Kathiresh Pap

About Kathiresh Pap

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Experience

1. Senior Manager - Global Business Resilience

   Cognizant

   Mar 2022 — Present · Coimbatore, IN

   Facilitating rigorous BCM program implementation and ISO 22301 Audits, with a strong focus on operational aspects to ensure appropriate business ownership of Business Impact Assessments (BIA), Business Continuity Plans and Testing with effective oversight by senior leadership team• Partnering with cross-functional teams to collaboratively mitigate Business Continuity Crisis, enhancing overall readiness and crisis management capabilities• Advancing Business Continuity (BCM) plans for company in alignment with customer requirements, in association with 3 Business Continuity (BCM) professionals, and delivering BCM objectives globally• Interacting regularly with stakeholders to update them on 5 BCM initiatives and address their ongoing needs• Acting as a strategic interface with assigned business units and functioning as a trusted advisor and primary BCMSPOC to business function line executives and managers• Reporting to Crisis Management Steering Committee Meeting and defining on-going BCM goals, BCM objectives and BCM initiatives• Identifying critical functions and needs to assist and support senior management in all Business Continuity (BCM) planning, initiatives, and organizational goals & infrastructure capabilities• Overseeing design & facilitation of tests & exercises on approved business continuity plans and recovery strategies in alignment with testing standards and procedures• Providing Business Continuity Planning training to all employees having a need to understand BCM Planning• Enhancing application-level resiliency, backup strategies, and infrastructurerobustness in coordination with DR professionals.• Developed a comprehensive third-party risk management assessment framework,creating BCM-focused questionnaires to evaluate supplier resilience.

Education

• SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

• Bharathidasan Institute of Managment, Tiruchirapalli

  Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management

  2009 — 2010