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Hoffman Estates, Il *****

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RICHARD A. FALVO, CBCP MBCI

SUMMARY

Mr. Falvo has over 25 years of experience in the Information Technology. His experience includes Infrastructure Management, Project Management and IT Enterprise Risk Management. He is a Certified Business Continuity Professional.

SKILLS

• Project Management

• Documentation

• Budget Preparation

• Recovery Strategy • BIA Development

• Plan Development

• Testing

• LDRPS • Change Management

• MicroSoft Office Suites

• Program Management

• Sales Support

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

September 2011 – Present CDI Chicago, Illinois

Global Disaster Recovery Project Manager at Jones Lang LaSalle

• Develop and Manage projects of Internal Recovery Solution including testing, plan development and recovery solution development

• Update Tier 1 Application Recovery list for global enterprise

• Coordination of live / failover exercises

September 2010 – September 2011 Tek Systems Chicago, Illinois

Disaster Recovery Architect at Blue Cross / Blue Shield Illinois

• Provide DR/BC architecture of both High Availability and traditional tape recovery of Mainframe, Distributed and Windows servers

• Development of DR Command Center model

• Develop and Manage projects of Internal Recovery Solution including testing, plan development and recovery solution development

June 2008 – January 2010 Reyes Holdings Rosemont, Illinois

Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Manager

• Provide DR/BC architecture of both High Availability and traditional tape recovery of iSeries and Windows servers. iSeries data replicated using VISIONS.

• Managed Disaster Recovery exercises with Windows, iSeries and Network Teams

• Project Managed Infrastructure Power Down

• Project Managed Remote Data Center relocation of Windows and iSeries Servers

• Develop Change Management Policy and provide Change Management Administration

• Managed BIA refresh to update critical functions and RTO/RPO

• Implemented Emergency Notification System (MIR3)

October 2005 – June 2008 Acxiom Incorporated Downers Grove, Illinois

Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Manager

• Provide DR/BC architecture for internal and external customers on mainframe, UNIX and Windows server platforms.

• Managed customer exercises with Mainframe, Windows, iSeries and Network Teams

• Responsible for administration of all hot site contracts with IBM, SunGard and Agility.

• Managed selection/administration of Business Continuity software (LDRPS)

• Responsible for development and testing of all Downers Grove Business Continuity Plans.

• Managed Pandemic exercise for Downers Grove location

Dec 2004 –March 2005 Citadel Investment Group Chicago, Illinois

Manager of Disaster Recovery

• Responsible for development of recovery strategy though out the worldwide organization.

• Performed impact analysis in conjunction with business leaders to determine recovery time and recovery point objectives.

• Managed Disaster Recovery exercises with UNIX and Network Teams

• Provide training and awareness across the organization on Business Continuity topics.

• Trained internal customers in the use of LDRPS for creating effective continuity plans.

Feb 2001 – Dec 2004 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chicago, Illinois

Associate Director of Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity

• Responsible for overall Disaster Recovery for mainframe and Windows server platforms. Data replicated using SRDF.

• Project Managed the DR portion of the construction, implementation and testing of a dedicated Remote Data Center. Interfacing with Mainframe, UNIX , Application and Network teams.

• Team member on the recovery site selection committee and the implementation project management team.

• Developed Business Continuity strategy for the Exchange by first spearheading an Exchange wide Business Impact Analysis / Risk Analysis.

• Plans developed for all Divisions utilizing LDRPS.

• Provided BCP training and awareness for the Exchange

• Negotiated contracts with external recovery vendors.

• Implemented Emergency Notification System (NotiFind)

1990 – 2001 Comdisco Incorporated Rosemont, Illinois

Program Manager (1998 – 2001)

Managing Consultant (1997 – 1998)

Operations Manager, Wood Dale Recovery Facility (1995–1997)

Account Support Manager (1993-1995)

Operations Analyst (1990-1993)

• Managed several multi-million dollar projects. Responsibilities included budget planning, recruiting, project management, strategic planning, contract negotiation, and customer satisfaction.

• Managed User Acceptance Testing(UAT) of replicated data/applications at large Financial Institution

• Managed several large implementations of remote mirroring for Fortune 100 customers. These projects were using newly developed technology and were subject to aggressive schedules. The environments were complex and included multiple platforms.

• Managed large Plan Development project that included 6 consultants.

• Developed and tested technical and business plans.

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS:

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

FEMA and NIMS Certifications

Certified Business Continuity Professional;Master Business Continuity Institute

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• 2005 – Present Director at SunGard Midwest Users Group

• Speaker at Spring 2004 Continuity Insights Conference on the topic of Internal Recovery

• 2000 Comdisco Rolex Award for Outstanding Achievement.

• 1994 Comdisco Employee of the Quarter for my work in Customer Support.

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