PandemicBuzz Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:35:28 -0500 https://www.wittobriens.com/ en-us © 2026 PandemicBuzz yes 185455a1-2288-5e39-8492-c22d69a9c338 Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's serial false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) pandemic, corona virus, covid-19, crisis management, business continuity, crisis communications Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's https://storage.buzzsprout.com/8h11823tvwi5imq0e5dsm6sf4krz?.jpg PandemicBuzz https://www.wittobriens.com/ PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Marti Skold-Jordan, Senior Manager Global Community Relations PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Marti Skold-Jordan, Senior Manager Global Community Relations Please join us for the fourth installment of ‘the Honeywell Sessions’ on PandemicBuzz. Marti Skold-Jordan, Senior Manager Global Community Relations; and Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, join host Devin Sirmenis to share Honeywell’s approach to extending resilience past the ‘corporation’ and in to the ‘community’ in which the company operates and resides. Marti and Guy share stories of relief programs and community relations efforts that demonstrate the tremendous amount of investment – of time, thought, consideration and passion – that make them impactful.

]]> Please join us for the fourth installment of ‘the Honeywell Sessions’ on PandemicBuzz. Marti Skold-Jordan, Senior Manager Global Community Relations; and Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, join host Devin Sirmenis to share Honeywell’s approach to extending resilience past the ‘corporation’ and in to the ‘community’ in which the company operates and resides. Marti and Guy share stories of relief programs and community relations efforts that demonstrate the tremendous amount of investment – of time, thought, consideration and passion – that make them impactful.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-8860548 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 01:00:00 -0400 1491 3 4 full false PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Mike Polich, Vice President Integrated Supply Chain Global Logistics PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Mike Polich, Vice President Integrated Supply Chain Global Logistics ‘the Honeywell Sessions’ take a turn to look at supply chain’s role and involvement in corporate resilience. Please join us for Season 3, Episode 3 of PandemicBuzz. Mike Polich, Vice President Integrated Supply Chain Global Logistics; and Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, join host Devin Sirmenis to share their thinking on approaches to centralization of supply chain processes; further integrating operations, supplier partners and the sourcing team; and how 90% of the work for digital solutions comes in building the master data at the elemental level. 

]]> ‘the Honeywell Sessions’ take a turn to look at supply chain’s role and involvement in corporate resilience. Please join us for Season 3, Episode 3 of PandemicBuzz. Mike Polich, Vice President Integrated Supply Chain Global Logistics; and Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, join host Devin Sirmenis to share their thinking on approaches to centralization of supply chain processes; further integrating operations, supplier partners and the sourcing team; and how 90% of the work for digital solutions comes in building the master data at the elemental level. 

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-8708710 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 01:00:00 -0400 941 3 3 full false PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Chase Carpenter, Chief Information and Product Security Officer PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Chase Carpenter, Chief Information and Product Security Officer Please join us for Season 3, Episode 2 of PandemicBuzz. ‘the Honeywell Sessions’ continue with Chase Carpenter, Chief Information and Product Security Officer, and Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, as they join host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on building an effective, global resilience program.

]]> Please join us for Season 3, Episode 2 of PandemicBuzz. ‘the Honeywell Sessions’ continue with Chase Carpenter, Chief Information and Product Security Officer, and Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, as they join host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on building an effective, global resilience program.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-8626833 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 01:00:00 -0400 1291 3 2 full false PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Guy Gryspeerdt, VP, Global Head of Business Resilience PandemicBuzz - 'the Honeywell Sessions' w/Guy Gryspeerdt, VP, Global Head of Business Resilience Season 3 of PandemicBuzz starts with ‘the Honeywell Sessions.’ Please join us for Episode 1 where Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on building an effective, global resilience program. This conversation takes place as the world moves into a period of the pandemic where glimpses of the finish line are coming into view on the distant horizon, in a grueling 12-month+ race now being run between ‘vaccination’ and ‘virus mutation’. 

