Erica Agiewich (Past Speaker)

Erica Agiewich is the director of Global Business Continuity Planning and Emergency Response at Applied Materials, leading teams of professional and volunteer business continuity and response professionals in over 20 countries. Prior to joining Applied, Erica held positions is risk and resiliency at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, IntraPoint AS and Cisco Systems. Erica was a founding member of Cisco’s award-winning Supply Chain Risk Management program and implemented the first-ever online supplier resiliency survey. 

Erica is a Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP) and is a member of the Bay Area Recovery Managers Association (BRMA). She holds a BA and MA in International Studies from UC Berkeley and the University of Washington, Seattle, respectively, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.