Key Members of Our Team
Our Team is dedicated to serving the Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR) and Crisis Management (CM) markets and brings best practices and new thinking to this business.
XBRM is committed to defining our practice as one that integrates BC, DR and CM experts together and distinguishes itself by providing the human factors in business continuity and crisis planning and management.
Joseph Baskin: Joe is a proven leader in the technology aspects of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) & Disaster Recovery (DR). His strength in information assurance and security is evidenced by his CISSP and SANS – GISP certifications, membership in the FBI’s InfraGuard program, as well as his Level III Certification in Homeland Security. Joe has worked in the New York SUNY college system, HealthCare and the Legal fields. He leads a team of specialist that includes substantial experience in the following technologies: UNIX, Microsoft, Cisco, VMWare, SonicWALL Certified Network Engineers and Certified Ethical Hackers (CEH).
Steven M. Crimando, MA, BCETS, Steve has more than 20 years experience in disaster planning, consulting and training. Steven is Managing Director of Extreme Behavioral Risk Management. He is a clinician and educator specialized in crisis intervention, disaster recovery, and traumatic event response. He has been conferred the status of Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress. He also holds Level III Certification in Homeland Security through the American College of Forensic Examiners International, where he serves as the Vice Chairman for the Division of Forensic Counseling.
He is a member of the FBI’s InfraGuard program and serves as a consultant and trainer for the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Emergency Management Agency and United Nations. He has served as faculty member at the Rutgers University Center for Management Development and Fairleigh Dickinson University graduate program in Management of Organizational Behavioral.
Ms. Michael C. Redmond, CEM, FBCI, MBCP, MBA, PhDc, is a Board Certified Psychoneurologist (Crisis Psychology) and CEO of Redmond Worldwide, Inc., an International Consulting Company. She is a Certified Business Recovery Planner; Certified Emergency Manager; and holds two International Master Level Certifications in Business Continuity. She is also a graduate of Command & General Staff College out of Fort Leavenworth. Furthermore, she has completed the Civil Affairs courses in the School for Special Warfare, which encompasses planning in various political and cultural environments.
She’s been as an Adjunct Professor for Emergency Management and Business Continuity Management at New York University and the Masters program at John Jay College. M. Redmond has also served on the Boards of the New York Chapter for Association of Contingency Planners, Contingency Planners Association and NY Chapter of the Communications & Electronics Association.
Jeffrey A. Sherow, Jeffrey has over 20 years experience including large scale Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery planning and implementation experience. He led the teams responsible for building out NYC.gov’s disaster recovery site and developing the Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery plans for the one of the largest agencies of the State of New Jersey.
Marv Wainschel, McWains Chelsea, a leading provider of business resiliency services, is a partner of XBRM. McWains Chelsea has been engaged by numerous Fortune 500 companies who value McWains’ for their work in quality-driven planning which reflects years of creative thought and expertise.
McWains Chelsea is led by Marv Wainschel. Marv has received the IDRA Achievement Award for professional contributions and service towards the general advancement of Contingency Planning and his book, Knowledge at Risk, is regarded by many as the most comprehensive treatment of business continuity concepts in the industry.
