Developing expertise across more than 35 years in corporate and consulting security, this security management expert specializes in premises liability, negligent security, security adequacy assessments, crime foreseeability, bar and nightclub security, corporate security programs, security risk management, and loss prevention. He has more than 10 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving security management practices, security standards of care, and premises security issues. His background includes evaluating security operations, conducting risk assessments, developing security strategies, and performing investigative analyses for commercial, retail, healthcare, transportation, pharmaceutical, and corporate environments.

His educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Criminal Justice, complemented by executive certificates in Business Management and Security Management Leadership. He is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Security Consultant (CSC), and Certified Homeland Security Level III (CHS-III). His advanced professional training also includes criminal interrogation, investigative interviewing, workplace violence prevention, behavioral analysis, threat assessment, undercover investigations, responsible alcohol service intervention, and advanced interview and content analysis techniques.

Throughout his career, he has progressed from undercover investigator and corporate loss prevention specialist to senior executive leadership positions overseeing enterprise-wide security and safety operations for major national organizations, ultimately serving as Chief Security Officer and Crisis Leader. His responsibilities have included developing corporate security programs, managing crisis response, business continuity, and enterprise security risk management initiatives, directing workplace violence prevention efforts, supervising investigations, implementing loss prevention strategies, overseeing executive protection and physical security systems, and leading multidisciplinary teams responsible for protecting employees, facilities, assets, and operations. Since establishing his independent consulting practice, he has focused on forensic security consulting involving negligent security, premises liability, security adequacy, crime prevention, bar and nightclub security, retail security, and comprehensive security program evaluations.

In addition to his consulting practice, he has remained active in the security profession through leadership, teaching, and publication. He has served on the Board of Directors and as Co-Chair of the Forensic and Security Management Interest Group for the International Association of Professional Security Consultants and has held multiple leadership roles within ASIS International. He has also authored numerous security-related articles, published case studies addressing negligent security, inadequate parking lot security, nightclub altercations, and the improper use of force by security personnel, and delivered presentations on investigations, behavioral analysis, security consulting, loss prevention, and security risk management. His combination of executive security leadership, forensic consulting, investigative experience, and professional involvement provides comprehensive expertise in security management, premises liability, security standards of care, crime prevention, and accepted security practices.