Peter Dewitt

About Peter Dewitt

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Ensuring that mission critical business systems and processes work as specified, including under the additional pressures imposed by system failure or DR (disaster recovery):• Master’s Degree in Business Continuity (MSBC) with a focus on the Private Sector. Norwich, 2012• Extensive, real-world experience in supporting the proactive implementation, maintenance and testing of business continuity planning and IT Service Continuity plans Negotiate for resources and cooperation with business, site & IT management. Perform business impact analysis and identify restoration priorities. Prepare, document and test disaster recovery, business continuity and failover procedures. Evaluate and audit site’s and business’s compliance with corporate standards. Manage and evaluate critical vendor’s compliance with Service Level Agreements.• I am very enthusiastic about the near future. I like doing work that matters. And I like doing the work for a company that matters. Even audits – the least fun part have the BC role – have evolved. Audits are no longer the “check off the box” and “here is my binder” affairs of the recent past. Instead, good audits are now determining if the critical business processes are appropriately protected. Demonstrating compliance with regulations is now only the starting point baseline from where the real risk management conversation starts.• Complementary skills include (a) great process, procedure and application specifications & requirements,(b) a proven ability to negotiate with senior management for scarce resources, and (c) an enthusiasm for agile project management. • Experienced in setting up and implementing new IT DR & BCP programsIf this note has conveyed to you my sense of excitement and commitment to my business continuity work, then this note has been successful.

Experience

1. IT Manager IT Dr (Disaster Recovery) & Bc (Business Continuity)

   Komatsu Mining

   Feb 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

• JIU

  Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General

  2004 — 2005

• Norwich University

  Masters degree (conferred December 2012), Business Continuity (DR), Private Sector & Information Systems

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Information Systems
• Business Continuity Planning
• Disaster Recovery
• Project Management
• Business Continuity
• Vendor Management
• Management
• Itil
• IT Strategy
• Erp
• Data Center
• Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• IT Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Sdlc
• Process Improvement
• Program Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Integration
• IT Service Management
• Security
• Business Process
• Change Management
• Pmp
• Ms Project
• Information Technology
• Business Process Improvement
• Governance