Business Development Global Risk

Robert M. Wahl

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Pursuing a Director/Consultant position for a business organization where I can utilize my broad and extensive intelligence, security, and global risk assessment experience. Ideally, I desire to collaborate, enhance business functions, and help mitigate global risk management strategies.

In Brief

International Security Expert bringing 40 years of global experience oversight of complex and highly confidential programs and projects.

Proven ability for mobilizing the management, development and delivery of diverse global and diplomatic solutions support for:

Operations performance

Training and development

Business development

Recruiting and staffing solutions

Mobilization/transition planning & execution

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, high priority tasks simultaneously

Manage tasks and team to provide management & supervision, operational support, maintain

schedules within cost requirements, and ensure performance standards for operational readiness

Adept at quickly assimilating to new environments, interfacing, and collaborating with all levels of:

-Global Ambassadors & Diplomats

-Military command operations

3rd Party oversight agencies

US & foreign government representatives

Accomplished in deploying multi-faceted proficiency to achieve ambitious goals concentrating on an ever-changing global operation, logistics, and/or security framework

Highly effective communicator and cross functional team leader; organized, detail-oriented, self-motivated with the ability to positively influence support from personnel at all organizational levels

Bringing 20+ years’ experience managing law enforcement personnel in a front-line supervisory role

Top Secret (TS) Level Clearance with SCI Polygraph

SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE

Emergency & Crisis Management

Risk Analysis & Reduction

Executive Liaison

Organizational Leadership

Global Risk Management

Business Development

Technical Countermeasures

Security Operations

Highly confidential environments

Mobilization planning & execution

Strategy Development & Planning

Operational Change Management

Business Relationship Management

Personnel Management & Mentoring

Training Development & Facilitation

Project Management

Negotiations & Conflict Resolution

Security Solutions Development

Procurement Facilitation & Control

Critical Thinking & Analysis

Certifications/Licenses

U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Institute

Site Security Manager

Office of Inspector General

Diplomatic Security / Diplomatic Security Training Center (DSTC)

Technical Countermeasures and Security Operations

Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR)

OSHA & Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)

HAZWOPER/HAZMAT Operations

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)

Advanced Physical Security Training Program

National Incident Management System / Expert Level

Emergency Manager/ Emergency Management Institute

FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner

Professional Operations and Security Experience

United States Department of State

Site Security Manager – Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO)

US Embassy, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (May 2022 - present)

Leads/Influences #: ~25 Individuals

SQ FT/Acres: 8 acres

Contract Value: $245M

US Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico (2019 - 2021)

Lead/Influenced #: ~38 Individuals

SQ FT/Acres: 1,062,193 SF

Contract Value: $580M

US Embassy, Kampala, Uganda (2019 - 2019)

Lead/Influenced #: ~5 Individuals

SQ FT/Acres: 60K SF

Contract Value: ~$177M

US Embassy, London, United Kingdom (2015 - 2016)

Lead/Influenced #: ~19 Individuals

SQ FT/Acres: 7 Acres

Contract Value: $ ~$1B

Responsible for the safety of individuals and the security of the US Department’s American Embassy, new construction project contracts.

Ensure OBO building requirements are met during construction of the New Embassy Compound (NEC) with a focus on the security of building construction

Responsible for physical and technical security for the compounds, office buildings, and facilities

Lead, direct, and guide a team of US Construction Security Surveillance Experts that hold top secret government clearances

Manages, leads, and supervises a multicultural and multilingual security guard force

Responsible for maintaining the safe access control to the compound

Control, monitor, and provide technical guidance for access control and bioidentical equipment;

The Rapiscan Walk Through Metal Detector

Smith Heimann x-Ray

LG Iris Identification

Review, audit, and approve written and electronic reports and delegate assignments to the teams

Schedule and coordinate shifts for the security teams

Responsible for conducting security briefings to Senior Foreign Service Officer, the Ambassador, the Project Director, and multiple department leaders reporting to Washington, DC

Facilitate and liaison with the Diplomatic Security Service Special Agents assigned to the American Embassy in Honduras

Responsible for communicating site, region, and country security intelligence associated with the construction project

Serves on call (24/7) in case of physical emergency, natural disaster, or security breach at the compound

Coordinate and facilitate partner agencies & tenants workplace visits during construction (CIA, FBI, DEA, etc.)

