Capital of Texas Chapter of ACP
P.O. Box 13371
Austin, Texas 78711-3371

Kris has been in the Business Continuity field since 1999.  She has conducted BIA’s, facilitated exercises, developed Business Continuity plans and lead various other projects related to a Business Continuity program.  She earned a B.S. from San Diego State University and a MBA from Pepperdine University.  She has been a member of ACP since 2004 and served on the board as Program Director for the Capital of Texas Chapter in 2007.
 
A large part of her volunteer experience has been with Amnesty International where she founded and organized conferences and events.  She has been involved with Amnesty since 1991.
 

Libby has been in operational resiliency for total of 15 years. Starting out in IT disaster recovery for the first 7 years and then broadening into incident/emergency management, crisis management and business continuity the last 8 years. She has over 20 years experience in the financial sector having worked for First Chicago NBD, Bank One and JP Morgan Chase and in 2007 she joined Dell as their Global Business Resiliency Program Manager. She has extensive experience in working in complex high dollar transaction oriented platforms and global data centers and networks. She works with global business operations, call centers and manufacturing operations.

Libby was President of TampaFIRST before moving to Austin in 2007. TampaFIRST is nonprofit organization and is a coalition of banking and financial sector institutions with a focus on contingency planning, emergency management, and business continuity. Their emphasis is on developing working cooperative strategies during times of emergencies and strengthening relationships with federal agencies such as the Department of Treasury, Department of Homeland Security as well as with state and local public emergency organizations.

Libby has been at several speaking engagements such as 2008 CON/SEC discussing the new era of operational resiliency and the important role it plays in the business world. She has a B.S. degree in Information Technology and a M.S. in Information Systems.

Harris has worked in both managerial and technical positions of Business Resumption/Disaster planning, Information Security as well as directing IT organizations.  Harris has over 27 years experience in IT, have a BBA from UT and a MBA from St. Edwards University.  He regularly gives blood and has achived 18 gallons in donations.

Harris has worked in both managerial and technical positions of Business Resumption/Disaster planning, Information Security as well as directing IT organizations.  Harris has over 27 years experience in IT, have a BBA from UT and a MBA from St. Edwards University.  He regularly gives blood and has achived 18 gallons in donations.

Stephen is the founder and president of Longbow Consulting, Inc, an Austin based management consulting firm providing services in the areas of business continuity, project management and IT audit.  Stephen received his B.S. in Management Information Systems (MIS) and maintains certifications as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Business Continuity Professional (ABCP).   He has over 13 years experience managing large scale, mission critical ERP development/integration projects, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery operations, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 audits, and process design/reengineering initiatives in matrix & functional style organizations.   

Mr. Eager also serves as a special consultant to Ernst & Young (E&Y), LLP and is responsible for providing project management training to their East Coast management team.

Since 2006 Stephen has written a variety of white papers on topics such as “Business Continuity Best Practices for Small organizations”, “Sarbanes-Oxley Sustainability”, “Getting the most from your compliance dollars”, “Recovering Failed Projects” and “Project Management Best Practices”.

Actively involved in a number of professional organizations outside of ACP, Stephen is a member of ISACA, PMI, The PMI Troubled Projects Interest Group, and the Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN).  He was a volunteer for ConSec 2006 and is serving again in 2008.  

Through Longbow Consulting, Stephen actively supports the arts in Austin through financial contributions and volunteer work for the Austin Wind Symphony.
 

Melody has been deeply involved in Business Continuity for the last 17 years.  Instrumental in the development of EDS’ Continuity offering, led dozens of domestic and international Risk Analysis and Business Impact Analysis and plan development efforts.  ACP board member and American Red Cross volunteer for 5 years.