Allow Me To Introduce Myself….
Hey everyone! This is my first blog and I am very keyed up about it. For years I have been looking for an avenue to communicate to those interested in disaster recovery, or whatever the concept was called at the time. There is such a lack of realistic content available about disaster recovery, and more specifically Business Continuity Planning. With my extensive background and practical, hands-on experience, I hope to enlighten readers out there with information that will surprise them, mostly because they never knew they needed to address, let alone comprehend, this business continuity “stuff”. Businesses are complex and the plans that allow an organization to meet an event head-on and overcome it are even more complex. There is no substitution for being proactive to disaster since the question isn’t, “What happens IF there is a disaster,” it’s “What happens WHEN there is a disaster.” Being reactive is simply unacceptable to many industry experts, including myself, so let me try and break down the pieces into digestible form in order to shed some light on this, often overlooked, aspect of running a business successfully.
About

John Ames, VP Business Continuity Practices, IT-Lifeline
“The only thing harder than planning for an emergency is explaining why you didn’t”
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John has been involved in disaster recovery and business continuity planning for over 31 years. His work experience includes over 18 years with Washington Trust Bank, and 8 ½ years with Database, Inc. (now Iron Mountain) and Database Recovery Services as a Disaster Recovery/Continuity Planner. Prior to joining IT-Lifeline, John was the Manager of Business Continuity Planning & Corporate Records for Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities and Western United Life Assurance Company for 7 ½ years. John is a recognized leader in the local disaster planning community. John was the Chair for the Alliance for Business Continuity & Disaster Preparedness since 1998 and currently serves as its Co-chair. He has been a member of the Spokane County Citizen Corp Council/Disaster Committee, representing business & industry since 1998, and served as its Co-chair in 2005 and 2006. In addition, John currently is the Chair for a Spokane Regional Health sub-committee that is addressing pandemic planning for business & industry.
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