Outcomes:

Meritorious Honor Award - Department of State, United States of America February 2023

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2018 National Intelligence Award: Innovative Approach to Technical and Physical Security Initiative for Embassy Construction

National Counterintelligence and Security Center’s Employee of the month, September 2018

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Staff Officer/Senior Liaison (Dec 2014 - Sept 2018)

National Counterintelligence and Security Center – Executive Office (NCSC)

Bethesda, MD

Staff Officer, Operations Manager, Executive Assistant, and Senior Liaison to the Executive Office.

Managed and discriminated the intelligence and policy sharing with the Five Eye Partners (United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada)

Coordinated, implemented, and facilitated the Five Eye conference in Great Britain attended by ~20 individuals

Responsible for correspondence, preparing presentations, and briefs to officials

Coordinated and facilitated speaking engagements, official visits and travel arrangements

Assisted in delivering the U.S. strategies to promote counterintelligence sharing to combat security threats

Outcomes:

Selected to represent the Intelligence Community in managing security aspects of the New London Embassy (NLE) construction in Great Britain, valued at ~$ 1 billion

Selected to oversee Intelligence Community for secure construction collaborating with the U.S. Department of State’s Overseas Building Operations Bureau

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

National Counterintelligence Executive / Center for Security Evaluation (ODNI/NCIX/CSE)

Project Manager (Apr 2013 - Dec 2014)

Bethesda, MD

Responsible for Intelligence Community’s Program and Liaison to the Department of State’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Responsible for the ability to liaison and to influence decisions and present information to support opposing priorities with the goal of peaceful resolution.

Selected as the Program Manager and liaison to the Department of State’s (DoS) Marine Security Guard program (MSG) during time of security crisis in the region

Coordinated intelligence briefs to the DoS Office of Inspector General OIG team

Coordinate schedules, prepare presentations and communicate briefings

Preformed duties as a physical security inspector for the Department of State’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) team

Lead and managed 5 (five) team members

Outcomes:

Lead the Allied Security and Counterintelligence Forum, the exchange of counterintelligence and security threats and policy information for United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

Project Manager (Oct 2011 - Apr 2013)

Bethesda, MD

Leader and Group Chief in charge of Technology Integration utilizing technology to protect the Intelligence Community and the Department of State (DoS) assets worldwide.

Provided research expertise

Lead and managed 5 (Five) team members

Developed, prioritized, and coordinated requirements for the technical security countermeasures at diplomatic facilities abroad

Initiated research and development to standardize process for material procurement

Prioritized projects and led the team within DoS requirements and procurement procedures

Evaluated, assessed, and revised the Scope of Work for contractor support for the Center for Security Evaluation (CSE)

Outcomes:

Chairman for US Technical Security Working Group (TRSC) Intelligence Community which exchanged technical security information and concepts.

Chief – Operation Center (Mar 2010 - Oct 2011)

Center for Security Evaluation / National Intelligence Emergency Management Activities (ODNI/CSE/NIEMA)

Undisclosed Location, NDA

Responsible for the 40K SQ FT, facility/plant, and all communication and integration/synchronization of support functions for the Intelligence Community partners (i.e..; NGA/DNI/NSA Coast Guard, and FBI)

Coordinated and facilitated technical support for several IT software systems

Liaison between Intelligence Community members and FEMA

Authored, Audited, reviewed, and standardized the Centers standard operating procedures (SOP)

Served as a Project Manager for the Center’s complex construction project, valued at $1.5 M

Prioritizing schedules incorporating project phases to meet NIEMA mission requirements

Provided construction expertise to subcontractors to avoid scheduling restrictions during implication

Outcomes:

As a certified Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Master Exercise Practitioner, supervised the Centers interaction with the Intelligence Community during the 2010 National Level Exercise (NLE) to include Intelligence Community wide notification for response, as well as providing information to Intelligence Community partners to expedite logistics for the performance of duties.

