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Stone Mountain, GA

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Career ExperienceExperience in IT, healthcare, banking operations (proof/transit, trust and credit card areas), personnel and help desk management, telecommunications, user support, and facilities planning and consulting. 20 years of experience as a disaster recovery/business continuity planner/coordinator.

Experience

Confidential– Stone Mountain, GA(August 2010 – Present)
Owner, Senior Consultant

  • Consultant to the National Education Association – assisting in the preparation of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and ER plans. Provided template for preparation of RFP for managed services vendor (NEA). Currently reviewing DR vendor contract proposal for managed and cloud services. Also advising in the selection of a BC/DR software planning vendor. Completed project with US Bank – creating templates, ITIL Service Continuity plans and guidance documentation (2010). Completed project with Fortegra Financial Services – creating DR and Incident Management plans (December 2011)

Confidential– Auburn Hills, MI(December 2006 – Present)
Qualified Lead Instructor

  • Teach DRII courses (BCLE 1000, BCLE 2000, BCP 501 and BCP 601)
  • Administer DRII Qualifying and DRII Masters’ Certification Examinations

Confidential – Atlanta, GA (April 2009 – August 2010)
Disaster Recovery Coordinator

  • Positioned outsourced from GTA – met with agencies to create and test disaster recovery plans

Confidential(June 2004 – March 2009)
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Coordinator

  • Served as subject matter expert in the Georgia Digital Academy on Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery - providing expertise and recommending text to be used in training of state agency technical and business personnel to create disaster recovery/business continuity plans. Coordinated multi-agency tabletop exercise – June 2005. Traveling throughout the state of Georgia speaking to various agencies and community groups making presentations on the need for contingency planning.
  • Recommended and implemented standard planning tools for state agencies (Strohls Living Disaster Recovery Planning System and BIA Professional)
  • Recommended and implemented automated emergency notification system for state agencies (Strohls’ Notifind)
  • Worked with state agencies to perform risk and business impact analyses; assess potential contingent sites and coordinate planning throughout state government; reviewing first drafts of BC/DR plans. Developed draft of GTA BC/DR Policy
  • Wrote Disaster Recovery Plan for State Data Center (IBM, UNIX, Windows & UNISYS platforms)
  • Established statewide contracts for coordination of disaster recovery services.
  • Conducted agency training sessions and made presentations to state agency Chief Information Officers Council
  • Coordinated and managed six successful GTA Data Center DR exercises

Confidential – Atlanta, GA (June 2000 – May 2004)
Business Continuity/DR Planner/ Data Center Team Leader

  • Developed disaster recovery plans for British Telecommunications’ data centers in Atlanta, GA, Reston VA and Tufnell Park, London England
  • Executed British Telecommunications DR plan for BT Reston data center during Hurricane Isabel (2003)
  • Supervised 8 people to monitor data center infrastructure. Managed all data center services contracts and environmental support infrastructure

EducationDistinctive DiplomaB.A. Psychology/Mathematics

Training / CertificationsDisaster Recovery Seminars - Bellsouth/EDS
Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) Program Instructor 
Disaster Recovery Institute International – Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP)
Qualified Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) Instructor
- Teach DRII courses – BCLE 1000, BCLE 2000, BCP 501, BCP 601
Strohls Living Disaster Recovery Planning System (LDRPS) - Basic and Administrator Training
National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) 1600 Training
National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training
ITIL Foundation CertificationLicensed Virtual Corporation Business Continuity Maturity Model Assessor

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