Experienced Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Professional
Greater Atlanta Area
- Current
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- Internet Marketing Consultant at American Global Software, LLC
- Account Executive at Paradigm Solutions International, Inc.
- CEO/Principal at Beacon Continuity Management, LLC
- Past
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- Practice Area Manager at SunGard Availability Services
- CEO at PLC Consulting, Inc.
- Senior Manager at Capgemini
- Senior Disaster Recovery Project Manager at CheckFree
- Senior Consultant at Logical Networks
- Disaster Recovery and Information Security Manager at Wright Express
- Senior Software Architect at Fairchild Semiconductor
- Project Manager at Alpine Computer Systems
- Lead Systems Administrator at Wellington Management Company
- Senior Customer Service Engineer at Computer Consoles, Inc
- Field Manager at American Heart Association
- Manager at Boston Museum of Science
- Fund Liaison at Boston Financial Data Services
- Park Ranger at National Park Service
- Education
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- Wentworth Technical School
- Southwestern Technical College
- University of Maine
- Gardiner Area HS
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
Patrick Dunn’s Summary
Patrick Dunn has over eighteen years of experience in providing Information Technology (IT) services that have focused upon Pandemic, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning, Crisis and Incident Management, Information Security and IT Management The specific IT services that have been provided include, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Pandemic and Incident Management Exercises, Information Systems & Data Center Operations Division Management, Information Security, IT Assessment and Project Management for multi-national, Fortune 500 and Big Five Accounting Firms. Patrick has also extensively focused on Pandemic Planning and has developed core Pandemic Methodology that is currently in use by an International consulting company and has been used on hundreds of engagements across North America.
Patrick has outstanding communication and analytical skills which he couples with creative problem solving and astute trouble-shooting to provide exceptional consulting and business continuity guidance. He has provided consulting services in the North America and in Europe.
His recent consulting projects in the business continuity arena span many subject areas - including Pandemic Planning and Exercises, and include a range of industries, including financial and brokerage, healthcare, and local and regional governments.
He is a well-known conference/webinar speaker and has published articles and whitepapers in a variety of professional journals.
Patrick Dunn’s Specialties:
Pandemic Planning and Exercises, BS25999, Business Continuity, Information Security Management Systems, Private and Public sectors, Consulting Services , Crisis / Incident Management Plans and Exercises
Patrick Dunn’s Experience
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Internet Marketing Consultant
American Global Software, LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
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Account Executive
Paradigm Solutions International, Inc.
(Management Consulting industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
PSI provides business continuity planning / disaster recovery consulting services and software that helps commercial companies and government organizations prepare for, manage and recovery from a variety of business disruptions. The "OpsPlanner" software is an easy to use, web-based software tool that cost-effectively, expedites risk analysis, planning, recovery and emergency mass notification.
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CEO/Principal
Beacon Continuity Management, LLC
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Beacon Continuity Management is a leader in the design and implementation of Business Continuity Management Systems and Solutions . Beacon Continuity specializes in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning and Implementations. Our consultants have designed and implemented Business Continuity Management Systems and conducted Planning Exercises for companies across North America.
Beacon consultants are true experts in their practice areas, collaborating with clients with an innovative approach to compliance, third-party governance, disaster recovery 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 Management is the right call. -
Practice Area Manager
SunGard Availability Services
(Privately Held; SDS; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 2 months)
- Practice Area Manager for Business Availability Practice consisting of 38 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. -
CEO
PLC Consulting, Inc.
(Management Consulting industry)
December 2002 — June 2006 (3 years 7 months)
- Facilitated the writing twenty four Business Continuity Plans for a leading E-commerce 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. -
Senior Manager
Capgemini
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAP; Management Consulting industry)
February 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 3 months)
- 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. -
Senior Disaster Recovery Project Manager
CheckFree
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CKFR; Financial Services industry)
April 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 9 months)
Company is now known as Fiserv
- Led a ten person vendor and internal team that Prepared and presented executive level briefs concerning disaster recovery preparedness and convinced IT stakeholders to invest $6 million in a high availability recovery solution reducing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) to 4 hours from 2 weeks;
- Created, maintained and quarterly tested the Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption Plans, and implemented ongoing improvements across a heterogamous operating environment consisting of an HP3000 mainframe, 200 Unix Servers, 150 NT Servers and 25 Linux Servers; and
- Coordinated the Disaster Recovery response to multiple client and mandated audits resulting in 100% compliance. -
Senior Consultant
Logical Networks
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Company is now known as Logicalis
- 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. -
Disaster Recovery and Information Security Manager
Wright Express
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; WXS; Financial Services industry)
June 1997 — April 2000 (2 years 11 months)
- 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. -
Senior Software Architect
Fairchild Semiconductor
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; fcs; Semiconductors industry)
June 1995 — May 1996 (1 year )
Project Manager and Architect for a 15 person team to implement a global PeopleSoft implementation and create a workable Disaster Recovery Plan for the PeopleSoft Infrastructure.
