Mr. Randall R. Bright, CHPP CEO and President

EDUCATION

B.S., Biology Sciences, Frostburg State University, 1982

ISO 9000 Certified Lead Assessor, 1993

ISO 14001 Advanced Environmental Management Systems Assessor, 1996

DOD Homeland Security Business Unit Validated Instructor, 1997

Department of Homeland Security (formally DOJ) Validated Instructor, 1998

EXPERIENCE & SECURITY

Over 30 years of overall experience in all-hazards emergency preparedness assessments, planning, training and exercises, and response activities; equipment/system market survey, analysis, design, development, selection, test and evaluation, acquisition, logistics, and maintenance; and business development, sales and marketing, program management, executive administration, research and development, system integration, quality, health, safety and environmental compliance. Significant Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal and private industry emergency preparedness planning experience utilizing NSPDs, HSPDs, COOP, COG, the National Response Framework, NIMS, ICS, National Preparedness Goal and Core Capabilities, National Contingency Plan, OSHA, ANSI, EPA, DOT and DOD regulations, and ISO, GMPs, GLPS, and NFPA standards. Supported real-world terrorism response actions for NYPD ESU immediately following the "911 Attack on the New York City World Trade Center" and the anthrax incidents in support of NYPD ESU and the NJ State Police, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agency "Suspect Letter" response actions at the Pentagon Mail Center. Supported the U.S. Architect of the Capitol lessons learned support and emergency planning improvements immediately following the "2011 Virginia Earthquake". Led capture and/or proposal activities for all contracts won and managed and/or supported below which list a contract value. Active Top Secret security clearance.

Professional Experience

Preparedness Consulting Company, LLC, CEO and President

Mar 2013 – Present

Mar 2016 – Present: Government Programs Manager, Brimrose Technology Corporation; Business Developer and Program Manager for Brimrose products and R&D projects/programs in support of JPEO-CBD, JRO, DTRA, all military services and DHS. Product technologies include hyperspectral imagery, acousto optic tunable filter, CBRNE sensors, infrared spectrophotometry, VIS, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR, and proprietary Mercurous Halide crystal growth ($10K).

Apr 2015 - Present: Principal, Business Developer, Program Manager and SME providing Emergency Preparedness expertise to Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response and Security and NFPA 1600 Support Services ($300K); manages technical, schedule and cost performance tracking and reporting; directly performs and leads technical scope including:

-development, preparation, and delivery of EM plans, studies and analysis, procedures, training and exercises for the AOC including the House of Representatives, Senate, and Capitol Police

-develops questionnaires, collects and manipulates data, develops and conducts after action review briefings and lessons learned analysis for real world incidents in order to improve policy, plans and procedures

-develops AOC policies, emergency action response plans (EARPs), annexes, operating guides, procedures/checklists; conducts research and analysis to develop improvements, lessons learned and recommendations for communications, evacuation, personnel accountability, severe weather, earthquakes, power and water outages, “air condition” threats, suspect package, active shooter, COOP and CBRNE procedures

-designs and develops HSEEP-compliant exercises, and directs/facilitates/controls/evaluates tabletop (TTX) and functional exercises (FX); develops and conducts EM briefings/training in support of EARPs and NIMS compliance (e.g., ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700, IS-800 tailored to U.S. Capitol emergency response and recovery actions) and Active Shooter training for staff and supervisors

-provides executive-level administrative quick response emergency support, as required, (e.g., 2015 - 2016 Asbestos and Lead Hazardous Material Release Incidents) develops briefing packages, conducts and facilitates workshops, takes notes, develops meeting minutes, lessons learned and after action reports, and tracks actions to completion.

-develops and facilitates Emergency Preparedness Planning Program briefings and workshops to AOC Executive Leaders

Apr 2015 – Sep 2015: Training development, conduct, logistics, and reporting for the US Coast Guard National Strike Force ($38K). ADDIE-based training development and conduct of a 40-hour Hazardous Materials Incident Commander training course for the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Strike Force Units.

