2012 PSC CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Gary Berry, SAC
Protective Services Divison – U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Gary is the SAC, Protective Services Division, Office of Disaster Management and National Security, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) where he provides protective services for the Secretary. He is also President of Tactical Awareness Group, Inc., a company that provides a wide range of executive and employee protection, security, and law enforcement training programs and services. He has more than 35 years experience and technical field exposure as an instructor and trainer in federal, state and local law enforcement, private and corporate security operations, and dignitary and high-profile protection. He holds instructor/trainer certification from the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy (OPOTA) in London, Ohio where he has trained over 5,000 officers, and is a certified instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) where he has trained more than 8,000 federal law enforcement officers. Noteworthy among the training courses he has developed is the “Street Simulation Tactics” course which was developed to address individual safety of auditors employed by the Office of the Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Since the origination of the course, Street Simulation Tactics has been tailored to accommodate the ever evolving civilian and corporate populations.
Rick Colliver
Global Security Manager, Eaton Corporation
Rick has served as the global security director for two multi-national corporations with operations in 24 time zones, and has managed protection details around the world. He is the course developer and lead instructor in the Principal Protection Program at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy. He has security clearances with the US DoD and DHS, and serves as a board member of the American Board for Certification in Dignitary and Executive Protection, and an Advisory Council member for the Protective Security Council. Rick is the co-author and narrator of School Safety and Security; An All-Hazards Approach and a contributing author to Gruber’s Physical and Technical Security; An Introduction. He is currently completing a companion text for academic and certification protection programs entitled, Principal Protection; Lessons Learned. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology from The Ohio State University, has completed graduate work in Organizational Behavior at the University of Phoenix, and Crisis Management at the American Military University. He serves at the Union County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office, as a reserve deputy and hostage negotiator, and serves on the Public Health and the Critical Infrastructure Protection Advisory Committees for Ohio Homeland Security, Ohio Department of Public Safety.
Michael H. Corcoran, Ph.D.
President, The Workthreat Group
Dr. Corcoran was in the law enforcement field for over 34 years beginning in 1968 and the threat assessment field since 1970 when he entered the United States Secret Service. Completing his doctorate in 1979 in Behavioral Science, and utilizing his law enforcement experience, he specializes in identifying and handling potentially violent subjects. He does threat assessments, determination of true potentials of violence and criminal profiling and training for governmental agencies, cities and counties, law enforcement, Fortune 500 companies, school districts and healthcare providers around the world. He has spoken internationally on all these topics as well as written numerous articles and books on determining and handling violence.
www.workthreat.com
Rudy Diaz
Chief Operating Officer, PICA Corporation
Rodolfo is Chief Operating Officer of PICA Corp and is responsible for directing and overseeing all operational activity of the company’s global business units. He has over 23 years leadership experience and has successfully and consistently led and managed global operations for both the private sector and the US military. Prior to joining PICA Corporation, he served with the Hewlett Packard Company leading the Global Anti-counterfeiting Program. While with Hewlett-Packard, Rudy was directly responsible for the worldwide interdiction of over $250 million in counterfeit products. In 2000, he served as Director of Corporate Security at Precision Response Corporation, a division of InterActive Corporation, one of the largest providers of global customer management, focused on business-to-business as well as business-to-consumer solutions for some of the world’s most popular brands. From 1994-2000, he also served as a managing director for Pinkerton C&I, leading operations for both the Chicago and Miami offices providing security consultation, corporate investigations and business intelligence to numerous Fortune 500 companies. Rudy, a graduate of Marquette University with a BA in Criminology, was commissioned in 1989 as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. As an infantry officer, he served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm and was selected to participate in special operations in Latin America. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device (V) for heroism.