]]> Season 3 of PandemicBuzz starts with ‘the Honeywell Sessions.’ Please join us for Episode 1 where Guy Gryspeerdt, VP and Global Head of Business Resilience, joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on building an effective, global resilience program. This conversation takes place as the world moves into a period of the pandemic where glimpses of the finish line are coming into view on the distant horizon, in a grueling 12-month+ race now being run between ‘vaccination’ and ‘virus mutation’. 

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-8426066 Wed, 05 May 2021 09:00:00 -0400 1991 3 1 full false PandemicBuzz: Special Edition - 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study PandemicBuzz: Special Edition - 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study S2 | E7  Please join us on this ‘special edition’ of PandemicBuzz with BC Management’s Managing Director of Talent Management & Program Analytics Cheyene Marling. Cheyene joins host Devin Sirmenis to talk about the launch of the 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study. New this year is the collaboration between BC Management and Witt O’Brien’s; an expansion of the question set across resilience disciplines (Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications, etc.); and, a more granular dive into program maturity driven by the inquisitive minds of seasoned practitioners. Information is provided on how to participate in the survey and gain access to the valuable data and insights it will provide.

]]> S2 | E7  Please join us on this ‘special edition’ of PandemicBuzz with BC Management’s Managing Director of Talent Management & Program Analytics Cheyene Marling. Cheyene joins host Devin Sirmenis to talk about the launch of the 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study. New this year is the collaboration between BC Management and Witt O’Brien’s; an expansion of the question set across resilience disciplines (Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications, etc.); and, a more granular dive into program maturity driven by the inquisitive minds of seasoned practitioners. Information is provided on how to participate in the survey and gain access to the valuable data and insights it will provide.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-5987170 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400 433 2 7 full false PandemicBuzz with Shell's Global Head of Crisis Management Carlo Parrado Curros PandemicBuzz with Shell's Global Head of Crisis Management Carlo Parrado Curros S2 | E6 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Shell’s Global Head of Crisis Management Carlo Parrado Curros. Carlo joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on Shell’s approach to managing the impacts of the global pandemic, lessons learned thus far, leadership, crisis management and communications in our Covid19 world. 

]]> S2 | E6 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Shell’s Global Head of Crisis Management Carlo Parrado Curros. Carlo joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on Shell’s approach to managing the impacts of the global pandemic, lessons learned thus far, leadership, crisis management and communications in our Covid19 world. 

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-4883054 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 01:00:00 -0400 1545 2 6 full false PandemicBuzz with Facebook's Global Head of Crisis Management Larry Cristini PandemicBuzz with Facebook's Global Head of Crisis Management Larry Cristini S2 | E5 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Facebook’s Global Head of Crisis Management Larry Cristini. Larry joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on leadership, crisis management and communications in our Covid19 world. 

]]> S2 | E5 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Facebook’s Global Head of Crisis Management Larry Cristini. Larry joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on leadership, crisis management and communications in our Covid19 world. 

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-4766870 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 01:00:00 -0400 1550 2 5 full false PandemicBuzz with MIT's Senior Lecturer Dr. Steve Goldman PandemicBuzz with MIT's Senior Lecturer Dr. Steve Goldman S2 | E4 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with MIT’s Senior Lecturer Dr. Steve Goldman. Steve joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on leadership, crisis management and business continuity in our Covid19 world. Our distinguished guest even gives our host an off-the-cuff ‘pop-quiz’.  

]]> S2 | E4 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with MIT’s Senior Lecturer Dr. Steve Goldman. Steve joins host Devin Sirmenis for a wide-ranging discussion on leadership, crisis management and business continuity in our Covid19 world. Our distinguished guest even gives our host an off-the-cuff ‘pop-quiz’.  

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-4047053 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0400 1167 2 4 full false PandemicBuzz with Baker Hughes' Director Global Security, Crisis Management, Business Continuity Josh Walker PandemicBuzz with Baker Hughes' Director Global Security, Crisis Management, Business Continuity Josh Walker S2 | E3 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Baker Hughes. We are talking to Josh Walker, Director of Global Security, Crisis Management and Business Continuity. Josh talks about how his resilience programs are set up to serve 68,000 employees, working across 120+ countries; how consistency is created at the site-, country-, regional- and global-levels to promote “autonomy of the parts but unity of the action of the whole”; overcoming the challenges of communicating to employees and customers in dozens of languages; and, the lessons he will impart to the next generation of resilience practitioners and how they should “plan to be surprised.” 

