The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Puts A
Wrap on Inaugural BCI Awards – North America
On Tuesday, March 27, the BCIteamed upwithitsplatinum sponsor, xMat- ters, and held its
Inaugural BCI Awards –
North America for a packed
house of nearly 300 business continuity professionals.
The Awards were set up
by the BCI to recognize
and celebrate unparalleled
achievement in 12 critical
areas of the BCM discipline
among the growing number
of BCM professionals in
North America. Run in conjunction with DRJ Spring
World, the most respected
industry event within US
borders, the festivities
brought together the best
and brightest BCM professionals.
At 7:30pm sharp, the
doors swung open and the
rush was on. Every table
and seat was filled and the “Oscar feeling” was prominent. And
why not? This evening marked the start of the most prestigious
peer-reviewed Professional Awards for the Business Continuity
Practice.
As our modern age dictates, social media was on the loose
as a full-scale “tweet war” waged between the BCI, eBrp and
Avalution, each commenting on the Award categories, the recipients and yes, even fashion! Was that Frank Lionetti of the BCI US
Chapter sporting a tux finished with a Jimmy Buffet cummerbund
and bow tie?
The evening featured a free-flow of discussions and drinks interrupted only by the well-choreographed music (Choreographer:
Alex Arvanitidis, CBCI) and loud attendee acknowledgement of
outstanding achievement by each Award recipient. It did not take
long for all in attendance to realize that there was an underlying
“theme” associated with the accompanying music for each Award
winner. Songs ranging from “Kung Foo Fighter,” boomed out for
the BCM Consultant of the Year winner, John DiMaria, CBCI to
a raucous “Cleveland Rocks” to introduce Avalution Consulting,
a Cleveland based company who won the award for BC/DR
Company of the Year. Finally not to be outdone, a crowd favorite
rendition of “Mr. Roboto” filled the room as eBRP walked the red
carpet to receive the Software of the Year Award.
So who were the big winners?
BCI Awards – North America 2012 winners:
Category: Public Sector Manager of the Year
Winner: Michael Cummings, FEMA
Sponsored by: Business Continuity Training Ltd
Category: Business Continuity Mgt. Consultant of the Year
Winner: John DiMaria, CBCI, BSI
Sponsored by: IT Professional Group
Categroy: Effective Recovery of the Year
Winner: Deutsche Bank
Sponsored by: Business Continuity Institute Canadian Chapter
Category: Initiative of the Year
Winner: Kraft Food
Sponsored by: BSI Group (British Standard Institute)
Category: Business Continuity Manager of the Year
Winner: Reta Setrak, Franklin Templeton
Sponsored by: DRJ
Category: Business Continuity Team of the Year
Winner: Saskatoon Public Schools
Sponsored by: Avalution Consulting
Category: Business Continuity Rookie of the Year
Winner: Jim Kellet, LAM Research
Sponsored by: Premier Continuum
Category: BC/DR Company of the Year
Winner: Avalution Consulting
Sponsored by: Continuity Central
Category: Innovative Company of the Year
Winner: Fusion Risk Management Inc.
Sponsored by Business Continuity Institute US Chapter
