NACOR Consulting Presents: Organisational Resilience - COVID19 Reflections Catherine Strods

Our fourth special guest in this podcast series is my very good friend Alicia Beard.  Alicia is an Emergency, Crisis and Business Continuity Management expert working full time at Deakin University as their resilience SME, whilst adding to her already impressive academic achievements, completing her masters in emergency management and graduate certificate in the psychology of risk (not bad choices if I do say so myself). In this episode we discuss the impact that COVID has had on the tertiary sector, COVID conspiracy theories and how the tertiary sector may look post COVID.

About Alicia:

In addition to Alicia's current studies, she also holds a Master’s degree in Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism, and undergraduate degree in Psychology and Philosophy.  She has vast experience in emergency and crisis management, and more recently business continuity within a variety of sectors such as mining, engineering, and all levels of education.  More recently, due to COVID-19  she has been working from home, helping direct schooling of two primary aged kids, a large dog that is loving having multiple walks a day and a timid cat that has no idea why she home all the time.

Our third guest in this podcast series is Russell Dippy,  Emergency Management expert,  in both the professional and academic world. In this episode Russell discusses the impact COVID19 has had on our emergency services profession, Resilience in times of crisis and the future of emergency management.

About Russell: 

Russell DIPPY is a professional emergency manager and the emergency management coordinator for an Australian State police agency.  He has over 30 years experience as a volunteer in a national first aid and ambulance organisation, paired with 35 year policing career including over 20 years within his current role.  He is currently undertaken a Professional Doctorate where he is examining the Human Capacities of the Australian Emergency Manager.  He holds a Master of Emergency Management with Distinction and a Vocational Graduate Certificate in Management (Learning) and a range of vocational qualifications in management, leadership and HR.   He has been deployed internationally with an Australian Government disaster medical assistance team and was a founding member of the Australian Emergency Management Assistance Team.  He has been deployed interstate to support other jurisdictional emergency management responses.  He has contributed to many reviews of Australian emergency management policy and doctrine in policing and emergency management generally.  He is a regular reviewer of Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience Handbooks and other national publications.  He is also a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), holds the Certified Emergency Manager designation and is currently part of the IAEM Oceania Executive, is a member of the Australasian Institute of Emergency Services and is working with The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) to support further professionalisation of the emergency management profession.

Our second guest in this podcast series is Dr Gavriel (Gav) Schneider, founder of the concept of Presilience® and an acknowledged leader in the fields of security risk management and counter terrorism. He is a leader in human based risk management and the psychology of risk, He is a serial entrepreneur and has been running his own businesses since 2001. He was recently listed as one of only twenty Global Influencers in Security Thought Leadership for 2019 as well as being awarded the risk consultant of the year (RMIA). He has conducted business in over 17 countries and provided a wide range of services for a very diverse client base ranging from heads of state to school teachers. He is a leading academic and subject matter expert in his field and is a much-sought after International speaker. He has trained thousands of people in his own right and to date, his companies have trained in excess of 150,000 people in numerous countries.

Dr Gavriel (Gav) Schneider RMIA Risk Manager of the year 2019 FIS (SA), FGIA, FIML, FIRSM, FARPI, MAIPIO, CPP

· Acknowledged subject matter expert on Integrated & Human Centric Risk Management, Safety, Emergency, Crisis Management, Security & Counter-Terrorism with Extensive senior level management and leadership experience.

· Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and Fellow of the Australian Risk Policy Institute (FARPI), A Fellow of the institute of Strategic Risk Management as well as Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.& Leadership

· He holds a Doctor of Criminology (Security) Degree as well as a Master of Technology (Security) Degree (UNISA).

· CEO of the Risk2Solution Group which is a group of risk, security, safety, medical and emergency response companies that focus on innovative integration and consolidation solutions.

· Program Director for the Australian Catholic Universities (ACU) post graduate program on the Psychology of Risk.

· Author of “Can I See your Hands: A Guide to Situational Awareness, Personal Risk Management, Resilience and Security” which was nominated for ASIS book of the year 2018 as well as “Beyond the Bodyguard” a guide to protective practices success and numerous academic and advisory articles.

· Numerous high-level consulting and advisory projects as well as two decades of Specialised Security, Safety, and Risk Management experience in over 17 countries.

· Extensive involvement in International Risk Management and related industry associations (Msyl, FIS (SA), FISSM, ASIS CPP, FAIM, FARPI. MAIPIO).

· Has served as an Industry Expert Witness for the Legal Sector.

· Dr Gav has a wide range of additional qualifications including; Graduate Diplomas in Strategic leadership as well as Management Learning, Advanced Diplomas in Project Management, Integrated Risk Management, Work health and safety and several other related qualifications.

· In addition, he holds numerous trainer, educational and coaching qualifications, has been a martial arts full contact champion, is a 7th degree black belt and has been an Instructor to Royalty Protection teams, Presidential Protection teams and Military and Police Special Units. In his own right Dr Gav has trained thousands of people globally.

My first guest that I am privileged to be interviewing tomorrow night is Erik Endress CEO of OnScene Technologies, Inc based in Ramsey, NJ just outside of New York City.   Erik Endress will discuss life after COVID-19 and what happens when people go back to work, school and life in general. He will also discuss the importance of communications during this crisis, and solutions to address current communication shortfalls.  As Erik is based in the US, I am very interesting to ask his perspective on America's response thus far to COVID-19, and why New York's infection rate has skyrocketed to such alarming numbers so fast compared to other cities in the US.  About Erik: Erik spent 30 years in the volunteer fire/rescue service and emergency management. Much of his career has been dedicated to solving difficult problems with technology, which led him to launch Share911 in 2013 (getshare911.com) The product improves the efficiency of both non-emergent and emergent communication between groups of people.