Corporate Security, International Security, Logistics

Robert M. Keith

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Clearance: Top Secret (SCI eligible)

Citizenship: United States of America

Travel: Up to 50%

U.S. Passport: Expires 02/08/2024

SUMMARY

Experienced professional with extensive experience in the development of major

corporate security programs. Have extensive overseas experience working with

multinational companies in the Middle East, Balkans, and Africa.

•Joint Interagency Liaison • Physical Security and Safety Programs • Internal

and External Investigations • Corporate Safety and Security • Training

Programs • Crisis Plans • Conduct Internal and External investigations •

Communication Protocols • Inventory Control • Risk Management •

Technology integration • Change Management • Strategic Planning • Program

Budgets • Guard Protection • Physical Security Systems • Business Continuity

EXPERIENCE

2013 – 2015

Principal U.S. Security Advisor

American Embassy Riyadh, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

• Served as the U.S. representative to the United States – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Successfully negotiated multi-million dollar contracts to protect billions in company

assets to include sophisticated physical security used by industrial cities and vast critical

infrastructure.

• Identified as the lead subject-matter-expert responsible for creating the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia protection force focused on strategic planning, facility security, personnel

training, multi-million dollar budgets, command-and-control, computer and

communication systems integration, risk and change management, and multi-year

business continuity.

2009 - 2013

Program Manager and Inter-agency Liaison Officer

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC

• Developed and managed a secure, net-centric information sharing environment between

29 USG agencies, foreign countries, and private corporations to secure the global supply

chain.

Program Manager and Inter-agency Liaison Officer(cont)

• Coordinated a DOD secure system and managed a multi-agency international team plus

7 contractors to mitigate cyber security threats to enhance private industry cooperation.

• Directed a $5M multi-year contract focused on global security threat assessments

briefed at the White House - National Security Staff level.

2007 - 2009

Program Manager - Transnational Threat BranchU.S. Africa Command. Stuttgart,

Germany

• Developed 1st US-Africa maritime counter-narcotics and antiterrorism program strategy

for U.S. Africa Command.

• Deployed and led multi-national, inter-agency effort to coordinate law enforcement,

civilian-military, and military-to-military capacity building for 13 African countries.

• Administered a $2.5M capacity building program for Cape Verde, Senegal, Liberia, and

Sierra Leone. Saved the USG over $750K in program overages.

• Developed and coordinated strategic level and in-country corporate threat assessments

and security plans used by multi-national corporations, U.S. Embassies, USG agencies,

European Union, and select African countries.

2005 - 2007

International Liaison and Foreign Port Assessment Officer

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Led USG inspection teams to assess foreign port security and evaluate implementation

of international security standards in direct support of a U.S. congressional mandate.

• Negotiated, led, and implemented multi-million dollar security capacity building

activities as the officially designated USG International Port Security Liaison Officer to

Bahrain, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ireland, Montenegro, Namibia, Oman, Serbia, and Togo to

advance international trade.

2003 - 2005

Contingency, Readiness and Crisis Exercise Planner and Trainer.

Multiple locations in USA

• Planned, trained and exercised joint contingency efforts to mobilize domestic

emergency plans for U.S. Coast Guard, DOD, and FEMA operations throughout the

Pacific.

• Reviewed and implemented national and regional natural and man- made disaster

plans to improve inter-agency coordination and response time.

• Safely managed and coordinated the shipment of millions of tons of cargo to the

Middle East.

1997 - 2003

U.S. Coast Guard Fixed-Wing Pilot and Aircraft Commander.

Caribbean, Newfoundland, Bermuda, U.S. East Coast, Central Pacific

• Safely and successfully coordinated and transported emergency supplies

throughout the Caribbean and central Pacific

• Saved over 400 people’s lives.

1994 - 1997

Special Mission Coordinator and Federal Law Enforcement Officer. (Supported

U.S. Secret Service - Presidential Protective Detail) Maryland and Virginia Area

• Protected the President and Vice-President of the United States

• Secured the Port of Baltimore to increase the delivery of international cargo.

• Coordinated federal, state, and local law enforcement actions to clean-up the

Chesapeake Bay and secure the maritime environment.

• Conducted internal and external investigations for various investigative services

and the federal magistrate.

EDUCATION

• Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Monterey, CA.

M.A. Security Studies Candidate

• U.S. Coast Guard Academy. New London, CT

B.S. Management

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• U.S. Secret Service Advance Team trained to conduct on-site security surveys and the

protection of national leadership (PNL). Maryland and Washington, D.C. • National

Incident Management Certification - FEMA Emergency Management Institute. •

Advanced Optical Surveillance - Various U.S. government agencies. • Advanced

Maritime Security Certification - World Maritime University. Malmo, Sweden. •

Joint, Inter-agency, and Multinational Planners Course - National Defense

University, Joint Forces Staff College. Norfolk, VA. • Expert marksman and non-

lethal weapons trained. Various U.S. government agencies at multiple locations. •

Exercise Design and Evaluation Certificate - FEMA Emergency Management

Institute. Multiple US locations. • • Multilateral Diplomacy Course - U.S.

Department of State, George P. Shultz, National Foreign Service Training Center.

Washington, DC • Comprehensive Maritime Security - Lockmasters Security

Institute. Nicholasville, KY. • Sub-Saharan Africa Orientation - USAF Special

Operations School. Hurlburt Field, FL. • Middle East Orientation - USAF Special

Operations School. Hurlburt Field, FL. • Dynamics of International Terrorism -

USAF Special Operations School. Hurlburt Field, FL. • Cross-Cultural

Communications - USAF Special Operations School. Hurlburt Field, FL. •

Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Certification - Defense Threat Reduction

Agency. Stuttgart, Germany • Seaport Security and Anti-Terrorism Certification -

U.S. Coast Guard Training Center. Yorktown, VA.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (cont)

• Basic Criminal Analysis Certification - Maryland State Police Training Center. •

High Risk Entry Certification - Maryland State Police Training Center. • Behavioral

Pattern Analysis - Maryland State Police, 93rd CST WMD, and the U.S. Secret

Service. • Advanced Communications Security - U.S. Navy Trident Training

Facility. • Surveillance detection and all-source intelligence. Various U.S.

government agencies and organizations.

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