Steve Romero is a published and globally recognized IT governance evangelist and IT business value activist. He recently joined First Republic Bank as the Vice President of Information Technology Governance Development. He has spoken around the world to companies in every business sector, federal and state government agencies, industry organizations, students, and information technology and business luminaries to identify and communicate leading advances in business governance and business management of IT. Romero is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). He is a San Francisco Chapter committee member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and a Past-President of the Information Technology Service Management Forum (itSMF) San Francisco Local Interest Group. He holds certifications in Information Security, Project Management, Service Management, and Process Management. He is a Board Member for the Center for Electronic Business at San Francisco State University, and is a regular guest lecturer in their Master’s Program. He is the author of the CA Press book, “Eliminating ‘Us and Them’ – Making IT and the Business One.”