• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to footer

Before Header

About Us | Articles | Free Resources | Podcast | YouTube Channel

Contact Us Subscribe

Bryghtpath

Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants

  • Start
        • Start your Resilience Journey

          Moving your organization – or your career – forward on your resilience journey can be a difficult and scary proposition.  Often, we find that prospective clients aren’t quite sure where to start.

          To help you along your journey, we’ve outlined below four curated collections geared towards momentum-building action and advice perfectly paired with your organization’s current stage of resilience.

        • I want to learn more about Resilience

        • We’re just getting started with our resilience program

        • We’re seeking to optimize & mature our resilience program

        • I’m a Resilience Professional seeking to further develop my skills

  • Company
        • About Bryghtpath

        • Our Core Values

        • Meet our Team

        • About Bryghtpath
          • Case Studies & Results
          • Certifications and Awards
          • Contact Bryghtpath
          • Contract Vehicles
          • Media & Professional Appearances
          • Our Clients
          • Our Proven Process
          • Security & Compliance
          • Strategic Partners
          • Work with Us
  • Capabilities
        • Our Capabilities
        • We help your organization strategically navigate uncertainty and disruption.

        • Case Studies & Results

        • Business Continuity as a Service

        • Business Continuity
          • Business Continuity - Overview
          • Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS)
          • Business Continuity Software
          • Coaching
          • IT Disaster Recovery
          • Resiliency Diagnosis®️
        • Crisis Management
          • Crisis Management - Overview
          • Crisis Communications
          • Crisis Exercises
          • Cyber Crisis Exercises
          • Cyber Incident Response Planning
          • Crisis Playbook®️
          • Global Security Operations Center (GSOC)
          • Resiliency Diagnosis®️
        • Other Capabilities
          • Intelligence & Global Security Consulting
          • Speaking
          • Training
  • Courses & Training
        • Courses & Training

          We’ve created a number of free and premium courses that have helped thousands improve their skills, build more resilient organizations, and lead through organizations through difficult critical moments successfully.

        • Coaching
          • 1-on-1 Coaching Call
          • Private Backchannel
          • Private Coaching Program
        • Free Intro Courses
          • Overview
          • Business Continuity 101
          • Crisis Communications 101
          • Crisis Management 101
        • Premium Courses
          • Overview
          • Custom Training
          • 5-Day Business Continuity Accelerator
          • Communicating in the Critical Moment
          • Crisis Management Academy®️
          • Preparing for Careers in Resilience
  • Expertise
        • Our Expertise
        • Here at Bryghtpath, in our core values, we state that we are humbly confident in our resiliency expertise.

          We write, publish, speak, and train others constantly – striving to share our thought leadership publicly to advance our industry and exercise our curiosity by interacting with other leaders in our practice domains.

        • Ultimate Guide to Business Continuity

        • Ultimate Guide to Crisis Management

        • Case Studies & Results

        • Free Resources & Frameworks
          • Overview - Free Resources
          • Bryghtpath Frameworks
            • Bryghtpath Business Continuity Lifecycle
            • Bryghtpath Crisis Management Framework
            • Bryghtpath Exercise Maturity Model
            • Bryghtpath Global Security Framework
            • Bryghtpath Long-Term Recovery Framework
            • Bryghtpath Professional Reading List
            • Bryghtpath Workplace Violence & Threat Management Toolkit
          • Resiliency Professionals Facebook Group
          • Resource Library
          • Webinars & Videos
          • Whitepapers & Reports
        • Our Thoughts & Insights
          • Articles
          • Lead Through Disruption. Stay Ahead with Bryghtpath.
          • Managing Uncertainty Podcast
          • Media & Professional Appearances
          • YouTube Channel
        • Whitepapers & Reports
          • Global Security Operations Centers & Resilience
          • Managing the Whole Crisis: The Ransomware Challenge
          • Mastering Uncertainty: Strengthening Organizational Resilience
          • Social Activism Campaigns
          • The Resilience Roadmap: 250 Ways to Fortify your Business against Disruption
  • Industries
        • Our Industry Expertise

          Bryghtpath has extensive experience in a number of industries working with clients of all sizes, geographical locations, and business models. As a team, we possess, deep global operating experience on every continent around the world.

