ABOUT ME
Daman Dev Sood
I am a Professor of Practice (Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh), Multiple BCI Awards winner (Continuity & Resilience Contributor India and South Asia, Global winner 2021, Continuity & Resilience Contributor Middle East 2020- and Global Finalist, Merit Award Global 2012, Business Continuity Manager India 2009), DRII Lifetime Achievement Award Finalist (2021, 2022, 2024), ILAs’ Global Outstanding Leadership Award 2021, I am ex- BCM Head of Steria UK. I remained a BCI Approved Instructor since 2012 (for over 10 years) and am a member of the BCI’s Speakers Bureau. I teach and consult in BCM (NCEMA 7000/ ISO 22301) and related domains. I have served a lot of Govt sector customers, and also those in Energy/ Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, IT, Banking, Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Automobile, Pharma, Real Estate, Marine, Trading, Telecom, Aviation, Media, Power etc. I am Qualified Independent Director (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India scheme).
I hold over 38 and over 18 years’ experience in the industry and the Resilience domains, respectively. I hold a mix of experience as Practitioner, Trainer, Consultant, Auditor, and Assessor. I have authored and published 10 books (available globally).
I have held many executive level posts like Vice President, CIO, COO, Practice Head, Board Member, Program Director, Professor of Practice, Training Consultant etc. I have had experience of budget management, goal setting, performance monitoring, generating new ideas, and taking initiatives.
I am the Director of my OPC (one person company).
I look forward to helping my clients impact more lives and create greater profits, with my top 10 skills:
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Open mind to learning forever (which includes sharing as well).
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Emotionally strong (for which physical strength matters a lot).
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Communication (two way) – I have recently attempted practicing non-violent communication.
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Reasonable and practicable.
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Care for people.
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Being decisive (take a decision and own it).
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Celebrating success (every little matters).
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Taking Initiative and being Innovative (every little matters).
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Possibility thinker (I picked this up from Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do! – but difficult to practice).
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Honesty/ Integrity (may mean two different words – just combining to stay within 10).
I am a Fellow of BCI, an Ex Fellow of BCS, ex Member of AIMA, Life Member of CSI. I do multiple activities with IEEE:
a) Chair PR & P Standing Committee
b) Ambassador in India
c) Senior Member
d) Execom Member Delhi Section
e) Past Chair - CS Chapter, Delhi Section
f) Member Champion – India MOVE Partner Relations Committee
I am a movie maker on social causes.
I am associated with multiple entities to mentor the beginners and the experienced ones:
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Mentorkart India (https://mentorkart.com/) as Mentor (to help in nurturing personal and professional growth)
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CamAWiSE UK (https://camawise.org.uk/) as Mentor
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Udayan Care as Mentor