Brian Wheat Email & Phone Number

Clarksville, TN, US

US Remote

• Manages business continuity projects through the application of comprehensive project management concepts that include leading and coordinating groups/resources, organizing and tracking tasks, mitigating risks.
• Maintains project documentation, including charter, plan, scope statement, communication plan and deployment timeline
• Controls and mitigates organization risks by performing the qualitative and quantitative impact analysis of risks and trigger events; plans risk strategies, establishes contingency plans, and anticipates dependencies
• Manages the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships with internal partners, third party vendors, and leadership
• Responsible for reporting and metrics to measure the state and effectiveness of the company strategic BCP issues
• Contributes to BCP strategy by reviewing, developing and managing of BCP, IT and other program governance

• Led business continuity program needs for the enterprise including eight SBUs and 2000 employees across multiple geographic locations; improved BC, Crisis Management, and ITDR programs to a center of excellence standard.
• Advised corporate executives and senior management on Business Unit preparations for, responding to, and recovering from crises, business disruptions, and security incidents, both on-site and in transit
• Supervised active execution of multiple functional leaders’ enterprise resiliency and disaster response operations plan activations during crisis situations.
• Worked with executives during steering committee and planning initiatives to influence buy-in for the BCP; created a better operating and response structure, through mutual understanding of each unique risk environment
• Wrote policy governance and conducted continuous improvement of the BC program; ensured a strong resiliency posture by identifying gaps, analyzing cost benefit for strategies and socializing information to senior leaders

Through various positions with the Department of Defense at multiple locations leading planning and response activities for resiliency operations. Increasing level of responsibility gained throughout the years with experiences managing small precision teams, to large groups of multiple teams with unique and highly trained capabilities with the.

• Developed and implemented comprehensive BC plans, bolstering security measures and resilience strategies; leveraged security management and crisis response to safeguard operations, assets, and data, ensuring client and.
• Directed a cross-functional team collaboration within a civilian corporate setting during Homeland Defense Initiatives ran by FEMA; improved quality of exercise evaluation for subsequent FEMA exercises
• Supervised training, certification, and exercises enhancing the organization’s strategic response capabilities
• Planned training, security, and continuity operations for multiple high-profile events; ensured successful event execution by enforcing policy standards, risk assessment, and action of mitigation strategies.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of the corporate emergency notification solution; navigated emergency recovery efforts for two SBUs following Hurricane Laura.
• Constructed reciprocal signature agreements with nine unique communities, state, and federal law enforcement and emergency service agencies; boosted training value by integrating emergency services into training.

• Led the development, implementation, and maintenance of business continuity plans and risk management strategies; assessed vulnerabilities and devised comprehensive plans that ensured the continuity of critical.
• Led business functions in BIA; provided senior leaders with expertise, strategic vision, and data driven decision making tools that safeguarded the organization against a wide range of potential disruptions
• Collaborated with corporate partner entities in the organization matrix to implement combined strategic initiatives for reducing risk and vulnerability to people, processes, and assets by building resiliency culture.
• Engaged stakeholders and facilitated cost-benefit analysis of recovery strategies to ensure that all priority critical processes remain operational; developed reporting protocol and evacuation plans for non-essential.
• Coordinated with local and international law enforcement agencies to guarantee strong working relationships with all stakeholders and ensure integration to business continuity exercises
• Managed crisis communication plans including unilateral stakeholder security talks with the host nation security forces for coordinated crisis response efforts across the peninsula

• Facilitated resilient operations, logistics movements, organization deployments, and readiness reporting.
• Planned and coordinated supply and logistics movements for two separate Universities through proper program management techniques; ensured throughout screening of third-party risk for tier 1 critical vendors
• Served as primary Manager for the organization’s compliance and policy governance construction and revision
• Provided onboarding orientation training for students and staff enrolled in the Niagara University ROTC Program
• Organized events with senior executive leaders, Chief of the Department of Public Safety to evaluate potential risks to students and organizational staff for the university, resulting in increased awareness and reduced.
• Evaluated volunteer activity programs for critical impact on loss of reputation and organizational talent; incorporated thorough risk management techniques that incorporated continuous improvement and prevented loss

Certified Business Continuity Professional (Cbcp) Course, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

DRI’s seminal course, Business Continuity (BCLE 2000), enables you to build a business continuity program based on the most.

Master'S Degree, Business And Organizational Security Management, 3.81

Activities and Societies: None Constructed a Business Plan for a start up company, implemented a security plan for a Government Contracted.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Business Management

Activities and Societies: NCAA College Mascot Put myself through college by working 20-40 hours a week while maintaining 15-21 credit.