Your RIE-SWO Executive

 

 

Mike Fiorino is President of RIE-SWO.


Mike is BCM Relationship Manager with the Enterprise BCM Group at TD Bank, based in London, Ontario.

He has held various Project and BCM / DR related positions in the bank since 1989, spending the past 9 years with the TD Enterprise Business  Continuity team where his focus is on providing BC tool training, analytics, guidance and advice to internal TD Bank Business Units on business continuity planning and testing, along with Incident / Crisis Management, Governance and BC Strategies. 
Mike is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and has been a member of RIE-SWO since 2007.

Mike can be reached at  president@rie-swo.org 

Kim Sachau is Treasurer of RIE-SWO and a past-president.

Kim is Business Continuity Manager at MCAP in Kitchener, Ontario. She holds the Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) designation from DRI Canada and the MBCI certification from the Business Continuity Institute. Kim served as President of RIE-SWO from 2008 to 2015.

Kim Sachau is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, obtained while on the Six Sigma Team at GE Information Technology Solutions (ITS) prior to joining the Disaster Recovery Team as a consultant in 2001. As a consultant, Kim has assisted clients with their BIA’s, plan Development, testing and maintenance etc.

Kim can be reached at  treasurer@rie-swo.org 
 

        Membership Director




The Membership Director role of RIE-SWO is currently vacant.

Kim Sachau is acting Membership Director until this role is filled.

If you are interested in applying for this position, send us an email with your bio information to  membership@rie-swo.org

 

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Shanda Chronowich is Secretary of RIE-SWO.

Shanda is a Senior Manager, Business Continuity at opentext. She has over 20 years experience focused solely on business continuity and emergency management. Shanda has worked extensively with various organizations in business continuity, crisis management and emergency management, with public and private sector clients across a variety of industries.

Prior to working at opentext, Shanda worked at MNP,  was the National Practice Lead for Business Resilience at Protiviti, the Director of Business Continuity at Resolve Corporation, Manager at PwC, and Manager of BCP for Fidelity Investments Canada.

Shanda can be reached at  secretary@rie-swo.org


Pam de Boer is Program (including Session) Director of RIE-SWO.

Pam has been working in the insurance / related industries for over 42 years. She has worked for insurance companies, as a broker and for a restoration contractor.  Her last role was National Continuing Education Director, in education, her passion. Currently Pam is working part-time for a Specialty Insurance Company, PREMIER, in a strategic relations role. She also teaches for the Insurance Institute and is currently embarking on a journey of entrepreneurship allowing her more time to travel (another passion!)

Pam is Past President of the Toronto Insurance Women's Association, sat on the Board for the Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Foundation and holds the Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional (FCIP) and Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designations along with various Sales, Technical & Leadership Development skills certifications. A lifelong learner, she is excited to serve on the RIE-SWO executive.

Pam can be reached at  programming@rie-swo.org


 


Diana Ramirez Murillo is Publicity Director of RIE-SWO.

Diana is a Manager in the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program at Canada Life. She contributes to the design and oversight of the enterprise wide (Lifeco) BCM Framework. Her focus is leading the Business Continuity Planning Pillar performing oversight functions and  developing methodologies & continuous improvement activities for all Canada Life the regions.

Diana joined Canada Life in 2016 after 10 years of experience in Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Information Technology in various sectors. Diana is a Systems Engineer, Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP) and ISO 22301 Lead Auditor.
 
Diana can be reached at  publicity@rie-swo.org

         



               Vice-President





 


The Vice-President of RIE-SWO is currently vacant.

If you are interested in applying for this position, send us an email to  publications@rie-swo.org  with your bio information


 

Reena Patel is a Publications Director of RIE-SWO.

Reena is a Senior Consultant with MNP’s Enterprise Risk Services Group with more than five years of Enterprise Risk experience. She is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and holds a Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designation. 

She has specialized knowledge and experience in the areas of Business Resilience and Internal Audit. Reena has cross-industry expertise that includes working with boards, agencies, ministries, municipalities, schools, financial institutions, energy sector firms, private companies and first nations communities.

Reena can be reached at  publications@rie-swo.org

James M. (Jim) Loyer is a Publications Director of RIE-SWO.

Jim is retired, having last served as Manager, Business Continuity for Spectra Energy Limited (now Enbridge Inc.)  

He holds MBA and Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degrees from the University of Windsor, a CBCP from DRI Canada and a Masters Certificate in IT Project Management from George Washington University.

Jim is also past Board Chair, YMCAs Across Southwestern Ontario, past associate professor at the University of Windsor, past full-time instructor at St. Clair College, past Race Director for Triathlon Ontario and past President, the Association for Systems Management - Chatham chapter.  Jim is a certified Master Official for Swim Ontario / Swimming Canada.

Jim can be reached at  publications@rie-swo.org

 



       Sponsorship Director




 

The Sponsorship Director role of RIE-SWO is currently vacant.

The Sponsorship Director can be reached at  sponsorship@rie-swo.org



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Tom Shebrek is past President of RIE-SWO.

Tom is currently AVP Business Continuity, Crisis and Operational Risk Management at Canadian Tire & has been in the fields of Emergency & Risk Management, BCP and DR for more than 15 years. He has instructed at York University and Mohawk College. In addition to leading his own company, Advanced Resilience International (ARI), Tom has held senior positions at Walmart, RIM / Blackberry and Sun Life Financial.

Tom co-chairs the Private Sector Partnership Working Group supporting Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (sanctioned by the United Nations).
 

 

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