BIOGRAPHIES

Les Junge – Executive Consultant

Les Junge has over 35 years experience in management and business continuity planning. He has worked with several public and private organizations in completing homeland security assessments and business continuity, continuity of operations, All-Hazard Mitigation Plans, strategic plans. He has also designed and developed multiple HSEEP exercises.

Mr. Junge developed Hazard Mitigation Plans for Maury County, TN, Anderson County, TN, Anoka County MN, and Giles County, TN.  All plans have been approved by FEMA with minimal changes. In all counties, except Anoka County, he conducted public meetings and facilitated the committee meetings for multi-jurisdictional all-hazard Mitigation Plans. With Anoka County Mr. Junge managed the entire project remotely. Managing the data collection process, facilitating the mitigation strategy development and crafting the plan. Mr. Junge has completed multiple COOP/COG projects in Alabama and North Carolina. He conducted the Homeland Security Assessment and Strategy assessment for several Alabama counties, following the Office for Domestic Preparedness guidelines.  Mr. Junge has facilitated numerous strategic planning sessions including public safety and emergency management strategic planning sessions.

Most recently Mr. Junge has assisted in the design, development and facilitation of major exercises for Autauga, Marshall and Mobile counties in Alabama

In addition to planning expertise, Mr. Junge has experience with capital financing for data centers and information technology and implementation of large mainframe and server systems during his tenure with IBM, Sun Microsystems, AT&T Capital and Amdahl Corporation. With Amdahl and AT&T, Mr. Junge served the State of Florida and Federal Agencies. He has significant experience in developing technology and financial business cases to justify consolidating major data centers, multiple mainframes and UNIX servers.

Mr. Junge’s experience includes implementing the Malcolm Baldridge and Six Sigma quality processes. He is a Air Force veteran.

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Steve Woronoff – SMARTT  Solutions Inc. President

Steve Woronoff of Lowgap, Virginia, has worked in the human resources field for the past thirty years.  In August of 1999, he founded SMARTT Solutions, Inc.  SMARTT  (Successfully Maximizing All Resources Through Training) Solutions, Inc., is a Human Resource – based, global consulting company. 

His duties as President of SMARTT Solutions, Inc., provides clients with an array of human resource training programs that include teambuilding and leadership development as well as job description, policy review and employee handbook development and specializes in workmen’s compensation premium reviews and the development of business continuity plans for disaster preparedness. Steve has written over fifty business and government continuity plans for disaster preparedness within Virginia, South Carolina, Illinois, Minnesota, Alabama and West Virginia. 

Prior to SMARTT Solutions, Inc., in 1976, he began his corporate career with Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina working as a shift manager and then entering human resources.  In 1981, he began a five-year employment with Dan River, Inc., working as a Personnel Manager and Division Personnel Director.  That company dissolved in 1985 and he began work with Russell Corporation, Alexander City, Alabama as an Area Industrial Relations Manager and for the next sixteen years progressed within the organization relocating to Lowgap, Virginia in 1989 to become a human resource/training manager for Cross Creek Apparel, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Russell Corporation.

Steve obtained his Master’s Degree in Human Resources from Troy State University Montgomery, Alabama; and, a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. In July 2008, he begins studies to obtain a PhD in Strategic Leadership and Organizational Development through Carland University, Asheville, Virginia.

Presently Steve is involved with Rotary International; member of the Mount Airy Rotary Club for ten years, Boy Scouts of America; District Chairman for eleven years and now V.P. District Operations and Executive Board Member.

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Jim Kincaid - Senior Asset Manager / Certified Project Manager

Jim Kincaid is a Certified Project Manager and has over 36 years experience in management and working with and managing project teams on a variety of projects in the Telecommunications and Banking industries with emphasis on Information Systems equipment and software planning, budgeting, capacity planning, resource management, project management, data center operations, business continuity planning and disaster recovery plans.

Jim functioned as a consultant to the Wachovia Software License Asset Management team addressing requirements and documentation for Wachovia technology platforms.  He also managed the transition of software contracts and software issues resulting from the SouthTrust-Wachovia merger.

Jim represented Information Technology Operations on the project that defined the SouthTrust Vendor Management Process.  This process addressed business criticality, privacy risk, financial stability, business continuity, and information security.

He was the project manager on the team that defined, documented and implemented the SouthTrust Software Asset Management process.  This process addressed product selection, contract negotiations, and the lifecycle of software product contracts, primary roles of involved parties, invoice management, and product usage monitoring.  This process resulted in $2.8 million cost savings / cost avoidance during the first 4 years of implementation.

For 26 years with BellSouth Mr. Kincaid managed software development, Database support and peripheral equipment planning that provided support and equipment for 13 MVS Mainframe and Unix and Microsoft Server based Data Centers across the 7 States. 

Jim is a United States Air Force Veteran and retiree of Wachovia / SouthTrust Bank and AT&T / BellSouth

Bill Karl – EM Assist, Inc., President, Master Exercise Practitioner

Bill Karl is the Founder and President of EM Assist, Inc. and has over 29 years of experience in Emergency Management. EM Assist develops and markets EM support products including EM Assist©, an electronic library and gateway for Emergency Operations Centers

Most recently, Bill and EM Assist, Inc. have focused on the development, facilitation and evaluation of exercises including: A Full-scale Exercise for Mobile County, AL EMA, A School Shooter Exercise for Central Alabama Community College, A Functional Exercise for Marshall County, AL EMA, A Tabletop Exercise for Autauga County, AL EMA on school emergency preparedness and Two (2) exercises for Jefferson County, AL EMA.

