Capital of Texas Chapter of ACP
P.O. Box 13371
Austin, Texas 78711-3371

William is Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Coordinator at Teacher Retirement System of Texas. He has more than 23 years of technical, managerial and consulting experience in information technology and more than 15 in information security and business continuity. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Business Continuity Professional.
 
William joined the Association of Contingency Planners in 1996; member of Capital of Texas Chapter up to present. In 2002, elected to the Chapter Board of Directors. Completed Risk Management Certificate Program (Managing Safety Risk in the Workplace, Property Risk Management and Managing Organizational Risks) at the University of Texas at Austin Division of Continuing Education. Conference Chair/Co-Chair for eight business continuity/ information security conferences from 1996 to present.

Kris has been in the Business Continuity field since 1999.  She has conducted BIA’s, facilitated exercises, developed Business Continuity plans and lead various other projects related to a Business Continuity program.  She earned a B.S. from San Diego State University and a MBA from Pepperdine University.  She has been a member of ACP since 2004 and served on the board as Program Director for the Capital of Texas Chapter in 2007.
 
A large part of her volunteer experience has been with Amnesty International where she founded and organized conferences and events.  She has been involved with Amnesty since 1991.
 

Andalib is IT Compliance Manager with Bridgepoint Consulting, Austin based Management Consulting Firm. Working mostly with compliance projects such as Sarbanes Oxley compliance, SAS70 readiness, and PCI Compliance, Andalib has also managed a number of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning projects and other specialized IT security projects. Andalib holds a MS degree in Software Engineering and also hold the following certifications CISA, CISSP, CISM, PMP, MCSE, CCNA, and ITIL.
 

Kris has been in the Business Continuity field since 1999.  She has conducted BIA’s, facilitated exercises, developed Business Continuity plans and lead various other projects related to a Business Continuity program.  She earned a B.S. from San Diego State University and a MBA from Pepperdine University.  She has been a member of ACP since 2004 and served on the board as Program Director for the Capital of Texas Chapter in 2007.
 
A large part of her volunteer experience has been with Amnesty International where she founded and organized conferences and events.  She has been involved with Amnesty since 1991.
 

Harris has worked in both managerial and technical positions of Business Resumption/Disaster planning, Information Security as well as directing IT organizations.  Harris has over 28 years experience in IT, have a BBA from UT and a MBA from St. Edwards University.  He regularly gives blood and has achived 19 gallons in donations.

Melody has been deeply involved in Business Continuity for the last 17 years.  Instrumental in the development of EDS’ Continuity offering, led dozens of domestic and international Risk Analysis and Business Impact Analysis and plan development efforts.  ACP board member and American Red Cross volunteer for 5 years.