Mr. Corcoran joined IBM in the United States in 1977. Early in his career he held numerous operational and management positions associated with large scale application maintenance and development projects for IBM in North America. In 1987, he became a member of IBM’s market intelligence organization and led numerous efforts to create many new services, one being Business Continuity & Resiliency Services. Over the past 25 years, Mr. Corcoran has been on the senior leadership team for IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency Services as the Director of business strategy, marketing and business development. During this time, Mr. Corcoran also led IBM’s support efforts for numerous regional crisis events (i.e. aftermath of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, Haiti Earthquake, Japan Earthquake, Hurricane Sandy, etc.).
In his current position, Mr. Corcoran is the executive responsible for leading IBM teams in the development of integrated business continuity solutions for clients who require solutions across multiple countries.
He has been quoted in numerous publications, such as ComputerWorld, New York Times, Washington Post, Internet World, Contingency Planning & Management, Disaster Recovery Journal, among others. He has previously spoken on the topic of risk, crisis management, business continuity and disaster recovery at conferences such as IBM Summit, Disaster Recovery Journal Conference, Contingency, Planning & Management, Continuity Insights, SHARE, COMMON and many other events. Pat was on the advisory boards for Continuity Planning & Management and Continuity Insights. He currently is a Special Advisor to the Disaster Recovery Journal Editorial Advisory Board and on the Advisory Board of Continuity Insights.
Mr. Corcoran has over thirty-seven years of professional IT, services and management experience in diverse technology projects and international market segments. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Potsdam, and has participated in several leadership, consulting methodology and project management courses. He has also completed a variety of courses in the area of management development, including effective communications, managing change, and personal development. Mr. Corcoran currently resides in Warwick, New York with his family.
On a personal note, Mr. Corcoran is actively involved in many community activities, having been the president of Warwick Little League, president of Warwick School Parent Teachers Associations (PTA), member of the Warwick School Growth Planning Board, board member of Orange Country United Way … and is currently on the boards of Otto Mills Hunting & Fishing Club (President) and the Brian Ahearn Children’s Fund. His hobbies include cycling (road and mountain), music (drummer), hunting and golfing.