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 Project Leaders

Gary Johnson MSPH CBCP

Senior Partner Risk Management Alliance LLC.

28+ years experience with Fortune 100 & 500 multinational corporations developing, managing, and improving emergency response, health, and safety programs that include exposure assessments, and chemical hazard reviews.   Gary has been providing consulting services developing risk assessments, business continuity, emergency response, disaster recovery, training and exercises in both the public and private sectors.


Doug Buffington CPP

Senior Partner Risk Management Alliance LLC

18+ years of experience in Security and Emergency Management.  Experience includes employment with Fortune 100 & 500 multinational corporations in security management at the site, geographic and global levels including geographic operations management in the Americas , Europe , and Asia Pacific regions.  Doug has been providing consulting services for 4 years in both the public and private sectors.

 Consulting Team

Howard Pierpont CORM CBCP CBP CRP

Consultant, (Emergency Planning & Management)

20+ years experience in in-depth business continuity and strategy development for Fortune 100 multi-national corporations as well as small businesses and governmental partnerships. Areas of emphasis include; design in risk reduction (software, hardware deployment, facility design and sighting), hazard mitigation (tsunami, earthquake, hurricane and storm), and human factor planning (workforce safety, alternative workplace, education and training).

 

William (Bill) Million MBCP CORM CDOM CDCS CDCP

President Business Resilience Solutions, (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery)

25+ years plus committed to contingency, recovery planning, physical, and intellectual asset security, and emergency planning.  The business continuity management and consulting focus has been on corporate data centers, financial institutions, business operations, and city and county government.  In these complex environments, he completed and tested more than 100 contingency plans.  Technical background includes hazard identification and mitigation planning, facility management, physical security, emergency preparedness and life safety, technology and business recovery planning.  In previous positions include corporate management and consulting with Fortune 100 and 500 corporations.  FEMA Region VIII, DAE Mitigation Specialist he assists with federal disaster declarations.  Bill has active certifications as MBCP, CORM, CDOM, CDCS, and CDCP.  In addition to corporate planning Bill has been teaching for more than 8 years, is an instructor, and training partner with The International Consortium for Organizational Resilience.

 

Bob Chaffee

Consultant, (Law Enforcement)

30 years experience in law enforcement, major event planning and management, and emergency planning with Colorado State University Police.  Involvements included; Larimer County LEPC, CSU Emergency Management and Preparedness, Homeland Security and Colorado OEM grant administration, and involvement in multi-cultural awareness and education groups while at CSU. Bob retired as Patrol Captain with CSU and works part time with CSU Training and Organizational Development to update emergency protocols for Building Proctors

 

Scott Anderson PE

Loss Prevention (President of P & B Consulting LLC)

Over 18 years experience managing property loss control, hazard reviews, code and insurance compliance, fire prevention, and fire protection.  Areas of emphasis include government, warehouse, high hazard, chemical, explosives, and telecommunications industries.

 

Phil Currance EMT-P, RHSP

Medical (President of Tier One LLC)

Over 20 years of training, management and consulting experience for industry and government.  Areas of emphasis include Deputy Commander of National Medical Response Team (NMRT) Central U.S. and Colorado Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) in Denver, Colorado.

 

Gregg Piburn

Group Dynamics (President of Leaders Edge Consulting Inc.)

Helps management teams, boards and work groups communicate and interact more effectively as they address relevant and/or difficult issues such as strategic planning, conflict resolution, problem solving and performance enhancement.  He practices “bull’s-eye consulting,” which entails determining the specific desired results of clients. Once that is known, all the preparations and work are customized and designed to help the client reach those goals.  He typically does this through assessment, retreat facilitation, training and individual coaching (or what he calls “behind-the-scenes support”). 

 

Bryan Rappolt

Meteorologist (President and a Consulting Meteorologist with Genesis Weather Solutions, LLC)

Bryan Rappolt, is an operational and consulting meteorologist with over 15 years of professional experience.  His specialty areas are in weather warning assessment, weather response planning, Forensic Meteorology, and weather prediction. His expertise stems from weather prediction, performing weather warning assessments and producing weather response plans in Colorado, and Nevada. He has worked with numerous law firms and insurance companies on the reconstruction of weather events for claim settlement and litigation and has appeared numerous times as an expert witness in the field of meteorology in the state of Colorado.

 Information Technology Team

Martin Nielsen

Partner of Strategic Leadership Group LLC.

Martin’s career spans over 30 years of experience in technology-related fields. He has extensive experience in new business planning and creation in the fields of computers, information storage, digital imaging, consumer electronics, broadcast automation, and semiconductors, as well as software development expertise in document management and automation.

 

Tad Osborn , MCSE, CNA 

RMA Network and Programming (President of InfiNet Computer Solutions, Inc.)
Over 10 years experience in computer technical support, web systems development, web hosting and networking specialist.

 

Harold Schuch, Civil Engineer, Certified Photogrammetrist, RMA GIS and Mapping Consultant (President of GeoCounsel)

Over 20 years of experience in the following areas:

  • Develop mapping project specifications that fit engineering needs and that are complete from the mapping perspective; 
  • Review existing datasets to opine about their origins, accuracy, suitability for a certain project, etc.
  • Interact with mapping firms to make sure the project needs are covered, that the correct mapping tools and approaches are being utilized;
  • Participate in detailed product QA/QC and delivery acceptance processes;
  • Provide certified professional opinions about the quality of the mapping base.

Ray Depew, RMA 3D Modeling Programmer (President of Unique Engineering Solutions)

Over 20 years of engineering experience with a Fortune 500 company, now a principal in three Northern Colorado consulting firms. Expertise in graphical representation, including 3D simulations, visualizations, and virtual walkthroughs. Areas of experience include:

  • Three-dimensional rendering of objects, structures and terrains scripted and pseudo-AI animation of events and characters
  • Commercial/industrial software development and programming in assembly, procedural and OO languages
  • Automated report generation using SQL queries, scripting and markup languages
  • Background in process engineering: chemistry, electrochemistry, materials science, VLSI processing, SQC

Kristy Johnson, RMA Database Programmer

Over 7 years experience in design and development of data bases, client-server applications in multi-tiered environments, data mining and project management. Specialization in time-based; customer service, telecommunications, and engineering applications.

 Advisory Board

BillJancousakas MBCP

Over 20 years of enterprise crisis management and consulting experience for industry and government. Areas of emphasis include business impact analyses, business continuity planning, critical infrastructure protection, exercise development, emergency response, and regulatory compliance commissioner.

John Loomis, MSPH, CIH

Occupational health professional for 25 years and is currently a health & safety manager with PacifiCorp's Rocky Mountain Power division headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He has worked in the electric utility and mining industries.  John is a graduate of Utah State University where he earned his BS degree in Occupational Health and Safety, and the University Of Utah School Of Medicine where he earned his MSPH degree in industrial hygiene. He is a board certified industrial hygienist in comprehensive practice and a certified utility safety administrator through the National Safety Council.

Donn Hopkins

25 plus years of experience with law enforcement, academia and industry.  Experience includes Security, Safety, Crisis Management program design and management.  Trained and coordinated  executive management teams, and response organizations.  Highly regarded and respected member of the Colorado Law Enforcement Community.