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“ There was a lot of volatility over that 12-year period that we were able to ride out , because of our programme and the whole culture we created .”
“ Plains is different from other organisations which have a separate CIO , CISO , or Chief Risk Officer . Here I ' m the face to the board for all those functions .” There ’ s a lot of succession planning , delegation and leadership development constantly taking place so I can wear those different hats effectively . The business has a Canadian affiliate as well , where Dan Reinbold managed the IS organisation historically , working closely with Al . Three years ago Plains decided to converge its US and Canadian entities . For this to work , IS had to converge first . Al put Dan over a converged IS North America group . With Dan reporting to him still , Lindseth moved into the role of senior-level influencer focused on those elements upstream of technology , to help broker and pave the way for these larger and more complicated projects .
“ Dan took the traditional North American CIO role , focused on tech , with my support . He ' s done a great job . Getting the technology piece was critical . No one on the business side was going to be able to think about bringing together their applications or consolidating business processes if we didn ’ t get that right . It was table-stakes . People , process , culture and bringing business designs together : I took on that role . That ’ s how we split it up .”
“WE PLANNED TO OVERHAUL EVERYTHING ON TOP OF A REALLY STRONG BUSINESS MODEL ”
AL LINDSETH SVP , TECHNOLOGY , PROCESS AND RISK MANAGEMENT , PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE
Influencing the market through cybersecurity Al kept the business risk program side throughout all this . Lindseth also helped Plains build its cybersecurity abilities from the ground up using those same fundamental risk concepts , and the field , along with Plains programme , continues to evolve . With
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