Disaster Recovery Journal Fall 2024

CAREER SPOTLIGHT

comfort zone and hold you accountable to the goals you set. Most of my mentors have now become my close and personal friends because of the bonds that were formed throughout the process. What are some lessons learned you still leverage today? I often wonder if other industries are as unique as this one such that the more you learn, the more you realize there is to learn. My absolute favorite part of this industry is that you get to learn about and impact literally everything a company does. And just as soon as you think you have the practice mastered for an industry or company, you switch gears, compa nies, leaders, etc. and find there’s more to learn and apply. So, to speak about the lessons I’ve learned over the years is that there’s no reason to be bored. There are a multitude of types of work and things to learn or master and a BC professional should never need to be in a position where they are bored, unhappy, or not challenged – there is always something new and differ ent to do in the community. What aspects of working in this industry would you like to see change or evolve? When I started in this industry, it honestly felt a bit stagnant. A BIA was a BIA. A plan was a plan. And a crisis response was a crisis response. Over the past five years, the world has thrown us more “black swan” events than ever that have forced us to challenge the status quo and think of new ways to keep resilience top of mind. With the increase in pandemics/epidemics, severe weather, social tensions, geopolitical threats, these red binders we spilled blood, sweat, and tears on very quickly went out the window and teams started coming to us more and wanting some thing effective that will actually be used. That’s turned our industry on its head and sent us back to the drawing board. I love the collaboration, sharing of best practices, and general forward move ment that has brought to an industry that was getting a bit dry. I’m excited to ride the innovation

Career Spotlight: Jamie Goodloe

By MELISSA MUÑIZ

indicated that while our DR plan was top notch, we needed to document a BC plan for the IT organization. Of course, since I was the newest girl on the team, I was assign this body of work to me as a sort of rite of passage as the newest member of the team, but little did they know they were sparking my passion for all things continuity. The rest is history as they say, and I’ve never looked back! Have you had any mentors? Describe the effect they have had on your career. I cannot stress enough the value of having mentors. I’ve had many through out the years and each has impacted my life, perspectives, and career in more ways than I could ever imagine. I think it’s important to have mentors who are not only your cheerleader, but also challenge you to step outside of your volunteered. I tease my former colleagues that they meant to

Tell us about yourself – your name, company, title, and responsibilities? I’m currently a lead consultant at Riskonnect and have been here for almost

three years. In this role, I’m able to utilize my 15 years’ experience of being a practitio ner to support companies of all sizes and industries in all areas of business continuity, disas ter recovery, crisis response, third-party risk management, etc.

My diverse experience across each of the individual practices gives me a unique and holistic perspective when building out programs to create synergies, efficien cies, and a general increase in program and tool awareness and ROI. How did you get into the business resilience industry? It seems many of us in my generation were introduced to the BC industry in the same way. I was minding my own busi ness, performing an IT governance role and when the BC team came to us and

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