2020 09 Bites and Barks

Vito Mangialardi, Senior Manager, Enterprise Business Continuity, Metrolinx  

 
     

BIO - Vito is an experienced and certified Senior Business Continuity Management (BCM) professional with over 20 years of achievement delivering Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning, Emergency and Incident Management Programs.
His career includes BCM program and project leadership and management delivering technology, facilities and operational initiatives to support business protection and growth in the nuclear, telecommunications, transportation, environmental and construction sectors.
Vito received the National Award for Achievement in Business Continuity Management from the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness in 2012 and was a past Executive member of the Canadian Telecom Emergency Preparedness Association (CTEPA)

Ralph Dunham, Retired BCP & RM Executive  

 

 
     

BIO - Ralph Dunham is a recently retired executive with more than 37 years of Information Technology, Business Continuity & Risk Management experience who held increasing levels of management responsibility in a variety of companies.
Ralph established and developed the Business Continuity consulting practice for Marsh Canada. Under his leadership, the organization developed a very positive reputation and grew to be one of the leading Business Continuity & Preparedness Planning consulting firms in Canada. As Managing Director, he had responsibility for all operational, business development, and financial aspects of the practice.
Ralph is a proven leader with strong communication, interpersonal, facilitation and mentoring skills.
Ralph is also a committed volunteer currently serving on several Boards..

Des O’Callaghan, Semi-retired Business Continuity Professional   

 

 
     

BIO - Des is a semi-retired business continuity professional who has divided his time between independent consulting, BCI volunteering, teaching and conference development for the past 10 years. This has followed an accomplished career of 21 years developing and leading BCM programs in the Canadian financial sector. Des became a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute in 1996. Currently Des is Vice-Char and Secretary of the BCI Canada Chapter. He also volunteers for the BCI as Lead Assessor, Chair of the Americas Next Practice Group, Awards Judge and regular reviewer of course content and other thought leadership material.
Des has been a DRIE member since 1989 and served for many years on the Toronto Executive. For over 20 years he was Editor of the DRIE Digest and created the Real Event Log in May 1996, a popular feature which has run continuously ever since.