        • Industries Overview

        • Case Studies

        • Start your Journey

        • Education

          Education Icon
        • Finance

          Financial Services 800x800
        • Government

          Government Icon
        • Healthcare

          Healthcare Icon 800x800
        • Hospitality & Leisure

          Hospitality & Leisure Industry Icon 800x800
        • Life Sciences

          Life Sciences 800x800
        • Logistics

          Transportation & Logistics Industry Icon 800x800
        • Manufacturing

          Manufacturing Industry Icon 800x800
        • Non-Profits

          Non-Profit Industry Icon 800x800
        • Retail

          Retail Industry Icon 800x800
        • Tech & Media

          Communications Industry Icon 800x800
        • Utilities

          Power & Utilities Icon
  • Products
        • Our Products

          College Classroom - Mature Teacher
        • Crisis Playbook™️

        • Exercise in a Box™️

        • Exercise in a Day™️

        • Books
          • From Panic to Poise: Crisis Management in the Modern World
          • The Continuity Code: Mastering Business Resilience
        • Crisis Playbook™️
          • Overview
          • Active Shooter Plan
          • Emergency Response Guide
          • Fatality
          • Food/Product Recall
          • Protest
          • Violent Attack
        • Maturity Models
          • Overview
          • ASIS Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
          • FFEIC Maturity Model – Business Continuity
          • ISO 22301 – Business Continuity
          • ISO 22361 – Crisis Management
          • ISO 27031 - IT Disaster Recovery
          • NIST 800-53 Contingency Planning Maturity Model
        • Templates & More
          • After-Action Process & Templates
          • Awareness Collateral
          • Business Continuity Plan Templates
          • Crisis Management Plan Templates
          • Disaster Recovery Plan Templates
          • Job Descriptions
  •  

Mobile Menu

  • Start
  • Company
    • About Bryghtpath
      • Case Studies & Results
      • Certifications and Awards
      • Contact Bryghtpath
      • Contract Vehicles
      • Media & Professional Appearances
      • Our Clients
      • Our Proven Process
      • Security & Compliance
      • Strategic Partners
      • Work with Us
  • Capabilities
    • Our Capabilities
    • Business Continuity
      • Business Continuity – Overview
      • Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS)
      • Business Continuity Software
      • Coaching
      • IT Disaster Recovery
      • Resiliency Diagnosis®️
    • Crisis Management
      • Crisis Management – Overview
      • Crisis Communications
      • Crisis Exercises
      • Cyber Crisis Exercises
      • Cyber Incident Response Planning
      • Crisis Playbook®️
      • Global Security Operations Center (GSOC)
      • Resiliency Diagnosis®️
    • Other Capabilities
      • Intelligence & Global Security Consulting
      • Speaking
      • Training
  • Courses & Training
    • Coaching
      • 1-on-1 Coaching Call
      • Private Backchannel
      • Private Coaching Program
    • Free Intro Courses
      • Overview
      • Business Continuity 101
      • Crisis Communications 101
      • Crisis Management 101
    • Premium Courses
      • Overview
      • Custom Training
      • 5-Day Business Continuity Accelerator
      • Communicating in the Critical Moment
      • Crisis Management Academy®️
      • Preparing for Careers in Resilience
  • Expertise
    • Our Expertise
    • Our Thoughts & Insights
      • Articles
      • Lead Through Disruption. Stay Ahead with Bryghtpath.
      • Managing Uncertainty Podcast
      • Media & Professional Appearances
      • YouTube Channel
    • Free Resources & Frameworks
      • Overview – Free Resources
      • Bryghtpath Frameworks
        • Bryghtpath Business Continuity Lifecycle
        • Bryghtpath Crisis Management Framework
        • Bryghtpath Exercise Maturity Model
        • Bryghtpath Global Security Framework
        • Bryghtpath Long-Term Recovery Framework
        • Bryghtpath Professional Reading List
        • Bryghtpath Workplace Violence & Threat Management Toolkit
      • Resiliency Professionals Facebook Group
      • Resource Library
      • Webinars & Videos
      • Whitepapers & Reports
    • Whitepapers & Reports
      • Global Security Operations Centers & Resilience
      • Managing the Whole Crisis: The Ransomware Challenge
      • Mastering Uncertainty: Strengthening Organizational Resilience
      • Social Activism Campaigns
      • The Resilience Roadmap: 250 Ways to Fortify your Business against Disruption
  • Industries
  • Products
    • Books
      • From Panic to Poise: Crisis Management in the Modern World
      • The Continuity Code: Mastering Business Resilience
    • Crisis Playbook™️
      • Overview
      • Active Shooter Plan
      • Emergency Response Guide
      • Fatality
      • Food/Product Recall
      • Protest
      • Violent Attack
    • Maturity Models
      • Overview
      • ASIS Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
      • FFEIC Maturity Model – Business Continuity
      • ISO 22301 – Business Continuity
      • ISO 22361 – Crisis Management
      • ISO 27031 – IT Disaster Recovery
      • NIST 800-53 Contingency Planning Maturity Model
    • Templates & More
      • After-Action Process & Templates
      • Awareness Collateral
      • Business Continuity Plan Templates
      • Crisis Management Plan Templates
      • Disaster Recovery Plan Templates
      • Job Descriptions
  •  

