Dick Fordham brings extensive experience in the disaster recovery industry to Recovery Point. He was trained at the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK and held various senior positions at IBM in Europe and in the US during a career spanning nearly 30 years.  Dick was one of the founders of the IBM Business Recovery Services unit in the UK in the early 1980’s, and was responsible for the development of trading recovery solutions for major, London-based, UK and foreign banks. Following an international assignment to the US as Global Marketing Manager for IBM Recovery Services, Dick returned to IBM EMEA HQ in Paris to manage marketing for IBM Global Services, with responsibility for five regions and 32 countries.