www.pica.net
Fredrick A. Foster, CPP
Vice President, Protection Services, Consulting & Investigations Division, Andrews International
Fred is Vice President of Andrews International, the largest privately-held, US-owned global provider of security, consulting and investigations services. He regularly organizes security teams to provide direct intervention in a variety of potentially violent circumstances, especially in the workplace. He is a former Michigan police officer, is an American Society for Industrial Security Board Certified Protection Professional and three times past chairman of the Southwestern Michigan Chapter of ASIS International. He served on the committee that authored the ASIS Guideline on Workplace Violence Prevention and Response, and also belongs to the Association for Intelligence Officers as well as the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. He is a member of the PSC Advisory Council.
www.andrewsinternational.com
Frank G. Gallagher
CEO, Gallagher Security Advisors
Frank has over 20 years of international experience providing personal protection, intelligence gathering, counter-terrorism operations, surveillance detection, threat analysis, and security training in both the private security sector and the U.S. Military. He has worked for the US Department of State’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program to train foreign protection agents in VIP protection and VIPP-TST (Tactical Support Team) courses, and helped rewrite the PNL (Protecting National Leaders) course. He served Blackwater Security as their Lead Instructor for the Protective Service Details (PSD) High Threat Protection Training program. He has worked in Iraq for the DoD Counter Terrorism Special Operations Forces as the Deputy Program Manager responsible for training the Iraqi PSD teams that are now protecting the new Iraqi leadership. Most notably he was the Agent in Charge (AIC) of Ambassador L. Paul Bremer’s security detail in Baghdad, Iraq where he was responsible for the day to day safety and security of the Presidential Envoy. He was Director of Security for former US Secretary of State, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, and was responsible for the safety and security of Dr. and Mrs. Kissinger domestically and internationally, publicly and privately. He served in the United States Marine Corps – 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion – as a special warfare operator.
Erik Gaull, CEM,CPP,PMP
iJET Program Manager , The World Bank Group Security Operations Center
Erik runs the worldwide security/intelligence operations center at the World Bank. He has worked on projects in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for the private sector, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Navy, several publishers, and local governments. Erik is a Certified Emergency Manager®, Certified Protection Professional®, and Project Management Professional®. He earned Advanced Professional Series and the Professional Development Series recognitions from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He is a Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic, a certified Fire Officer III and Fire Instructor III, a hazardous materials technician, and a law enforcement officer. In 2009, Erik was appointed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s First Responder Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Coordinating Working Group. Erik served as the Director of the Operational Improvements Division of the Office of Mayor Anthony A. Williams in Washington, D.C. On September 11, 2001, he helped manage the District’s Emergency Operations Center, and later developed the District’s “First Hour of Action Plan for Senior Officials.” He was a key liaison for the Mayor and City Administrator in the intergovernmental response to the Anthrax attacks of 2001. Prior to joining the Williams Administration he was the Director of Local Government Studies TriData Corporation, a public sector emergency services management consulting firm. He completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, has an MBA from Georgetown University, a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Urban Studies from Columbia University.
Lenny Hall
Global Security Manager-CSO, Scotts Company – Scotts Miracle-Gro
Lenny is the Global Security Manager and Chief Security Officer (CSO) for The Scott’s Company. He is responsible for the identification, development, implementation, and management of global security strategies and programs. This includes providing consulting and compliance subject matter expertise, including US Department of Homeland Security initiatives; overseeing corporate ethics investigations; travel and operational risk; and executive protection for the enterprise. He is also an adjunct instructor and consultant at The University of Findlay, School of Environmental and Emergency Management. Prior to Scotts, Lenny served as CEO of Hall & Associates, Inc., an investigation and security consulting firm, headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. As a consultant to public figures, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies, Lenny coordinated major investigations with Federal, state and municipal law enforcement agencies. The primary focus of Lenny’s career has been related to the protection of critical infrastructure and the identification, assessment and management of persons or groups who make threatening communications and or exhibit threatening behavior
www.scotts.com
David L. Johnson, DABCHS, CHS-V
President, ITG Consultants, Inc
David is President of ITG Consultants, Inc., providing dignitary and executive protection consulting, training and protective services. In 31 years of direct experience, he has coordinated Presidential, Cabinet, Ambassadorial, and Senior Executive level protective programs in threat environments ranging from negligible to that of imminent assassination attempts by state sponsored terrorist organizations, conditions of Coup D’état, and ultra-nationalism. He has conducted multiple high threat or politically sensitive assignments in Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and contract management in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is certified in Homeland Security – Level V, by the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security, serves on its Executive Advisory Board and as Chairman of the American Board for Certification in Dignitary and Executive Protection. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Protective Security Council. He is the author of Advance – The Guide for Conducting A Protective Security Advance and numerous protective services and training articles in various publications including Chief Security Officer and Security Management On-line magazines, and is a regular columnist for Inside Homeland Security magazine.
