Joseph Chesla, CDP, CHS-V, CRC,

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Extensive experience in Law Enforcement/Emergency Management with education, training, and experience in crisis management, security, law enforcement, public safety, emergency management and business continuity. Have experience in developing business continuity plan development, risk management, plan testing, plan maintenance and auditing. Have superb communication, interpersonal, written and leadership skills, project management, and quality assurance capabilities.

SYNOPSIS: Emergency Management / Business Continuity Manager…Director of Public Safety.

Software: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe), LDRP,

Other: Completion and Certification in Incident Command System – 100, 200, 300,

400. NIMS 700a. and 800b. COOP Certified, HSEEP Certified, COG, NIST, FEIC, FEMA Professional Development and the Advance Level Certificate in Emergency Management.

Employment History

Joseph Chesla, West Chester, PA November 2009 – Present

Principal, Self-Employed

My training, education and experience has been varied and extensive with business continuity and organizational resilience. The resilience program is embraced by crisis management, business continuity, disaster recovery, technology and emergency management.

This was completed by possessing experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining business continuity and disaster recovery programs to include risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy choices, training and documentation of crisis management, business continuity, and disaster recovery procedures.

My Duties and Responsibilities:

Working across organizational lines to ensure each department has a successful business continuity plan.

Examination of existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.

Compliance with activities and evaluate impact on organizational activities.

Identify prevention opportunities to diminish the risks of the business disruption for technology and business-related products and services.

Conduct a Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) to coordinate with the threat analysis to identify threats, hazards and control disruptions to business operations.

Validate business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and plans through various tests, exercises and after-action reports.

Recommend and implement methods to monitor, evaluate, and enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions.

Cultivate emergency management plans for decision making to include communications, essential and critical functions and continuity of critical departmental processes, to include the temporary shut-down of non-critical departments and to ensure organizational continuity of operations.

Support business resilience governance, strategy, and planning.

Demonstrated ability to establish rapport and build relationships with internal team members across all levels of the organization, as well as with external vendor organizations.

Proven ability to work independently with efficiency and flexibility. Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills with the ability to communicate concepts to technical as well as non-technical audiences.

Effective written and oral communication skills, including experience developing and delivering briefings to top management.

Exceptional organizational, multi-tasking, and project management skills.

Ability to work nights and weekends during crisis events.

Practical experience conducting business impact analyses across multiple business units within complex organizations. Practical experience conducting awareness-building activities for business resilience throughout an organization.

Practical experience with emergency or response operations and incident management frameworks (e.g., NIMS ICS).

Experience in defining, implementing, and ensuring risk-based standards, processes and procedures for responding to disruptions in business or IT operations.

Experience facilitating and leading technical meetings with business unit representatives for resilience planning and validation.

Experience implementing business continuity information management systems, mass notification systems, and common operating picture platforms.

Experience in supporting training development and logistics.

Assist in designing, coordinating and conducting continuity exercises in accordance with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines.

Research, formulate and document reconstitution and devolution strategies.

Managing all aspects of the planning, documentation and implementation of functions and activities related to the Business Continuity, Crisis, Management, and Emergency Management Programs towards the mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, resilience in an all - hazards philosophy.

Has experience as training officer for an emergency management or emergency services organization. Over 10 years of field operations experience (emergency management, incident command, planning, operations, logistics and/or resource management.

Experience with training and classroom management as well as the facets of exercising.

Possesses public speaking experience in small groups, large groups, classrooms, which includes facilitating at meetings.

Has experience working in EOCs at the State, county, local, or federal level, or in the private sector, both in real-time events and exercises.

Experience with coordinating corrective actions processes, including developing after-action plans, implementation plans, training and exercise plans, and maintaining tracking methodologies to ensure deficiencies are addressed, documented and rectified.

Thorough understanding of the principals and practices under the Incident Command System, and extensive experience serving in key command, section chief and unit leader roles on incidents and exercises.

Familiarity with EOC and/or ICP resource management principals and methodologies, EMAC, RRFs, and the development and use of MRPs.

Over seven years of Emergency Operations Plan and Emergency Operations Center procedural writing experience.

Current and active certification in adult education including, the Methods of Instruction, and Instructor Training from the United States Coast Guard on training methodologies. Over 10 years of experience with curriculum design, development and delivery. Current certification as a trainer specific to emergency management, emergency services, and emergency planning.

