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Emma Stevens

Office Manager

Emma has 27 years of financial and customer experience and brings processes and order to our office.

Emma's customer service knowledge ensures all of our clients office enquiries are dealt with professionally, efficiently and quickly. She will leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of a query!

When not at her desk Emma enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter as well running Brownies and Rainbows for Girlguiding UK in her local area.

Etienne Mermillod

Software Development Manager

Etienne is a seasoned ASP.NET Core Full Stack Developer. He takes great pride in building world-class applications while carefully considering the needs of its users and ease of use.

Originally from France, Etienne now calls Canada Home, where he is part of SBP Canada as a member of the API Solutions Development Team.

Etienne is a well-seasoned traveler and has visited many countries where he usually takes the path less traveled in order to backpack around and soak in the local cultures.

When not coding away, you may expect Etienne to be playing with his huge and fluffy dog Indianna or gaming away on League of Legends

David Bower

Smartsheet and AppSheet Consultant

David is an experienced Smartsheet Consultant, Customer Care Specialist and Client Account Manager.

In his spare time, David plays guitar, is learning to ride a motorcycle and, when it’s not too cold, can often be found tinkering in the garage. He also intends to learn to play the piano too - one day

Debbie Sawyer

Chief Smartsheet Solutions Officer (CSSO)

BSc (Hons) Computing, ITIL Foundation, Smartsheet Certified User, Aligned Sales Certified and Professional Services Certified.

Seasoned Smartsheet consultant and Training professional, Debbie’s creativity, attention to detail, willingness to deliver solutions to fully meet customer requirements and her personable manner earn her excellent client feedback.

When not working, Debbie likes to relax by spending quality time with her family. Living in the New Forest sees her taking many walks through the woods and down to the sea fronts at Lepe and Calshot. Debbie is also a keen hula hooper and has been hooping now for more than 7 years! She owns at least 10 hoops and enjoys a great workout helping her friend to run a hula hoop fitness class.

Dr James Harris

Chief Technology Officer

An experienced IT professional, James has worked for software companies as a Programmer and Test Analyst. He also has extensive experience as a Finance Manager. James brings an attention to detail and flair for problem solving to every project.

Outside of work, James writes comedy, and has had many television credits over the past couple of decades on shows such as Horrible Histories and Russell Howard's Good News. He retains a burning ambition to be as funny as his wife and daughter.

Ph.D. Biochemical Physics, IT and Accounting professional.

Gwen Rymill

Communications Director

Co-founder of Smarter Business Processes, Gwen’s multi tasking roles include ensuring our clients receive the very best in customer care, while responsible for sales and marketing and partner liaison. Just don’t expect to get the cup of tea she promised you!

Away from work Gwen enjoys cycling, pilates, tap dancing and just loves baking.

Richard Rymill

CEO

Co-Founder and Lead Consultant, Richard set up SBP in response to worldwide demand from businesses wanting to implement their own Smarter Business Processes. His rapidly expanding team of experienced Smartsheet and AppSheet Consultants and Trainers share the company's values of achieving improved efficiencies and collaboration by putting people first and releasing them from unnecessary repetitive activities so they can enjoy their work again and focus on what matters to them.

When not at his desk, Richard can be found cycling, swimming and when the opportunity permits, sailing and flying.

Cidel Bank Takes No Risks with Our Bespoke Smartsheet Solution

Cidel is a Canadian private bank and asset manager which helps high net worth individuals and institutions protect and grow their wealth.

The Challenge

As a private finance company, compliance requirements at Cidel are very stringent. Risk and compliance measures are closely tracked and reviewed annually. 

In order to manage these efficiently, individual employees are assigned ownership of particular risks. It is their responsibility to track these, to make sure each risk has been reviewed and rated and complies to the relevant regulations.  

The challenge was to manage how these risks are assigned, and make sure each employee has access to the relevant regulations pertaining to that risk. With hundreds of risks and regulations to keep track of, Cidel needed a transparent, robust system to ensure the correct risk is assigned to the correct employee with all the relevant information available to them. 

In addition to this, each risk owner needed to be able to delegate their assigned risk. The system needed to let them grant risk assessment permissions to other employees when required.

Our solution 

We created a bespoke system from the ground up. We adapted out Smarter Dashboard Solution to create a website that enables any Cidel user to log in via Smartsheet and view any risks assigned to them. They can then examine all the information that’s relevant to that risk, assign the level of risk, and even specify what controls are in place to mitigate against it. 

The product has the capability to handle hundreds of employee logins, either as the risk owner or if the risk has been delegated to them. As a cloud based system it has the advantage of allowing the team access whenever they need it, and the efficiency of information updating in real time. 

We worked closely with the client and adapted the solution to fit their requirements as part of an ongoing development process.

The Benefits

  • A coherent, flexible system that tailors the relevant information to each individual log in.
  • Intuitive and accessible. Minimal training required to use.
  • Unique. This one of a kind solution is designed to fit the client’s specific requirements.
  • Comprehensive. The system stores and tracks hundred of risks, making each one instantly available when needed.