Aug 2014 – Present: Proficiency Manager, CBRNE training, drill and exercise SME/developer/facilitator/evaluator for PFPA CBRNE Response Directorate (CRD) Logistics Support including HAZMAT and EOD functions ($95K); performs responder evaluations relative to equipment implementation and maintenance; develops, conducts, and facilitates technical reviews, training support packages, plans, drills and exercises. Drills, tabletop and functional exercises are HSEEP compliant to include planning meetings, exercise plans, evaluation guides and after action reports with implementation plans.

Apr 2014 – May 2014: Tabletop exercise developer/facilitator for the District of Columbia Department of Health HEPRA. HSEEP-based functional exercise involving mutual aid departments and agencies for emergent evacuation logistics ($10K).

Leidos (formerly SAIC), Director of Programs

Sep 2005 – Apr 2015

Dec 2009 – Apr 2015: Program Manager and SME providing EM expertise to Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response and Security Support Services ($1.6M); manages technical, schedule and cost performance tracking and reporting; directly performs and leads technical scope including:

-development, preparation, and delivery of EM plans, studies and analysis, procedures, training and exercises for the AOC including the House of Representatives, Senate, and Capitol Police

-developed AOC policies, emergency action response plans (EARP), annexes, operating guides, procedures/checklists; conducts research and analysis to develop improvements, lessons learned and recommendations for communications, evacuation, personnel accountability, severe weather, earthquakes, power and water outages, “air condition” threats, suspect package, active shooter, COOP and CBRNE procedures

-designed and developed HSEEP-compliant exercises, and directs/facilitates/controls/evaluates tabletop (TTX) and functional exercises (FEX); develops and conducts EM briefings/training in support of EARPs and NIMS compliance (e.g., ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700, IS-800 tailored to U.S. Capitol emergency response and recovery actions)

-updated emergency personnel databases

-provided executive-level administrative quick response emergency support as required (e.g., 2011 Virginia Earthquake, 2013 Congressional Appropriations Lapse) develops briefing packages, conducts and facilitates workshops, takes notes, develops meeting minutes, lessons learned and after action reports, and tracks actions to completion

-developed Document Configuration Control and Congressional Appropriations Lapse policy, plans and procedures

-developed and facilitated Emergency Preparedness Planning Program briefings and workshops to AOC Executive Leaders

Sep 2012 – Apr 2015: Program Manager and SME providing CBRNE and explosives expertise to DHS NPPD Office of Bombing Prevention, Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives in the United States ($48M); manages technical, schedule and cost performance, tracking and reporting.

2011 (6 months): Senior Evaluator for the DHHS Incident Response Coordination Team for the New Madrid Exercise, DHS FEMA National Exercise Program (NEP), National Level Exercise (NLE) 11 ($13M); developed exercise evaluation tools, reviewed and revised exercise planning documents and master event sequence list, trained exercise evaluators; authored and delivered HSEEP-compliant evaluation reports to the exercise director.

2010 (2 months): Simulations Cell Controller for the State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Region V Hospital Exercise, “Operation Wind Wizard”; reviewed and revised exercise planning documents and master event sequence list, trained exercise evaluators; evaluated exercise performance; authored and delivered HSEEP-compliant evaluation reports to the exercise director ($2K).

2008 (1 month): Program Manager and Lead Assessor for the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council and NY Department of Health Shelter-In-Place (SIP) assessments for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities; conducted assessments of physical plant structure, operational and community considerations; developed strategy recommendations for SIP solutions ($102K).

Sep 2007 to Oct 2013: CBRNE training and exercise developer/facilitator/evaluator for PFPA CBRNE Response Directorate (CRD) including HAZMAT and EOD functions ($50M); performed responder evaluations relative to equipment implementation and maintenance; project leader for PFPA Performance Certification Program; led analysis of work activities resulting in a Critical Task List (CTL) and performance standards - critical tasks were compliant to DHS Target Capabilities List, Universal Task List, NRF, National Preparedness Goal, NIMS, and other DoD documents; applied CTL to develop EM documentation system including policies, plans, SOPs, equipment lists, checklists, and forms; identified mandatory maintenance records; established EM/CBRNE standards baseline; incorporated PFPA CBR detection capabilities into response plans.

