Thomas E. Martin

Managing Director

Business Continuity Planning & Technology Solutions Groups

Mr. Martin is the Managing Director of Eagle Rock Alliance Ltd.'s Consulting Practice. With over 30 years of successful management and technical experience, Mr. Martin possesses a leadership style which balances his pragmatic business approach with his strong creative and innovative abilities. At Eagle Rock, he employs his keen business methods in his efforts to expand and manage the technology consulting capability in support of business continuity. Directed by Mr. Martin, one of the practice's major priorities has been to help customers develop and implement information management strategies that ensure greater reliability and availability, while lowering risk and improving operating efficiency. Mr. Martin is able to rapidly absorb information and evaluate situations, accurately frame practical and realistic objectives, and lead his team of staff consultants by example in order to achieve both short and long-term goals.

Prior to Eagle Rock, Mr. Martin held senior executive positions at both Entex Information Services and Chubb Computer Services where he was responsible for strategic planning and product innovation. These ventures, combined with P&L responsibility, led to profitable growth for the respective business units. One of Mr. Martin's notable achievements was the introduction of new consulting services for Entex which resulted in increased client satisfaction and business growth. For Chubb, Mr. Martin also introduced new products and services in support of both IT staffing and education.

Before Entex and Chubb, Mr. Martin served 12 years at Comdisco Availability Services (now Sungard Availability Services), a large IT and financial services firm. While at Comdisco, Mr. Martin held various executive IT positions including several years as CIO. In addition to pioneering products and creating technology solutions for the Disaster Recovery industry, Mr. Martin also provided customers with useful insight into the technology and economic tradeoffs associated with new IBM mainframe product releases in support of the leasing business. Mr. Martin's impeccable reputation reflected his strong leadership and innovative spirit in that new burgeoning leasing market and made him a much-respected and sought-after speaker at conferences.

Mr. Martin's early career of computer programming, systems design consulting and data center management provided a very strong foundation upon which he built his career focus in IT services. With positions in senior management and consulting at American Management Systems for 11 years, Mr. Martin gained valuable in-depth experience with large IT projects and infrastructure support.

At Eagle Rock Alliance Mr. Martin combines his IT skills, strategic management experience, product innovation and financial savvy to lead projects for corporations looking to enhance the value of their IT investments and position their enterprise with more robust business continuity architecture.