Member Spotlight
Marlene Bockler, BRM with a Black Belt
by Larissa Pienkowski I’ll let you all in on a little secret: out of all my responsibilities as the Managing Editor here at BRM Institute, interviewing one of our incredible members for the monthly member spotlight might be my favorite one. Every month, it’s a fresh chance for me to be blown away by how […]
August Member Spotlight: Jackie Zizic
by Larissa Pienkowski Introducing Jackie Zizic, the new Client Account Manager within the IT department of the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation and proud member of Business Relationship Management Institute! Jackie can best be described as a BRM powerhouse, as she has utilized the discipline throughout the better part of her career in areas such […]
July Member Spotlight: Deryl Heitman
by Larissa Melo Pienkowski Recently, we had the exciting opportunity to catch up with Deryl Heitman, the Business Relationship Owner (BRO) of DISCOUNT TIRE and one of the Vice Chairs of the BRM Council. As an employee of DISCOUNT TIRE for nearly 17 years, along with various other companies such as Lockheed Martin, World Access Service […]
Frank Wander — April 2015 Member Spotlight
Former CIO, current CEO of PeopleProductive and BRM Institute Executive Council member Frank Wander has spent plenty of time in the IT industry. When he’s not spending time with family or sampling wines in a French parlour-like setting discussing an array of topics with his friends, the social Wander keeps his relationships a top priority both […]
Kim Longmuir — March 2015 Member Spotlight
How did your path to business relationship management unveil? It all started when I was in Business Advisory Services in Finance, which was really a BRM role though it was not branded in those terms. I spent five years building a relationship with Information Technology and became the Finance trusted advisor for the IT Executive. When IT […]
Jeremy Byrne — February 2015 Member Spotlight
How did you get into business relationship management? I worked my way around the technical teams within the IT Department at the University, moving from Desktop Support to Developer to Server Administrator. With always having an emphatic view point, I was often the point of customer engagement and ended up in an account manager role where […]
Arnie Wetherill — January 2015 Member Spotlight
How did you get into business relationship management? I work in a large IT Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) organization that transformed from a technology, silo-based structure to a service-focused structure about two years ago. As part of the reorganization, we incorporated a new role of business relationship manager into our organization. Based on my communications […]