Brian Zawada

Brian Zawada is Chief Strategy Officer for Castellan Solutions, a firm specializing in resilience management program design, implementation and continual improvement. Brian has over 25 years' experience managing and building world-class, global resilience management programs. Prior to his time at Castellan, he served as Head of the U.S. Delegation to ISO Technical Committee 223, the authors of ISO 22301. Brian is a frequent author and speaker, currently serving on the Editorial Advisory Board of Continuity Insights magazine. Brian previously served as the Business Continuity Institute U.S. Chapter Board President and as President of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners. Brian is certified as a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute. In 2020, he published his first book, The Business Continuity Operating System. Brian is a two-time Lifetime Achievement award winner from CIR (2021) and BCI.