Bryan Strawser

Principal | Chief Executive

You are here: Home / About Bryghtpath / Meet the Bryghtpath Team / Bryan Strawser

Bryan Strawser

Principal & Chief Executive

Bryan helps organizations turn uncertainty into advantage—building
resilience and unlocking opportunity when the stakes are highest.

About Bryan

Bryan Strawser is the Founder, Principal, and Chief Executive of Bryghtpath LLC, the strategic advisory firm he launched in 2014 to help the world’s leading brands and institutions confidently navigate disruption and uncertainty.

With more than 25 years of global experience, Bryan is a recognized authority in crisis management, business continuity, IT disaster recovery, and organizational resilience.

He is trusted by Fortune 100 companies, public sector agencies, and nonprofits for his ability to align resilience strategies with business priorities—protecting lives, reputations, and operations at scale.

Before founding Bryghtpath, Bryan held senior leadership roles at Target Corporation, where he built and led the company’s global crisis management, business continuity, and intelligence programs. He also served as Chief Security Officer & Senior Director of Global Security at the University of Phoenix, overseeing enterprise risk and global security for one of the largest educational institutions in the United States.

Bryan has contributed to the advancement of industry standards through roles with the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), including work on the Workplace Violence Prevention and Active Assailant – Prevention, Intervention, and Response Standard (2020) and the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Study Manual.

He is also the co-author of two foundational resilience works:

  • The Continuity Code: Mastering Business Resilience
  • From Panic to Poise: Crisis Management in the Modern World

Bryan has held national leadership roles in public-private collaboration, including as Chair of the Private Sector Committee for the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) and Vice Chairman of the Disaster Recovery and Preparedness Committee for the Retail Industry Leaders Association. In these roles, he partnered with FEMA, DHS, and White House officials to design the Private Sector Representative role at FEMA and to build enduring bridges between government and private enterprise.

He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2019 and elected as a Member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in 2016.

Bryan holds multiple business continuity, emergency management, and information security certifications, including the MBCP, MBCI, CISSP, and MnCEM. He continues to serve as a coach, strategist, and trusted advisor to resilience leaders worldwide.

Education

Hamline University – School of Business
Doctor of Philosophy, Management and Public Service (expected 2028)

King’s College, London – Department of War Studies
Master of Arts, International Relations & Contemporary War (with distinction)
Associateship of King’s College, AKC

University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA)

University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice Administration

Harvard University
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative – Executive Program

Professional Certifications

Business Continuity Institute
Member, Business Continuity Institute (MBCI)

Disaster Recovery Institute International
Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP)
Certified Business Continuity Vendor (CBCV)

Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Professional Continuity Practitioner

(ISC)²
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

State of Minnesota – Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HSEM)
Minnesota State Certified Emergency Manager

