Steve Davis - Biography

Curriculum Vitae - Presentations - Articles - Books - Press - Affiliation

Steve Davis is the President of DavisLogic, Inc. and All Hands Consulting. Steve's background provides him with a unique perspective and knowledge base to bring to business continuity and emergency management issues.

Steve has thirty-five years of experience in a variety of fields related to homeland security, continuity of operations, and emergency management. Steve became a volunteer firefighter in 1970 and a career firefighter in 1975. Steve served in uniform for a total of 16 years as a Firefighter, Paramedic, and Command Officer until moving into public administration. He served as Executive Director of Montgomery County’s Fire and Rescue Commission, was Administrator of the Montgomery County Health Department, and completed his public sector career as a Manager in the Office of Management and Budget.

Steve has managed a number of emergency service initiatives and enterprise technology projects. In the mid-nineties, while he was responsible for technology budgeting and planning, he led efforts to develop Y2K project and risk management methodologies. Steve published a comprehensive Year 2000 Best Practices Plan for both the County and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. He co-authored a popular Y2K resource, Y2K Risk Management, in 1998.

Steve founded DavisLogic in 1995 and began advising government and private sector officials across the country and around the world on business continuity with a focus on managing Y2K risks. He was a founding member of the International Year 2000 Taskforce, the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Year 2000 Working Group, and was a volunteer expert with the International Cooperation Center. He also served as an expert witness on Y2K.

In February 2000, Steve co-founded and developed All Hands Consulting, a unique consortium of emergency management and business continuity professional providing consulting services worldwide. Steve manages the business and has been serving as a principal consultant on homeland security, continuity of operations, and comprehensive emergency management projects. He currently serves as project manager for the Miami Urban Area Security Initiative.

Steve holds a Bachelor Degree in Fire Service Management and a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Steve has given over 70 presentations at conferences, workshops, and seminars in North America, Europe, and Asia. Topics include comprehensive emergency management, business continuity, risk management, disaster preparedness, incident command, and command center operations.

Year 2000 Risk Management, Contingency Planning, Business Continuity, and Avoiding Litigation.Steve Goldberg, Steven Davis, and Andrew Pegalis.

Best Practices Manual for the Year 2000, Metropolitan Council of Governments (COG), Washington, D.C.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Step-by-Step, The SANS Institute, February 2002. (Contributor)

Articles

Steve has written dozens of articles both on-line and in print publications. Steve's articles have been featured in such publications as the Government Finance Review, Municipal World, the National Civic Review, The Y2K Advisor, Year2000.com, PBS, Global Continuity, American City & County, Mid-Range Computing, Risk Management Magazine, and NACo's County News.

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Interviews/Press

Television and Video Interviews: ABC Nightline, CBN News, Maryland Public Television, and FEMA's EENet.

Print Interviews: Insight Magazine article (Tragic Business), Business Forward (What Now? - Best-Laid Plans), Washington Post, Wall Street Journal. New York Times, U.S. News, IT Week, ERisk, Insight, The Bond Buyer, Risk and Insurance, ComputerWorld, Business Forward, National Safety and Health, Trenton Times, Business 2.0, Investor Weekly, DCI, American News Service, Orlando Sentinel, PC Novice, Wired, Associated Press, National Underwriter, and various local market magazines and newspapers.

Radio Interviews: Steve has given numerous live and recorded interviews including local, national, and international radio.

Affiliations

International Association of Emergency Managers

Board member, Pro Mundani - a not-for-profit designed to educate the public in how to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergency situations

The All Hands Consulting Consortium

Howard County, Maryland Local Emergency Planning Council

BICEPP - Business and Industry Council for Emergency Preparedness

The Public & Private Businesses, Inc. (PPBI)