Patrick Knapp

Patrick Knapp serves as the Vice President, Business Continuity & Incident Management Consultant at Truist since October 2024. Patrick has extensive experience in business resilience and crisis management, previously holding roles such as Business Resilience Manager at Direct Energy and Regional Disaster Program Officer at American Red Cross, where leadership included managing a team of 19 and overseeing disaster response services along the Texas Gulf Coast. Other significant positions include Vice President of Response Operations at Witt O'Brien's and Crisis Management Senior Analyst at Ally, where Patrick developed training strategies to enhance incident management capabilities. Earlier experience as Enterprise Crisis Manager at Baker Hughes Inc involved managing crisis and business continuity programs across 44 teams in 80 countries. Patrick holds a degree from the University of North Texas, obtained between 1991 and 1995.