Our Presenters:

Jerome P. Ryan, CBCP, CBCV, Director, Risk & Resilience, BDO

Jerome has managed a career of over 20+ years’ experience focused on the domestic and international application of risk management and resiliency. He has a proven track-record of successfully combining business continuity and IT disaster recovery into holistic resiliency programs and has served as the Global Head of Business Continuity and Crisis Management for both Pfizer Incorporated and State Street Bank. Additionally, he has led consulting practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Marsh Risk Consulting, and at a company he started that was acquired by FTI Consulting. His experience in both consulting and managing global programs for two Fortune 500 companies, makes him uniquely qualified to understand client needs and deliver integrated resiliency programs that meet executive and regulatory expectations.

As Director of BDO’s Crisis Management and Business Continuity practice, Jerome partners with clients to realize better outcomes for their business operations. This includes harnessing risk management and resiliency to develop competitive advantages in the market place. Jerome currently serves on the Board of the Directors for Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) the world’s largest education and credentialing organization for resiliency professionals. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Friends of the High School for Leadership and Public Service which runs the single largest high school mentoring program in New York City.

Jerome has served clients globally across nearly all industry types including financial services, pharmaceutical, biotech, insurance, telecommunications, consumer products, construction/real estate, manufacturing, governments, higher education, K-12 schools, and health care.

M.B.A., Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
Bachelor of Science, Finance, Management Information Systems, and Marketing, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University

Lynn James, CBCP, Senior Advisory Consultant, Fusion Risk Management

Lynn is a senior advisor who assists clients in the design, implementation, and management of enterprise-wide risk, resiliency and recovery programs. Lynn is experienced in all BC practice areas and currently focuses on guiding executives and business continuity leaders to maximize the value of continuity risk management programs and solutions. He brings an experienced perspective to business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident management focused on customized, viable solutions.

Lynn started his career in information technology after earning his Bachelor of Science Computer Science in 1981. He began his journey in the world of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in 1986 in the employ of the DR/BC pioneer, Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services. Over the course of Lynn’s career, he has supported hundreds of exercises and recovery from dozens of actual disasters. Lynn has served as Software Manager, DR Architect, BC Program Manager, and EOC Incident Manager for notable IT service providers and financial institutions.

Prior to joining Fusion, Lynn contributed to a large financial institution’s enterprise resiliency efforts as a Senior Enterprise Resiliency Advisor. He advised business units on development of recovery plans, developed and executed BC/DR exercises, implemented a new Enterprise Operation Center, and managed the BC/DR application tool set. In addition, Lynn supported the governance efforts of the organization’s Risk Management and Compliance business units.

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