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Bob Conlin

Executive Chairman

NAVEX

Bob Conlin is Executive Chairman of NAVEX and an active investor in several technology companies. Prior to holding the role of Executive Chairman, Bob served as President & Chief Executive Officer at NAVEX. Under Bob’s leadership, NAVEX demonstrated 10 years of consistently strong financial performance and growth. During that time, NAVEX completed 8 acquisitions, grew from 168 to more than 1,200 employees, and expanded operations globally to now include over 13,000 customers.

Bob also led the strategy to extend NAVEX’s solution offerings beyond Ethics and Compliance solutions to include Integrated Risk Management (IRM) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) software, and to integrate all NAVEX solutions into the NAVEX One platform. In addition, he guided NAVEX through three successful private equity transactions working with The Riverside Company, Vista Equity Partners and BC Partners.

In 2016, Bob was named “Technology Executive of the Year” by the Technology Association of Oregon. In 2020, he was included in CEO Today’s “USA 2020 Awards” for top CEOs by industry and sector. In 2022, NAVEX was named “Enterprise Company of the Year” by the Technology Association of Oregon.

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  • 23 Jun 2021 Bob Conlin

    Confident Whistleblowers Protect the Bottom Line

    Research shows that when employees are empowered to report misconduct, incidents are identified more quickly, allowing organizations to resolve issues faster with less damage and expense. Learn how active whistleblower hotline and reporting mechanisms correlate with higher rates of misconduct detection and reduced overall cost to the organization.

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  • 4 Mar 2021 Bob Conlin

    Keeping the Trust Is More Important Than Ever

    Earning and keeping the trust of our employees has never been more important. Findings from the most recent Edelman Trust Barometer show that trust has eroded globally in governments, media, and NGOs – while trust in businesses has increased.

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  • 8 Jun 2020 Bob Conlin

    3 Steps to Create a "Listen-Up" Culture of Accountability

    “Speak-up" culture puts the reporting responsibility exclusively on the employees. “Listen-up" culture holds management and senior staff accountable. CEO Bob Conlin offers three ways to get there.

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  • 30 Mar 2020 Bob Conlin

    Instilling Trust in Times of Uncertainty

    In times of uncertainty, we all look towards people and organizations we trust to help guide our actions and decision making. Now more than ever, it’s important for business leaders to earn the trust our employees place in us, in a way that will outlive this COVID-19 pandemic and the turmoil it’s caused.

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  • 14 Jan 2020 Bob Conlin

    Our 2020 Risk & Compliance Trends & Predictions

    Every year as we prepare to launch our annual Top 10 Risk & Compliance Trends report, we discuss the complexity of the environments in which our organizations operate. This year is no different; however, how we are approaching that complexity is. Here is an overview of the key themes we are seeing in 2020.

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