Certification in All-Hazards IMT ICS position-specific courses of Planning Section Chief and Operations Section Chief is ongoing.

Provide a leadership role in developing, coordinating, and maintaining comprehensive plans and validation methodology, to ensure the organizations ability to recover in the event of an unforeseen disruption to facilities, technology systems or applications.

Identify potential Business interruptions, develop safeguards against these interruptions, and implement recovery procedures in the event of a business interruption for all business units. Facilitate the integration of Information Service Disaster recovery plans with Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Emergency response and pandemic preparedness plans.

Risk Management Program – Identify various risks, provide effective protective controls from various hazards and implementing proactive improvements to organizational units to safeguard property and personnel; therefore, identifying the organizational unit responsible for responding to the crisis and effectively managing the incident.

Over seven years’ experience with HSEEP (process and tools), exercise design, development, control, and evaluation at the state or federal level, or in the private sector: Exercise Program and Project Management: responsible for designing developing, planning, conducting and evaluating various exercises. Interface and building trust with the appropriate stakeholders and subject matter experts to develop both realistic and effective exercises. Develop performance objectives; facilitate meetings, establishing players’, actors, observers and evaluators in conducting the exercise. Plan for and meet regarding the Universal Task List (UTL), Target Capabilities List (TCL), Capabilities Based Planning (CBP), and the Master Scenario Events List (MSEL). In addition to writing, meeting, and discussing with the appropriate stakeholders in a team effort to develop, implement and finalize the Exercise Plan (Explan), the Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEG) and After-Action Reports (AAR). Discuss the Improvement Plan (IP) utilizing Root Cause Analysis with the appropriate organizational unit and organizational executives. Various exercises are conducted throughout the year utilizing the building block approach for a multi-year training and exercise schedule. Types of exercises that are conducted are a seminar, workshop, tabletop, game, drill, functional and a full-scale exercises.

Coordinate the development, implementation and maintenance of an enterprise-wide Crisis Management plan, Emergency Response Plans, Active Shooter Plans, Pandemic Preparedness Plans, Physical Security Plans and Executive Protection Plans.

Physical Security Planning – Cost, contracts, integration, maintenance, testing and Return on Investment.

Dignitary and Executive Protection – Planning and Risk Management including Vulnerability and Threat Assessments.

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary July 2014 - Present

Vice – Flotilla Commander and Staff Officer for Marine and Environmental Safety (FSO-MS), the RBS Visitation Program, and Human Resources.

Other duties include being a member of the Incident Management Team.

J C Penny June 2007 – November 2009

Loss Prevention Specialist

Began employment as part time and went to fulltime employment.

As Senior Loss Prevention Officer, responsibilities included overseeing the store's loss prevention program while providing for the protection of customers, visitors and associates from harm, loss, or injury.

The administration of the shrinkage control programs, such as the Loss Prevention Test and Check Program and the planning and implementing of safety, emergency

management, and business continuity programs.

Investigated disturbances and warning violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking,

public lewdness, etc. Apprehended shoplifters investigated various loss prevention matters including shoplifting, internal theft, timecard fraud, deliberate and willful damage to product or company property and other suspicious or illegal activities.

Investigated and reviewed cash shortages, register tapes, and other documentary evidence. Advised store operations management on how to control shrinkage and other security matters and procedures. Maintained store security files.

Trained managers and store associates on how to deal with certain loss prevention issues such as what to look for, how to detect shoplifters and in the case of management, how to stop and apprehend suspected shoplifters. Maintained surveillances and performed undercover assignments.

Responsible for the security cameras in the store and for monitoring the cameras to detect theft or other irregularities. The observation and the recording of security cameras for case presentation and court testimony. Gained restitution for merchandise destroyed or lost.

Maintained cooperation and the support of the local police department, the fire department, EMS, and emergency management. Assisted with special events or Company programs and performed other duties as requested by the Store Manager or the Loss Prevention Manager.

Applied Bank/Applied Card Systems Glen Mills, PA February 2005 – November 2007

Emergency Management/Business Continuity Manager

Accountable for organizational wide business continuity, crisis management, and emergency management.

Established steering committee with members from senior management and managers to define, scope, provide ongoing support and direction, monitor status and progress, and allocate funding.

