Episode 25 - Corporate Emergency Manager Ryan Caughill Discusses Crisis Management and Buffalo Blizzard of December 2022

Introduction

Ryan Caughill is an experienced Technology Disaster Recovery and Crisis Manager for M&T Bank. Additionally, Ryan is the Director of the Buffalo Naval Park Office of Disaster Management & Preparedness, an all-volunteer position. Ryan is a volunteer with the Sullivans Division and Training Ship Little Rock of the US Naval Sea Cadet Corps in Buffalo, NY where he is in year 15 and currently serves as the Operations Officer. As the Ops Officer he has worked to introduce disaster preparedness to the 10-18 year old cadets through the establishment of the annual Horizon Guardian exercise which involves NYS, Erie County (NY), and the US Coast Guard. While he has spent a minimal amount of time in the field, he has activated for disasters such as Hurricane Ian, the 2023 Northeast Flooding, and the Blizzard of 2022, of which he was helping mange the impact as it occurred right outside his window, trapping him for 9 days. Ryan graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Technology in 2020 with a BS in Emergency Management and a minor in communications.

Key positions:

- Assistant Vice-President, M&T Bank Crisis Management Office

- Director, Buffalo Naval Park Office of Disaster Management & Preparedness

- Lieutenant Junior Grade, US Naval Sea Cadet Corps

Contact Information:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-caughill-6a1439129/

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