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Welcome

Welcome to the Greater Houston Chapter of the Association of Continuity Professionals -  the nation's leading non-profit association, comprised of professionals who are responsible for or have an interest in business continuity, preventing disasters, providing disaster recovery information and facilitating the resumption of normal business activities following a major disaster.

Members of ACP nationwide represent business, industry and government organizations at all levels. Included are executives, administrators, managers, directors, writers, legal staffs, accountants, engineers, sales-persons, records managers, archivists and many more professionals.

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Next Meeting:

We hope you received valuable insight from our 6/10 Meeting with Derek Ortt presenting StormGeo's 2025 Hurricane Season Outlook
and enjoyed our 6/12 Member's Happy Hour at Ducky McShweeney’s Pub

Case Studies in the Use of AI in Business Continuity: Vendor and Customer Perspectives

Date: Tuesday, July 8th, 11:30AM CDT

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Register for Virtual Option: Here!

Synopsis: Join the Greater Houston ACP Chapter in exploring how 2 of its sponsors, Veoci and 4C Strategies, and many of the chapter members use AI to make Business Continuity more efficient and effective. We will hear from each company on their use of AI in their tools and then open it up to each chapter member to share. 1-2 slides are welcome from chapter members and guests.

About our Speakers:
Mikael Grape is the President and Head of 4C's North American operations. Prior to leading the North American expansion for 4C he held various leadership and business development roles for 4C in Sweden. Prior to 4C he held trainnig and diplomatic roles in and for the Swedish Armed Forces. Mikael holds a masters in Political Science, Slavic Languages, Business and Commercial Law form Uppsala University.

For the past four years, Chris McLaughin has been a member of the Veoci team, currently a Senior Solutions Engineer and managing product for Veoci’s Applied AI initiatives. He has spent the last two years engaged in Applied AI emerging technologies, including Machine Learning and Large Language Models. He has developed emergency management and law enforcement programs, and led projects at local, state, federal, and international levels, including those within Fortune 100 companies. He remains a Master Peace Officer in the State of Texas and holds a Master's in Emergency and Disaster Management from Georgetown and is currently pursuing his doctorate in Leadership and Learning in Organizations at Vanderbilt.

Register for Virtual Option: Here!

2024 Sponsors If interested in sponsoring ACP Greater Houston, please contact us by email.


Past Events:

If you missed our recent in-person events, click on each photo below to open the photo album in new tab:

2024 ACP Greater Houston Member Appreciation Holiday Luncheon - December 10, 2024! (Click on photo to open the photo album in new tab)

Happy Hour at Ducky McShweeney’s Pub - November 14, 2024! (Click on photo to open the photo album in new tab)

Field Trip to Harris County's Emergency Operations Center - April 16 (Click on photo to open the photo album in new tab)

Happy Hour at The Rustic (Post Oak) - March 28 (Click on photo to open the photo album in new tab)

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