Nathaniel Forbes

Current

Asia Council President at International Association of Emergency Managers
Director at Forbes Calamity Prevention Pte Ltd

Past

Contract Consultant at Exchange Resources
Sales at ConTeck Enterprises, Inc.
Director of Electronic Filing at ChipSoft Inc. (now Intuit, Inc.)

Founder & President at SPEED>S Corporation
National Sales Manager at The Source, a subsidiary of The Reader's Digest Association
Manager at Weldon Electronics, Inc

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Education

Middlebury College
Webb School of California

Recommended

4 people have recommended Nathaniel

Connections

377 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Nathaniel Forbes’s Summary

Nathaniel and his company offer expertise and experience in business continuity management (BCM), emergency management (EM) and crisis management (CM) for multinational companies in Asia.

He is the Director of Forbes Calamity Prevention www.calamityprevention.com, an MBCI (Member, Business Continuity Institute) www.thebci.org and the Asia Council President ofthe International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) www.iaem.com.sg. He

He was President of the Business Continuity Group, a chapter of the Singapore Computer Society, from 1999 to 2001. He also passed the Disaster Recovery Institute International examination for Certified Business Continuity Planners (CBCP) in 1998.

Nathaniel recruits and places EM, CM and BCM professionals in Asia in partnership with U.S. recruiters BC Management. www.staffonstandby.com

A knowledgeable and entertaining trainer, speaker and writer, Nathaniel started Forbes Calamity Prevention (FCP) Pte Ltd in 1996 in Singapore. He and his firm have provided advice and support to large, multinational clients around the world for 14 years.

One attendee at his BCP presentation to the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore called it “one of the best I’ve seen given.” To learn more about Nathaniel, just type “Nathaniel Forbes” into your favorite internet search engine.

Nathaniel writes ZDNet Asia’s popular blog “BCP Confidential” http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/bcp and FCP’s informative email newsletter http://www.calamityprevention.com/our_newsletters.php.

Nathaniel Forbes’s Specialties:

Current: training, consulting and recruiting in business continuity, emergency and crisis management, particularly in Asia.

Past professional experience: online technology development and marketing.
Marketed, sold and used electronic mail for consumers (1979-1983).
Developed the first commercial online income tax filing system for independent tax preparers in the U.S. (1984-192)

Nathaniel Forbes’s Experience

Asia Council President

International Association of Emergency Managers

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is 4,500 members from the public and private sectors around the world dedicated to saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters. IAEM certifies the competence of emergency professionals by awarding the Certified Emergency Manager® (CEM)® designation to those who demonstrate sufficient experience, training, education, and who pass IAEM's examination and essay questions. The Asia Council represents members in 27 countries from Afghanistan to Japan.
Director

Forbes Calamity Prevention Pte Ltd

(Management Consulting industry)

January 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)

Forbes Calamity Prevention provides consulting, training and recruiting in business continuity, crisis and emergency management to multnational companies in Asia.
Contract Consultant

Exchange Resources

(Management Consulting industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )
Sales

ConTeck Enterprises, Inc.

(Management Consulting industry)

1994 — 1995 (1 year )
Director of Electronic Filing

ChipSoft Inc. (now Intuit, Inc.)

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1992 — April 1993 (11 months)

ChipSoft acquired my company, SPEED>S. I became the director of a new division at ChipSoft . ChipSoft was later acquired by Intuit, Inc. (INTU), publishers of Quicken and TurboTax software.
Founder & President

SPEED>S Corporation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

1984 — 1992 (8 years )

America's first company for electronic filing of tax returns and downloading of commercial software. SPEED>S' largest customer was TurboTax which acquired SPEED>S in 1992, and was itself acquired in 1993 by Intuit, publisher of Quicken, QuickBooks, TurboTax and MacInTax.
National Sales Manager

The Source, a subsidiary of The Reader's Digest Association

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)

July 1981 — July 1983 (2 years 1 month)

The Source was the first online subscription information service for consumers, preceding America Online by several years. I redesigned the company's retail subscription package sold in computer stores, which helped grow sales from 10,000 subscribers to 50,000 subscribers in the 2 years of my tenure as National Sales Manager. I left to start SPEED>S Corporation in 1983.
Manager

Weldon Electronics, Inc

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)

1979 — 1981 (2 years )

Minnesota franchisee of the ComputerLand retail computer store chain. I joined when they had one store in Bloomington. When I become General Manager, I helped to open two (2) more stores in Hopkins and in downtown Minneapolis.

While managing the downtown Minneapolis store, I was first introduced to Dungeons & Dragons by some customers.

Nathaniel Forbes’s Education

Middlebury College

BA , Independent Studies, Journalism , 1970 — 1974

Activities and Societies:

News Editor, The Campus newspaper
Webb School of California

Additional Information

Nathaniel Forbes’s Websites:

Nathaniel Forbes’s Interests:

business continuity management, business continuity planning, emergency response, crisis management

Nathaniel Forbes’s Groups:

Singapore Computer Society Business Continuity Group (past president); International Association of Emergency Managers (Singapore representative), BCP community in Singapore