Cole H. Emerson started CEA, Inc. in 1991. Mr. Emerson, President of CEA, has more than 25 years of domestic and international experience in disaster recovery, business continuity, information security and security matters. He is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of disaster recovery and business continuity. He is co-author of the Business Continuity Planning manual published by Auerbach Publishing and is a frequent speaker on business continuity at domestic and international conferences. Mr. Emerson is Chairman of the Board of Directors for Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and currently sits as advisory board member to a number of professional journals.