Robert J. Burkhart
Principal: ACCTTS-LLC (est. 2001)
& Future Thought Leadership Institute

LCDR, USNR-Ret.
(MBCP – Pending)

Professional
Summary ::

Demonstrated capabilities in Information Resource Protection and
Risk Management programs with emphasis on business system productivity,
quality, information security improvement & operational continuity assurance:

• Senior management briefings on electronic commerce protection issues.
• Managing cross-functional business risk assessment task teams for:
- Business information system control and protection requirements.
– Business resumption preparation and exercise planning or assessments.
• Developing & implementing integrated information systems and networks.
• Evaluating & selecting computer/communications equipment & software.
• Leading business system conversion & acceptance testing project teams.

Professional “Mindshifting” Experience:

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SOLUTIONS, Inc. as Senior Program Manager, 1999-2005

Ø Piloted ACCTTS / CyberCrime Fighter Ventures: Institute for Future Thought Leadership
Information Safeguards, Presponse Systems, Integrated Protection Consulting Services, and Synera Solutions Decision Support Programs. University of Hawaii – HICSS-34 Tutorial (www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_34/tutorials.htm#t15)

Pre-Y2K Projects as Independent Senior Project Manager, 1998-1999

Ø Coordinated information services business continuity planning
and recovery team testing for a regional western states auto insurance carrier.
Result: More reliable customer relationship management (CRM)
and ‘warm site’ implementation budget using mindshift methods.

Ø Co-developed and delivered business continuity “team tutoring”
for a global (Upper Midwest-based) mortgage financial services firm.
Result: Fast-track development of integrated business continuity plans for eight facilities.

Ø Passed written examination from Disaster Recovery Institute
as a certified business continuity planning & “hassle eliminator!”
Result: Application pending for “official” designation
as certified Master Business Continuity Planner (MBCP).

THE SECURITY BOARD & ECip, Ltd. as Senior Consultant & Principal, 1992-1998

Ø Managed team implementation of client electronic data interchange [EDI] capabilities.
Result: enabled improved customer service and order management integrity.

Ø Conducted electronic evidence recovery and discovery analysis for litigation support.
Result: provided expert witness testimony leading to civil damage awards over $250,000.

Ø Facilitated annual review of business security quality for new state agency.
Result: established self-directed testing program to find and fix operational problems.

Ø Evaluated security management practices for multi-state financial services business.
Result: developed functional reorganization plans for client adaptation and implementation.

INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS as Information Systems Audit Manager, 1987-1991

Ø Supported corporate and division management in redistributing centralized information services and new applications to independent operating units. Advised & trained 20 MIS managers and controllers to specify effective business system controls.

Introduced information systems management control profiles for self-assessment. Evaluated purchased software package acceptance testing practices.
Result: advance consideration of business system control requirements without need to retrofit revisions for estimated annual $100,000 savings.

Ø Implemented procedures to evaluate and improve administrative controls and to help ensure consistent information protection practices for automated accounting applications.
Result: expanded coverage from 3 to 10 headquarters and 17 distribution centers
while staffing level remained constant.

HONEYWELL INCORPORATED,

Corporate Information Management (CIM) Division Planning Specialist, 1983-1986

Ø Launched an Information Security Awareness Program (ISAP) for ten North American operating units. Supported program implementation projects as an internal information protection consultant and facilitator.
Result: introduced and improved information risk management methods to help protect parent firm’s public image and its sensitive commercial (non-defense) information assets.

Ø Directed successful efforts to combine business information services contingency response preparation into a multi-division shared back up and exercise or testing facility.
Result: saved $250,000 annually by establishing a shared facility for back-up and testing.

PEAVEY/CONAGRA as EDP Audit Supervisor, 1978-1982

Ø Contributed as a special corporate task team member to planning, requirements definition,
and effective conversion of major information system applications.
Result: ensured timely completion to support strategic alliance with ConAgra in Omaha, NB.

Ø Jointly developed corporate accounting application control, testing team
and system acceptance process using emerging software quality assurance practices.
Result: avoided major expense and conversion delays by timely replacement
of critical business systems.

ST. LOUIS PARK MEDICAL CENTER as Data Management Administrator/EDP Manager and Healthcare Quality Assurance Program Decision Support Project Manager, 1977-1978

Ø Managed application portfolio and processing operations for outpatient services,
healthcare maintenance organization and research foundation special projects.

Ø Supported board’s MD Systems Committee in developing strategic information services plans.

