Every organization needs to be prepared for the unexpected. Establishing a comprehensive and workable business continuity plan is critical to enabling your organization to continue operations during a disruption. But how do you develop such a plan? The answer may be to engage a knowledgable consultant who can guide your organization through the process of establishing business continuity and disaster recovery plans to suit your organization's needs. That's where we come in. John McWilliams is a Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP) and principal at JH McWilliams and Associates. Mr. McWilliams has over 35 years of combined experience in business continuity, IT infrastructure, and systems development. His specialty area of IT disaster recovery is complemented by a strong background in overall business continuity program management, recovery planning, and long term experience in IT. He has developed continuity and infrastructure strategies for clients in financial services, manufacturing, high tech, and education. As Director of Business Continuity at Interactive Data Corp, he established its initial business continuity program and implemented new primary and backup data centers to support high-availability and rapid recovery of time-critical production systems.