Andrew Zdunich

Director, Public Safety & Security, Infusion Development

Retired in 2006 from the Canadian Army at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, Mr. Zdunich is one of Canada’s leading experts in the field of inter-agency collaboration for public safety and homeland security. With over 20 years of experience in crisis and consequence management, Andrew’s impressive military career included key positions at the field and strategic command levels domestically and in high-risk areas abroad including Bosnia, Central Africa and Afghanistan. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Andrew led the re-engineering project of Canada’s National Defense Command Centre (NDCC) with a mandate to enhance the Canadian Military’s emergency response capabilities and interoperability with other government departments, civil agencies and Allied military forces including the design of multi-agency emergency response protocols. Appointed as the first Director of Canada’s newly established Joint Command Centre for military domestic emergency response, Andrew was responsible for the design, build, deployment and daily operations of Canada Command’s Emergency Operations Centre, and guided the establishment, operating protocols and interagency collaboration of regional military EOCs across the country. Mr. Zdunich holds a Masters Degree in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada and leads Infusion’s practice for developing end-to-end planning and response solutions for customers in the areas of crisis and consequence management. In this capacity he was instrumental in conceiving the Joint Emergency Planning and Response System (JEPRS) – Infusion’s award-winning and signature product in this area. Andrew has been a featured presenter at the World Conference on Disaster Management (2007), Showcase Ontario and the Microsoft Public Safety and Homeland Security Symposium.