NOEL F.

LAWLER 6682 Double Eagle Drive• Woodridge, IL 60517

Home: 630-541-6696 • nomarnfl01@comcast.net

BUSINESS CONTINUITY / DISASTER RECOVERY / INFRASTRUCTURE/ PROJECT MGMT.

Business continuity manager / consultant offering documented achievements in:

Disaster Recovery Methodology • Data Center Operations & Infrastructure. Physical
Security • Business Continuity Planning • Emergency Response • Contingency Planning •
Business Impact Analysis • Gap Analysis • Testing IT/ Business Recovery plans at
internal and external sites. Co-Location Implementation. Relocation of Physical facilities.
Design Data Centers / Network Operations Centers

Expertise in ensuring the integrity of large data center operations. Experience includes
leading numerous initiatives in disaster-recovery planning, business continuity planning,
security planning, and data center migration and relocation. Certified Business
Continuity Planner (CBCP).

BC / DR expertise is complemented by a deep understanding of both technology and

business on an international scale across numerous industry verticals. Administered
budgets of up to $1 million and managed large technical staffs. Extensive record of
accomplishment of success in business continuity / disaster recovery planning / Risk
Assessment with companies ranging in size from small businesses to Fortune 100
corporations. Representative contributions include:

• Implemented business-unit recovery methodology for a major manufacturing

conglomerate.
• Managed a disaster-recovery project to implement and test data center recovery
methodology for one of the largest public utility corporations in the world.
• Project managed analysis of the business impact of a possible business interruption
for one of the top 3 metropolitan transit services worldwide.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, NOMAR MANAGEMENT GROUP 1990-Present

Provide IT consulting with specialized expertise in business continuity and disaster recovery
planning for large data center operations.
Representative BC / DR Projects:

• Wolters Kluwer Corporation (5 months 2008-2009): Project manager for a major international
fortune 500 company. To review the company production mission critical systems that were identified from
a full-scale assessment. Computer and telecommunication recovery resources were stored at an
outsourced facility for recovery capability processing if a critical failure occurred.
• Created mission critical recovery plans and methodology. Coordinated business continuity plans and
identifies short-term solutions. Develop scope and requirements for applications and business area
involvement. Work with teams within IT and business areas. Initiate subprojects and identify alternative
solutions for addressing applications recovery capability.
 • United Airlines Corporation (9 months 2007-2008): Project manager for a major fortune 500
company. To review and address vulnerabilities in the company mission critical system that was identified
from a full-scale assessment after the high priority application system suffered a critical failure. The
assessment identified 34 vulnerability areas.
• Review identified vulnerabilities. Help develop BC plans and identify short-term solutions. Develop scope
and requirements for applications and business area involvement. Work with teams within ISD and business
areas. Initiate subprojects and identify alternative solutions for addressing applications vulnerabilities and
present cost of those alternatives. Gather and vent different viewpoints on cost, options and
recommendations.

• Health Care Service Corporation (6 months 2007): Project manager for

development of a Request for Proposal document that provided Disaster Recovery (DR)
solution and support services necessary to support a DR Declaration for HCSC’s Data
Center. HCSC decided to issue this RFP in order to solicit proposals that will lead to the
selection of a vendor or vendors capable of providing the desired solution and
associated services at competitive rates. HCSC anticipated the DR sourcing
arrangement it would cover the equipment, data, software and services needed to
support the migration of all DR Critical work to the DR Environment given a disaster
declaration.
• The DR coverage established as a result of this arrangement was considered an
interim step in a strategic plan that included the establishment of a second HCSC Data
Center (Second Site). To achieve its recovery objectives, HCSC required that some
portion of its DR environment must be provisioned with equipment that was dedicated
to HCSC. This equipment supports the near real-time asynchronous replication of
critical data to DASD that resides in the DR environment site. HCSC's primary objective
was to establish a procurement arrangement for a DR solution that would support
HCSC’s technical requirements:

New York City School Construction Authority (6 months 2006): Project managed an analysis
of the business impact of possible component failure analysis within a LAN/WAN server
facility for a governmental service organization. Review encompassed environmental power
issues and recovery-time objects of corporate business units. Presented the review to
management.
• Directed business impact analysis (BIA) for several business units.
• Directed business impact analysis (BIA) for workflow processes and data center
recovery.
• Identified Vendors for Work Area and Co-location resources services.
• Evaluated financial, legal, and business impacts of delayed IT service to field
operations and Vendors.
• Identified and prioritized all applications and data for future recovery activity.
• Review current data center for Infrastructures issues and capabilities.

Iridian Technologies (2001-2006): Project managed an analysis of the business impact of

possible component failure analysis within a global LAN/WAN for a biometrics
hardware/software corporation. Review encompassed environmental power issues and
recovery-time objects of corporate business units. Presented the review to management.
• Lead development of recovery plans for a corporate data center and business
units.
 • Serve as a resource for the client’s support staff for data center and security
concerns.
• Highly successful ongoing project enabling corporation’s first entry into security
software and related products.

BP-AMOCO Corporation (8 Months / 2000): Headed team that selected, installed, and
implemented an automated software product for disaster recovery and business continuity
processes for a major petrochemical company (LDRPS).
• Member of the project team challenged with evaluating worldwide data centers
for vendor support issues, service level agreement (SLA) performance, and customer
satisfaction levels.
• Directed business impact analysis (BIA) for several business units.

