Nick Robinson is the founder and President of Renaissance Media, a business consulting firm that helps companies maximize IT-derived value to the business through the judicious implementation of IT governance practices and management disciplines. His 25 years of professional experience includes leadership roles in IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC); operational risk management; internal audit; enterprise architecture; and outsourcing/offshoring. Mr. Robinson is an expert in IT governance and IT management frameworks that ensure optimal business value is realized through the alignment of IT and business strategies. He has developed an IT governance reference model that synthesizes leading practices from industry frameworks. Prior to managing his own consulting practice, Mr. Robinson was an IT governance advisor in Ernst & Young's Technology and Security Risk Services (TSRS) practice, where he assisted companies in the assessment and auditing of IT GRC. Mr. Robinson can be reached at nick.robinson at nick-robinson.org or via his blog (nick-robinson.org).