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Here are my constructions:

  1. He has the ability to develop policies, procedures and solutions that improve network disaster recovery and business continuity.
  2. He has the ability to developing policies, procedures and solutions that improve network disaster recovery and business continuity.

So my question is, should I use 'develop' or 'developing'?

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  • "Develop" -- this one is fairly straight-forward. The verb is "develop"; "developing" is the gerund form, which behaves as a noun.
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    Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 19:38

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He has the ability to develop policies, procedures and solutions that improve network disaster recovery and business continuity.

Is the correct one because you want to use the infinitive without to (aka bare infinitive).
One reason for this may be that «having the ability to» basically goes down to «he is able to», which expects the bare infinitive.

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