Gary A. Clark

Continuity of Operations Planning for Small to Midsize business.

As a former police office, and prior to that, a Senor Petty Officer aboard a surviving WW II submarine, that made the sub in "Das Boot" look like a cruise ship, I have been through enough "disasters" to last the average person a lifetime. 

Working in the thick of things as either a person who managed to keep his head above water, or as a point person, and "on call" disaster management control law enforcement officer, I have been involved in unplanned dives, live fire dummy torpedo strikes, onboard fires, departmental flooding, civil riots, land floods, full city wide power outages, hurricanes, brush and building fires and - the occasional long term business disruption. 

After leaving active duty in 1970 for reserve duty, and then the police force in 1976, I put my experiences to the supreme test as a business and insurance consultant. Working for a major insurance carrier, I handled the risk management and business insurance needs for multiple business clients

Later – after I opened my own insurance agency, with 4 sales people I trained, I helped companies stay in business during the recession that hit our nation in the late 80’s. Then it was a matter of analyzing and streamlining operations, to a point where minimal costs were going out the door during the time it took for the nation to recover. 

By working hand in hand directly with my clients, and applying complex logic plus a lot of luck, most of my clients were able to stay in business during those pressing times.   

When the changes in the insurance business only favored the insurance companies, I dropped my insurance end of the business, and went into business solely for the purpose of Small Business Development and Continuity Consulting. 

Obtaining my teaching credential in 1988, I setup, and developed the first Small Business Entrepreneurship classes for the County of San Bernardino, Calif.  Here in a classroom environment, new entrepreneurs were taught - not only the fundamentals of being self-employed, but also how to survive the business of self-employment, including the what if's of vendor management, policies and process, and the flow of data and materials. 

Many COOP plans (Continuity Of Operations Planning) were developed from these classes, and later, in 1992 when California was struck by the Landers 7.3 earthquake, (of which I was 3 miles from the epic center,) many of these small business plans kicked in, as entire business operations in the city were disrupted.

The ensuing months after the Landers quake were filled with aftershock after aftershock.  Taking its toll on the nerves of both myself and my wife, the decision was made to move the entire operation to a safer and more stable state.  I moved my family and the business to Colorado in 1993.  From 1993 to 1998 I built a consulting practice, building up a network of local business clients.  I have been in Colorado ever since.  

In 1998, I was contracted by Intersolve Inc. to handle the documentation, due diligence and process documentation for their Y2K remediation group.  Later I was outsourced by Intersolve, to the Due Diligence Documentation group for MCI/WorldCom. 

After WorldCom and the Y2K contracts were completed, I worked independently with Omnipoint and MCI doing operational planning and documentation for continuity in the event of disaster or sudden loss of communications networks.

Currently I head up my Contingency Planning Consulting firm.  In addition I maintains a network of on call contingency planners, disaster recovery, environmental health and forced threat consultants throughout the United States.   

Past Corporate Work as Contracted Consultant

MCI / WorldCom – Multiple contracts with different divisions within the MCI organization. Last contract for

Y2K Documentation Due Diligence through Merant, Inc.

Merant Consulting, Inc. (formally Intersolve)

Documentation and Process Specialist.

Omnipoint Communications

Development and Documentation of process and field installer manuals.

Others to numerious to mention in the capacity of sales and consulting for TAMP DRS™

Sales and Training with - and in relationship to, TAMP DRS systems, include various corporate, governmental, agencies.  In addition, responsible for the in-house training of contingency planning methodologies for new or inexperienced consultants who work with  BCP-Inc.

EDUCATION:

• FEMA Certification in Continuity of Operations Planning

• FEMA Certification in Basic Incident Commands Systems

• FEMA Certification in Tribal & Community Relationships

• FEMA Certification in Emergency Planning for Schools

• US Navy, tactical warfare, nuclear - attack class submarines,

• US Navy Machinist Mate, and Diesel Engines Certified.

• Vasrious Classes in Submarine Operations and maneuvers.

• Property and Casualty Insurance License, and Life and Health Insurance license - State of California (1977 - 1989)

• Accredited Adult Education. Former Accredited Instructor (Calif.) in Adult Education – Small Business Entrepreneurship.

• Misc. College Level: Business, Business Development, Insurance, Securities, Estate Taxation and Estate Management

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

• Expertise in business development, marketing, sales, sales training, and business education.

• Expertise in Due Diligence documentation, and Documentation Management.

• Enthusiastic Speaker, Teacher, Planner, and Project Manager.

• Extensive experience with the Internet and Internet Research.