Mark Ryan Email & Phone Number

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Responsible for the service delivery and assurance activities of:✅ The City's preparedness for, response to and recovery from disasters and emergencies✅ Readiness and operational management of the City's Local Disaster Management Group✅ Leading a team of 14 disaster and emergency management professionals across the disciplines of capability, community resilience, city resilience, response, relief and recovery.✅ Leading resilience intiatives in projects relating to emerging risks to the City of Gold Coast✅ Integrating the preparation, response and recovery of the Disaster and Emergency Management Unit into the overall City of Gold Coast emergency management arrangements.✅ Providing high level strategic and policy advice to the City of Gold Coast Local Disaster Coordinator and Local Recovery Coordinator as prescribed by the Disaster Management Act, 2004.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

At C3, we work with our clients to work up operational solutions to a range of business problems. We firmly believe in sustainable solutions, not just ticking boxes. Services include: ✅ Workshop Facilitation✅ Capability Building✅ Lessons and Learning Management Systems✅ Exercise Management Training✅ Exercise Design and Evaluation✅ Evaluation Training and Systems Building✅ Business Continuity

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Provide leadership and expert advice on fire prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, responsible for ✅ Service delivery across 6 regions state-wide✅ Computer Aided Dispatch, and state-wide regional operations projects.✅ Risk and Capability Analysis Unit, including future regional risk and evidence based planning. ✅ Strategic alignment of Regional Operations with the State Operations directorate

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Employed by NBN Co to establish a communications response strategy post the 2019-20 Bushfires to coordinate the response to disasters and emergencies including the response to the 2021 Dandenong Storms, TC Seroja in Western Australia and the South East Queensland Floods in February 2022.✅ Development of an enterprise-wide communications arrangements plan✅ Internal exercising across Government Relations, Internal and External Communications✅ After Action Reviews✅ Exercise Management Training✅ Development and integration of the Public Communications capability into the enterprise wide Emergency Management Team

National Centre Of Emergency Management Studies (Ncems) - Various

Working across industry groups to assist in building capability in exercise management in an emergency management context. Key skills include: ✅ Workshop Facilitation✅ Capability Building✅ Exercise Management Training✅ Exercise Design and Evaluation✅ Engagement and Group Thinking

In this role, i had responsibility for designing frameworks and delivering outcomes across areas including disaster management, counter terrorism, business continuity and protective security. Key outcomes were: ✅ Development of state-wide plans ✅ Capability development including training key staff & scenario exercises✅ Management of a real-time & post-event lessons management system✅ Coordination of high-level operational plans during disasters and emergency events✅ State wide Liaison within the State Disaster Coordination Centre and provision of advice to the Minister

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

As both Deputy Local Controller and Acting Local Controller for over 18 months, i had responsibility for 7 staff and 1000 volunteers across the city for:✅ Provision of response to flood, storm, major events management and Road Crash Rescue (Moreton Island)✅ Internal exercising across Groups for major incident preparation, capability development ✅ Primary Responsibility for planning the largest planned SES operation in the history of Queensland SES - G20 World Leaders Security operation supporting Queensland Police Service✅ Level 3 Incident Controller for the 2014 Brisbane Storm impact - 6 week response with over 7000 requests for assistance by the community.✅ Large scale cultural reform program for behaviours and cultural reset across the Unit over 2 years.✅ Task Force Commander for deployments in relation to TC Debbie

Brisbane

At Mark Ryan and Associates, we work to provide innovative solutions to a range of Emergency Management problems including:✅ Mitigating Wicked Problems✅ Engagement and Group Thinking✅ Performance Management

Brisbane And Toowoomba

✅ Management of Area Directors and Regional Disaster Management Officers✅ Implement the 2011 Commission of Inquiry recommendations to build capability within local governments for disaster planning and operations✅ Manage regional budget allocation including provision of support to the State Emergency Service✅ Coordinate regional resourcing for the State Emergency Service across South Western and Brisbane Regions✅ Work across all agencies to provide a high level of regional resourcing and intelligence during flood and storm events.

Brisbane, Australia

✅ Implement the 2011 Commission of Inquiry Recommendations in relation to operational improvement, endorsement and performance monitoring✅ Developed the first Local and District Disaster Management Plan assessment tool.✅ Queensland Government representative to the national working group to develop standards for Lessons Management across Australia - developing AIDR Handbook - Lessons Management✅ Implemented an operational improvement framework across the sector taking on lessons from training, doctrine and other preparedness activities✅ Performed post event analysis for three state wide events including the provision of multi-agency lessons reports. ✅Trained regional and state staff on strategic debriefing, lessons collection and turning observations into insights to feed into a state level capability

Queanbeyan

✅ Managed the Area Command Budget allocation✅ High level Human Resource complex case management, including workplace incident investigations and reporting✅ Provide the Area Commander high level and strategic financial and human resource advice.✅ Implement the new organisational values based culture through the provision of training, workshops and the "values keyring" project initiative.✅ Provided operational support to deployments across the area

Coonamble, Mudgee, Sydney, Grafton

A range of positions including District Manager L2 and L3, Regional Business Manager (North) and Acting Regional Manager (North)✅ Volunteer attraction, retention, engagement and empowerment✅ Executive Officer for Bushfire Management Committee✅ L3 Incident Controller (as the Commissioners delegate under S44 of the Rural Fires Act✅ Range of Operational Field Positions - Sector Commander, Divisional Commander and IMT positions including Operations Officer, Planning Officer, Deputy Incident Controller and Incident Controller✅ Major Events Planning

Canberra

✅ Establish systems, policy and Standard Operating Procedures for the service post the sector wide changes post the 2003 Canberra Bushfires✅ Perform the role of Operations Officer on Multi Agency ACT Incident Management Teams✅ Leadership and advocacy for the 8 volunteer and 2 industry rural fire brigades across the ACT.✅ Work with the NSW Rural Fire Service to design highly interoperable policy, procedures and equipment for the provision of two way cross border support.✅ Develop an Incident Management System through the implementation of AIIMS across the service.

Graduate Certificate, Strategic Leadership

Graduate Diploma, Strategic Business Leadership

Advanced Diploma, Management

Certificate Iv In Training And Assessment

Diploma, Frontline Management

Higher School Certificate