Craig Fugate, Former FEMA Administrator,
Joins Bent Ear Solutions Team
Fugate served as FEMA Administrator from May 2009 until January 2017
Craig Fugate
Alexandria, Virginia – Bent Ear Solutions is excited to announce that Craig Fugate has joined the Bent Ear Solutions team as Strategic Executive Advisor. Over the course of his remarkable career, Craig has been a champion of utilizing technology to streamline processes and enhance operations. His decision to join the Bent Ear Team was driven by his belief that organizations can better meet their missions by better utilizing the technology resources they already own. Bent Ear Solutions was founded on the principle of helping organizations optimize and align their existing technology, processes, goals, and personnel.
“Having Craig Fugate as part of our team, with the experience and knowledge he brings, will be an enormous benefit for Bent Ear Solutions and our customers. We look forward to having Craig help guide the strategic direction of Bent Ear Solutions as well as assisting and advising our clients.”
Serving as President Obama’s FEMA Administrator from May 2009 to January 2017, Craig led FEMA through multiple record-breaking disaster years and oversaw the federal government’s response to major events such as the Joplin and Moore Tornadoes, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Matthew, and the 2016 Louisiana flooding. FEMA’s effectiveness in dealing with more than 500 Presidentially-declared major disasters and emergencies under his leadership restored the faith of the American people in the federal government’s ability to respond to disasters. Additionally, FEMA’s use of technology to support complex operations and enable informed executive decision-making, as well as enhancing the ability for disaster survivors to engage with government assistance programs rapidly and more easily, flourished under his leadership.
Prior to his service in the Obama Administration, Craig spent eight years with the Florida Division of Emergency Management, appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to serve as Director beginning in 2003. In 2004, Fugate managed the largest Federal disaster response in Florida history as four major hurricanes--Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne - impacted the state in quick succession. Under Craig’s stewardship, Florida’s emergency management program became the first statewide program in the nation to receive full accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP). In 2016, Craig was the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) Lacy E. Suiter Award honoree for lifetime achievements and contributions in the field of emergency management.
Since leaving his government positions, Craig has served as an executive advisor to organizations across the globe, with a focus on emerging technology, crisis leadership, and risk reduction and resilience.
Craig’s many accomplishments include:
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Bent Ear Solutions helps organizations across the public and private sectors leverage their existing technology investments to maximize efficiency and increase situational and operational awareness. To assure success, Bent Ear Solutions works closely with customers to develop the appropriate processes and procedures for ongoing effective and sustainable data-driven decision support.