]]> S2 | E3 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Baker Hughes. We are talking to Josh Walker, Director of Global Security, Crisis Management and Business Continuity. Josh talks about how his resilience programs are set up to serve 68,000 employees, working across 120+ countries; how consistency is created at the site-, country-, regional- and global-levels to promote “autonomy of the parts but unity of the action of the whole”; overcoming the challenges of communicating to employees and customers in dozens of languages; and, the lessons he will impart to the next generation of resilience practitioners and how they should “plan to be surprised.” 

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3926726 Wed, 27 May 2020 04:00:00 -0400 1138 2 3 full false PandemicBuzz with Fusion's SVP and Co-Founder Bob Sibik PandemicBuzz with Fusion's SVP and Co-Founder Bob Sibik S2 | E2 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Fusion Risk Management. As Fusion turns 14, we are talking to Bob Sibik, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder. Bob talks about site readiness, the challenges true capacity planning presents, how a new movement called de-densification will thrive in order to instill confidence in employees in safe workplaces, how the future is about delivering the ‘outcome’ to your clients - and not about ‘recovering the process’, the trend towards consequence-oriented plans versus scenario-based plans, and how the pandemic is serving as an age of leadership enlightenment where the practices of providing inspiration and support to the human spirit are being recast.

]]> S2 | E2 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Fusion Risk Management. As Fusion turns 14, we are talking to Bob Sibik, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder. Bob talks about site readiness, the challenges true capacity planning presents, how a new movement called de-densification will thrive in order to instill confidence in employees in safe workplaces, how the future is about delivering the ‘outcome’ to your clients - and not about ‘recovering the process’, the trend towards consequence-oriented plans versus scenario-based plans, and how the pandemic is serving as an age of leadership enlightenment where the practices of providing inspiration and support to the human spirit are being recast.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3733634 Fri, 15 May 2020 04:00:00 -0400 1418 2 2 full false PandemicBuzz with Continuity Logic's SVP Customer Solutions Phil Bigge PandemicBuzz with Continuity Logic's SVP Customer Solutions Phil Bigge S2 | E1 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Continuity Logic. We are talking to Phil Bigge, Senior Vice President of Customer Solutions. Phil talks about how the resilience community needs to mature in vendor continuity – moving to the use of quantitative questions to assess vendor capability versus qualitative; elevating BC and ITDR by tying everything to the products and services being delivered to the customer as the starting point, instead of the processes that the business performs; using planning and training to build muscle memory that will allow you to follow the adage of ‘respond in minutes, recover in hours’; and, the positive behavioral changes that may come about in tangential areas, like wage equality, based on the learnings the pandemic is providing in terms of role flexibility across genders.

]]> S2 | E1 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz with Continuity Logic. We are talking to Phil Bigge, Senior Vice President of Customer Solutions. Phil talks about how the resilience community needs to mature in vendor continuity – moving to the use of quantitative questions to assess vendor capability versus qualitative; elevating BC and ITDR by tying everything to the products and services being delivered to the customer as the starting point, instead of the processes that the business performs; using planning and training to build muscle memory that will allow you to follow the adage of ‘respond in minutes, recover in hours’; and, the positive behavioral changes that may come about in tangential areas, like wage equality, based on the learnings the pandemic is providing in terms of role flexibility across genders.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3616180 Tue, 05 May 2020 10:00:00 -0400 1751 2 1 full false PandemicBuzz with the CFA Institute's Senior Manager, Global Risk Management and Emergency Response Mandy Shuker PandemicBuzz with the CFA Institute's Senior Manager, Global Risk Management and Emergency Response Mandy Shuker S1 | E7 Please join us for this episode of PandemicBuzz with the CFA Institute. We are talking to Mandy Shuker, Senior Manager, Global Risk Management and Emergency Response. Mandy talks about how the institute is focusing on ‘corporate listening’ – keeping up to date with how the world is going to change and how that will impact the needs of all valued customers; rising to the challenge of delivering more value virtually to the constituency; lightening internal team mindsets through emphasis on the positives of working from home; and, why they added the words “for the ultimate benefit of society” to their mission statement.  

