Howard Sprow Email and Phone Number

•At SIFMA directed all business continuity and emergency management initiatives for the financial services industry including BCP best practices, emergency management, industry-wide BCP/DR testing, legislative and regulatory coordination•Developed the Securities Industry Emergency Command Center that organizes the industry’s respond to all major emergencies and threats and coordinates with the Department of Homeland Security, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of the Treasury and securities exchanges regarding market hour adjustments during emergencies•Staff advisor to the SIFMA BCP Committee, BCP Tactical group, Technology Management Committee, Technology Management Roundtable, SIFMA Data Management Section •Represent the financial services industry to Department of Homeland Security, Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Member of the FSSCC Executive Committee and head of FSSCC Crisis Event Management•At Merrill Lynch, designed, installed and tested business resumption, emergency management and fire/life safety strategies for world-wide operating divisions providing 100% recoverability in less than 24 hours•Managed Y2K initiative remediating 6,800 desktop PC’s, developing 1,200 contingency plans, coordinating assessment of 2,500 outside vendors, and testing adjustments to 525 mainframe and distributed systems•Designed and directed occupancy/relocation strategy, site planning, project development, finance, lease negotiations, building management, environmental issues, food service and physical security operations/systems•Managed $100 million annual occupancy budgets covering 3 million SF, housing 14,000 employees and $350 million annual construction budgetsSpecialties: •Business Continuity Management•Emergency Command Center Operations•Regulatory and Legislative Coordination•Data Center Disater Recovery•Corporate Real Estate occupancy/relocation strategy, site planning, project development•Physical Security