French Caldwell joins MetricStream as chief evangelist

BANGALORE, INDIA: former vice president and Gartner fellow, French Caldwell has joined the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions provider MetricStream executive leadership team as Chief Evangelist.

At Gartner, Caldwell led research initiatives on GRC, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, third party management, and social media risk management. In his 15 years at Gartner, he advised hundreds of businesses and government agencies on GRC issues, including the impact of rules and regulations, disruptive technologies, and digital business strategies.

He authored and contributed to over 400 Gartner research papers, including the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise GRC Platforms, since its inception in 2007. Caldwell also led the White House sponsored Digital Pearl Harbor war game, the first ever strategic assessment of cyber war strategies.

As MetricStream’s chief evangelist, Caldwell has the strategic role of guiding customers through their GRC Journey, and helping them adopt and integrate GRC into the fabric of their businesses in order to drive business performance and strategic objectives.  He will also help bring the customer’s voice into market-leading developments at MetricStream.

MetricStream chief operating officer, Gaurav Kapoor, said, “French has played an instrumental role in bringing the discussions around Governance, Risk, and Compliance to the forefront of business over the last decade.  He is a well-known, visionary leader in GRC and the industry’s most influential proponent. Together, we will help customers on their journey by making GRC pervasive and proactive, instead of ad hoc and reactive.”