]]> S1 | E7 Please join us for this episode of PandemicBuzz with the CFA Institute. We are talking to Mandy Shuker, Senior Manager, Global Risk Management and Emergency Response. Mandy talks about how the institute is focusing on ‘corporate listening’ – keeping up to date with how the world is going to change and how that will impact the needs of all valued customers; rising to the challenge of delivering more value virtually to the constituency; lightening internal team mindsets through emphasis on the positives of working from home; and, why they added the words “for the ultimate benefit of society” to their mission statement.  

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3489442 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:00:00 -0400 1244 1 7 full false PandemicBuzz with Humana's President of Clinical and Pharmacy Solutions Dr. William Fleming and Crystal Witt, Crisis Management & Policy Governance PandemicBuzz with Humana's President of Clinical and Pharmacy Solutions Dr. William Fleming and Crystal Witt, Crisis Management & Policy Governance S1 | E6 Please join us for this episode of PandemicBuzz with Humana. We are talking to Dr. William Fleming, Humana Clinical and Pharmacy Solutions President and Crystal Witt, Crisis Management & Policy Governance, Enterprise Risk Management. Dr. Fleming and Crystal talk about the importance of having the right ‘listening posts on the front line’ so you can understand what problems need to be solved; how they are intentionally ‘moving slow to then move fast’ during this hybrid time period between pandemic ‘containment’ and the impending ‘recovery’ phase; lessons learned to date in terms of ‘interoperability’ in healthcare; and, why telehealth needs to thrive as the next way of care delivery.  

]]> S1 | E6 Please join us for this episode of PandemicBuzz with Humana. We are talking to Dr. William Fleming, Humana Clinical and Pharmacy Solutions President and Crystal Witt, Crisis Management & Policy Governance, Enterprise Risk Management. Dr. Fleming and Crystal talk about the importance of having the right ‘listening posts on the front line’ so you can understand what problems need to be solved; how they are intentionally ‘moving slow to then move fast’ during this hybrid time period between pandemic ‘containment’ and the impending ‘recovery’ phase; lessons learned to date in terms of ‘interoperability’ in healthcare; and, why telehealth needs to thrive as the next way of care delivery.  

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3436063 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 02:00:00 -0400 1745 1 6 full false PandemicBuzz with Crowell & Moring's Head of Asia Partner Evan Chuck PandemicBuzz with Crowell & Moring's Head of Asia Partner Evan Chuck S1 | E5 Join us on this episode of Pandemic Buzz where we get insights and perspective from Evan Chuck, Partner, Head of Asia at Crowell & Moring. Evan talks about how his human capital-intensive business is adjusting to the Covid-19 environment. He explores ideas on how to strengthen and account for third-party supplier risk in business continuity efforts; the need to aggregate the constant flow of information as they help clients respond to changes at the national, state, county and local/municipal levels; compliance problems that could arise when managing an overseas procurement process; and, the benefits of weaving tax incentives into any organization's human resources planning.

]]> S1 | E5 Join us on this episode of Pandemic Buzz where we get insights and perspective from Evan Chuck, Partner, Head of Asia at Crowell & Moring. Evan talks about how his human capital-intensive business is adjusting to the Covid-19 environment. He explores ideas on how to strengthen and account for third-party supplier risk in business continuity efforts; the need to aggregate the constant flow of information as they help clients respond to changes at the national, state, county and local/municipal levels; compliance problems that could arise when managing an overseas procurement process; and, the benefits of weaving tax incentives into any organization's human resources planning.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3361639 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 02:00:00 -0400 1527 1 5 full false PandemicBuzz with Noggin's CEO James Boddam-Whetham PandemicBuzz with Noggin's CEO James Boddam-Whetham S1 | E4 Please join us for this episode of PandemicBuzz where we get insights and perspective on how the corona virus is impacting business and being managed from halfway around the world – in Sydney, Australia. We are talking to James Boddam-Whetham, CEO at Noggin. Ever optimistic, James talks about how to be ‘gracefully conservative’ under pandemic times and how his company is continuing operations.

