Business continuity, crisis leadership, and enterprise risk, from a Certified Safety Professional with 20+ years in operational risk and military command experience.
Ransomware, a failed supplier, a facility loss, severe weather, a serious incident: I help owners and leadership teams plan for the bad day, practice it, and keep operating through it.
CSP, MS, MBA. Disciplined, evidence-based risk work that holds up with executives, boards, insurers, and auditors.
Two decades of leading people and operations where mistakes are costly. You work with me directly, not with a junior team.
Dark Ocean helps mid-sized organizations see their most serious risks clearly and keep operating when ransomware, supply-chain shocks, facility loss, severe weather, or serious incidents hit. I build practical business continuity and crisis plans, run realistic leadership tabletop exercises, and give owners, executives, and boards a risk register they actually use.
Every engagement is built for busy leaders: fixed scope, plain language, and a short list of decisions at the end. My background in safety and operational risk keeps the plans grounded in how your sites and people actually work.
Most clients start with one focused, fixed-scope engagement that takes two to four weeks and ends with a clear written deliverable. From there, we can build the full program only if it makes sense for you.
A business impact analysis, prioritized mitigations, and a continuity plan tested with a tabletop exercise.
A realistic, facilitated exercise for your leadership team, with a written after-action report.
A two-week, leadership-level look at the risks that could actually hurt the business.
When one site plan isn’t enough.
Turn the risk conversation into a management habit.
Senior risk leadership, without a full-time hire.
Dark Ocean works with organizations across the U.S. Planning workshops, risk interviews, and many tabletop exercises run virtually, and on-site work such as site walks and in-person exercises can be arranged wherever you operate.
Yes. Site walks and in-person tabletop exercises are often the best fit when your team can meet in person. Interviews, planning sessions, and many exercises work well virtually. We'll pick the mix that fits your schedule and budget.
Yes. Book a free 20-minute risk conversation. We'll talk about what's worrying you and what you already have in place, and you'll leave with at least one practical next step. If there's a fit, I'll follow up with a short proposal with a fixed scope and fee.
Yes. Through fractional risk leadership on a monthly agreement, I keep your continuity, crisis, and risk programs current: regular exercises, plan updates, risk register reviews, leadership or board reporting, and advisory support when an incident happens. It gives you senior risk leadership without the cost of a full-time hire.
Yes. Safety and operational risk work is still available as a complementary service for enterprise risk clients, including site safety assessments, emergency response planning and drills, and safety program reviews. It's offered alongside continuity, crisis, and enterprise risk engagements so your operational and strategic risks are managed together.
You'll work directly with me, Brad Weger, founder of Dark Ocean. I'm a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, hold an MS and an MBA, and have more than 20 years of operational risk experience along with military command experience. Dark Ocean is a veteran-owned firm.
