Knowledge production as an enabler to effective organisational resilience

Author's Biography

Mike Blyth DBA, is the Chief Executive Officer for Sigma7 University. He has a doctorate in business administration with a focus on organisational resilience and a master’s in security and emergency management. His books ‘Security and Risk Management: Protecting People and Sites Worldwide’ and ‘Business Continuity Management: Building the Incident Management Plan’ are published by Wiley and Sons. He has worked in dynamic and high-risk scenarios in nearly 50 countries, and directly supports strategic resilience and crisis response efforts across a wide cross-section of sectors and industries.

Kevin Sluka is the Senior Director and Head of Global Business Resilience for Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies. He has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and business management certifications from Harvard and Northwestern University. Prior to Cognizant, he led global security in the Americas for Avon Products, Inc. He is a dynamic and results-driven leader with demonstrated accomplishments across all disciplines of security and resilience.

Andy Bassett is the Head of Global Travel Risk Management and Special Events Security at Airbnb. He is responsible for providing high-level strategic and tactical oversight for all Airbnb special events and travel risk management programmes. He has a postgraduate diploma and master’s degree in security risk management. He is a Board-Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Professional Certified Investigator (PCI), and Physical Security Professional (PSP) with the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International. He has more than 30 years of combined operational and security experience around the world in the military, private security, news media, nongovernmental organisations and tech sectors.

Ian Daniel is the Head of Security and Emergency Management for Norsk Hydro. A chartered security professional with a master’s in security and risk management, he has proven experience working in the government, nonprofit, oil and gas, mining and metal sectors. Skilled in delivering crisis and emergency management preparedness strategies and supportive training solutions, he is a seasoned professional who builds capability and resilience at all levels of an organisation across the fields of personal security, standards compliance and operational planning.

Matt Lowe is the Director of Environment, Health & Safety for Cruise LLC. Before Cruise, he spent roughly 15 years in leadership roles in corporate safety and security at companies such as Airbnb and Marvell Semiconductor, and as the founder and President of EHSS consulting firm Preventive Solutions, Inc. A Board-Certified Safety Professional for over ten years, he has helped clients design, operate, exercise and audit health and safety, sustainability and organisational resilience programmes. His experience encompasses multiple industries including tech, telecommunications, government organisations, construction and energy.

Kelly Frey is the Chief Operating Officer of Sigma7 University, a global leader of internationally certified instructor-led and digital training solutions. Holding a master’s degree in the science of nursing with a focus on adult learning, her professional experience spans multiple career fields, including the US Army in Iraq and Korea, healthcare in the USA, and the global resilience, security and training sector in Africa and the Middle East. She is a proven professional who seamlessly blends training design with business continuity expertise, leading high-profile and high-impact global projects for governmental, commercial and humanitarian organisations.