Experience

EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

• Management of the $8 billion-plus response and recovery effort after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City
• Coordination of recovery efforts after the 9/11 terrorist attack at the Pentagon and Pennsylvania
• Development of protocol for a national counter-terrorism team for responding to terrorist incidents
• Emergency and mitigation planning for location of a chemical stockpile
• Development of policies and procedures for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
• Assessment of vulnerability of water and power plants for a U.S. Territory concerned with terrorist- and weapons of mass destruction- related attacks
• Design, testing and implementation of emergency plans for a major oil and gas company
• Assessment of vulnerability of critical financial infrastructure in a major U.S. city concerned with terrorist-related attack
• Strategic planning and design of disaster recovery plan, employee training and disaster plan testing for financial institutions
• Establishment of Urban Search and Rescue Task Force for a major U.S. capital city
• Led Urban Search and Rescue Task Force in response to the bombing of a U.S. Federal building in Oklahoma City
• Operational planning and support for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Development of catastrophic plans for Florida hurricanes and New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake, and mass evacuee support operations
• Doctrine development for Department of Homeland Security
• Planning, writing and developing the Professional Development Plan for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Field Coordinator Officer Cadre
• Development of Time Phased Force Development List (TPFDL) for weapons of mass destruction scenario
• Provided oversight for U.S. Department of Defense consequence management support to several U.S. domestic operations such as the 1996 Olympics, Hurricane Marilyn, the Oklahoma City explosion, the Northridge Earthquake, two Presidential Inaugurals, numerous floods, fires and smaller hurricanes, and classified terrorist incidents
• Coordination of plans that directed the use of U.S. Army medical resources to support execution of on-going response and recovery efforts in the U.S. caused by natural disasters
• Development of plans between the U.S. Department of Defense and other Federal agencies on matters related to medical mobilization in the continental U.S.
• Conducted training and workshops within industrial and academic settings on emergency response, disaster mitigation, security and terrorism

SECURITY ASSESSMENT, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

• Development of security plan to secure the Green Zone which included ministerial, Embassy and Presidential buildings in a Middle East country
• Creation and initiation of security plan for a Middle East international airport to meet U.S. Transportation Security Administration standards including all passenger, cargo airside/landside security plans as directed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the country’s Civil Aviation Authority
• Advised the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Ministry of Transport on the construction and operation of all internal Entry Control Points (ECPs) and observation towers on the perimeter walls of a Middle East country
• Coordination of operations to rebuild a Middle East country’s military and police
• Development and implementation of strategies for protecting a Middle East country’s pipelines and borders
• Conducted physical security/threat assessments of Classified facilities throughout the world
• Development and execution of physical and area security plans for major U.S. political events
• Development of security plan for 16 cruise lines used as floating hotels in preparation of the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece
• Development of security plan for the Port of Piraeus for the 2004 Olympic Games
• Planning, coordination and implementation of security for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
• Security, threat and gap analysis for the Atlanta Olympic Games
• Physical security assessment of U.S. port and its existing perimeter barriers and fencing, detection and intrusion systems and alarms, lighting, surveillance and CCTV systems, access control systems and procedures, security hardware, structures, glazing, and threats to or from adjacent property and assets
• Assessment and examination of U.S. port and its existing security operations and crisis management plans, including personnel selection, training, and supervision as well as staffing, duties and responsibilities and standard operating procedures
• Coordinated security requirements for a U.S. port and over 400 tenants which included providing security and threat analysis, surveying the 2.5 mile land perimeter, over 2 miles of docks and waterside areas, designing a new security operations center, upgrading physical and operational security systems, and managing the IT infrastructure and installation
• Led the team to enhance the security, IT and communications systems of a major U.S. airport. Activities included: reviewing and upgrading 37 security and communications systems, including access control, CCTV, Common Use Terminal Equipment, visual information display, telephone, automated vehicle identification and the communications infrastructure, designing a central data exchange system for the integration of selected systems, preparing the background analysis, designing security check points and security interface to the baggage systems, and preparing the detailed requirements for systems integration
• Advance work and protection of VIPs, dignitaries and national political leaders visiting foreign countries

TRAINING

• Trained police force in basic airport and aviation security for a Middle East country
• Assembled a training and operations team of military and police experts to work worldwide on operations assisting all types of security including intelligence, narcotics, aviation, maritime, training and plan writing in conjunction with CAA, FAA, and TSA regulations and the ISPS code
• Led a training and development team dealing with all aspects of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code to ensure port authorities, shipping companies, and any other maritime related businesses were correctly prepared for new regulations
• Instruction for Defense Ministries and Defense Support to Civil Authorities