www.itg4.com
John F. Judge, SSA
Chief of Operations, Protective Services Division – U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
John has been with the U.S. Government for over 20 years and on a protective detail since 1994. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard for eight years, five of which were as a protective services specialist in the Office of the Commandant. In 1999, he was hired as a Special Agent assigned to the U.S. HUD Secretary and served as shift agent, lead advance, and detail leader. In 2006 he was named Chief of Operations for HUD Protective Services. His duties include advising the Director and SAC of the daily operations; liaison with law enforcement; manage budgeting of foreign missions; meeting with the Secretary, the Secretary’s Staff, the Chief Financial Officer’s Office of HUD, the Director of HUD OSEP, the Department of State, overseas U.S. Embassies/Consulates where the Secretary travels; working with the HUD physical security branch and contract security force to conduct surveillance and counter-surveillance operations; serving as a protective agent with additional operations responsibilities for planning, scheduling, and coordination of day-to-day security in DC, the United States, and abroad; and training HUD OIG agents used to support the division while on foreign and domestic missions.
Eric Konohia
President – BPI Security
Bio to come.
www.bpisecurity.com
Bruce McIndoe
President & Cofounder - iJET Intelligent Risk Systems
Bruce is a recognized leader in the risk management, travel, and intelligence industries. An iJET founder, Bruce has been the key contributor to the company’s strategic growth, securing its position as a leader in business resiliency with the development of the Worldcue® Global Control Center. Prior to joining iJET, Bruce was founder and CEO of CSSI, an Inc. 500 and four-time Washington Technology FAST 50 company that developed software for the intelligence community. He also served as a lead architect on one of the most productive intelligence programs in the history of the National Security Agency. He received a BS in Physics from Allegheny College and holds a MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University. Bruce also teaches intelligence related courses at the University of Maryland University College.
www.ijet.com
Gordon McIntosh
Program Coordinator-Corporate Security – The World Bank
Gordon McIntosh is the Program Coordinator, Corporate Security Division for the World Bank Group. The Bank’s Corporate Security Division has responsibility for the protection of staff and physical assets in Washington, DC, 200 overseas country offices and for 1,500 staff traveling worldwide on a daily basis. Gordon’s portfolio encompasses management of the units responsible for intelligence & analysis; policy & governance; strategic communications & training; resource mgmt; information systems; pre-employment investigations; security systems; and fire life safety. In 1999 Gordon established the Bank’s first protective security operation and managed the program until 2011. During this period he conducted twenty domestic and forty-five overseas protective missions in more than fifty countries. In addition he has been a principal team member in planning and executing security measures for major meeting events in Washington and around the world.
Marissa Michel
Manager-PwC Advisory’s Forensic Services Group, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Marissa is a Manager in PwC Advisory’s Forensics Services Group, where she has developed the Organizational Resilience business offering for government, non-profit and corporate clients to re-align their strategies, personnel, and systems to become more agile as they operate in and respond to increasing complexities in global markets. Her work has included assisting clients in managing business disruptions in the Middle East during the Arab Spring, creating crisis management programs, business process re-engineering, crisis communications plans, and change-management programs to address human capital vulnerabilities. Marissa joined PwC from a global investment bank, where she was the deputy global head of an operational risk and intelligence team with a focus on emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa. She has worked on site in Algeria, Dubai, Turkey, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana to identify risk issues, and provide operational risk assessments and crisis management strategies, and as the risk manager liaison on numerous crisis management teams, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Prior to PwC, she spent six years as an Intelligence Officer, specializing in money laundering, terrorism, and organized crime in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Marissa has a Masters of Letters in the International Security Studies Program from the University of St. Andrews, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Security Studies from American University.