Jun 2007- Nov 2011: Program Manager, NY MTA Development and Delivery of Security and Emergency Response Courses Program ($5M); managed technical, schedule and cost performance, tracking and reporting; directly developed, prepared, and delivered courses and workshops for emergency response and critical incident management; led/designed, reviewed and revised curriculum including Behavioral Science, HAZMAT/ CBRNE, Counterterrorism, Evacuation Techniques, Emergency Command and Control, Critical Incident Management, and Leadership courses; reviewed and revised training videos embedded in curriculum; management, performance and quality responsibility for training 56,641 students.

EAI Corporation (acquired by SAIC in Oct 2005), VP Homeland Security / Director, Preparedness Programs

Jan 1995 – Sep 2005

Nov 2005 – Apr 2006 (5 months): Project Manager for the development of the CBRN Annex of the Emergency Operations and Security Plan for the World Trade Center (WTC) Station of the New York and New Jersey Port Authority Trans-Hudson in support of the WTC rebuild ($10K).

Oct 2005 – Sep 2008: Operational Readiness (OR) Product Manager for the IPP and IPP Lite phases of JPMG Program ($500M); managed technical, schedule and cost performance, tracking and reporting the OR product areas; designed, developed, conducted, and reported EM assessments; planned and conducted training and exercises for over 100 Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force installations; managed equipment inventory and lifecycle logistics; provided performance/quality oversight for all planning products/activities including:

-threat, vulnerability and capability assessments comprised of installation/near installation TIC/TIM identification, analysis of vulnerabilities, plume modeling via Aloha/Marplot/CATS and Incident Management via COBRA

-generation and refinement of response time/event trace diagrams for each CBR scenario

-development/revision of EM plans resulting in a joint CONOPS template.

Training included: CBRN “Delta” (Awareness, Operations, HazMat Technician, EMS Technician, Incident Command), New Equipment (93 CBRN NET lesson plans), Communications Software and Hardware (Decision Support System, Incident Management System), Senior Leaders and Operations Planners training programs; leadership responsibility for training 35,739 installation first responders, and 220 exercises conducted to include the design, development, conduct and reporting of DHS HSEEP-based TTXs, FEs and full-scale exercises (FSE).

Mar 2005 – Sep 2007: Project Manager for the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program for FEMA ($16M); managed technical, schedule and cost performance, tracking and reporting; developed plans and oversaw performance of CBRNE warehousing, calibration, maintenance, logistics, shipping, training and training aid design/development; conducted training and exercises for 1,342 response agency participants.

2005 (2 months): Project Manager for authoring compliance revisions of Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan to align with NIMS and NRP (Citrus County, Florida, EM Division) ($10K).

2005 (3 months): Project Manager and Senior Facilitator for Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Bioterrorism HSEEP operational-based TTX that included representation from every hospital on Long Island, NY; designed, developed, planned, conducted and evaluated participant performance ($75K).

2005 (2 months): Project Manager and Senior Exercise Controller for the Montgomery County, Maryland Hospital Association HSEEP-compliant Bioterrorism Full-scale Exercise included military-civilian integration between local hospitals and the National Naval Medical Center and National Institute of Health ($2K).

Jul 2004 to Oct 2006: Program Manager for CBRNE emergency preparedness vulnerability assessments at 55 NYC hospitals for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; managed technical, schedule and cost performance tracking and reporting ($3M).

Sep 2004 to Sep 2005: Planned and implemented transition period of Pre-positioned Equipment Program for DHS FEMA to include emergency equipment warehousing, maintenance, exercises and deployment ($30M).

2004 (3 months): Project Manager and Senior Exercise Controller for the Orange County, California “Orange Shield” HSEEP-compliant FSE ($450K) with 55 participating agencies at two simultaneous venues and 1260 players, victim role players and observers; managed technical, schedule and cost performance tracking and reporting; designed, developed, conducted the exercise.

