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Business Contingency Planning (BCP) Expert William Hastings Joins Elliot Consulting Services

LEADING INDUSTRY FIGURE FORMERLY HELD KEY BCP POSITION AT RAYTHEON COMPANY

Tampa, Fla. – March 27, 2006 – Elliot Consulting Services announces the addition of another leading emergency preparedness and business continuity expert to its team.

A long-standing industry veteran with over thirty years of contingency planning and disaster recovery experience for the United States Navy and Raytheon Company, William “Bill” Hastings brings to ECS a wealth of knowledge including severe weather planning, risk analysis, incident response planning, operational logistics, vital records identification and protection, and human resources management.

Recently retired from prominent defense contracting company, Raytheon (and legacy E-Systems), Bill was the Manager of Administrative Services for the company’s St. Petersburg and Largo, Florida facilities. Raytheon is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business aviation and special mission aircraft. While at Raytheon, Bill was responsible for converting Raytheon/E-Systems disaster recovery plan into their first Business Continuity Plan in 1991. Since its inception, Bill served on the company’s business continuity planning team.

Prior to his 20-year career at Raytheon, Bill Hastings served in the U.S. Navy. His naval career included assignments ranging from ships at sea to the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Tours of duty at the United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, and the United States Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, highlighted his distinguished 20-year naval career.

Bill Hastings was elected as the President of the Greater Tampa Bay Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners at the beginning of 2006, and his focus for the organization is shared learning experiences from the members plus continual education on the many facets of business continuity planning.

“We’re delighted to welcome Bill to our senior consulting staff”, stated ECS President and founder Steve Elliot, “Bill brings a tremendous amount of experience in strategic planning, records management, operational readiness, and personnel management which will be welcomed by our customers. In addition, Bill has the knowledge to pursue additional opportunities with the U.S. military and various Government contractors.”

Bill Hastings has a BA in Business Administration from St. Leo College (now University) majoring in Computer Information Systems, and a MA (dual certification) in Administrative and Organizational Management, and Human Resources Management from Golden Gate University.

About Steve Elliot
With thirty plus years as a highly successful national account manager, corporate trainer, and senior sales executive from the communications and high-tech industries, Steve Elliot founded Elliot Consulting Services to provide strategic development and technology solutions. Steve’s broad professional experience includes sales, marketing, business development, operations, project management, business continuity planning and emergency preparedness with companies like AT&T, Control Data, Westinghouse, and ABC/Capitol Cities.

About Elliot Consulting Services
ECS develops survival solutions designed to protect vital business resources and processes. ECS builds and evaluates resiliency models tailored to the unique needs of its clients so that in the event of an unplanned disruptive incident, the essential components of an organization will continue to function with minimal loss.

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