Bob Mellinger is the founder and president of Attainium Corp, which he launched to deliver business continuity, emergency preparedness and crisis management services.

Bob is a frequent speaker on the topics of business continuity, contingency planning, emergency preparedness and crisis management, delivering sessions ranging from The Basics of Continuity Planning to the Impact of Today’s Threats and Hazards, as well as customized, interactive mock-disaster tabletop exercises known as the Disaster Experience.

Organizations which have invited Bob to speak include:  Building Owners and Managers Association (along with many local BOMA chapters), Credit Union National Association (along with many local chapters), Council for Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE), International Facilities Management Association (along with many local IFMA chapters), Professional Convention Management Association, Meeting Planners International (along with many local chapters) and American Society of Association Executives.
 
Bob is a graduate of the University of Dayton with a major in Computer Science, and has a graduate certificate from George Washington University’s Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management.

Cheryl Burress is the Vice President of Client Services for Attainium Corp. This includes the coordination of all of the sessions, workshops, keynote speeches and Disaster Simulations produced and delivered by the Attainium. Cheryl also provides the back-stage direction for “The Disaster Experience”, Attainium’s tabletop disaster exercise.
 
Cheryl is a member of Association of Contingency Planners and has a degree in Law Enforcement.