Sep 2003 to Aug 2008: Preparedness Services Manager, Army Emergency First Response Program ($11M); managed and conducted CBRN emergency response assessments, training and training aid design and development, and conduct of training for Army and Reserve efforts; deployed as EM/CBRN expert, capabilities/needs assessor, and instructor for over 9,900 first responders; managed and conducted equipment maintenance, logistics, and shipping.

2003 (6 months): Project Manager/SME conducting market studies and analysis in support of the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center Wants and Needs Analysis in support of CBRN defense and response ($25K).

Aug 2002 to Aug 2004: Program Manager for the Navy BUMED, Office of Homeland Security’s Disaster Preparedness, Vulnerability Analysis, Training, and Exercise Program (DVATEX) ($2.1M); managed technical, schedule and cost performance tracking and reporting; designed, developed, conducted site deployments as EM/CBRNE expert; assessed preparedness of 31 military treatment facilities ashore and afloat worldwide through tailored training and the analysis and development of hospital/clinic EMPs; evaluated EMPs by TTX and Fes.

Oct 2001 to Sep 2003: Program Manager, training developer, logistics lead, and instructor supporting the U.S. Coast Guard’s WMD First Responder Awareness, Advanced Awareness, and Operations training program for EM/CBRN response operations in a maritime environment; provided training and TTXs to 3,569 personnel at 26 Marine Safety Office locations ($350K).

Feb 2001 to Sep 2003: Training Manager for CBRN HazMat Awareness, Operations and Technician-level training materials and aids development (including translation), reproduction, packaging and shipping, training conduct and lessons learned capture and reporting for Navy Installation Preparedness Program and JSIP exercises, training 2,724 installation responders; EM/CBRNE SME planner, instructor and exercise facilitator for Navy Regions Naval District Washington, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest, Hawaii, Japan, Marianas, Europe and GTMO ($2M).

Oct 2000 to Sep 2007: Preparedness Services Manager, USMC WMD Enhanced Response Capability and Tier III Programs ($12M); managed and conducted CBRN emergency response assessments, training and training aide development and logistics, as a EM/CBRN expert, capabilities/needs assessor, and instructor at 17 USMC bases for 14,000 responders.

Jan 1999 to Aug 2004: Co-inventor and product researcher and developer for the BioHaz portable biological detection kit, the CB Sampling Kit, and the CB PPE Kit; system integrator, training, and logistics support including export control compliance IAW DoS ITAR and DoC requirements for commercial BIDS and Army/CBIRF COTS Mobile Analytical Laboratories ($15M).

Feb 1998 to Mar 2004: Original core team member involved in the establishment, and validated Instructor and Facilitator for the DOJ/DHS FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP); provided WMD training, drill and exercise planning, development and conduct; provided exercise design/development expertise representing the CDP for TOPOFF 3 exercise; conducted AT/CT/CBRN needs capabilities needs analysis for 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and conducted training for NSSE agencies surrounding Olympic venues.

Oct 1995 to Sep 2000: Validated DOD Lead Instructor and Exercise Facilitator for US Army SBCCOM Homeland Security Business Unit supporting the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici, Domestic Preparedness Program for U.S. First Responders and Receivers WMD Response at 42 of 105 US cities; developed training, training aids, CBRN response performance objectives adopted by NFPA, and tabletop and full-scale exercises; performed all logistics activities; supported NSSEs, G8 Summit in Denver, Colorado as EM/CBRN SME conducting CBRN pilot training of State and local responders prior to the Summit; EM/CBRN technical observer for the TOPOFF 2000 exercise planning and evaluation team deployed to Portsmouth, NH.

