Jan Decker

PO Box 1127	(253) 261-2704 Primary
Sumner, WA 98390
	jan.decker@comcast.net

 

Summary of Qualifications

A Business and Organizational Consultant with expertise in the field of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, Business Continuity and Academic/Higher Education Recovery, supported by IT system program support, sales and marketing of products and services.  Exceptional ability to develop and deliver executive level crisis leadership consulting with public, private, academic and NGO organizations.   Full organization business resilience program implementation.  High energy, engaging leadership style and a well rounded consultant skill-set with the ability to communicate to the depth and breadth of the organization.

Key Accomplishments

Designed and Facilitated Executive Trainings with Fortune 500 companies – Table Top Crisis Exercises.

 

Co-Authored the e-INFOman EOC and Crisis Management Incident SharePoint Configuration – brought to market with a 50% competitive margin against the closest competitor

 

Developed and implemented the Comprehensive Emergency Plan for 3 County Governments

 

20 Years of Project Management, Implementation, Training, and with US and International Companies in Crisis/Emergency Management, Business Continuity and Safety

Professional Experience

 

NohBell Corporation: www.nohbell.com                        6/2010- Present

Vice President, Sales and Services e-INFOman software

Co-author, design and sales, implementation of e-INFOman© configuration software for public agency emergency management.  Integrates the Microsoft Office toolset (InfoPath, Word, Excel, PPT) with the SharePoint platform for multiple concurrent users for planning and crisis response.  Business process subject matter expert for all positions/functions and lead trainer for customer implementation in using and understanding the software.

       Sales and Marketing with a proof of concept to customers to introduce the SharePoint alternatives to expensive commercial software products.

       Co-Author and testing of business processes to meet federal regulations and Homeland Security Program Requirements . 

       Sales and Marketing to the public agency market – successful sale and implementation to a county government.

       Continued development for the private sector/higher education/health care market.

       Product Evangelist bringing this new concept and clever configuration to the market to supplant expensive closed systems

Crisis Management Consulting: www.crisismanagementconsulting.com                 6/1997- Present

 

Independent Consultant and Business Owner for Crisis Management

Established a private firm/small business and engaged on professional contracted services with Fortune 500 companies and organizations, international companies, and many public and private sector agencies – $ 1 million in projects and services

       Met customer project requirements, US Department of Homeland Security Program implementations, developed proven business processes and work systems to support the full Emergency Operations Center management and sustained operations

       Implemented crisis management programs horizontally and vertically in companies, including the Weyerhaeuser Company (1995- 2004), University of Washington – (2001 – 2009), Yamano Gakuen (Tokyo, Japan) (2004-2008), Progress Energy (2007-2008)

       National distributor for WebEOC© – EOC software systems – sold and implemented 15 systems in 3 years.

       Developed video training programs and produced commercial training videos for business and industry.

       Provided contracted services to James Lee Witt Associates, NohBell Corporation, Anteon, and  local firms

       Provided business management, risk threat and vulnerability studies, incident response capability assessment, executive training, management level training, functional training, and federal exercise evacuation services to over 50 clients in 13 years – many clients with multi-year projects

 

Professional Consulting with Dames & Moore (now URS) and EQE International (now ABS Consulting):  2/1990 – 6/1997

 

Consultant and Senior Group Manager

Established new services in emergency management and crisis management with the Risk Engineering teams in seismic, all weather and security hazards.

       Brought in over 1 million dollars in projects

       Managed 100K and higher management projects

       Developed new product deliverables

       Established service level standards for emergency plans and training

       Integrated management services with engineering design to reduce customer down time and speed recovery

San Diego County Office of Emergency Management:  11/1985-2/1990

 

Operations Officer and Consultant to Cities and Special Districts

Managed emergency preparedness programs for the County Government, support and staff work for elected officials, county officials, liaison to the private sector and consulting services to the participating agencies

 

       Successful plans, training programs, interoperable communication systems, joint powers agreements, grant programs, and program management for 5 years – response and recovery to earthquakes, fires, severe weather, civil disturbances, IT system failure, international border issues, homeless shelters and various incidents and situations

       Established the original Earthquake Preparedness Public Education Program – was awarded a special proclamation from the SD County Board of Supervisors for the effectiveness of the program

Education & Certification

Bachelor of Business Administration

University of  Redlands

Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Certified Train the Trainer

Various FEMA Certifications associated with the National Incident Management System (NIMS)