Michael Carano

Experience

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  Federal Reserve Bank

  Jan 1987 - Mar 2004

  Assistant Vice President

  Business Continuity Officer - Successfully established a Business Continuity Office in 2002 to manage risk for the Seventh Federal Reserve District. Strategic Planning and PMO Officer - Reorganized corporate planning, measurement and reporting, and project management standards.IT Division Manager - Managed software development and support for IBM, NT and UNIX processing platforms.Group Leader - Software development for Fedwire and related payment and settlement systems.

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  ABN AMRO / LaSalle Bank

  Mar 2004 - Mar 2008

  Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Continuity Officer

  Chief Privacy Officer - Coordinated and integrated the privacy efforts of ABN AMRO North America, including LaSalle Bank, to safeguard nonpublic personal information, in any form, from unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure or use.Chief Continuity Officer - Led the effort to establish a North American business continuity management function to coordinate Crisis Management, Business Process Recovery and Technology Recovery plans..

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  Carano Consulting LLC

  Apr 2008 - Jul 2013

  Principal

  Revitalize corporate emergency preparedness by bringing together crisis management and communications, business process recovery and technology recovery under one cohesive program that ensures the organization can effectively respond to emergencies. Develop Information Security Programs to safeguard customer and employee information, in any form, from unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure or use.

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  Cook County Government

  Jul 2013 - May 2015

  Continuity of Government

  Develop and implement a continuity of government program for Cook County operations.

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  ChicagoFIRST

  May 2015 - now

  Develop operational strategies and programs for ChicagoFIRST, a pioneering association of Chicago-area firms dedicated to addressing homeland security, business continuity, physical security and cyber security issues by coordinating plans and communications among critical private sector entities and local, state, and federal government agencies. Affiliations include:- Co-Chair of the Chicago Public Private Task Force with Executive Director of Chicago OEMC;- Executive Committee of Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council;- Steering Committee of US Secret Service Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force. Show less

  • Officer of the Board

    Feb 2019 - now

  • Executive Director

    May 2015 - Feb 2019