Geary W. Sikich
Principal
Logical Management Systems, Corp.
219-922-7718 Office ? 312-320-2286 Cellular
gsikich@logicalmanagement.com or g.sikich@att.net
Website: www.logicalmanagement.com

Areas of Expertise:

Development of business strategies, resolution of high profile business issues, strategy mapping, organizational change and transition management, crisis management; continuity and disaster recovery planning; intelligence studies; human intelligence; security; counter-terrorism; supply chain continuity, competitive intelligence analysis.

Highlights:

US Army Intelligence Officer ? Designer of US Army National Training Center (NTC)

Strategic Resilience Planning, Enterprise Assurance Planning, Business Continuity and Crisis Management expert

Principal of global business strategies, continuity planning and enterprise assurance solution provider Background Information:

Mr. Sikich leads Logical Management Systems, Corp.?s enterprise assurance, strategic mapping, crisis management, continuity and disaster recovery consulting services. Geary is an impact-based planning expert. His client list spans private sector industries and public sector entities at all levels. He has consulted with organizations in healthcare (Health Care Service Corporation, Abbott Laboratories); in information technology and telecommunications (Motorola, Avaya); in financial services (American Express, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Wells Fargo, Discover Financial Services, World Bank); and in a variety of other industries such as transportation (Greater Orlando Airport Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, Illinois Central Railroad), utilities (Nicor Gas, Idaho Power Company, ComEd, Leclade Gas); heavy industry (US Steel Group, Inland Steel, CF Industries, Liquid Carbonic Industries); energy (Amoco, Mobil Oil Corporation, UNOCAL, Sun Company, Triton Energy, Agip Nigeria, Ltd., Texaco Latin America/West Africa, Shell Nigeria, Chevron Nigeria); as well as Government of Ontario, City of East Chicago, Indiana, Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resources, Wackenhut, Aon Services Company, American Petroleum Institute, The Field Museum of Chicago, University of California Berkley, George Washington University, and others. Geary focuses his consulting practice on impact-based Strategic Planning, Managing Emerging Technologies, and Strategic Decision Support and Knowledge Management Systems.

Prior to his career in management consulting, Geary developed a broad base of experience in business strategy and management with the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer. He has a B.S. in Criminology from Indiana State University, M.Ed. in Counseling and Guidance from the University of Texas at El Paso. Geary speaks at industry conferences worldwide, and has been a guest lecturer at Northwestern University?s Kellogg School of Management, the University of Nevada Reno, George Washington University, University of California Berkley and Norwich University.

His main research interests are in the areas of organizational strategy, decision theory, managerial decision making, and risk management technologies. He has written over 200 academic and applied papers which have appeared in journals ranging from the John Liner Review to Continuity Insights to Supply & Demand Chain Executive. His first book It Can?t Happen Here: All Hazards Crisis Management Planning (PennWell Publishing, 1993) received an extensive profile in Disaster Recovery Journal and Disaster Resource Guide. He wrote The Emergency Management Planning Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 1994) which discusses decision making in crises situations (profiled in Contingency Planning & Management). This book was translated into Spanish in 1995 and has received accolades from Spanish speaking continuity planners throughout the world. He wrote Integrated Business Continuity, Maintaining Resilience in Uncertain Times (PennWell Publishing 2003) focusing on integrating strategic, operational and tactical aspects of continuity planning. His latest book is Protecting Your Business in a Pandemic: Plans, Tools, and Advice for Maintaining Business Continuity, (Praeger Publishing 2008) focuses on the potential economic consequences of a pandemic and how to keep your business in business.

Mr. Sikich is recognized internationally as a speaker and symposium leader, having developed executive level courses on crisis management; high profile continuity issues; vulnerability; risk and threat assessment; regulatory compliance; supply chain business continuity, terrorism and workplace violence prevention, having developed and validated over 2,000 plans and conducted over 250 seminars and workshops throughout the world.