Business Continuity Consulting

Business Continuity Consulting – Strengthen Operational Resilience

Protect your business from disruptions with Toptal’s Business Continuity Consulting. Our business continuity consultants identify critical operations, evaluate potential risks, and develop plans to maintain or recover essential functions during disruptions.

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Clients Served

35,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

30,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

85,000+

Years in Business

15+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS

Our Services

Toptal Business Continuity Consulting

Toptal’s business continuity consultants help businesses identify recovery priorities and prepare them to respond when critical processes or technology become unavailable.

Business Continuity Strategy

Establish a companywide approach to business continuity, including clear instructions for protecting critical operations and improving preparedness.

Operational Impact Analysis

Determine which business functions are most critical and how prolonged downtime would affect your operations and finances.

Business Continuity Risk Assessment

Evaluate potential disruptions based on their likelihood so planning focuses on the risks that require the most attention.

Business Continuity Planning

Document how critical business functions will continue during a disruption, with responsibilities and recovery priorities clearly defined.

Disaster Recovery Planning

Plan how data will be restored after an outage, with recovery targets based on how long critical applications can be unavailable.

Crisis Response Planning

Prepare leaders to make decisions and coordinate communication during a crisis, and establish responsibilities before an incident occurs.

Incident Response Planning

Define how teams will respond to disruptive incidents, from the initial escalation through containment and the return to normal operations.

Operational and IT Resilience

Reduce dependencies that could interrupt critical operations by strengthening the technology and resources the business relies on most.

Continuity Testing and Exercises

Test continuity plans through realistic exercises to uncover weaknesses and give employees practice carrying out their assigned responsibilities.

Business Continuity Training

Train employees on continuity procedures and individual responsibilities so they know what actions to take during a disruption.

Compliance Standards and Readiness

Align business continuity practices with standards such as ISO 22301 and address areas that could create problems during an external review.

Continuity Plan Review and Updates

Review continuity plans as business operations and technology change so recovery procedures continue to reflect how the organization functions.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Business Continuity Consulting

Our Business Continuity experts, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.

Define

Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.

Develop

Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether your goal is to establish a business continuity program, prepare for technology outages, or improve how your organization responds to major disruptions.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.

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CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

Business Continuity Solutions That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading business continuity consulting through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent and Teams

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal

Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

Delivery Manager

Management Consultant

Business Strategy Consultant

Innovation Consultant

Solution Architect

Business Resilience Consultant

Cybersecurity Executive

Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

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Experience

35+

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

Previously Managed Client

Experience

9+ Years

Dave Rosin

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

11+ Years

of Experience

Management Consultant

Dave is a lead strategy and execution expert with a solid track record advising clients in B2C retail, CPG, pet, and consumer-focused PE industries through a combination of strategy, commercial ops, and interim executive roles. He spent nearly a decade consulting at McKinsey and Monitor Deloitte. Dave led McKinsey's service line focused on driving B2C top-line growth transformations and, most recently, was an executive of a pet supplement startup, leading sales and business development.

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Aanchal Goel

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

12+ Years

of Experience

Business Strategy Consultant

Aanchal is a former Bain management consultant and Chartered Financial Analyst specializing in creating financial models, business plans, growth strategies, market and competitive intelligence reports, scaling-up strategies, GTM strategies, and sustainability strategies. She has worked with 350+ clients globally. Aanchal’s guiding values are excellence, clear communication, and time commitment.

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Savannah Enright

Verified Expert in Product Management

15+ Years

of Experience

Innovation Consultant

Savannah is a seasoned customer experience (CX) strategist and innovation consultant with over 15 years of experience leading innovation, strategy, and design projects and teams. Previously of Fjord and BCG X, she excels in transforming products and experiences to meet modern consumer expectations. Savannah's work spans industries and levels of seniority, where she leads user research, crafts actionable business strategies, and develops innovative concepts across the entire customer journey.

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Gustavo Adolfo Valverde De Soto

Verified Expert in Engineering

13+ Years

of Experience

Solution Architect

Gustavo is a solution-driven and highly proactive ITC professional used to working with fast-paced teams from the Big Four and startups. He has over six years of experience working on infosec, IT audits, BCP, solutions architecture, DevOps, and product management. Throughout his career, Gustavo designed DRPs for financial institutions, leveraged DevOps in several startups, supported critical infrastructure for SaaS solutions, and led the development of countrywide digital products.

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Barbara Close

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

36+ Years

of Experience

Business Resilience Consultant

As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs in diverse industries for 36+ years. She has diversified industry expertise across consumer and industrial products and services, manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce, retail, and technology, which gives her a multi-dimensional approach to problem-solving. Functionally, her work has spanned core operations and front- and back-office processes. Barbara is a mechanical engineer and Kellogg MBA.

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Greg Bassett

Verified Expert in Engineering

35+ Years

of Experience

Cybersecurity Executive

Greg is a seasoned and highly qualified cybersecurity and compliance executive. He has built and led cybersecurity and compliance teams in different healthcare, financial services, and pharmaceutical organizations throughout his career. Greg's proven expertise in technical, administrative, and procedural controls for information protection allows him to help businesses keep their critical information secure, confidential, and intact.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

30,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

Operations Consultant

Management Consultant

Risk Consultant

Security Architect

Business Consultant

Advisory Consultant

Change Management Consultant

Strategy Consultant

Information Security Manager

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

21+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Mohamed has held executive internal consulting roles for JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, transforming operations with annualized expense reductions of up to $180 million. He is a finance expert who perfectly blends the academic knowledge of an Industrial Engineering degree and MBA with deep business acumen and technical know-how. Specializing in strategic planning, performance management, and process improvement initiatives, Mohamed is willing to leverage his experience with other clients.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

