DRI2020 Awards of Excellence Winners
DRI International congratulates the winners of the 2020 DRI Awards of Excellence. These coveted awards recognize individuals and organizations who have achieved a certain level of excellence in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis management.
Winners in the following awards categories are marked below in bold with an asterisk. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners for their exceptional contribution to the business continuity profession.
Program Leader of the Year – Private Sector
Ray Bonilla, CBCP, MBCP, Kaiser Permanente*
Scot Buerkle, ABCP, ACRP, Mid-Rivers Communications
Jason Fries, MBCP, S&P Global
Program Leader of the Year – Public Sector
Lori Dachille, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dmitri Dits, CBCP, New York City Department of Buildings*
Dato’ Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CyberSecurity Malaysia
Program Leader of the Year – Non-Profit
Bonnie Canal, MBCP, Evacuteer.org*
Toulepi Fidele, National Center For Youths and Sustainable Development
Efraim Wielgus, Columbia University Information Technology
Consultant of the Year
Sherri Flynn, CBCP, MBCP, RecoveryPlanner*
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Cardozo, Gestión Humana y Protección GHP
Joe Starzyk, IBM Resiliency Services
Lifetime Achievement
Larry Chase, CBCP, CCRP
Wasim Jamil Malik, MBCP
David Nolan*
Frank Perlmutter, CBCP
Roger Stearns, CBCP
R Vaidhyanathan, MBCP*
Bobby Williams, MBCP
Newcomer of the Year
Nisha Baxi, Fannie Mae*
Ganesh Dhungana, Action Nepal
Product/ Service Provider of the Year
AVTECH Software
Arcserve
Assurance Software
Axxana
BC in the Cloud by Infinite Blue
Catalyst by Avalution Consulting
Continuity Innovations
Continuity Logic
Crises Control
Ernst & Young MENA
Fusion Risk Management*
GlobalSUITE
OnSolve
Rave Mobile Safety
RecoveryPlanner
Regroup Mass Notification
SAI Global
Sungard Availability Services
Veoci
Response and Recovery
Bank of America*
JetBlue
Team of the Year
Amdocs
Northrop Grumman
Walgreens*
DRI Canada 2020 AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to the DRI CANADA 2020 Awards of Excellence Recipients!
The DRI CANADA Awards of Excellence honor individuals who are leaders and innovators in the fields of Business Continuity and Technology Recovery (BC/DR). The 2020 awards were presented virtually at the Continuity Resilience Today conference on Wednesday, October 7th, 2020. Learn more about the DRI CANADA Awards.
Lifetime Achievement
Patrick W. (Butch) Brennan
DRI CANADA Builder Award
Ann Wyganowski
DRI CANADA Volunteer of the Year
John Yamniuk
Past Awards of Excellence Winners
2019
People
Consultant of the Year
James Green, CBCP, MBCI, Strategic BCP
Newcomer of the Year
Bogdana Sardak, Fusion Risk Management
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
Cheryl Griffith, CBCP, St. James Central District Emergency Organization *
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Raymond Seid, MBCP, CBCLA, ARMP, CHPCP, McKesson Healthcare *
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
Banu Mohideenbasha, CBCP, City and County of San Francisco
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ann Pickren, OnSolve
Service Providers
Product/Service Provider of the Year
RecoveryPlanner
Team of the Year
McKesson Healthcare
Response and Recovery of the Year
Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corp.
DRI CANADA
The 2019 award winners were honored at the 2019 Continuity Management Symposium held in Toronto.
Lifetime Achievement
Betsey Sayers, MBCP
DRI CANADA Volunteer of the Year
Frank Slater, CBCP
Board of Directors Achievement Award
This is a one-time award granted by the DRI CANADA Board of Directors in recognition of the significant efforts, dedication, and volunteerism by the Online Learning Steering Committee members through governance. development,and launch of the DRI CANADA on-line learning course.