Past Experience

King’s College, London
Editor in Chief, Strife
Managing Editor, Strife Blog
Member, Academic Board
Academic Representative, War Studies Postgraduates

Auburn University – Center for Cyber and Homeland Security

Senior Fellow

University of Minnesota – Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Humphrey Policy Fellow
Humphrey Policy Fellow – Advisory Board Member

University of Phoenix – Apollo Education Group
Chief Security Officer & Senior Director, Global Security

University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management
Executive MBA Program – Advisory Board Member

National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
Private Sector Committee Chair & Board Member

Target Corporation
Senior Director, Global Crisis Management, Business Continuity, & Intelligence

Expertise

  • Business Continuity
  • Coaching
  • Crisis Management
  • Cyber Incident Response Planning
  • Exercise Design & Facilitation
  • IT Disaster Recovery
  • Speaking
  • Training

Recent Articles

How to Implement the Resilience Operating Model™

How to Implement the Resilience Operating Model™Read More

The Enabling Functions That Make Resilience Actually Work

The Enabling Functions That Make Resilience Actually WorkRead More

The 8 Core Domains of Resilience: What Every Organization Must Align

The 8 Core Domains of Resilience: What Every Organization Must AlignRead More

Introducing the Resilience Operating Model™: A System for Performance Under Pressure

Introducing the Resilience Operating Model™: A System for Performance Under PressureRead More

Why Your Resilience Program Isn’t Working — And What to Do About It

Why Your Resilience Program Isn’t Working — And What to Do About ItRead More

Key Strategies for Business Continuity in Telecommunications

Key Strategies for Business Continuity in TelecommunicationsRead More

Crisis Management for Media: Safeguarding Trust in a 24/7 World

Crisis Management for Media: Safeguarding Trust in a 24/7 WorldRead More

Effective Crisis Management for Government: Key Strategies

Effective Crisis Management for Government: Key StrategiesRead More

Business Continuity for Government: A Guide to Ensuring Resilience and Preparedness

Business Continuity for Government: A Guide to Ensuring Resilience and PreparednessRead More

Ensuring Business Continuity for Logistics: Key Strategies

Ensuring Business Continuity for Logistics: Key StrategiesRead More

Ensuring Business Continuity for Education: Key Strategies

Ensuring Business Continuity for Education: Key StrategiesRead More

Ensuring Business Continuity for Media: Key Strategies

Ensuring Business Continuity for Media: Key StrategiesRead More

Footer

Contact

BRYGHTPATH LLC
+1.612.235.6435

PO Box 131416
Saint Paul, MN 55113
USA


contact@bryghtpath.com

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Our Capabilities

  • Business Continuity
    • Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS)
    • Business Continuity Software
    • Coaching
    • IT Disaster Recovery Consulting Services
    • Resiliency Diagnosis®️
  • Crisis Communications
  • Crisis Management
    • Crisis Exercises
    • Cyber Crisis Exercises
    • Cyber Incident Response Planning
    • Global Security Operations Center (GSOC)
  • Speaking
  • Training

Our Free Courses

Business Continuity 101

Crisis Communications 101

Crisis Management 101

Our Premium Courses

5-Day Business Continuity Accelerator

Communicating in the Critical Moment

Crisis Management Academy®️

Preparing for Careers in Resilience

Our Products

After-Action Templates

Books

Business Continuity Plan Templates

Communications & Awareness Collateral Packages

Crisis Plan Templates

Crisis Playbook®

Disaster Recovery Templates

Exercise in a Box®

Exercise in a Day®

Maturity Models

Ready-Made Crisis Plans

Resilience Job Descriptions

Pre-made Processes & Templates

Site Footer

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


Bryghtpath®, Crisis Management Academy®, Crisis Playbook®, Exercise in a Box®, Exercise in a Day®, Resiliency Diagnosis®, Resilience Operating Model™
and their respective logos are registered trademarks of Bryghtpath LLC in the United States and other countries.


About Bryghtpath LLC | Disclaimer | Privacy | Status Page | Terms of Use

Proudly powered by Mai Theme, the Genesis Framework, and Wordpress.