Project Manager Management

Joseph G. DiPaolo

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QUALIFICATIONS

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery/Risk Management/Emergency Management

Extensive experience providing guidance, training, and team building expertise at all

levels for customer Business Continuity/Risk Management/Emergency Management

programs. Proficient in project management, risk analysis, safety/emergency

management planning as well as effectively making presentations to customers at all

levels.

Very skilled in writing and implementing Corporate policies with respect to business

continuity/resiliency planning, emergency planning, risk analysis methodology and

internal controls. Experienced in designing and implementing assessment/review check

sheets, questionnaires and report templates as well as collecting and collating data

during typical risk assessments using standardized matrix tools and methodologies.

A dedicated and responsible team player, managing well under pressure, comfortably

taking on new challenges.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kavanagh Logistics 2008 - present

Consultant

Provide consultation services to a third party logistics management company to ensure

procedural compliance with relation to motor carrier transportation activities. This

includes following processes to prove that the carriers that are sent to facilities

for pickup or for delivery are the actual individuals that arrive for the shipment.

Ensure the communication that involved parties are provided with timely

identification of the driver and of the equipment the driver is utilizing so that it

can be verified before allowing entry into a secured facility. This also includes

validation of carrier credentials for engaging in interstate transportation and

corporate contractual requirements such as insurance compliance within defined limits

of liability and, if applicable, additional insured endorsements, valid Hazardous

Material Registration statements, active interstate authority and a satisfactory

Motor Carrier Safety Rating.

Managed the incoming shipment requests, analyzed and confirmed the shipping

requirements and set the shipments up in a system that created visibility of the

shipment with the shipper and any other authorized parties and the carrier and

tracked all phases of the shipment from auctioned, booked, tendered, in transit,

through delivered and the final audit and payment cycle.

Also responsible to communicate with carriers for documentation of pickup and

delivery to adhere to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and to fully complete the

shipment cycle. This included sending reminders to request shipment status updates,

uploads of supporting documents, and clarification of data, signatures and

information related to supporting documents. These steps were necessary to complete

before a shipment would be released for payment.

Pfizer Inc. 2006 - 2008

Consultant - Global Logistics Compliance - Business Continuity Management

Key Projects:

Project managed all business continuity planning efforts for Product Conveyance

supply continuity as well as plans for Animal Health and Consumer Health Logistic

Center resiliency. This included managing the business impact analysis, risk

assessments, identifying critical processes, recovery strategies, testing, and

maintenance.

Developed, gathered and documented all business continuity planning data using Strohl

System tools.

Managed and tested communication call trees.

Assembled, trained and lead key process team members to the successful completion of

business continuity projects.

Developed and administered business impact analysis and assessment surveys for

Logistic Centers and Conveyance operations.

Developed emergency management and pandemic plans for Pfizer.

Acted as the subject matter expert in a customer facing capacity including external

programs such as C-TPAT.

Alcatel-Lucent Technologies 2005 - 2006

Consultant - Project Manager, Disaster Recovery Planning

Assembled and lead prospective disaster recovery teams into the development of their

recovery plans in preparation of data center geographical moves, ensuring SOX

compliance and successful project completion.

AT&T 1996 - 2004

Senior Technical Specialist - Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Professional

Services

Conducted risk, environmental and power assessments for AT&T's Local, Wireless,

Ultravailable Solutions and Internet Data Centers.

Conducted risk assessments pertaining to site environment to report existing or

remediated environment hazardous conditions.

Project managed risk analysis and business continuity planning for 3rd party vendors.

Project Managed the business continuity planning for the Corporate Work/Call Centers,

and Global Client Support Centers.

Partnered with Corporate Security to implement and communicate programs at the

Business Unit level, designed to ensure compliance regarding records management and

the safeguarding of proprietary information.

Early Career Skills and Positions

Audited and managed infrastructure for AT&T Internal Controls programs

Financial positions

Project managed equipment acquisition, staging, support as well as public relations

for AT&T Home-Education beta project.

PRIOR TO AT&T

Worked in a manufacturing/production environment during college.

EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

B.A., Communications - Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) through DRII

Strohl Systems LDRPS, BIA Professional, NotiFind; Microsoft Office; Visio; Web page

development

Juran Six Sigma Greenbelt training - NJ

Active member in several Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery trade organizations.

Publications Director for Association of Contingency Planners Garden State chapter

monthly newsletter.

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