The latest from Kirk Drake

Aug 27, 2014 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

Are regulatory requirements killing credit union innovation?

Ongoing Operations recently held its client advisory board meeting. While we had realized the compliance pressures had been mounting we were blown away with how bad it has gotten. One ...

Jul 18, 2014 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

Regulation and old technology are killing innovation in credit unions

Having spent a significant part of my adult life working with credit unions, I often wonder about innovation in credit unions. As essentially small businesses, Credit Unions should be on ...

Mar 27, 2014 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

What your credit union needs to survive

Ongoing Operations has worked with hundreds of credit unions and seen numerous disaster recovery strategies brought to their knees by poor connectivity choices. In many ways, we would argue the ...

Dec 20, 2013 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

Top disaster recovery tech trends for 2014

Well it’s that time of year where everyone and their mother writes articles about their predictions about 2014. In sticking with that trend we thought an article about the ...

Sep 18, 2013 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

How Marcus Sheridan blew my mind on blogging…

How Marcus Sheridan blew my mind on blogging… About a year ago, I sat in the audience over lunch and listened to Marcus Sheridan talk about how he changed his ...

Aug 15, 2013 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

6 Key Considerations for your Credit Union Technology Plan

In our work, Ongoing Operations interacts with credit unions daily helping to establish robust long-term technology plans. In our research and from our exclusive work within credit unions – we have ...

Jun 20, 2013 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

Credit Union Technology Metrics

One of the hardest challenges for any Credit Union is establishing meaningful IT Metrics for your credit union. Sure it is easy to come up with things like uptime metrics ...

May 15, 2013 - by Kirk Drake, Ongoing Operations, LLC

Are RFPs Good or Bad?

Many, many years ago as a Chief Technology Officer, I remember gloriously putting together multiple RFPs (request for proposal) on a variety of topics. Each one was well intentioned and ...

Kirk Drake

President & CEO
Ongoing Operations, LLC

Web: www.ongoingoperations.com

Kirk Drake is founder and CEO of Ongoing Operations, LLC, a rapidly growing CUSO that provides complete business continuity and technology solutions. With its recent acquisition of Cloudworks, Ongoing Operations has expanded its market niche and become the leader in hosted solutions for credit unions and their providers. Kirk is a well-known and respected industry leader with over 15 years of experience designing and implementing advanced IT Systems and Disaster Recovery Solutions. Prior to founding Ongoing Operations, he served as Chief Technology Officer for NIH Federal Credit Union, a $400 million financial institution. During his time at NIH, Kirk spearheaded critical system conversions and led many projects to strategically advance the credit union, allowing it to better serve its members. Kirk is also an expert in designing collaborative solutions and developing innovative technology platforms. During Kirk’s tenure at Ongoing Operations, the CUSO has grown to one of the top twenty CUSOs in the nation and successfully recovered numerous clients in actual disaster situations.