Disaster Recovery Journal - Summer 2003 Issue- 1603-03

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DISASTER RECOVERY
JOURNAL

P. O. Box 510110
St. Louis, MO 63151
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Fax: (314) 894-7474
Internet www.drj.com
E-mail drj@drj.com

PUBLISHER &
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
richard@drj.com

SENIOR EDITOR
Janette Ballman
janette@drj.com

MANAGING EDITOR
Jon Seals
jon@drj.com

COPY EDITORS
Richard Sandhofer
richards@drj.com
Pamela Clifton
pamelaclifton@hotmail.com

ADVERTISING
Robert Arnold
bob@drj.com

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Corporate

President/CEO
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
richard@drj.com

Vice President
Robert Arnold
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CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Patti Fitzgerald, CBCP
patti@drj.com

CONFERENCE REGISTRAR
Merce Knese
mercedes@drj.com

CIRCULATION
Laura Baugh
laurab@drj.com

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Patrick Corcoran, IBM Bus. Cont. & Rec. Services
Jeff Dato, MBCP, KPMG
Edward S. Devlin, E.S. Devlin & Associates
Judith Eckles, SunGard Availability Services
James Hammill, CBCP, JMH Consulting Inc.
John Jackson, Independant

INTERNATIONAL
CONTACTS
England: Thom Hetherington
Business Continuity
Phone: 0161-237-1007
thomh@tempus.demon.co.uk

Australia: Anthony J. Harvey
Journal of Business Continuity
Phone: 0011-613-953-0055-8
fax: 0011-613-953-0528
sector@notability.com.au

Japan: Shinji Hosotsubo
Quake Japan Co., Ltd.
Phone: 03-3215-2880
fax: 03-3215-2881

Brazil: Jose Carlos Ferreira
Disaster Recovery Mercosul
Phone: 55 11 3666-9506
conc2000@uol.com.br
www.drms.com.br

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Introducing The DRJ Executive Council

Publishing the business continuity industry’s leading periodical and producing the most highly regarded industry conference has been no small task for DRJ’s founder and president, Richard Arnold. A forerunner in educating practitioners, business executives and government officials, Arnold is a strong proponent of reaching out to experienced professionals for ideas and guidance. To that end he is pleased to introduce the newly formed Executive Council to the Disaster Recovery Journal, comprised of six seasoned industry professionals (listed here in alphabetical order) who volunteer their time and expertise to keep both the magazine and the conference on the forefront of best practices.

Patrick G. (Pat) Corcoran
Manager, Global Marketing and Business Development
IBM Global Services, Business Continuity & Recovery Serv.
Pat Corcoran has served as an IT professional at IBM for more than 20 years. Early in his career he held numerous operational and management positions associated with large-scale application maintenance and development projects for IBM North American. In 1987 he became a member of IBM’s market intelligence organization and led numerous efforts to create new services, including Business Continuity and Recovery Services.
Today, Corcoran is responsible for all global marketing and business development for the BCRS unit of IBM Global Services. An often-sought presenter, he has spoken on the topic of continuity and recovery at conferences such as IBM Summit, DRJ, SHARE, COMMON and other industry events. He has also been interviewed and quoted in numerous trade publications including Internet World and DRJ.
Before being invited to join the DRJ Executive Council, Corcoran served on DRJ’s Editorial Advisory Board. corcoran@us.ibm.com

Jeffery M. (Jeff) Dato
Senior Manager, Risk & Advisory Services KPMG
CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional, DRII)
MBCP (Master Business Continuity Professional, DRII)
Jeff Dato is a well-known champion for business continuity both in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Based in Atlanta, Ga., Dato brings more than 14 years to the business continuity profession split evenly between the industry and consulting. As a senior manager in the Risk & Advisory Services unit of KPMG, he brings particular expertise in developing and evaluating many aspects of enterprise risk management with special emphasis on business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, e-business resilience, data management and vital records across many industries and government organizations, both in the U.S. and abroad.
Dato presently chairs the DRJ Editorial Advisory Board. He has been an active member of the DRII Certification Commission, the Southeast Continuity Planners Association and PPBI. A frequently requested presenter, he has spoken at events as diverse as the American Production and Inventory Control Society, to the National Hurricane Conference, to the Risk & Insurance Management Society Conference. jdato@kpmg.com