www.pwc.com
Edgar Mosquera, Esq
General Counsel-Intel Manager, Protection Resources International
Edgar is corporate counsel for Protection Resources International LLC. He brings a unique skill set and expertise to PRI that is simply not found in other security companies – he is a practicing attorney with operational experience in executive protection. A former police officer, he is admitted to the bar in Illinois and has practiced in both state and federal court. In addition to his role as corporate counsel, he oversees PRI’s Threat Assessment and Protective Intelligence programs. He has spoken at a number of conferences on legal considerations for executive protection providers and corporate executive protection functions.
www.protectionresources.com
Kent Moyer
CEO, The World Protection Group
Kent is founder and owner of The World Protection Group and is responsible for overall direction and growth of the organization and overseeing daily operations. He actively works with clients and security personnel to incorporate a philosophy of proactive, preventative security and attention to customer service. He is a graduate of the prestigious ASIS/Wharton Executive Security Program, at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; the Wharton Advancement Management program; and other Wharton School programs. He is a graduate of the Executive Security Institute (ESI) with a degree in Criminal Justice and the Executive Protection Institute. He is certified by the FBI as a law enforcement firearms instructor and is a graduate of the National Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC) and the Los Angeles and Orange County Sheriff’s Academy. In 2003, he was recognized as the Deputy Sheriff of the Year for the Diplomatic Protection Unit (DPU). Kent is an active author and speaker on security and is an active member of many professional security and law enforcement organizations including ASIS International, Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP), Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), California Reserve Peace Officers Association and the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP).
www.wpg.us.com
David T. Nadolski
Senior Manager of Loss Prevention
Dave is the Senior Manager of Loss Prevention for Dunkin’ Brands Inc. a global quick service restaurant chain headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts. Dave supervises nine Loss Prevention Managers located throughout the United States. Dave’s team conducts all royalty assurance, brand reputation, employee theft, franchisee compliance and internal investigations for Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins. Dave is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent who during 21 years with the Bureau served in four FBI field divisions and specialized in Violent Crime, Public Corruption, Foreign Counter Intelligence, Civil Rights and Government Fraud investigations. Dave was a member of the FBI Evidence Response Team and travelled nationally and internationally to conduct crime scene investigations including the terrorist bombing of the United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Dave is a graduate of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan and a US Army Vietnam veteran.
Michael Nossaman
President, Protective Security Council
Michael is the founder and President of the Protective Security Council, and the founder and President of Varro Press, Inc., a publisher of professional security and law enforcement books since 1994. From 1989 to 1994 he was the Chief Administrative Officer of the Tactical Response Association (TRA), an international organization of security, law enforcement, and military personnel engaged in high-risk security operations, counterterrorism, and law enforcement and military special operations. He is also the founder of TREXPO: The Tactical & Technology Resources Expo & Conference. From 1989 to 1997 he was Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of Tactical Response/TACTICS, a magazine for law enforcement and security personnel. He was also publisher of The Trainer: The Journal of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and The Firearms Instructor: The Official Journal of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors. He has edited 17 professional security and law enforcement books. He is a member of the Protective Security Council, ASIS International, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security. He is Secretary of the American Board for Certification in Dignitary and Executive Protection.
www.protectivesecuritycouncil.com
Robert L. Oatman, CPP
President, R.L. Oatman & Associates
Bob retired as a Major and Chief of Detectives from Maryland’s Baltimore County Police Department where he acquired a broad range of training and experience in crisis management leadership, executive protection and criminal investigation. United States Secret Service training provided the foundation of his executive protection skills, which he used to administer protective operations for a variety of local, national and international officials and dignitaries. Since entering the private sector, he has provided consulting advice, management services, expert protective and investigative support and training to multi-national corporations both in the United States and abroad. Frequently called upon to analyze standing executive protection operations, he has been responsible for restructuring major corporate security programs. He managed executive protection operations for NBC during the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea in 1988, Barcelona, Spain in 1992, Atlanta, Georgia in 1996 and Sydney, Australia in 2000. He is the author of three books, Executive Protection: Rising to the Challenge, The Art of Executive Protection, and Executive Protection: New Solutions For A New Era. He is co-author of You’re the Target, an in-depth look at terrorism and personal security. He is also a contributing author to Volumes I and II of Providing Protective Services.