GENERAL MILLS CHEMICALS, Inc. as Manager, Systems Planning and Control &
Lead Systems Analyst, 1972-1977

Ø Designed, developed and delivered applications for inventory management, freight tracking, product costing and margin management. Implemented corporate programs for independent operating units that launched & improved information systems audit and control practices.

GENERAL MILLS, Inc. as Internal Auditor & EDP Audit Specialist, 1966 & 1972

Ø Member of field auditing team at manufacturing plant locations and flour division operations.

Ø Designed and delivered initial corporate financial applications audit & Ops control reviews.

Education:	Ø Masters Degree in Information Science, University of Hawaii (Manoa) Ø Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, University of Kansas (Lawrence) Ø Completed Mini-MSDD at University of St. Thomas, 1992

Military:	Ø U.S. Naval Reserve (Lieutenant Commander, Retired :: Dec-1981) Ø Special Projects – Reserve Systems Analysis Division – BuPers [HRS Usability Evals] & CNA [Human Factors Ops Research] Ø Information Systems (ADP) Plans Officer - Command, Control & Communications with Current Ops Intel (C4I Pilot) Ø Ocean Surveillance Data Base Administration / Management Led both Software Quality & Product Integrity Assurance Teams Ø Naval Data Center and Communication Network Supervisor [Pacific Fleet Operations at Kunia, Hawaii] Ø Nominal Officer-in-Charge of “Virtual Team Tactics” with off-shore Trimaran Team Training (T3) Exercises Ø USS Cimarron [AO22] Command Duty Officer (CDO), Deck Department Gunnery Officer & Officer of Deck (OOD)

Professional

Associations:

Ø Business Continuity Planners Association @ www.bcpa.org -
Advisory and Program Director (1995)

Ø Midwest Electronic Crime Investigators / F.A.C.T. & www.WACCI.org Member – Founding Board Director and Advisory Director (2000)

Ø Minnesota InfraGard Member – Executive Planning Committee Collaborator

Ø Minnesota Information Professional Society – MnIPS Mentorship Vision 2005

Ø Association for Systems Management – Earned Achievement Award in 1991 International Board of Directors; MnIPS Board Member/Secretary (2001+)

Ø Information Systems Audit and Control Association –
CAAT Pioneer / Prior Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
@ www.isaca.org

Ø Twin Cities e-Commerce Forum – Founding Steering Committee Co-Chair

Ø Telecommuting Association of Minnesota –
TAM97 Conference Program Team

Conferences
& Programs:

Ø CyberCrime Fighter Forum 2000 (March) :: University of St. Thomas Graduate Programs in Software with Midwest Electronic Crime Investigators Assoc.

Ø Crisis & Consequence Management Simulation Exercise Breakout Facilitator ::
August 2000 at University of Hawaii – Manoa Campus :: Honolulu, HI

Ø 34^th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences :: January 2001
Half-Day Mini-Tutorial on Practitioners Perspective on CyberCrime Fighting

Ø Minnesota InfraGard Chapter Executive Planning Committee Member & Liaison for MnIPS Mentorship Vision 2005

Ø Minnesota Information Professional Society :: November 2001 Dinner Meeting

Ø University of Minnesota MIS Research Center & Information Industry Initiative at Carlson School of Management at January 2002 Associates Program

Ø Capella University Online Guest Lecturer for CyberThreats to Enterprise Security during 2001-2002

Ø Interact Performance Systems :: Performance Problem Solving Facilitator

Ø CyberCrime Fighter Forum 2002 (March) :: Metro State University (MnSCU)
with Minnesota Futurists and Minnesota Information Professional Society

Ø MnSCU iTeach Conference 2002 Presentation on Blended Visual Learning

Ø ACM-SIGCHI :: CHIplace 2002 International Conference in Minneapolis, MN

Ø University Center Rochester MN LiNK 2002 :: Building a High Performance Workforce :: Best Practices in e-Learning

Ø Minnesota Federal Executive Board Homeland Security
:: Emergency Preparedness Workshops

Ø AASHTO :: FHWA Minnesota Emergency Transportation Operations Preparedness and Response Workshop :: 6-7 Aug 2003
FHWA :: MnDHSEM-MnDOT Metro Region Emergency Transportation Operations Preparedness and Response Workshop :: 3-4 Dec 2003

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Robert J. Burkhart Principal: ACCTTS-LLC (est. 2001) & Future Thought Leadership Institute

LCDR, USNR-Ret. (MBCP – Pending)

Professional Summary ::