Bill has developed revisions of the Emergency Operations Plans for the State of Alabama and nine (9) Alabama counties. He has received a Certificate of Appreciation from Governor Guy Hunt CSEEP support and a Certificate of Appreciation form Mobile Mayor Michael Dow for EM Instruction and Exercise design/facilitation.

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Bill has a track record in emergency management, assessment, planning and training.  Bill assisted the Department of Homeland Security in developing and teaching the Master Exercise Practitioners (MEP) Course He has trained more than 250 Customs and Border Protection Agents as MEP’s. He has also facilitated 38 functional exercises for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Healthcare Leadership and Decision Making Course.

With the United States Navy and FEMA, Bill managed the development of the Integrated Emergency Management Terrorism Course, developed the State Integrated Emergency Management Course and exercise development, facilitation and evaluation courses.

As an Emergency Manager in Pennsylvania, Bill participated in the response to and recovery from the “Three Mile Island Nuclear Incident”, developed the associated After Action Report, and Co-Authored the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Coordinator’s Handbook.

Bill’s accomplishments include management of FEMA’s National Emergency Training Center, multi-year project, which included research, analysis, and development of over 50 separate Emergency Management training programs, DOT and EPA Hazardous Material Contingency Planning Course and the FEMA Multi-Hazard Planning Course.

Richard Ellison, Sr. – Master Exercise Practitioner

Mr. Richard A. Ellison Sr. has over 34 years of law enforcement experience. He recently served as Chief Facilitator and Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) for the San Francisco Customs and Border Protection (CBP). He is Federal Emergency Management Agency certified and currently serves as and Instructor for FEMA MEP classes. He has served as a participant, controller, facilitator, and observer in major exercises conducted by Federal agencies i.e. Port STEP conducted by UNITECH and TSA, Safe Port conducted by the United States Coast Guard, an operation at Oakland Airport conducted by TSA, and three Continuation of Operation Program (COOP) exercises conducted by the Federal Executive Board.

Most recently, Mr. Ellison has assisted in the development, conduct and evaluation of exercises to include:

·         School Shooter Exercise for Central Alabama Community College

·         Functional Exercise for Marshall County, AL EMA

·         Tabletop Exercise for Autauga County, AL EMA on school emergency preparedness

In 2005, Mr. Ellison was selected to head up a team of MEPs to conduct an Avian Flu Pandemic Tabletop Exercise in Washington, DC, for senior mangers of CBP. As Chief Facilitator in the San Francisco Field Office, he led a team to develop and conduct at least one exercise per quarter. In 2002 Mr. Ellison worked on the Container Security Initiative (CSI) Antwerp, Belgium and served on the 2002 Winter Olympics security team responsible for running background research on all traffic in and out of Salt Lake City.

Mr. Ellison has led exercises related to terrorist activities and natural disasters including Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Lethal amounts of Hoof-and-Mouth Disease, Anthrax and Pandemics. Each of these exercise were conducted multiple times for more than 200 CBP employees and 100 or more members of other Federal and Local Agencies. Mr. Ellison also served as Chief Inspector of the Enforcement Branch for U.S. Customs in San Francisco, California. During that time his branch made the largest heroin seizure in U.S. history on May 20, 1991 consisting of 1084 pounds of pure China White Heroin. Mr. Ellison was a regional operation officer with U.S. Customs in Los Angeles, California, where he was responsible for all enforcement programs for the Pacific Region, covering the ports of San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Anchorage, and Honolulu. This included the Canine Enforcement teams. As an Operations Officer he was selected to evaluate the Saudi Arabian canine program for the Saudi Government.

Melody L. Scott – Consultant

A veteran in the consulting industry, Melody Lawrence Scott has directed research, consulting and grant related activities for a variety of different companies, state governments and educational and non-profit institutions across multiple industry sectors. Dr. Scott has assisted organizations in realizing strategic and financial goals and in acquiring key information needed to assist in making effective organizational decisions.  She has worked for national market research firms, for-profit corporations, and for a myriad of healthcare and educational institutions before starting her own firm in 1996. Today, she owns her own consulting firm with offices in Tennessee and Alabama and works with a myriad of clients nationwide.

Her recent client lists includes Mobile County Alabama Emergency Management Agency, the Alabama Teachers Union, Lifecare Management Services, the Texas Governor’s Commission for Women, the University of Florida, Texas Health Resources, The National Institute for the Prevention of Violence, Project Matthew, the Greater Dallas Community Relations Commission and iPlenus Bioinformatic Technologies.

Dr. Scott’s most recent consulting work in Emergency Management includes preparation for and participation in the Mobile County, AL EMA's full scale RDD exercise and the FEMA EMI Cat 5 Hurricane Training. This exposure and other consulting within the agency has prompted her to seek another Masters degree in Emergency Management and plans to follow it with a Masters in Homeland Security and a second Ph.D. in one or both of these disciplines. She is also currently working on an article for publication about personal responsibility before, during and after a disaster with Dr. Thomas Phelan, President of Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc. and author of Emergency Management and Tactical Response Operations: Bridging the Gap.