Derek Theisen

About Derek Theisen

Technology professional with 24+ years of experience, including roles in Help Desk, Operations, Information Security, and Disaster Recovery. Diverse technical background, strong communication skills, attention to detail, thirst for knowledge, and proven track record as a team member and leader.

Experience

1. Sr Systems Engineer - Enterprise Disaster Recovery

   Northwestern Mutual

   May 2020 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Ensure readiness, demonstrate resilience, and identify risks & gaps to ensure the technology supporting critical business functions can be recovered within a defined time frame to minimize impact to the organization* Lead the planning and execution of disaster recovery and business process functional exercises* Develop and maintain the Enterprise Disaster Recovery Plan, which outlines DR incident response* Lead tabletop exercises of the Enterprise Disaster Recovery Plan* Design, facilitate, and implement disaster recovery strategies, solutions, and plans* Drive disaster recovery audit response and resolution* Drive process improvements to the Enterprise Disaster Recovery program* Lead disaster recovery assessments of 3rd party vendors

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Bachelor of Arts

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Niku Clarity
• Itil
• Aix
• Tivoli Access Manager
• Sso
• Html
• Networking
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Business Continuity
• Tivoli Directory Server
• Software Documentation
• Access Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Incident Response
• Identity Management
• Business Process
• Security
• Business Continuity Planning
• Ibm Tivoli
• Work Area Recovery
• Troubleshooting
• Tcp/Ip
• Salesforce.com
• Access
• Business Impact Analysis
• Management
• Resource Management
• Identity & Access Management (Iam)
• Windows
• Db2
• Ibm Aix
• Websphere
• Unix
• Information Security
• Supplier Evaluation
• Itil V3 Foundations Certified
• Abcp
• Visio
• Process Improvement
• Iam