Nicole Bowen stood in the parking lot, clutching her backup tapes as she watched fire hoses pour water into the main office of Fairfax County Federal Credit Union.
Her new data center was getting drenched, but two good things were going on: No one was hurt and the disaster recovery plan her Fairfax, Va., credit union had just implemented was working as it should.
That was July 13. Now, everything is back to normal at the $281 million Fairfax County FCU. And its vice president of information technology, compliance and facilities is the IT Executive of the Year winner in the 2014 Trailblazer Awards from Credit Union Times.
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