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Several people has asked me to post my acceptance speech when I received the GOAT of Compliance award from the Greater Houston Business and Ethics Roundtable (GHBER) so I have attached it. It comes in at about 6+ plus minutes. Special thanks again to Joya' Williams, MBEC, CCEP, CP and John Fanning for being such great and gracious hosts. Special shout outs in my remarks to Jay Martin Dan Myers J. Daniel Chapman Vanessa Rossi Douglas Walter and Marianne Ibrahim

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The thing I would like. Everyone can take away from this advantage. You probably heard you stand on the shoulders of those that came before you. But in Houston compliance community we stand on each others shoulders and ohh I know you're waiting for this. Unless it get it over with, they'll come horns. Congratulations to both of you. Some people. I want to thank her here. It's gonna start with Dan Meyers. Dan picked me up off the scrap heap and I was a broken trial lawyer and hired me to work at Halliburton in contracts. And that's what started my compliance career, working for Dan at Halliburton. When I say stand on each others shoulders, I mean things like the following. Somehow or another, Jay and I were doing some project together and I can't even remember. I didn't work for Baker Hughes, never worked as a consultant for Baker Hughes. And one morning I get a text to you, an e-mail at 6:00 AM. Early 30 minutes later I got a text saying you haven't responded to my e-mail. 30 minutes after that I get up voicemail. On my e-mail you have responded. The way to a reasonable time in the morning and I call Vanessa Rossi and I say, Vanessa, I gotta text, excuse me, an e-mail, a text and a voicemail. And she said Tom, welcome to the team. Now that's a great story, but the point is, we were a team. We are a team in the Houston compliance community and we all work together. A second story is after I started my consulting practice, I had a $15 million software company client. They were too small to have their own sales force, so they outsourced all that. And I kept telling them, guys, if you don't do some due diligence and get these guys under contract, you're never going to get a contract in the energy space. And one piece of software that bolted on something down hold that did something. And so I finally convinced him to let me. But in a compliance program for a $15 million company. Well, two weeks later, I get a call from Doug Walter, says. Tom, we're taking a look at, you know, your company and I've been tasked with the looking at your compliance program. Can you send me what you did, your due diligence, how you did it, et cetera. So of course, I sent it all to it. But that's the kind of relationship we had with each other, that he could pick up the phone and call and say, Tom, I'm doing this, yeah, can you send me this? Had clearance to do it. We were all working together for compliance. And the reason we were working all together for compliance was? The energy industry was the first industry to go through an FCPA enforcement sweep in the first decade of this century. And everyone in this room either went through an enforcement action, went through a monitor ship, worked at a company now that has gone through it, or know somebody who went through what that has done is create the top compliance talent in the country. And Marianne Ibrahim, she gave a speech at once a week and I think 2013 and that forms half of a chapter of my compliance handbook on her thoughts. On how do you do a third party audit? That's the kind of talent we have in this city and continue to have in this city. And Dan, Dan Jack, first of all. In 2009, Parker Drilling was looking for a CI. And I wanted that job by entering for it. I was number two. Guess who was number 1. So I want to publicly thank you for getting that job. I got it. Who knows what would have happened, but I wouldn't have gone down the path I went on. But here's what Dan did at Partner Drilling. You may have heard of the currently called a Corporate Enforcement policy. It's the DOJ policy that rewards companies for engaging in extensive remediation and extensive cooperation. That was preceded by the FCPA corporate enforcement policy that was preceded by something called the Pilot program. All of that came from Dan Chapman. His work at Parker Drilling and convincing the Department of Justice. Yes, we had C-Suite level involvement in the bribery and corruption, but here's what we've done to remedy and here's how we've cooperated. And I've heard DOJ. Speakers talk about Dan Chapman and what he did at Parker Drilling. Just as Jay LED. To what was created for DPA and NPA's. Dan did that for corporations for discounts when they find themselves in trouble. So once again, that's the talent that we have in this city and I want to end with. Something that I didn't know until I read tonight's program. This comes to us from Joya Williams. Houston is one of the top leaders in number in the number and caliber of its compliance professionals and Gerber plays a crucial role in supporting our local community through education, professional development. The dedication of our members, officers, directors and sponsors in the field of business ethics is ongoing and Gerber remains committed to fostering. These efforts as we move to the next decade of ethics and compliance, I think that says we are standing on the shoulders of others. So I wanted to thank everyone in this room. I want to thank Gerber, and I want to thank the Houston compliance community for allowing me to stand on your shoulders to become the goat tonight.

International Ethics and Compliance Executive Valuing Kindness and Sending the Elevator Back Down | Adjunct Professor | Author | Keynote Speaker | Living Your Best Compliance Life Columnist

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The man, the legend, the GOAT and my Compliance MVP. So well deserved. Thank you for everything you've done to serve the community so well.

Board Member | Versatile Senior Executive | General Counsel | ESG | Governance| M&A | Supply Chain

1w

You exemplify what is best about the compliance community, Thomas Fox. Thanks for letting us all stand in your shoulders!

Bonni Scepkowski

Bonni Scepkowski

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You are the GOAT!!!

Marie-Charlotte Patterson

Marie-Charlotte Patterson

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Archive360 I SaaS GTM | Data Governance I Data Security | Compliance | Risk | AI & NLP | Data Analytics | Global I Cross Functional Leader | Builder |

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Congrats Tom! So well deserved. Will always be grateful for the work you did with me and the team at Hiperos. t

Supply Chain, Analytics, and 3rd Party Risk Mitigation at Dun & Bradstreet

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Congratulations, Tom Well deserved

Board Member I Global CEO I International Business Risk I FCPA, M&A, Environmental & Geopolitical Risk Intelligence

1w

Congratulations Tom; so well deserved; you’ve inspired so many of us including me! Thanks for being a wonderful mentor, friend, and leading the way for so many in the compliance community!

Head of Compliance, Investigations & White-Collar at Azevedo Sette; on American Society's Board of Directors; Author of Guia Prático de Compliance; Comissão de Compliance da OAB; Guest Professor FGV RJ, PUC PR.

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Congrats Thomas! Wowwww, you never cease to amaze me! You are DEFINITELY THE BEST!!!

Chief Compliance Officer

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Congrats Tom...well deserved! You are a compliance 🐐 without question!

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Joya, great video and recognition for a professional and profession dedicated to ethical business. Was great to hear some of the names Mr. Fox referenced and I have been lucky enough to work with all of them. All, in some way have shaped my development. Well done to all.

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