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Beacon Continuity Consulting is a leader in the design and implementation of Business Continuity Management Systems. Beacon Continuity specializes in Compliance and Business Continuity Management Systems. Our consultants have designed and implemented Business Continuity Management Systems and conducted Planning Exercises from companies acrosss North America.
Beaconconsultants are true experts in their practice areas, collaborating with clients with an innovative approach to compliance, audit, third-party governance, and business continuity management.

Whether you need to become compliant to numerous regulatory requirements, improve your Business Continuity Management program or accelerate its maturity, Beacon Continuity Consulting is the right call.

- Practice Area Manager for Business Availability Practice consisting 21 consultants in Southeast and Northeast Regions;
- Service Champion for Incident Management Program/Crisis Management methodology;
- Member of Pandemic Response Team;
- Conduct Consulting 101 Class for all new hire orientation classes at SunGard;
- Conduct performance reviews for all assigned staff;
- Identify staffing requirements for the practice and recruit for talent;
- Develop and support introduction of new products/services in conjuction with Product Development team;
- Provide Subject Matter Expertise to Sales and Sales Support;
- Provide guidance on consultant career development;
- Identify training and certification requirements for Business Availability consultants;
- Provide management oversight and assistance on projects by delivering Quality Assurance Reviews; and
- Ensure consultant compliance with service delivery, quality control and quality assurance methodologies.

Project Manager of a five person team that performed an assessment of the Business Continuity practices of a global media and entertainment company that supports that supported approximately 12,000 end users and 312 business process, within the specific areas identified for this assessment;
- Led a four person team that reviewed and developed Command & Control Communication and Business Continuity procedures for a cable television network;
- Project Manager for fifteen simultaneous projects that supported the spin off a new IT department resulting from the merger of two international telecommunication companies;
- Project Manager for a twelve person team that designed planned and implemented a Data Center Consolidation Project for a major publishing company; and
- Facilitated project blueprinting and vendor management activities with client and resurrected a key vendor relationship that had been in a state of decay for several months.

- Facilitated the writing twenty four Business Continuity Plans for a leading ecommerce software company;
- Managed the build out of a Big Four Accounting Firm’s regional data center in Germany;
- Directed a ten person Business Continuity Team for North America’s largest consumer electronics specialty retailer that performed analysis and mapped processes on over 800 applications;
- Created, maintained and regularly tested the Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption Plans, and implemented ongoing improvements in contingency planning for the U.S. operations of a global money management firm with $204 billion in assets under management; and
- Developed and implemented Disaster Recovery Plan for a global money management firm that allowed client to achieve a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of less than 24 hours.

- Managed an IT Risk Assessment Project for an automotive supplier of its IT Infrastructure that resulted in 100% compliance with auditing requirements and the client was able to gain a $20 million service contract. This assessment lead to and engagement in which to a business impact analysis project was conducted for the client which conclusively documented that company would lose $5 million per day if no disaster recovery plan were implemented; and

- Reviewed and recommended efficiency changes to Tape Backup Solution and Off-Site Tape Recall Procedures for a financial services company resulting in an efficiency increase of 30% for an automotive supplier.

- Created, maintained and quarterly tested the Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption Plans;
- Implemented ongoing improvements in contingency planning for fifteen business units;
- Responsible for all aspects of Information Systems security planning, training and administration for all critical business functions, Telecommunications and personnel safety;
- Conceived and implemented new data security procedures and corporate awareness program for employees that reduced security violations by 80%;
- Negotiated a hot-site disaster recovery contract that saved the company $100K annually and generated $750K in overall savings in the disaster recovery department;
- Coordinated the responses to both internal and external auditors. Achieved strong ratings for EDP/IS audits and overall office security audits; and
- Coordinated the Year 2000 IT Assessment Initiative for company’s heterogeneous operating environment consisting of over 125 servers.