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Project Manager
Alpine Computer Systems
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1994 — May 1995 (7 months)
Company is now named Cognizant Technology Solutions
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Lead Systems Administrator
Wellington Management Company
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Investment Management industry)
March 1992 — November 1994 (2 years 9 months)
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Senior Customer Service Engineer
Computer Consoles, Inc
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1990 — 1993 (3 years )
Company is now known as Nortel
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Field Manager
American Heart Association
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
1988 — 1990 (2 years )
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Manager
Boston Museum of Science
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
1987 — 1988 (1 year )
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Fund Liaison
Boston Financial Data Services
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
1986 — 1988 (2 years )
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Park Ranger
National Park Service
(Government Agency; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)
June 1982 — September 1986 (4 years 4 months)
Interpretation Park Ranger - Salem Maritime NHS
Law Enforcement Park Ranger - Salem Maritime NHS
Interpretation Park Ranger - Boston NHS
Park Ranger - Great Smokeys NP
Lead Park Ranger - Saint-Gaudens NHS
Park Ranger - Acadia NP
Participated on over 20 backcountry rescues.
Patrick Dunn’s Education
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Wentworth Technical School
Certificate , Computer Electronics , 1990 — 1990
Career Planning Assistant, Tutored students in math skills
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Southwestern Technical College
Park Ranger Law Enforcement 1984 — 1984
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University of Maine
BS , Recreation and Park Management , 1979 — 1984
Recipient of Student Government Leadership Award
Recipient of General Alumni Association Student Activities Award- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Phi Omega(Vice President), Student Alumni Association (Vice President), Senior Skull Honor Society, Senior Council, All-American Cheerleader(Mascot) NCAA Div 1, Mascot - "Bananas the Bear" 1980-1984, Maine Day Chairman (1982-1983), Red Cross Blood Drive Chairman(1981-1984), New Student Welcome Committee
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Gardiner Area HS
1975 — 1979
Additional Information
Patrick Dunn’s Interests:
management training, new technology, youth coaching, speaking, Toastmasters
Patrick Dunn’s Groups:
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
CISSP, CBCP
Association of Contingency Planners (ACP)
New England Disaster Recovery Exchange(NEDRIX)
Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas (CPAC)
Speakeasy Toastmasters - President
University of Maine - Class Secretary/Correspondent 1984 - Present
Knights of Columbus - 4th Degree
Wentworth Technical School
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TENGAtlanta -
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) -
Georgia Executives Network -
BCMIX - Business Continuity Management Information eXchange -
Institute of Management Consultancy -
Friends of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems -
Referral Institute Atlanta -
University of Maine Alumni -
Business Development -
Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) -
IT Governance -
Information Security Community -
Consultants Network -
Speakers and Panelists -
Capgemini Alumni Network (+9000) -
BCM Institute - Business Continuity Management Institute -
CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network -
Business Continuity Management Professionals -
Risk Managers -
OpRisk & Compliance -
LinkedAtlanta -
Alpha Phi Omega Networking -
Risk Group -
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Professionals -
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society -
Business Continuity - COOP -
Business Continuity Management & Risk -
The Resiliency Professional Network -
Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) -
BRPA Business Resumption Planners Association -
CheckFree Alumni -
Wright Express (WEX) Alumni -
Hospital/Healthcare Preparedness -
BS-25999 -
Wellington Management Company Alumni -
Alpine Computer Systems Alumni
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IT Atlanta -
ASOCIA Group -
Knights of Columbus Business Networking -
Metro Atlanta Chamber -
Atlanta Flyfishers -
Prince of Peace Business Network -
Atlanta Catholic Business Conference -
University of Maine - Black Bears of Georgia -
Business Resiliency Consultants USA -
Contracting and Consulting jobs / opportunities
Patrick Dunn’s Honors:
2009 Nominee for Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year
Keynote Speaker at Computer Learning Institute (Boston) Graduation 2003, 2005
Speaker at CPM West 2006 Conference in Las Vegas
Speaker at Securing Houses of Worship Conference 2006 in East Brunswick, NJ
Speaker at CPM East 2006 Conference in Orlando.
President of SunGard SpeakEasy Toastmasters Club (2006-2007)
Patrick Dunn’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
