Steve Davis is the Founder, and a Principal, of DavisLogic and All Hands Consulting.  All Hands provides Disaster, Emergency Management, and Business Continuity Services to both the public and private sectors. Steve's background provides him with a unique perspective and knowledge base to bring to business continuity and emergency management issues. 

Steve has thirty-four years of experience in a variety of fields related to continuity and emergency management. Steve served in uniform for 16 years as a Firefighter, Paramedic, and Command Officer until moving into public administration.  Beginning in 1986, Steve served as Executive Director for the Montgomery County Maryland Fire and Rescue Commission, Administrator of the County Health Department, and as a Manager in the Office of Management and Budget responsible for technology, including Year 2000 Risk Management.  

Steve has managed a number of large projects, developing new applications and implementing enterprise resource planning and budget systems as well as managing emergency management, homeland security and continuity projects. In the mid-nineties, while he was responsible for technology budgeting and planning, he led efforts to develop Y2K project and risk management methodologies. Steve published a comprehensive Year 2000 Best Practices Plan for both the Montgomery County and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. He co-authored a popular Y2K resource, Y2K Risk Management, in 1998.

Steve has been consulting on continuity of operations (COOP), disaster recovery, command center operations, emergency management, and homeland security since 1995.  Steve is a well-known expert in the field, he has authored two books, provided over sixty presentations, and published over twenty articles on emergency management, emergency operation centers, continuity programs, and related topics. Steve was a founding member of the International Year 2000 Taskforce, the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Year 2000 Working Group, and was a volunteer expert with the International Cooperation Center.

Steve developed All Hands Consulting, a unique consortium of over 350 emergency management, homeland security, and business continuity practitioners, in early 2000.  All Hands clientele include Fortune 500 and smaller companies representing a diverse array of industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments.

All Hands recently completed a business continuity planning project with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Steve is currently managing the City of Miami Urban Area Security Initiative Project, providing subject matter expertise and planning support for homeland security, emergency management and COOP.  Mr. Davis previously consulted with the Executive Office of the President, providing COOP planning.

Steve is very active in the business continuity and emergency management community.  He is currently a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers and serves on their Public-Private Partnership Committee.  He is a member of BICEPP, the Business and Industry Council for Emergency Preparedness; a member of the Howard County Maryland Local Emergency Planning Council; and, he is a member of the Private & Public Businesses, Inc., a partnership in emergency management and disaster recovery planning.

Mr. Davis also is the creator of the All Hands Community, at All-Hands.net.  This web site is a user-supported community of emergency and continuity professionals.

Steve holds a Bachelor Degree in Fire Service Management and a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Presentations

Steve has given over 60 presentations at conferences, workshops, and seminars in North America, Europe, and Asia. Topics include business continuity, risk management, disaster preparedness, and command center operations.

See a complete listing and download recent PowerPoint presentations.

Books

Articles

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Recent
Steve was recently quoted in a Risk Management Magazine article entitled Selecting a Crisis Management Consultant. in an Insight Magazine article entitled Tragic Business and in this Business Forward article, What Now? - Best-Laid Plans.

International Association of Emergency Managers, Public/Private Partnership Committee
The All Hands Consulting Consortium
Howard County, Maryland Local Emergency Planning Council
BICEPP - Business and Industry Council for Emergency Preparedness
The Public & Private Businesses, Inc. (PPBI)