Michael Hiller, ABCP
Nancy Holloway-White, CBCP, CBCA
Graeme Jannaway, CBCP
John Yamniuk, MBCP, ARMP, MBCI
Michael Hiller, ABCP
Nancy Holloway-White, CBCP, CBCA
Graeme Jannaway, CBCP
John Yamniuk, MBCP, ARMP, MBCI
2018
People
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Pauline Williams-Banta, The Energy Authority
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
Ryan Miller, Howard County Government
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
Rich Leonardo, OhioHealth
Consultant of the Year
Carlo Kelejian, Continuity Innovations, LLC
Newcomer of the Year
Alexandria Brennan, State Street Bank
Lifetime Achievement Award
Fred “Freddie” H. Sebren
Service Providers
Product/Service Provider of the Year
Fusion Risk Management
Team of the Year
TCF Bank
Response and Recovery of the Year
Gallagher
2017
People
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Anthony Pizzitola – TOPS Surgical Specialty Hospital
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
Mudasar Nawaz – City of Toronto
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
Brian Whitlow – San Francisco Community Agencies Responding to Disaster
Consultant of the Year
Edward B. “Ted” Brown – KETCHConsulting
Newcomer of the Year
Purple Kumai – TELUS Communications, Inc.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Edward B. “Ted” Brown – KETCHConsulting
2017 DRI International Honor Roll Award Winner
Bobby Williams, MBCP – Director of IT Continuity and Risk Management, Fidelity Investments
Service Providers
Product/Service Provider of the Year
Sungard Availability Services
Team of the Year
Colorado Springs Utilities
Response and Recovery of the Year
TELUS Communications
2016
People
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Ashvin Parankusha, GalaxE Solutions Inc.
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
Bennie R. Moore, CBCP, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Consultant of the Year
Christopher Duffy, Strategic BCP
Industry Newcomer of the Year
William J Kearney, Cameron International
Team of the Year
Aon Service Corporation – Global Business Continuity Management Team
Lifetime Achievement Award
Brian Miller, CBCP, Vanguard EMC Inc.
Strategy & Initiative
Response and Recovery of the Year
Exelon Corporation
Continuity Awareness Award
Amdocs Inc. Corporate BCM Team
Service Providers
Service Provider of the Year
Northrop Grumman
Planning Software of the Year
ClearView Continuity
Notification System of the Year
Send Word Now
2015
People
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Larry Chase – Symantec Corporation, CA
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
Brian Gray – United Nations, NY
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
Jill Frater – University of Southern California, CA
Consultant of the Year
Arun Sharma – Control Risks, Washington D.C.
Team of the Year
Commercial International Bank – Shatssy Hassan, Egypt
Industry Newcomer of the Year
Emad Aziz – Department of Internal Services, Halifax Canada
Strategy & Initiative
Strategy of the Year
Pauline Williams – Banta – The Energy Authority, FL
Response and Recovery of the Year
Edward Goetz – Exelon Corporation, MD
Continuity Awareness Award
Gina Manos – Kaiser Permanente, CA
Service Providers
IT Infrastructure Award
Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), VA
Planning Software of the Year
ClearView Continuity, United Kingdom
Notification System of the Year
Regroup, CA
2014
People
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Chand Basha
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
Ira Tannenbaum
Lifetime Achievement Award
Tonya T. York
Consultant of the Year
Henry Arocha
Team of the Year
NYC Office Of Emergency Management – COOP Team
Strategy & Initiative
Strategy of the Year
Rajiv Mehta
Continuity Awareness Award
Randy Van Hooser
Response and Recovery of the Year
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
Service Providers
Service Provider of the Year
Rentsys Recovery Services
IT Infrastructure Award
Amdocs
Planning Software of the Year
ResilienceONE
2013
People
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Daniel Mikulsky
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
Mohammed Jenaibi
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
Kelley Okolita
Lifetime Achievement Award
Thomas Carroll
Consultant of the Year
Neil Kaufman
Team of the Year
Delta Dental – BCP team
Industry Newcomer of the Year
Gina Manos
Strategy & Initiative
Strategy of the Year
Khalid Bahabri, NCB Capital
Continuity Awareness Award
Hewlett Packard GBS BCP & Risk Management team
Response and Recovery of the Year
SunGard Availability Services
Service Providers
Service Provider of the Year
Bruce Gillespie
Notification System of the Year
Send Word Now
IT Infrastructure Award
Computer Science Corporation’s (CSC)
Planning Software of the Year
Computer Science Corporation’s (CSC)
2012
People
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
Ashish Dahiya
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
Jennifer Ellis
Lifetime Achievement Award
Edward S. Devlin
Consultant of the Year
Lisa M. Reshaur
Team of the Year
McKesson IT Service Continuity Office
Industry Newcomer of the Year
Ryan P. Kenny
Strategy & Initiative
Strategy of the Year
Delaware Department of Technology and Information
Continuity Awareness Award
Lissette Giorgi
Response and Recovery of the Year
Booz Allen Hamilton
Service Providers
Service Provider of the Year
RecoveryPlanner
Notification System of the Year
SunGard Availability Services
Planning Software of the Year
RecoveryPlanner
