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Designs and implements large-scale enterprisewide
BCP & DR programs including corporate approach & tools /
templates / databases as needed.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
MBCP
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
MS from Virginia Commonwealth University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Martin is the co-founder, President and Director of Technical Continuity
Services for Business Pathfinders. One highlight of BPI's experience
is the establishment of an enterprise-wide continuity program for
a Fortune 20 company. Since October 2001, Martin has been a civilian
member of the "Richmond Police Department's Terrorism Advisory Committee"
(RPDTAC); service is on-going.
Before starting BPI, Martin managed the technical
continuity practice for Predictive Systems (formerly Global Integrity)
where he was responsible for business development, large-scale project
management, and service delivery for business continuity and disaster
recovery. While there he established an enterprise-wide continuity
program at a multi-national, multi-industry, Fortune 500 company.
Martin orchestrated a diverse group of executives and business leaders
to develop an integrated Enterprise Continuity Planning department
with ties into the individual continuity planning areas for each
line of business. Martin also prepared a CLEC (competitive local
exchange carrier) for hurricane season by performing a thorough
risk and business impact assessment. He successfully developed cost
effective solutions to protect their business and information assets.
In addition, he consulted with several firms with established BCP
programs as a subject matter expert. He has performed an independent
review of current programs and provided design and implementation
support of enhanced recovery and continuity solutions.
Prior to joining Predictive Systems, Martin was the
Year 2000 Contingency Planning Manager for CapitalOne. While at
CapitalOne, Martin founded the Contingency Planning department and
developed business continuity plans for U.S. and U.K. business units
and technical platforms. He also led the development of all Year
2000 Contingency Plans and played an integral role in the development
of an Event Management Center. Before joining CapitalOne, Martin
was the first Disaster Recovery Manager at Sovran Bank (1989). After
several mergers and acquisitions, he served as project leader, consultant,
and advisor for development of Contingency Plans at NationsBank,
then the third largest bank in the nation (now Bank of America).
He has extensive information technology recovery and business continuity
experience in the banking and financial industry. In addition, Martin
has thirteen years of Business Continuity experience.
Martin has led the development of recovery platforms
and alternatives for IBM mainframe, Tandem, Unisys, HP Unix, Stratus,
IBM RS6000, Wang, DEC, and Data General systems. Martin played a
key role in developing and implementing contingency planning standards
and procedures at NationsBank. He received the Hurricane Hero Award
for his efforts with the Hurricane Andrew Recovery Center Command
Team (1992).
ACTIVE ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Martin served as Chairman and is a former member of the South-East
Business Recovery Exchange (SEBRE), a founding member of the Business
Recovery Association of Virginia (BRAV), a member of the Association
of Contingency Planning (ACP), and a member of Contingency Planning
Association of the Carolinas (CPAC), and a member of other business
continuity planning organizations.
Member of the Association of Contingency Planning
Member of Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas
Founding member of Business Recovery Association of Virginia.
Member of Mid-Atlantic Disaster Recovery Association.
Member of American Mensa.
FEE STRUCTURE
Negotiable, either by firm fixed price or time and materials.
TOPICS FOR SPEAKING, WRITING,
AND CONSULTING
All facets of business continuity, technical continuity, disaster
recovery, and crisis management planning. Martin has also been a
guest speaker on a national and international level on the subject
of business continuity planning for organizations such as the Association
For Computer Operations Management (AFCOM), the University of Virginia
McIntire School of Commerce, Business Recovery Association of Virginia
(BRAV), Hamilton Bermuda Rotary Club, Mid-Atlantic Disaster Recovery
Association (MADRA), South-East Business Recovery Exchange (SEBRE),
Techno-Security, University of Maryland, Virginia Association of
Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) and for various industry
groups. He has also been an invited guest to speak to the Government
of Bermuda (1998) by the Minister of Finance and by the Government
of Japan (2000) on the subject of business continuity, disaster
recovery and risk mitigation.
Martin co-authored an article published in the July
2000 edition of Information Security Bulletin. He has been interviewed
for articles published in Computer World Magazine, Contingency Planning
and Management Magazine, and the Royal Gazette.
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Business Pathfinders mission is to provide one stop shopping for
business continuity planning to our clients regardless of the type
of services, products, or industry. Business Pathfinders offers
traditional and high-tech businesses a reliable, high quality alternative
to in-house development, planning, and enterprise-wide program design
for business continuity, technical continuity or security planning.
Business Pathfinders integrates the business, operations, and information
technology interests of an enterprise to ensure a successful Business
Continuity Planning (BCP) program for the entire enterprise. We
are dedicated to providing business continuity needs by identifying
and developing solutions for the continuity and recovery of production
processes, business functions, and information technology resources.
We offer a complete range of BCP services from risk analysis, business
impact assessment and plan documentation through to implementation
and testing. Business Pathfinders builds BCP programs which are
proactively directed and advocate involvement with strategic issues
and evolving projects across an enterprise to simultaneously assist
clients to solve their business continuity needs and achieve their
strategic goals.
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