]]> S1 | E4 Please join us for this episode of PandemicBuzz where we get insights and perspective on how the corona virus is impacting business and being managed from halfway around the world – in Sydney, Australia. We are talking to James Boddam-Whetham, CEO at Noggin. Ever optimistic, James talks about how to be ‘gracefully conservative’ under pandemic times and how his company is continuing operations.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3224284 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0400 1418 1 4 full false PandemicBuzz with Crestwood's HSER Director Julie Allison PandemicBuzz with Crestwood's HSER Director Julie Allison S1 | E3 Join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz where we are talking to Julie Allison, Director, HSER Programs and Systems at Crestwood. Julie shares insights and ideas on how her company is continuing operations, who she is surrounding herself with to inspire and drive the company forward, and how she is caring for her staff, customers, herself, and Crestwood’s brand and reputation during these unprecedented times.





]]> S1 | E3 Join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz where we are talking to Julie Allison, Director, HSER Programs and Systems at Crestwood. Julie shares insights and ideas on how her company is continuing operations, who she is surrounding herself with to inspire and drive the company forward, and how she is caring for her staff, customers, herself, and Crestwood’s brand and reputation during these unprecedented times.





]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3226279 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0400 1229 1 3 full false PandemicBuzz with Navigate Response's COO and Crisis Manager Dustin Eno PandemicBuzz with Navigate Response's COO and Crisis Manager Dustin Eno S1 | E2 Join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz where we are talking to Dustin Eno, COO and Crisis Manager at Navigate Response. Dustin shares insights and ideas on:

·       Business continuity strategies invoked

·       Who he works with to determine what’s next

·       The people he surrounds himself with

·       Policy changes

·       Staff and self-care routines

·       Taking care of customers

·       Growth under the pandemic

·       Brand and reputation

·       Real-time lessons learned

·       Preferred sources of information

]]> S1 | E2 Join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz where we are talking to Dustin Eno, COO and Crisis Manager at Navigate Response. Dustin shares insights and ideas on:

·       Business continuity strategies invoked

·       Who he works with to determine what’s next

·       The people he surrounds himself with

·       Policy changes

·       Staff and self-care routines

·       Taking care of customers

·       Growth under the pandemic

·       Brand and reputation

·       Real-time lessons learned

·       Preferred sources of information

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3224254 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0400 1324 1 2 full false PandemicBuzz with Social Simulator's Executive Director Chris Malpass PandemicBuzz with Social Simulator's Executive Director Chris Malpass S1 | E1 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz where we are talking to Chris Malpass, Executive Director at Social Simulator. Chris joins us from his home office, in what is at the time of this interview, one of the United States’ pandemic hotspots – Brooklyn, New York. Chris shares insights and ideas on how his company is continuing operations, who he is surrounding himself with to inspire and drive the company forward, and how he is caring for his staff, customers, himself, and Social Simulator’s brand and reputation during these unprecedented times.

]]> S1 | E1 Please join us on this episode of PandemicBuzz where we are talking to Chris Malpass, Executive Director at Social Simulator. Chris joins us from his home office, in what is at the time of this interview, one of the United States’ pandemic hotspots – Brooklyn, New York. Chris shares insights and ideas on how his company is continuing operations, who he is surrounding himself with to inspire and drive the company forward, and how he is caring for his staff, customers, himself, and Social Simulator’s brand and reputation during these unprecedented times.

]]> Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director Corporate Resilience, Witt O'Brien's Buzzsprout-3215041 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0400 1446 corona virus, covid-19, crisis management, crisis communications, business continuity 1 1 full false