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Doug Weldon – Managing Director and Principal Consultant, Vigilant Services Group – Doug has earned a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Washington State University. His career spans more than twenty-five years, primarily in the telecommunications industry, including extensive assignments at AT&T and Telcordia Technologies. In the course of many diverse projects, Doug has gained extensive background in IT and Network services development and operations, process quality management, business development, program/project management, and business management to add to expert level achievements in the Risk Assessment, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, as well as Data Backup and Recovery disciplines. In AT&T, Doug managed the largest business continuity operations in the world including the recovery operations for both AT&T’s global commercial Network and internal IT operations. At Telcordia, he managed the Y2K Contingency Planning and later the e-commerce Business Continuity practices. At Vigilant, Doug has lead additional e-commerce projects including engagements supporting several leading-edge ASPs/ISPs, healthcare and financial industry clients, and government enterprise customers. Doug has received certification as a Business Continuity Planner from the Disaster Recovery Institute. He has also been awarded a U.S. Patent in remote electronic vaulting.