Professional Profile

Bill Iwanyk

Over ** years of diversified technology and management experience in entrepreneurial, corporate, and consulting environments. Held executive IT management positions (CIO, VP, Director) at Fortune 500 companies, and managed national technical support practices for two consulting organizations. Managed business continuity planning practice for national consulting firm. In addition to business continuity/disaster recovery expertise, also experienced in project management, process re-engineering and records management.

Over the last 12 years, focused on the business resiliency planning arena. Managed many Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and IT Disaster Recovery Planning projects and performed as a subject matter expert in dozens of business continuity, crisis management, and disaster recovery planning engagements. Consulted “hands-on” and developed business recovery plans or associated deliverables for many notable organizations including McGraw-Hill, Novartis, Pfizer, BASF, Pitney Bowes, Mercedes Benz, Reuters, Hackensack Medical Center, J&J, Time Warner, Chef's Warehouse, Citigroup, Bank of Tokyo, Barclays, Nomura, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, NATIXIS, Merrill Lynch, TD Bank, etc as well as law firms including Ropes & Gray, White & Case, Kean Miller, Sills Cummis & Gross, Heilberger, Lowenstein Sandler, Simpson Thacher, Clifford Chance, McCarter & English, etc.

Specifically, within the business continuity planning discipline, I have:

Developed, documented, and implemented business continuity and IT recovery plans.

Performed over 15 business resiliency and risk assessments.

Completed BIAs (business impact analyses) for over 20 companies.

Conducted risk assessments and provided remedial recommendations.

Utilized BCP "best practices", including BS25999 standards, ISO 31000 and ITIL.

In the financial/banking area, provided recovery solutions in compliance with the FFIEC.

Created business recovery strategies for corporate headquarters and branch offices.

Provided records/documentation management analyses and retention policy development.

Designed different formats for plan documentation including portable trifolds and wallet cards.

Worked with 3rd party business recovery solution providers including IBM and Sungard.

Created training exercises related to crisis management and emergency response procedures.

Managed IT disaster recovery testing including providing test plan and script.

Collaborated with clients’ facilities management to review and refresh building evacuation procedures.

Maintained clients existing BCP plans and conducted periodic reviews for accuracy.

Developed project plans, presentations, and collateral material.

Quality assured deliverables and guaranteed customer satisfaction.

MBA in Quantitative Analysis from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck NJ.

BS in Mathematics from St. Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ.

US Coast Guard Auxiliary – Division Commander, Manasquan Inlet Station, Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Member of Crisis Management & Emergency Response Team - US Coast Guard District Delaware Bay.

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