29+ Years

of Experience

Management Consultant

Jakub has worked as a McKinsey consultant and portfolio manager at Third Avenue, a legendary multibillion-dollar value fund, leading investments, advising on acquisitions, and performing valuations for companies across geographies and sectors. A Yale graduate, he possesses extensive expertise in assessment, strategy development, and investment analysis. Jakub loves to help his clients with valuation, operations, and strategy.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

16+ Years

of Experience

Risk Consultant

Francesco has 16+ years of experience in finance, consulting, business management, and sustainability. Throughout these years, he has worked on more than 20 projects as a consultant at Bain & Company and launched Uber operations in Turin, Italy. Lately, he has founded Tondo, an organization spreading circular economy concepts, and Tondo lab, a company driving the implementation of clean and circular innovations. Francesco is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

20+ Years

of Experience

Security Architect

Montasir is an InfoSec leader with 20+ years of experience managing cybersecurity and enterprise architecture. He has designed and enforced security solutions for complex IT systems, including creating five-year security technical architecture roadmaps. With solid technical expertise and a profound grasp of industry best practices, Montasir develops and executes cybersecurity strategies that effectively mitigate risks, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

20+ Years

of Experience

Business Consultant

Anuar, a Bain alumnus with 20+ years of experience, specializes in advising private equity groups and Fortune 500 companies. He assists C-suite executives and investors in defining total addressable markets, conducting due diligence and M&A processes, and creating growth strategies. Anuar’s expertise lies in the TMT sector, helping telcos and SaaS companies boost their topline through pricing and accelerating their growth through data-driven go-to-market strategies.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

17+ Years

of Experience

Advisory Consultant

Cheryl is a seasoned full-stack financial advisor who supported $5 billion in fundraising (debt/equity financing, venture/growth/PE financing), closed $20 billion in transactions (financial analysis, modeling, due diligence), and prepared companies for audit/IPO readiness. She held roles in advisory and audit practices at Tier-1 accounting firms and corporate development at a Fortune 500 company. Cheryl enjoys working with entrepreneurs and founders to grow their vision into a thriving business.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Project Management

34+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

Alan is an international insurance digital transformation strategist and implementer, currently based in the US. He has helped some of the world’s largest insurers figure out how to respond to new technologies and changing customer demands, to the benefit of both their customers and themselves. Alan has delivered in multiple roles as a program director, change director, program manager, project manager, and Scrum master.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

13+ Years

of Experience

Strategy Consultant

A Brown graduate with an MBA from Emory, Ruyi has more than 13 years of tier 1 consulting experience across strategy, transformation, and M&A in Australia and the US. She has developed a GTM strategy for Origin.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

Information Security Manager

Vanessa is an energetic and highly competent Certified Information Systems Security and Project Management Professional (CISSP, PMP). She has spent 10+ years successfully directing complex technical programs for companies like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Boeing. Vanessa also has an excellent track record demonstrating leadership abilities, executive decision-making, complex problem-solving, detailed project planning, and effective communication.

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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

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WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.

Toptal accelerates vendor risk management and enhances security for SaaS leader, reducing onboarding time by 50%.

Challenge: The client faced delays in vendor risk management, which slowed access to critical services, impacting business operations.

Solution: Toptal’s security architect optimized the intake process, conducting thorough SaaS vendor reviews to ensure compliance with the client’s security standards. Toptal worked with cross-functional teams and vendors to resolve security issues, ensuring alignment with the client’s security posture.

Outcome: Fifty vendors were onboarded in just three months, halving the initial six-month timeline and significantly reducing the backlog. Toptal strengthened the client’s third-party risk management, ensuring vendors met security standards without compromising operational security and upholding its reputation for stringent security measures.

Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America

Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.

IBM — Newsweek's Most Reliable Companies in America 2026 ranking. Toptal is ranked #11, the highest-ranked professional services firm.

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Methodology for the Rankings

How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.

Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.

Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.

Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.

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OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Explore Insights From the Business Continuity Field

Read the latest articles and resources on business continuity, with practical guidance for preparing for disruptions, reducing downtime, and recovering critical operations.

Business Model Innovation: Driving Resilience When Disruption Is the Default

Toptal’s Senior Client Solutions Advisor explores how leading companies like SAS and ServiceNow successfully updated their business models—and shares advice for other organizations looking to do the same.

Michael Valocchi

35 Years of Experience

Michael is a management consulting and client advisory leader with experience at IBM, PwC, Cognizant, and Toptal. Over the course of his career, he has designed and directed consulting practices, including serving as head of consulting for the Americas at Cognizant, where he advised leaders across sectors such as telecommunications, media, and energy and utilities. Michael holds a BS in accounting from St. Joseph’s University and has completed advanced management programs at Harvard, Columbia, and Emory universities. He also serves as a guest lecturer at Columbia University and Baruch College.

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Financial Distress in a Crisis: You Can’t Predict, You Can Prepare

Jeff Anapolsky

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

Financial Consultant

Supply Chain Lessons and Opportunities: Learnings From a Crisis

Zachary Elfman

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

Logistics Consulting Business Modeling

The New Risk Management Playbook: Black Swans and the Rise of Scenario Analysis

Michael J. McDonald

Michael is an award-winning journalist who has worked at Bloomberg News and Thomson Financial. He is a Senior Writer for Toptal’s Management Consulting Blog.

Business Continuity Related Offerings

Explore Related Services and Roles

Pair Toptal’s Business Continuity Consulting with related competencies to effectively tackle your business challenges.

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