1997 (9 months): Task Leader for Bosnia Support for NBC Enhanced Fox Dismounted Reconnaissance ($1.5M); facilitated risk assessment groups, conducted market studies and analysis, performed acquisition of equipment and systems, and developed Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), logistics and maintenance manuals, and a Train-the-Trainer program for Army Chemical School for safe operations in Toxic Industrial Chemical (TIC) environments; designed/developed exercise used to validate TTPs; deployed to Germany to train and exercise U.S. military units before Bosnia deployments.

Jul 1995 to Jul 1998: Corporate Quality Assurance Director and Management Systems Consulting as a consultant, facilitator, auditor, and trainer; designed, developed and implemented EAI’s QMS which received ISO 9001 registration and Army Materiel Command’s Contractor Performance Certification award; provided quality and environmental management system (ISO 14001) auditing, training, and consulting services for the US Army Communications and Electronics Command Testing Laboratory and several commercial businesses.

Jan 1995 to Jan 1996: Task Leader for the US Army Materiel Command Treaty Laboratory Accreditation task ($150K); implementation lead support contractor for the ISO Guide 25 accreditation and ISO 9001 registration; coordinated all policy, procedure, work instruction, and forms identification, development, implementation, and control; developed and conducted staff training, conducted internal audits, and prepared for and conducted management reviews of the quality management system with executive leadership.

W.R. Grace and Company, Inc., Laboratory Manager/Quality Audits Coordinator/Researcher/HazMat Captain

May 1982 – Jan 1995

Jul 1993 to Jan 1995: Grace Davison, North America Quality Audits Coordinator; provided assessment services for management systems; facilitated implementation teams comprised of corporate executive and senior management for three product lines and developed associated plans, policies, and procedures; conducted assessment and implementation activities for ISO 9001 and Guide 25 registration of the GD Analytical Services Center; managed projects and provided training for 25 part-time assessors and lead assessors, and provided reports and briefings for plan management and personnel; designed, developed and documented Safety Auditing Process.

Sep 1990 to Jul 1993: Grace Membrane Systems Laboratory Manager; managed and conducted work activities involving:

-process and product research, design and development

-inventory supply management

-quality assurance and control

-product realization and fielding

-total lifecycle logistics

-laboratory and field testing

-environmental engineering, monitoring, testing, control and reporting

-process risk analysis and mitigation

-job hazard analysis and mitigation

-health and safety requirements training, implementation, monitoring and reporting

-technical service of gas/liquid separation membranes;

Developed QA/QC specs and operations; conducted product performance monitoring, control, and continuous improvement; led product, process, and test equipment engineering design and performance validations; provided field analytical and technical support services for chemical hygiene, respiratory protection, process safety management; classified hazardous materials for shipment; developed QA water analysis laboratory procedure for membrane dopes that led to a 25% membrane performance improvement; researched and authored environmental permissible release permits; conducted monitoring, analysis, and reporting of all waste stream effluents; trained personnel in chemical hygiene and respiratory protection; recruited and trained the HAZMAT Emergency Response Team (ERT).

May 1982 to Sep 1990: Research Laboratory Technician at the Washington Research Center (WRC) in the Process Development Department; conducted chemical and biological research, design and development functions including the analysis of reactant, product, and waste effluent streams for maximization of process for identified product, health, safety, risk, and environmental concerns; conducted analytical method development for all process streams; developed a gas chromatography analytical procedure for analyzing plant by-product gas and liquid streams supporting the enhanced performance of operational manufacturing of nitroparaffins; shipped, received, built, tested and validated the GC analytical system; inoculated, incubated, cultivated, conducted growth fermentations (up to 1,500 liters), centrifuged bacteria to construct prills for enzymatic bio-processing of manufacturing products; collaborated on design, development, build, operation and maintenance of mini and full-size pilot plants; developed and implemented the first HAZWOPER compliant ERT for WRC; performed first responder HAZMAT reconnaissance, response, mitigation, and decontamination duties; served as ERT Captain.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

OSHA Standard for Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories, W.R, Grace and Co., 1982

