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[William Bilancio]

LOPSA-NJ Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Leadership and Responsibility

Date: Thursday February 4 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 7:20 PM - Social Time
        7:20 PM - 7:25 PM - LOPSA-NJ Business and Announcements
        7:25 PM - 7:30 PM - LOPSA-NJ Professional IT Community
Conference (PICC) News
        7:30 PM - 9:00 PM - Main Presentation

Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library
2751 US Highway 1
Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648-4132
See map: Google Maps

As sysadmin I worked in state of continuous disaster recovery for
three years; I did this in countries that I had never before visited,
and in situations that could be extremely stressful. I'd like to pass
on what I've learned from my mistakes and my successes to a wider
audience.

When I first started working as a sysadmin, I had enlisted in the
United States Air Force as a Computer Systems Operator (3C0X1). It
happened that I was assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron
(1CBCS) in Germany. Over the next three years I would participate in
30 exercises and several real-world missions. What a way to start a
career.

During this time I learned many things about myself and the nature of
the sysadmin within a disaster recovery, crisis management, and
leadership role. The recent events in Haiti, and the international
response by many sysadmins and engineers (both civilian and military)
has prompted me to share what I know.

During my talk I'll be covering practical, sometimes personal, advice
in the following topics:

1. Disaster Recovery - Beyond Backups and Collocation, what to do when …
2. Extended Crisis Management - Troubleshooting in a troubled environment …
3. Leadership - Roles everyone can play
4 .Getting Involved - Civilian Agencies and your Local Community

I won't be talking about backups, tapes, or collocation. In fact I
won't be talking about anything you can learn from a book; only
through repeated failure and success. If you're brand new to the topic
of disaster recovery or a seasoned veteran there's something in this
talk for you.

BIO:
Joseph Kern has been a sysadmin since 2003; before that he lived the
life of a bohemian king in the valleys and forests of Oregon.

He has a website: http://www.semafour.net/, a blog: blog.semafour.net,
an email account: jkern at semafour.net, and has been known to use
twitter @josephkern.

LOPSA-NJ is an organization in New Jersey formed to transfer
professional knowledge among system administrators. LOPSA-NJ is not
affiliated with any particular hardware or software vendor or company.

Everyone is invited!