Workshop at a Glance
Title:

WS13: Pandemic: The Second Wave How Prepared are We? What will the State of Your Business Continuity Plan be in When the Second Wave Strikes?

Speaker: Geary Sikich/John Stagl
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM (EST)
   
Description
Will you survive pandemic? If you do, how will you know that the pandemic has actually ended and when it’s safe to return to normal social interaction? Are you prepared for multiple waves of outbreak or to understand the ramifications of primary markets for goods and services in a state of constant disruption?

What should executives at all levels expect when dealing with each other during and after a pandemic crisis?

 
Speaker Bio
Mr. Sikich leads Logical Management Systems, Corp.’s enterprise assurance, strategic mapping, crisis management, continuity and disaster recovery consulting services. Geary is an impact-based planning expert. His client list spans private sector industries and public sector entities at all levels. Geary focuses his consulting practice on impact-based Strategic Planning, Managing Emerging Technologies, and Strategic Decision Support and Knowledge Management Systems.

His main research interests are in the areas of organizational strategy, decision theory, managerial decision making, and risk management technologies. He has written over 175 academic and applied papers and four books: It Can’t Happen Here: “All Hazards” Crisis Management Planning (PennWell Publishing, 1993) The Emergency Management Planning Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 1994) Integrated Business Continuity, Maintaining Resilience in Uncertain Times (PennWell Publishing 2003) Protecting Your Business in a Pandemic: Plans, Tools, and Advice for Maintaining Business Continuity, Praeger Publishing.
Co-Speaker Bio

John Stagl is a Certified Business Continuity Professional and Corporate Consultant for BELFOR USA, the largest disaster response company in the world.

Mr. Stagl works with corporate clients in the planning for and actual response to disasters caused by fires, earthquakes, terrorism and other factors that interrupt business operations. He uses his 18 years as an executive in the insurance industry and more than 16 years in the disaster response industry, to assist clients in the development of the most cost effective recovery tactics for their companies.

Mr. Stagl has been an Assist. Vice President of Strategic Planning for the Maryland Casualty Company as well as a Consultant in the field of Business Continuity. He served on the Board of Directors for the North American Society for Corporate Planners from 1982-1984. His work has been recognized in Marquis’ Who’s Who in Finance & Industry, Men of Achievement (a European Who’s Who published in Cambridge, England) and he is member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Continuity Insights Magazine. He has taught “Financial Economics” at the University of Baltimore, lectured on Strategic Planning and speaks & writes regularly on the subject of Strategic Business Recovery Planning.

Mr. Stagl worked in Army Intelligence for 3 years including one year in Vietnam. He received his BA from John Carroll University in Cleveland and his MBA in Finance from DePaul University in Chicago.