Manage and Safeguard Your BC Career

1. Manage and Safeguard Your BC Career Cheyene Haase BC Management, Inc.

2. Introduction to BC Management, Inc. • Founded in March 2000. • Headquartered in Huntington Beach, CA. • An executive search firm exclusively placing business continuity, disaster recovery, information security and emergency management professionals internationally. • Confidential assistance in personnel placing. • Free e-Newsletter detailing Top Talent & Current Job Openings. • Annual BC/DR salary and BC program review. • Benchmarking individual companies on salary and BC program review.

3. Topics of Presentation • Progression to Today’s BC Professional • Credentials in Demand • Assess Your Career • Increase Your Marketability • Tomorrow’s BC Professional • Your Fair Market Value • Safeguard Your Career Now • Ensure Your Marketability

4. Technology Driven 1970’s – 1998 “Disaster Recovery” Data Processing/ Data Center focus Technology lead to a DR career Lack of a focused BC/DR career path Business Driven 1998 – Current “Enterprise Contingency Planning” Risk Management/ Enterprise focus Multiple careers lead to a BC career An evolving, upward BC career path Career Progression

5. Profiling Current BC Professionals • Job Title • Specialty Focus • Industry • Working Experience • Field Experience • IT Expertise • Education • Business Competencies in BC • Technical Competencies in DR • Primary Career prior to BC/DR

6. Profiling Current BC Professionals • 2% of BC personnel are Entry-Level/ Analyst, 34% are Planners, Coordinators, Administrators, 31% are Managers, AVPs and Project Managers, 13% are VP/Directors, 5% are Global Managers and 1% Chief Officers. • 45% BC, 22% DR, 12% Emergency Management, 8% Crisis Management, 6% Information Technology & Records Management. • 29% in Financial industry, 11% Consulting & Insurance, 7% Government & Healthcare . • 38% - 21-30 yrs Working Experience. • 47% - 4-10 yrs Field Experience. • 22% - IT Expertise of 7 (scale of 1-10 with 10 being the highest) • 45% - Bachelor Degree & 29% Master Degree

7. ~ Skills from most experienced to least experienced Business Competencies in BC • BC/DR plan Test & Exercise • Maintenance of BC/DR Program • Implementation of BC/DR Program • Development of BC/DR Program • Evaluate BC/DR Program • Interaction with other fields • Rolling out a Corporate BC/DR Program • BIA/ Risk Assessment • Recommending Appropriate BC/DR Program • Developing a Training Program • Selling to Executives on BC/DR Importance • Gap Analysis • Developing Business Case Scenarios

8. Technical Competencies in BC ~ Skills from most experienced to least experienced • Offsite Recovery • Data Center Recovery • Systems Recovery • Data Center Reviews • Platform/ Application Recovery • High Availability • Network Recovery • Storage • Database Recovery • ERP Recovery

9. Primary Career Prior to BC • 27% Information Technology • (18% from IT-Systems) • 10% Management • 11% Other • 9% Project Management • 7% Operations • 4% Business Analyst & Finance • 3% Consultant, Military & Student • 2% Emergency Management, Facilities, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Information Security, Internal/ External Audit & Physical Security • 1% Compliance, Fire Fighter, Government Response (FEMA), Government (County, State, Federal, Int’l), Police Officer, Records Management & Risk Management

10. BC Career Path Use: Continuity, Assurance, Enterprise, Readiness & Resiliency Avoid: Recovery & Disaster

11. Credentials in Demand • Certification • Advanced Education • Expertise in both Business & Technology • Global BC Experience • Wide Array of Tangent Skills • Strong Soft Skills

12. Soft Skills • Polished Presentation Skills • Proven Project Management • Training Expertise • Engage All Levels • Develop Business Case Scenarios • Understand a Culture Fit • True Passion

13. Value of Professional Certifications • Most Recognized • Benefits • For You • For Your Company • Dual Certifications • What Makes Sense For You? • Current Certification Trends • Increase in CBCP • Wide Array of Multiple Certifications

14. Assess Your Career • Career Planning • Where do you want to be in 5 & 10 years? • Evaluate Current Credentials/ Competencies • Evaluate Current Opportunity. • Employer, Boss, Co-workers, & Responsibilities • Conduct a SWOT • Be Strategic & Create Opportunities

15. Increase Your Marketability • Brand yourself. • Become certified or dual certified. • Earn a bachelor or masters degree. • Take advantage of other training/educational opportunities. • Improve your presentation skills. • Sharpen your business or technology knowledge. • Expand your expertise in tangent fields. • Become an expert/ leader in the field.

16. Tomorrow’s BC Professional • Increased Visibility • Continue to Incorporate Enterprise Planning • Focused and Elevating Career Path • Continued Global Awareness

17. Your Fair Market Value?

18. What is Your Fair Value? $ Years of Field & Work Experience $ Job Title & Reporting Structure $ Certification $ Degreed $ IT Expertise $ Geography $ Industry Specialty $ Previous Career $ Competency Knowledge $ Travel $ Work History $ Program Management $ Leadership Capabilities $ Staff Management $ Intangible Skills – Soft Skills, Strategic Planning & Execution

19. Safeguard Your Career Now • Factors →Less Jobs → More Job Seekers → Organizations Combining Multiple Personnel Needs → Reduction of BC Personnel Needs • Impact to Your Career → Strengthen Skill Sets → Broaden Skills → Continue to Network → Be Strategic

20. Ensure Your Marketability • Develop your brand and guard it. • Continuously assess your career path. • Seek out ways to sharpen your skills. • Always be networking with your peers. • Create a positive impact for your company. • Be a leader or a contributor your colleagues want to work for or with.

21. Questions Cheyene Haase BC Management, Inc. (714) 843-5470 chaase@bcmanagement.com