www.rloatman.com
Charles Randolph
Director-Executive Protection & Intelligence, Microsoft Corporation
Seventeen years of experience in the security industry and 20 years as a military officer has uniquely qualified Chuck to take on a typical day’s work of planning, strategic development, tactical deployment, and management of a global sized executive protection and intelligence unit. Having previously been the CEO of a security company with Fortune 500 clients, Chuck has the experience and insight needed to provide Microsoft with top-level protective and intelligence services, and keen business acumen for corporate budgets and fiscal matters. He is responsible for both the Executive Security Team and the Microsoft Intelligence Unit – a globally placed intelligence team that produces critical data on which the enterprise relies for making key business decisions. Since joining Microsoft in 2000, Chuck has taken on ever-increasing responsibilities and expanded the scope of the services and assets his unit provides the company. Under his leadership he has transformed the security services and intelligence unit to function beyond its traditional role of executive protection, to that of a strategic enabler. Chuck also serves in the Army National Guard at the rank of Major where he has served as Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Commander, Executive Officer, and two company commands. Presently he is a Battalion Operations and Training Officer and served with Distinction and Honor in Afghanistan as a Combat Advisor to the Afghan National Army. Chuck has a B.S. Degree in Political Science from Ball State University.
Patrick M. Shely
Manager, Special Projects & Programs, Tony Scotti’s Vehicle Dynamics Institute
Patrick is a former Marine whose 23 year law enforcement career began in 1966 with the Coos Bay Oregon Police Department, followed by service with the Alaska State Troopers and the Valdez Alaska Police Department, where he was the Chief. His private sector career spans more than 20 years, the entirety of which was spent with ExxonMobil. During his tenure there he served as the onsite security coordinator for the Exxon Valdez incident and response, the company’s focal point for all security matters in the Western US and Alaska and, later, was directly responsible for the safety and security of two successive CEO’s.
www.vehicledynamics.net
Lawrence Snow
President – SJC Web Design
www.sjcwebdesign.com
Bio to come.
Ray Thomas, CISSP, CBCP
Senior Manager, Business Assurance, Booz Allen Hamilton
Ray developed and currently leads Booz Allen Hamilton’s Business Assurance program. The program coordinates the firm’s crisis/emergency management, business continuity, and international security and risk management activities in the United States, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and South America. Ray led the corporate response to numerous incidents affecting Booz Allen staff, offices, and operations, including the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, H1N1 (swine) flu, Mumbai hotel attacks, Hurricanes Ike, Katrina, and Rita; London subway bombings; Madrid bombings; Indian Ocean tsunami; and terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia. Before coming to Booz Allen, Ray served 14 years in the US Army Special Forces (Active Duty and Reserve), where he was an intelligence and communications expert operating in Europe, Russia, South America, and Afghanistan. Mr. Thomas has a Masters degree in Crisis, Risk, and Emergency Management from George Washington University and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University. He is certified by the US Army Special Forces as an Antiterrorism instructor and holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) certifications.
www.bah.com
Christian West
CEO, AS Solution
Christian serves as the Chief Executive Officer of ASNA, the company he founded in 2007. He has been active in the world of executive protection for more than 15 years and has served both as a team member and as a detail leader. He has extensive international experience, having completed successful engagements around the globe in over 50 countries. Prior to founding ASNA, Christian founded ASA/S in Denmark in 2003. He is credited with establishing that company as one of the premier executive protection firms in Europe. Before starting ASA/S, he was branch manager for Securitas Special Security Unit.
www.assolution.com
