Speakers : Lloyd R. Smith

Lloyd R. Smith

Jr. Managing Director & Principal

Business and Government Continuity Services, Inc.

Lloyd R. Smith, Jr., a retired Air Force Colonel, has 25 years experience in Information Systems and 15 years in Disaster Recovery. As Director of Communications, Computer Systems for the Oklahoma Air Logistics Center for five years, he and the Information Systems Staff were responsible for a disaster recovery operation when a 40 hour, 22 alarm fire threatened three critical operations centers and did $138 million dollars in damage to the logistics, maintenance and repair facility. Lloyd also provided disaster recovery assistance to a client, on site after the Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, was involved in the devastating F5 tornado in Oklahoma City and assisted an international corporation with hundreds of people at ground zero in their emergency response to the terrorist attack on the United States.

Colonel Smith, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., has a Masters Degree from the University of Oklahoma. Certified as a Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP), he is a nationally recognized speaker and a leading advocate in government and corporate America for government agency and business disaster prevention and recovery planning. He founded Business & Government Continuity Services, which provides business and government disaster recovery awareness and consulting services to include risk/vulnerability analyses, business/mission impact analyses, disaster recovery plan development, testing, personnel/team training, recovery plan mentoring and auditing.

Lloyd has been active in developing business continuity policies and standards while serving on the Disaster Recovery Institute International Certification Commission and the Disaster Recovery Institute International Board of Directors for eight years. He is also certified by DRII as an instructor and has taught over 150 DRI International Courses and served as an adjunct professor for the University of North Texas. Lloyd currently serves on the Disaster Recovery Institute International Education Advisory Council.