Respiratory Protection, W.R, Grace and Co., 1982

Biosafety, W.R, Grace and Co., 1984

NEPA; RCRA; TSCA; CERCLA; W.R, Grace and Co., 1984

First Aid, CPR, National Safety Council, since 1984

OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER Technician, General Physics Corp., Jan 1990

Emergency Search and Rescue, MFRI, Feb 1990

Gas Chromatography, Perkin-Elmer, Jan 1991

Supervisory Skills I, March 1991

Understanding Statistical Process Control, Wheeler, Aug 1992

Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, March 1993

The Dale Carnegie Course, Feb 1993

Process Safety Management, Sept 1993

Chemical Manufacturer Association’s Responsible Care, Oct 1993

ISO 9000 Lead Assessor, 1993

Internal Quality Auditing, EuroQuest - Irish Quality Association, June 1993

ISO 9000 Documentation, P-E Handley-Walker, Aug 1993

Improving Safety Through Auditing, Dupont, April 1994

International Standards for Laboratory Quality, CEEM, April 1995

ISO 14001 Advanced Environmental Management Systems Auditing, Excel Partnership - EARA, Dec 1995

NBC Responder Awareness (4 hrs); NBC Responder Operations (4hrs); NBC Technician HAZMAT (16 hrs); NBC Emergency Medical Technician (16 hrs); NBC Hospital Provider (8 hrs); NBC Incident Command (6 hrs); NBC Crime Scene Forensics (16 hrs), 1997-2000

Contract Capture and Proposal Development Process, Coghill Communications, April 2003

Writing Winning Proposals – Capturing Federal Business, Shipley Associates, Jan 2004

Strategic Planning 101, EAI Corp., Sept 2004

Intellectual Property Overview, SAIC Legal, Nov 2005

Program Management II, SAIC University, April 2006

Affirmative Action Fundamentals, SAIC University, Oct 2006

Customer Relationship Management for Business Developers, SAIC University, Nov 2006

IS-700, FEMA, 3-hour, Dec 2008

IS-800, FEMA, 3-hour, Dec 2008

Sarbanes-Oxley Overview, Sept 2008

IS-860, Introduction to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, 2-hour, Oct 2008

Creating Sales, Methods and Techniques for Stimulating Sales and Sales Effectiveness - SAIC, Dec 2009

IS-821 - Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Support Annex, 2-hour, Jan 2010

Operational Value of Threat, Risk, and Vulnerability Assessment Training (24 hrs), Jan 2010

Hostile Threat/Defensive Security, SAIC, July 2010

ICS-100 for Federal Workers, IS-00100.FWa, 3-hour, March 2011

Business Development Ethics, SAIC University, Jan 2013

Protecting Confidential Information, SAIC University, Jan 2013

IS-403, FEMA, Introduction to Individual Assistance (IA) (DF-103), 1.5-hour, April 2013

IS-546.a, FEMA, Continuity of Operations Awareness Course, 1-hour, May 2014

Computer Security Awareness, 1-hour, Architect of the Capitol, June 2014

4-hour Confined Space Rescue, Pentagon, May 2015

40-hour Hazardous Materials Incident Commander, Reema Consulting Services, Inc., July 2015

16-hour Street Smart Chemistry, MIKECALLAN.COM, Aug 2015

Anti-terrorism Level 1 Awareness Training, 3-hour, Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Jan 2016

IS-907, FEMA, Active Shooter: What Can You Do, 1-hour, Jan 2016

16-hour Hazardous Materials Safety Officer Training, June 2016

Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Awareness Training, 2-hour, Department of Defense, June 2016

CERTIFICATIONS, OUTREACH, BOARDS, AFILIATIONS

President/Vice President/Treasurer for the American Society for Quality, Baltimore Section, 1996-2000

Maryland Public Schools, Harford County Public Schools, Program Advisory Committee Member and Curriculum Developer for the “Studies in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Program”, 2004 – present

Harford County, MD Citizens Corps Council Member, 2008 – present

Certified Homeland Protection Professional (CHPP), #P-12542, National Domestic Preparedness Coalition and the National Sheriff’s Association, 2012 - present

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