Brian Zawada, Author at Risk and Resilience Hub

About Brian Zawada

Brian Zawada is a co-founder and the Chief Visionary Officer for Avalution Consulting, a firm specializing in business continuity program design, implementation and continual improvement.

Over the past 24 years, Brian has actively managed internal business continuity programs and consulted with public and private sector organizations of all sizes, helping them not only design and implement world-class business continuity programs, but also effectively use their response and recovery strategies to minimize impact when faced with a disruptive event.

In early 2019, Brian and the Avalution team pooled their collective experiences and formally introduced the Business Continuity Operating System (BCOS) as a means to help organizations achieve – and sustain – the right level of resiliency.

Outside of his work with Avalution and its clients, Brian previously served as the Head of the United States Delegation to ISO Technical Committee 223, the authors of ISO 22301. Brian contributed to ISO 22301 and led the project team that created ISO 22317, the business impact analysis standard, and ISO 22331, the business continuity strategy determination standard. Brian is also a frequent author and speaker, currently serving on the Editorial Advisory Board of Continuity Insights magazine. Brian also previously served as the Business Continuity Institute US Chapter Board President and as the President of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners

Brian is certified as a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute. He can be reached at [email protected].

I Recovered From COVID-19. Here’s My Story.

By Brian Zawada|2022-06-02T21:53:58+00:00March 30th, 2020|

It’s been an incredibly difficult couple of weeks. We’ve all witnessed incredible societal upheaval, and on a personal level (on March 16th) I learned that I tested positive for COVID-19. Thankfully, I have fully recovered, [...]

Taking the Wind out of The BCM Sails?

By Brian Zawada|2022-06-08T16:40:07+00:00January 10th, 2005|

Beginning with the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA), management and auditors alike have struggled with defining the scope of business continuity as an internal control related to financial reporting. Some executive managers have advocated [...]