Initiated formal project for developing business continuity plans covering following risk management, Business Impact Analysis, Business Continuity, Strategy Development, Business Continuity Plan Development, Plan Testing, Plan Maintenance and Auditing.

Ensured that personnel involved in the development and implementation of the business continuity plans were adequately trained. Developed and implemented a BCP awareness and training program for the entire organization.

Ensured that the business continuity plans remained in a state of readiness at all times.

Ensured that BCP was in compliance with pertinent government laws and regulations, and industry standards.

Coordinated BCP activities with relevant disaster recovery and business continuity agencies and local authorities.

Disaster Recovery - Fault tolerance, servers, networking, hot sites, data recovery, and data backup.

Enrolled in School Fulltime March 2003 – May 2007

Camden County College Blackwood, NJ September 1995 – March 2003

Director of Public Safety

Ensured safety of all individuals and property, managed pedestrian and vehicle traffic and ensured compliance with Campus Security Act, Right-to-Know, statistical reporting, distribution of violent crime information, sex offender laws, Active Shooter, Dignitary and Executive Protection and other security matters.

A comprehensive review of emergency operations through the planning cycle of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery methodologies. The research of the HVA multi-hazard vulnerability analysis; natural, technological, human, hazardous materials, writing communicating, and updating the organizational emergency plan, distributing the plan, exercising and testing of the plan through tabletop, functional, full scale exercises and various on scene drills utilizing the incident command system.

The establishment of specially trained response team for bomb threats and searching, fires, medical response, defibrillator training, hazardous materials, terrorism, hostage negotiations and workplace violence.

Attended the LEPC and on various community and organizational issues, the American Red Cross, and health and safety committees.

Business continuity operations - the recovery stage of the business continuity plan to include the business impact analysis, identifying critical business functions and processes, recovery strategies, alternate sites for recovery, technical planning and communication requirements, manage and organize recovery teams, succession and responsibilities list, complete infrastructure assessments and capabilities, business recovery software, and maintaining a state of readiness to provide the necessary level of information processing support with the organizational requirements/priorities identified by respective executive and recovery management teams.

Investigations - interviewing witnesses, obtaining statements, gathering physical evidence, researching cases, service processing, attending depositions, settlements, and court appearances, writing interrogatories, cooperating with law enforcement agencies, participating in surveillances, conducting background investigations, and acting as a bodyguard for various individuals. Types of investigations performed were crimes of rape, robbery, assault,

homicide, drug delivery, burglary, arson, and various white-collar crime. In civil law, responsible for conducting investigations in the areas of negligence, intentional torts, strict liability, and family law. The types of investigations performed were personal injury, slip and falls, product liability, traffic accidents, wrongful death and insurance fraud.

Conducted security surveys including vulnerability assessments and threat assessment of facilities. Recommended physical security including card access systems, CCTV, fire alarms, and intrusion detection systems. Performed loss prevention and risk management activities in three

campus system.

Increased shrink awareness developed corporate training programs and partnered with Internal Audit to ensure compliance and perform adequate investigations.

Directed Safety Management including OSHA, Standards 1910 Subpart D - Walking and Working Surfaces, 1910

Subparts E and L - Means of Egress and Fire Protection, 1910 Subpart H - Hazardous Materials / Flammable and Combustible Liquids, 1910 Subpart H - Hazardous Waste Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER), 1910 Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment, 1910 Subpart J - Permit Required Confined Spaces, 1910 Subpart J - Lockout/Tagout, 1910 Subpart N - Materials Handling and Storage, 1910 Subpart O - Machinery and Machine Guarding, 1910 Subpart

Q - Welding, Cutting, and Brazing, 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Safety, 1910 Subpart Z - Hazardous Communication, 1910 Subpart Z - Industrial Hygiene, 1910 Subpart Z - Bloodborne Pathogens, 1904 - Recordkeeping, 1910 Subpart Y - Outreach Program, OSHA Safety and Health Programs.

Education: Kaplan University – Present – One Course until Masters.

Master of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA - Graduated 2007

Bachelor of Arts: (2 Degrees in Human Performance Management and in Organizational Dynamics.

Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA - Graduated 1981

Associate of Science in Police Science

Affiliations: The American Board for Certification in Homeland Security

American Planning Association

International Association of Crime Practitioners

Instructor: Methods of Instruction – Camden County Police Academy

Certified Instructor, United States Coast Guard AUX – Adult Education

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