Brown and Williamson (5 months / 1997): Installed and implemented business unit recovery
methodology for a manufacturing conglomerate.
• Interviewed many business units to gather requirements; created and tested
automated business recovery plans to integrate with software selected.

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Chicago Transit Authority (9 months /1996): Managed a business impact analysis of a

possible business interruption for one of the top three metropolitan transit services
worldwide.
• Evaluated financial, legal, and business impacts of delayed IT service to field
operations.
• Identified and backed up all critical data in the data center for future recovery
activity.

Southern California Edison (4 months / 1996): Directed disaster recovery project to

implement and test new data center recovery methodology for a public utility company.
• Developed software methodology, selected recovery teams, implemented new
processes, installed software, and tested the software recovery data center.
• Identified and created recovery plans for core departments.
• Overcame challenges of declining staff numbers midway through the project.

Amoco Corporation (4 years / 1992-1995): Managed successful projects as project manager

for a petrochemical corporation.
• Analyzed the possible business impact of component failure within a global
LAN/WAN network.
• Developed disaster recovery plans for the corporate data center, business units,
and subsidiaries.
• Oversaw more than 1000 hours of disaster recovery testing at internal and third
party recovery facilities.
• Participated in mission-critical corporate security and other special projects.

MCI (3 months / 1990): Coordinated cost and impact analysis for business recovery through
third-party outsourcers versus in-house resources for a major voice and telecommunications
corporation.
Resulted in a decision by client management to switch to in-house resources, leading too
significant cost savings.

INFRASTRUCTURE / PROJECT MGMT.

Data Centers- Network Operation Centers / Designs, Builds, Moves, Migration & Relocations

Net Reliance Corporation (8 Months / 2001): Retained as a consultant for a B2B Internet
transaction clearinghouse with interests in Europe, the Far East, and North America.
Designed processing facilities, call centers, a data center, and network operations centers
(NOC) to support global corporate transaction processing services.
• Collaborated with international teams to resolve data transfer and other issues
for client processing applications.
• Delivered a new capability of monitoring NOCs around the globe.

Bacomer De Mexico (6 months / 1998): Piloted relocation of the data center to a new facility
for a large financial services corporation.
• Traveled throughout Mexico to review existing facilities and lead full redesign of
facilities.
• Successfully transferred all banking and trading functions to new facilities.

TRW Corporation (7 months / 1997): Project managed the full lifecycle for the largest data
center migration, consolidation, and implementation in the U.S. to date. Coordinated
relocation of hardware and 800,000-volume tape library to a new data center for a leading
credit services corporation.
• Liaison across all levels of technical and business staff to ensure cohesive team
effort.
• Managed involvement of 30 vendors including IBM, Comdisco, Sprint, and MCI.
• Fulfilled physical move within 72 hours with zero complications

SIC (3 months / 1996): Prepared data center migration plan for an outsourcing service
organization. Plan encompassed data center assessment, migration strategy, site selection,
data center design and construction, relocation, and implementation.
• Developed repeatable process for data center moves that was flexible enough to
use with future outsource clients.

Heller Corporation (14 months / 1991): Led design, implementation, and migration to a new
IT processing facility for a major financial services firm.
• Orchestrated a highly complex relocation of the data center with global online
networks and multi-vendor platforms.
• Fulfilled the critical timetable for the project. Avoided $10,000 daily penalties for
each extra day in the old building by completing project 2 months ahead of deadline.

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ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

MANAGER OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Hollister, Inc., Libertyville, IL

 Oversaw budgets as large as $1 million and directed 50 technical staff in the development
of all systems, programming, data control, and computer operations for a major medical
manufacturer. Oversaw a corporate data center providing service for multi-plant locations.
Delivered increased efficiencies by integrating data processing from 4 locations into a single
facility.

DIRECTOR OF DATA CENTER, Heritage Bank Corporation, Chicago, IL

Hired and managed 115 management and line staff charged with systems development,
technical support, programming, computer operations, teleprocessing, and data entry.
Provided full line of banking applications with online capability to 50 banks.

MANAGER OF COMPUTER OPERATIONS, Options Clearing Corporation, Chicago, IL

Managed a 40-member data center for a major securities brokerage firm. Led national
computer center operations. Directed technical and software support. Accountable for a
multi-vendor teleprocessing network. Pioneered business continuity planning within the
corporation, successfully navigating 2 power-outage disasters through advanced disaster
recovery planning.

DATA CENTER OPERATIONS MANAGER, Sunbeam Corporation, Chicago, IL

Directed a staff of 20 in providing 24/7 corporate computer operations coverage for the
international locations of a Fortune 500 electronics manufacturer.
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, and AFFILIATIONS

Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL Richard J. Daley JC, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.AA
Associate of
Arts, Applied Science.

Certifications
Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP) – Disaster Recovery Institute
Certificate in Computer Management – Institute of Computer Management, Chicago, IL
Certified Data Processor
Certified Instructor / Supervisor. Director of Adult Education for Computer Learning Center
and College of Automation.
Affiliations
Information Systems Security Association / American Management Association / Data
Processing Management Association / Association for Computer Operations Management /
Computer Security Institute.