Brian Wheat

About Brian Wheat

Seasoned Business Continuity and Operational Resiliency Professional passionate about…

Experience

1. Operational Readiness Manager

   Paychex

   Jun 2022 — Present

   Manages business continuity projects through the application of comprehensive project management concepts that include leading and coordinating groups/resources, organizing and tracking tasks, mitigating risks, engaging stakeholders, creating and monitoring deliverables, and reporting on obstacles to ensure effective project outcomes• Maintains project documentation, including charter, plan, scope statement, communication plan and deployment timeline• Controls and mitigates organization risks by performing the qualitative and quantitative impact analysis of risks and trigger events; plans risk strategies, establishes contingency plans, and anticipates dependencies• Manages the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships with internal partners, third party vendors, and leadership• Responsible for reporting and metrics to measure the state and effectiveness of the company strategic BCP issues• Contributes to BCP strategy by reviewing, developing and managing of BCP, IT and other program governance• Ensures plans are created that address the business unit criticality lists identified during the BIA/AIA processes• Coordinates with outside departments to identify least utilization time periods to conduct failover testing and mitigate risk during implementations

Education

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Customer Experience Certificate, Customer Service Management

• Ferris State University

  Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Business Management

  1997 — 2001

• DRI International

  Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) Course, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

• Webster University

  Master's Degree, Business and Organizational Security Management

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Investigation
• Training
• Policy
• Dod
• National Security
• Combat
• Event Planning
• Mentoring
• Command
• Security Management
• Military Operations
• Security Operations
• Intelligence Analysis
• Counterinsurgency
• Human Resources
• Organizational Leadership
• Military Training
• Military Experience
• Security Clearance
• Research
• Security
• Homeland Security
• Emergency Management
• Program Management
• Event Management
• Police
• Intelligence
• Operations Management
• Army
• Military
• Team Building
• Management
• Physical Security
• Public Speaking
• Crisis Management
• Counterterrorism
• Defense
• Team Leadership
• Operational Planning
• Afghanistan