Selected Reference Projects
Integtration of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) into the ISaPro®-Process Model, Vienna, Austria, 2012
Cooperation of Kaldas Consulting with the Vienna Institute for Safety and Systems Engineering, VISSE, Fachhochschule Campus Wien. Establishment of a generic model for pro-active Risk Management strategies. Based on the components of the ISaPro®, this model integrates International Best BCPPractices and thus allows for the analysis and identification of BCP-requirements essential to securing mission-critical business functions.
Seminar ‚Data Security Manager, Vienna, Austria, 2011.
Kaldas Consulting developed and presented the organizational part of the Seminar ‚Data Security Manager’ for the Austrian national chapter of TÜV Nord Akademie.
American Society for Quality International Conference, 2011
Focusing on the lessons that can be learned from the recent tragic events in Japan, the presentation elucidated the parameters for Riskmanagement in today's global business environment. It is more important than ever before for every kind of organization or business to review all elements of their supply chain when taking steps to improve and enhance their approach to BCP. To maintain the level of quality expected by customers and other stakeholders it is critical to coordinate business continuity management, quality management, and risk management functions.
Research Questionnaire ‘Business Continuity Planning (BCP)’, Vienna, Austria, 2010.
Kaldas Consulting developed in cooperation with Austrian Managers Association and Fachhochschule St. Pölten, Department of IT-Security, a comprehensive questionnaire elucidating Risk Management Strategies and practices in Austrian companies ranging from small businesses to large corporations. The answers obtained by CEOs and Decision-makers showed that applied BCPs were more common in larger corporations but also portrayed a marked difference between perception and actual day-to-day operations (details see KC publications).
Florida Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Response, Franklin County, Florida, 2010
Deployment to the Gulf Coast (May, August) as part of a multi-company team contracted to assist with the impending oil spill disaster. Our role was the planning section for the entire team providing all of the plans required for an effective and safe response. Provided on site / on water observation teams for the mapping and tracking of the deployment and positioning of oil spill boom. Responsibility for the initiation and management of a 24/7 Call Center in response to the community and the Department of Emergency Management of Franklin County.
Palm Beach, Monroe Counties and South Florida Water Management, Florida, 2010
Development of WebEOC BCP-Concept of Operations and supported integrated Communications Boards and integrated Resource Sharing Boards in Region 7. This work encompassed Emergency Management situational awareness, information and resource allocation software to facilitate coordination within and between above listed jurisdictions.
Palm Beach County, Florida, 2008-2009
Supported the development of Concept of Operations, meaning a Business
Continuity Plan (BCP) for the public sector, and the design of situational software for Palm Beach County Emergency Management using WebEOC software.
Palm Beach County, Florida, 2009
Developed 19 Natural Diaster Coordinating Procedures in support of the
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). Coordinating procedures
included a comprehensive spectrum of locally occurring natural disasters from meteorological phenomena to agricultural pests.
Department of Health, Florida, 2007-2009
Developed comprehensive procedures toolkit for hospitals. Toolkit included
introduction, response, decontamination, and treatment for Radiological,
and Chemical incidents. Toolkit included quick reference posters, pocket
manuals and "Just in Time" training curriculum. Additionally, developed
Evacuation toolkit and a guidance document or the development of an
comprehensive evacuation plan for a hospital. This program concluded with Train the
Trainer workshops for all 218 hospital in 67 countries and the distribution of
the Radiological, Chemical, Evacuation Toolkits.
State Department of Transportation, Maryland, 2007
provided, under the auspices of the American Management Association International
and Computer Sciences Corporation,
extensive business continuity (BC) and IT-related disaster recovery plan
(IT-DRP) training for information technology employees of
the state’s transportation agency representing multiple divisions of
the state’s transportation system, e.g., roads, bridges, ports,
airports, and licensing.
Swarthmore Asset Management, a registered investment advisor (RIA) in New
York, New York, 2006
Threat Risk Analysis (TRA), vulnerability assessment, Business Continuity
Plan (BCP): provided risk analysis and vulnerability
assessment, and created a comprehensive BCP, that provided specialized,
industry-specific guidance on best practices in compliance
with the newly promulgated requirements of NASD Rule 3510 applicable to
all registered investment advisors.
Alaska Chugach Electric Association, HQ in Anchorage, Alaska, 2006
provided Business Continuity Planning (BCP) to all departments within the
Chugach Electric Association. The primary threat
during the preparation of the BCP was a Union Strike; worked with the electric
corporation to address issues associated with the
strike and the operations of the association with reduced manpower.