Edward J. (Ed) Devlin
Consultant
CBCP-Retired (Certified Business Continuity Professional, DRII)
FBCI-Honorary (Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute)
Ed Devlin, a 1998 nominee of the Contingency Planning Industry Hall of Fame, is a leading consultant, author, instructor and speaker in the disaster recovery/business continuity industry. A co-founder in 1973 of the first U.S. company to specialize in DR planning and consulting, Devlin has assisted more than 1,000 companies worldwide in developing their business continuity plans.
Devlin co-authored the book “Business Resumption Planning” published by Auerbach Publishing in 1994 and has been writing “The Perspective of Ed Devlin” column for the DRJ since 1992. He has been a highly sought speaker on the topics of disaster recovery and business continuity both in the U.S. and abroad and has most recently developed a one-day seminar “Crisis Management – The Role of the Executives During a Crisis.”
Affectionately known as “The Father of Disaster Recovery Planning,” Devlin pioneered much of the philosophy, procedures and terminology used in the industry today. He has served on the DRII Certification Board, the DRJ Editorial Advisory Board, and advised videos and presentations too numerous to mention. Look for his new book “Crisis Management – The Role of Executives in Managing a Crisis,” expected out early next year.
esjdevlin@aol.com

Judith L. Eckles
Senior Director, Special Projects
SunGard Availability Services
Judith Eckles was a founding member and has served as chairperson of the DRJ Editorial Advisory Board. She came to the disaster recovery industry in 1990 following a job at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. where she served as media spokesperson following the 1989 fire that destroyed the company’s data center. As director of marketing communications for SunGard, she developed and produced “Weathering the Storm,” a business continuity board game that was first played by more than 200 people at DRJ in 1998.
An out-spoken proponent of moving the focus from disaster recovery to the more far-reaching concept of information availability, Eckles is an acknowledged expert in integrated marketing communications, public relations and crisis communications. She shares her vendor perspective and her communications expertise with the EAB and the DRJ staff.
Eckles was the first vendor representative and the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the DRII. She has been a member of the Public Relations Society of America for nearly 20 years. judith.eckles@sungard.com

James (Jim) Hammill
Consultant
CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional, DRII)
Jim Hammill, a founding member and first chairperson of DRJ’s Editorial Advisory Board, was an IT professional at AT&T for more than 20 years. A highly regarded expert in the field of business continuity and emergency management Hammill closed out his tenure at AT&T with an 18-month assignment as a loaned executive at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington, D.C.
Hammill is presently contracted by Telcordia Technologies as vice president, government special projects. He also represents Telcordia as a member of the FCC’s National Reliability and Interoperability Committee, Homeland Security Public Safety Committee and the Partnership for Public Warning (PPW) where he serves as an advisor to the Open Operating System Standards and Standards Terminology Committees. The PPW will become a Federal Advisory Committee for the standardization of emergency warning for the United States. Hammill is also a member of the Congressional Natural Hazards Caucus Committee and serves as an advisor to 18 U.S. Senators regarding natural and man-made hazards.
jhammill@telcordia.com

John A. Jackson (JJ)
Director, Americas Business Continuity Services
Hewlett-Packard Business Continuity Services
John Jackson is responsible for business continuity and recovery services for HP in the Americas. Jackson is well known in the industry as the past president of Comdisco Continuity Services, where he built and maintained an extremely loyal and dedicated staff and customer following during an 18-year period. Jackson also founded the continuity consulting practice at Chi/Cor in the early 80s and was a senior vice president with SunGard. His assignments have been both domestic and international.
Recognized worldwide, Jackson is often called on as an expert on business continuity and high availability. In fact, he has been frequently quoted and interviewed on CNN, CLTV, CNBC, National Public Radio, Chicago Tribune, Business Week, Chicago Sun Times as well as numerous trade journals.
A graduate of DePaul University, he serves as the Advisory Board Chairperson to the Dean at DePaul’s School for New Learning (adult education) and is president elect of DePaul’s Business and Technology Alumni Network. He is a member of the Advisory Board and Strategic Planning Council of the Illinois CIO Exchange, and is a board member of Private and Public Businesses, Inc (PPBI). JJ.Jackson@HP.com