Patrick Hardy is founder and CEO of Hytropy Disaster Management(TM), the largest and most successful small business and family disaster management company in the US. A Certified Emergency Manager®, Certified Risk Manager®, Master Business Continuity Professional®, and FEMA Master of Exercise®, he has extensive experience working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in disaster management from micro-businesses to Fortune 500 companies. He also works with families from high-net-worth celebrities to CEOs to nonprofits. Hardy is recognized as the foremost expert in disaster preparedness in over a dozen industries, having invented plans now considered best practice. A graduate of FEMA's Advanced Academy, he sits as the National Commercial Sector Chief for the FBI's public-private partnership, Infragard, and is a board member for the ARISE-US Network, which is the US chapter of the ARISE Global network established by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Hardy has been cross-trained and certified in emergency medical response, hazardous materials, emergency communications, Homeland Security policy, and terrorism. Hardy began his career in EMS ambulance first response, eventually becoming a visiting instructor to the National EMS Academy's paramedic program, and wrote the chapters on disaster preparedness, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction for the new Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Textbook for use in the US National Curriculum.