Wyoming Powder River Energy Corporation, HQ in Sundance, Wyoming, 2006
provided a comprehensive Business Impact Analysis (BIA) followed by a comprehensive
Business Continuity Plan (BCP). The BCP
primary purpose was to maintain generation, transmission, and distribution
capability to the general public and the largest coal
producing mines in the United States.
Palm Beach County, Florida, 2006
Pandemic Influenza Coordination Procedure, developed a Pandemic Influenza
Coordinating Procedure to the County’s Comprehensive
Emergency Management Plan (CEMP).
Orange County, California, 2006
Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for County’s Business Continuity Plan;
provided risk analysis and business impact consulting services
including risk analysis and vulnerability assessment of business processes,
people, infrastructure, supplies and information
technology (IT) that support Orange County’s critical business functions,
their automated systems/applications and upstream
and downstream dependencies; Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for core operations
and services, including public health, public
safety, criminal justice, public works, public assistance, revenue collection,
payments and regulatory compliance; evaluation of
infrastructure and frequency of data back-ups/offsite storage procedures.
County of Grey, Toronto, Canada, 2005-2006
Pandemic Preparedness Plan; the objective was to furnish the region’s
pandemic plan that would be used by the county as well
as seven regional governments that fall under Grey’s jurisdiction; the
plan focused on devising a comprehensive organizational
analysis that concentrated on organizational dependencies and criticality
levels, and work risks of fundamental processes, that
were identified and systematized so they could be deployed to a remote
working configuration; development of a comprehensive
Real Estate Continuity Plan (RECP); public safety protocols and communications
infrastructure.
City of Detroit Police Department, Michigan, 2005-2006
provided emergency management professional consulting for the development
of a Unified Command (UC) Plan for Super Bowl
40: coordinated Police, Fire, Emergency Management Services, Public Works,
Public Health, and surrounding jurisdictions emergency
response agencies with federal agencies, the NFL and the private organizations
involved with the preparation and hosting
of all festivities/activities associated with the Super Bowl; assisted
in the development of the City Public Health Super Bowl Plan;
developed the Joint Information Center Plan for the Super Bowl.
Texas CoServ Electric, HQ in Corinth, Texas, 2005
provided a comprehensive Business Impact Analysis (BIA) followed by a comprehensive
Business Continuity Plan (BCP). The BCP
primary purpose was to maintain generation, transmission, and distribution
capability.
Jacksonville, Duvall County, Florida, 2004-2005
provided emergency management professional services on a tasking basis
for the Division of Emergency Preparedness, and
received direction to perform planning, training, and exercise services
in preparation for Emergency Management Accreditation
Program (EMAP) certification and in preparation for Super Bowl 39;
provided the planning assistance for the following: the development of
Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP) for emergency
management, 911 communications, the fire department, police department,
public works, and the Department of Health; developed
and administered COOP workshops to assist an additional 25 county departments
develop COOP Plans; assisted the City
of Jacksonville (COJ) with the review of their Terrorism Annex to their
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP);
developed City Evacuation Plans and a County Evacuation Plans in support
the County CEMP; assisted in the development of
Hurricane Emergency Management Response training, and six tabletop exercises.
United States General Services Administration, 2004-2005
collaboration with the General Services Administration (GSA), a branch
of the United States Government, to create a policy
aimed at GSA’s tele-commuting by incorporating by aligning it with selected
elements of their business continuity planning. This
project culminated in a 2005 webcast jointly produced focusing on the organizational
impact of Pandemic Influenza on organizations,
and how this could be counteracted through tele-commuting.
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) and the Ministry of
Public Safety and Emergency
Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Ottawa, Canada 2003-2004
developed the first phase of a facilities-oriented Business Continuity
Plan (BCP) Program through an initiative called The Government
of Canada Alternate Site Strategy (GoCASS); project involved key BCP principles
including Business Impact Analysis (BIA),
Threat and Risk Analysis (TRA) of naturally-occurring and anthropogenic
events.
US House of Representatives Continuity of Operations Plan, Washington,
DC, 2001
leading analyst with consulting contract regarding the development of the
Comprehensive “Multi-Hazard” Emergency Management
Plan (EMP) for the U.S. House of Representatives. This Continuity of Operations
Plan (COOP) focused on preservation of
legislative functions for the House of Representatives Chamber, House Chamber
Support Offices, and House Office Building
Support Offices in the event of a natural disaster. Subject Matter Expert
(SME) consulting during the House recovery activities in
response to the Anthrax incident in October 2001.