Scott Ream, President, Virtual Corporation and 
Skip Skivington, MBA, CBCP, National Director, Kaiser Permanente 
Virtual Corporation, a consulting company that specializes in assisting organizations implementing sustainable business continuity (BC) programs, was granted the NJ Chapter “2004 Project of the Year” award.  Virtual Corporation leveraged its proven business continuity methodologies and project management expertise to meet and exceed Kaiser Permanente’s BC/DR plans.  Kaiser Permanente is the largest health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States.  Kaiser undertook the largest enterprise-wide business continuity program in the United States.  The presentation will address the status of the program, as well as examples of plans that had to be activated during real disasters. 

Scott Ream founded Virtual Corporation in 1994 specifically to assist large, geographically dispersed organizations with implementation of appropriately scaled, sustainable business continuity programs.  Mr. Ream is currently serving as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Contingency Planning & Management Magazine. 

Skip Skivington is the national director for healthcare continuity management for Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, California.  Skip is a Certified Business Continuity Professional and holds an MBA and a BS in Business Administration. 

Jason Huang
Jason is a project leader within the Corporate IT organization at Honeywell International's global headquarters in Morristown, NJ.  He leads software evaluation, selection, development, and implementation projects for the Law & Government Relations Dept. and Health, Safety, Environment & Remediation Dept.  Prior to joining Honeywell in 2002, Jason held several software development and project management positions with E-Steel Corporation (now NewViewTechnologies) and Music.com, Inc.

Jason is a graduate of the Executive Masters of Technology Management program at the Howe School of Technology Management of Stevens Institute of Technology and a graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences of Cornell University.
 
Caroline Zayas
Caroline is a Manager within the New Product/Technology Deployment Management (PDM) organization at Verizon located in Madison, NJ.  She leads a team whose responsibilities include PDM (Stage Gate) Administration, Front End innovation process management, and Network Operations PDM product integration focusing on Fast Packet and Broadband technologies.  Caroline joined Verizon in 1997, as a Data Services Network Technician and has since held various management positions in Data Services Network Operations, National Services, and Network Services Group Organizations.

Caroline is a graduate of the Executive Masters of Technology Management program at the Howe School of Technology Management of Stevens Institute of Technology and a graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences of Susquehanna University.
 
Ron Nevo
Ron is a Product Planning and Marketing manager within the corporate organization at Sharp Electronics USA headquarters in Mahwah, NJ.  He is managing the planning and marketing of security & software applications for the copier- MFP products from needs to successful release.  Prior to joining Sharp in 2003, Ron held several Product / Program Management positions with Tyco Electronics in the fiber optic division. Ron was transferred from Orpak - Israel in 1995 to RNI NJ to manage the engineering department for fleet management applications. 
Ron is a graduate of the Executive Masters of Technology Management Program at the Howe School of Technology Management of Stevens Institute of Technology and a graduate of the engineering school of Tel-Aviv university –Israel.
 
Aaron Whitney
Aaron is a Team Leader within the Data Services Network Operations Center at Verizon located in Madison, NJ.  He leads a team whose responsibilities include Surveillance and Maintenance of Verizon’s National Data Services Network.  His team is responsible for securing the health and stability of the Verizon network that serves fast packet technologies.  He is holds additional project management responsibilities focused on Data Services Network Upgrades and Data Services Platform Succession Planning

Aaron is a graduate of the Executive Masters of Technology Management program at the Howe School of Technology Management of Stevens Institute of Technology and a graduate of James Madison University.