to being able to visit the stand, we would like to invite you to attend our speaker presentation by Colin Wheeler, Technical Director. The session is entitled “Back to Basics: How to generate value through risk management”. It will focus on ways to determine the return on investment from risk mitigation and be able to prioritise limited budgets. For more information, visit http://congresses.pmi.org/EMEA2007/TheCongress/AOF/AOF.cfm?AOFID=5
Also in May, Istria will be attending the Project Risk Symposium in San Francisco. At this conference, we shall be supporting one of our clients as they discuss their 13 month RFP process to determine the leading risk management tool in the industry – IRIS! For more info, visit http://www.iirusa.com/projectrisk/12783.xml
Finally, Istria shall also be exhibiting at the PMI’s North American Global Congress in Atlanta Georgia next October. Further details will be available nearer the time – alternatively, visit http://congresses.pmi.org/NorthAmerica2006/NextYearsCongress.cfm



