DONALD C. AMIDON, CBCP
973-***-**** * Highfield Court, Budd Lake, NJ 07828 **********@****.***
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SUMMARY
Senior management professional with extensive experience in all facets of strategic and tactical recovery/resiliency program development and management; with a broad and solid background in the disciplines of: Business Continuity/ Resiliency, Disaster Recovery, Crisis/Incident Management, Operational and Third-Party Risk Management, and Project Management.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Business Continuity Program Management • Policy Development
• Business Impact Analysis • Recovery Program Test Management
• Disaster Recovery Program Management • Recovery Solution Design and Development
• Incident Management Program Management • Third-Party Risk Management
• Operational Risk Management • Training Program Development/Delivery PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MUFG SECURITIES INC., New York, NY 2017 - Present
VP – Enterprise Business Continuity Management
Management of all facets of the multi-national corporate Business Continuity program.
• Design, performance and management Business Impact Analysis, Dependency Analysis and a 3-tiered Business Continuity Plan Structure
• Development of Corporate Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan
• Management of corporate-level Resiliency Program-related Third-Party and Operational Risk, and Internal and External Audit response
• Management of various BCM and DR-related Testing showing significant process success improvements INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE/INTERACTIVE DATA, New York, NY 2015 - 2017 Sr. Manager, Business Continuity
Management of all facets of the multi-national corporate Business Continuity program.
• Management and enhancement of Enterprise Incident Management and recovery programs
• Coordination of Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery response processes (in proactive and reactive modes) to successful outcomes
• Management of company-wide Business Impact Analysis and recovery planning processes
• Management of migration/integration of program resources to new company standard tools
• Development of the Hilton Hotel Properties Recovery Program
• Coordination and management of BCM/DR-related internal/external audit response processes JOHN WILEY & SONS, Somerset, NJ 2014 – 2015
Disaster Recovery Strategist
Definition and management of Disaster Recovery strategies for all application environments.
• Development of corporate Disaster Recovery Strategies, including introduction to High-Availability, Cloud
(AWS), and other related methodologies
• Facilitation/performance of Business Impact Analysis processes
• Provision of Disaster Recovery subject matter expertise for architecture definition and implementation processes associated with Data Center Consolidation processes
• Served in the corporate Disaster Recovery Testing Strategist, Coordinator and Manager Donald C. Amidon
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AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST, Ridgefield Park, NJ 2012 – 2014 Enterprise Business Continuity Manager/Coordinator Management of all facets of the American and Canadian corporate Business Continuity programs.
• Development of a proven Crisis/Incident Management Plans (full and synopsis versions)
• Development of a combined Business Impact Analysis/Planning data gathering methodology using RSA Archer data requirements and Six Sigma SIPOC processing mapping
• Coordination and facilitation of corporate Crisis Management-related activities and events
• Restructure of the US and Canadian-based Call Tree Notification Program according to industry-standard structuring conventions and management of successful, unannounced testing efforts
• Coordination and provision of internal/external audit responses related to the Resiliency Program Leader DUN & BRADSTREET, Short Hills, NJ 2010 – 2012
Business Continuity Manager
Management of all facets of the global Business Continuity program.
• Development and Implementation of enhanced Business Continuity and Incident Management strategies
(adopted into corporate standard processes and procedures)
• Development and facilitation of a formal Global Risk Assessment program to identify local and corporate risk factors for mitigation consideration
• Development and management of Enterprise Crisis Management and recovery programs (US, European and Australian operations)
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
CITIGROUP, Warren, NJ VP – Continuation of Business Management MARSH & MCLENNAN CO., Morristown, NJ Corporate Business Continuity Manager CNT/ARTICULENT INC, Berkeley Heights, NJ Disaster Recov./SAN & High-Availability Consultant UBS/PAINEWEBBER, Weehawken, NJ VP, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity COMDISCO PROFESSIONAL SVCS, Woodcliff Lake, NJ Sr. Managing Consultant/Consultant TOOLS & RESOURCES
Productivity Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), VISIO, RSA Archer Planning Tools: LDRPS, BIA Professional, Paragon, COB-Trac, RSA Archer Communications Tools: Dialogic, Varolii, SendWordNow, Notifind Awareness Tools: NC-4, I-SOS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CERTIFICATIONS & AFFILIATIONS County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ - Studies in Computer Science Disaster Recovery Institute - Certified Business Recovery Professional (CBCP - Certification #2135) PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Comdisco Rolex Award for Lifetime Achievement
Comdisco Consultant of the Quarter Award