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Intake Is the New Battleground for Third-Party Risk Success
Fraser Guillen, Customer Lead at Omnea, a leading third-party risk platform, explains why most third-party risk programs stall long before tooling is implemented. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of clients, he argues for tighter procurement integration, early business engagement, and a pragmatic embrace of AI as the key to unlocking scalable, resilient risk processes.
Aug 18, 2025
Fraser Guillen
Fraser Guillen, VP of Customer Success, Omnea
Tags: Vendor and Third Party Risk AI and Technology (including Fintech)
Intake Is the New Battleground for Third-Party Risk Success
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  • Most third-party risk issues begin with poor intake and process fragmentation
  • Procurement and TPRM teams often duplicate effort instead of collaborating
  • Intake forms must be designed to capture data for legal, finance, and risk
  • Technology cannot fix broken governance or siloed processes
  • AI tools are already in use for contract analysis and risk metadata extraction
  • Starting small and iterating is more effective than long planning cycles
  • Business engagement is essential for successful adoption
  • Embedded governance enables faster innovation and automation
  • Culture change is needed to treat TPRM as strategic, not reactive
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