Teil Blackshare

Teil Blackshare leads the Business Continuity team and is responsible for the business impact analysis process, managing recovery plans, managing ongoing exercises and positively influencing the overall condition of readiness for BOK Financial. He also serves as the Director of the Emergency Operations Center, which provides coordination and management of all crisis response and recovery activities for any major incident.

For more than 25 years, Blackshare has served in a broad range of leadership roles across several industries in both the public and private sectors. He also is an entrepreneur and built a successful consulting technology company, Bridge Technology in the late 1990s. Teil is passionate about building a positive team culture and providing exceptional leadership through authenticity and transparency.

Blackshare has a B.S. in Management Science with Computer Systems from Oklahoma State University. He is a trained FEMA Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) leader.

He is active in his local community, serving as a board member of the Jenks Public Schools Foundation. He also is a Life.Church Community Leader and is the Chairman of the Board for the CompassKC Experience in Kansas City. Teil is involved with his alma mater and active in the OSU Alumni Association. He and his wife, Jennifer, have four children.