United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security

Operations Program Specialist/ Dignitary Protection (Sep 2007 – Mar 2010)

Rosslyn, Virginia

Responsible for facilitation and coordination for the protection of foreign dignitaries during their visits to the United States.

Special Deputation: United States Federal Marshall Service, firearms certified

Coordinated with DS offices including Protective Liaison, Office of Intelligence and Threat Assessment, Protective Intelligence and Investigation and the DS Command Center

Responsible for field operations including care and maintenance of law enforcement tactical and technical equipment

Responsible for Asset Management/Executive Vehicle Lease Manager for 113 vehicles

Responsible for vehicle procurement, installation of emergency and radio equipment, as well as the delivery and decommission policies of the fleet

Served as the COMSEC security officer having control of COMSEC/CRYPTO equipment assigned to the office

Operations coordinator and the Contracting Officers Representative (COR), lead for personnel issues within the office and the hiring of new contract employees

Outcomes:

Provided consultation and support for the standup of the temporary DS Command Post (CP) at the Manhattan Hilton, in New York City. The CP regulated protection activities during the 63rd United Nations General Assembly.

Developed a tracking system for expenditures for the protective vehicles fleet, this allowed efficient tracking of government expenses that saved the USG over $100K.

Project Manager/Senior Physical Security Specialist (Jul 2005 - Sep 2007)

Domestic Operations / Domestic Facility Protection/ Facility Manager – (DS/DO/DFP)

Washington, DC

Provided comprehensive physical security management for special events for the Department of State (DoS) relating to DS/DO/DFP.

Project Manager for DS/DO/DFP providing expertise relating to the development, design, installation, integration and technical security measures for the Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Explosive / Hazardous Material detection and response facility

Responsible for extensive knowledge of Federal Security Standards

Wrote, established, and implemented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for emergency responses for the 70K Sq ft facility

Served as a Subject Matter Expert for handling classified information regarding a domestic temporary tactical Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) relocation

Responded, consulted, and mediated a SCIF relocation during an emergency catastrophic flooding to the facility

Coordinated technical and physical security for mobile operations

Provided security supervision for the ground transportation of logistics across the United States

Assessed Uniformed Protection Bureau staffing requirements and security requirements while operations were off-site

Provided supervision for the tactical response for movement of sensitive material across the U.S. after a natural disaster

Planned, coordinated, and implemented site security supervision for the Uniformed Protection Bureau on numerous protection details for high-ranking government officials, both foreign and domestic

Chosen and selected to serve on the Technical Review Board to award a multi-million-dollar contract for the DoS/UPB, which consisted of over 700 uniformed officers

Member of the Technical Review Group, the TRG was a multi-disciplinary team of industry experts tasked with the technical decontamination process

Outcomes:

Held Special Deputation Designation; U.S. Federal Marshals Service, firearms qualified

Supervised UPB on the Department of State (DoS) response to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Supervised the UPB during the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, NY

Letter of Commendation, Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs for Security Support in Response to the New Orleans Passport Office for Hurricane Katrina

Physical Security Specialist, DS/DO/DFP (Feb 2003 – Jul 2005)

Domestic Operations / Domestic Facility Protection– (DS/DO/DFP)

Washington, DC and Lorton County, Virginia

Responsible for site security and Uniformed Protection Bureau (UPB) management to the critical Department of State (DoS), Diplomatic Pouch and Mail facility during the time of the national disaster of biological anthrax attacks.

Lead the transition process to new and improved security operations

Supervised the operational installation of new security access control equipment for surveillance of the Diplomatic Security Training Center (DSTC) compound

Expert law enforcement and first responder consultant

Co-Authored the Domestic Emergency Action Plan and provided expert guidance on topics relating to emergency evacuation and stay in place drills

Coordinated and facilitated the Hazardous Material Operations and Emergency Response training offered to DS/DO/DFP (approximately ~ 70 individuals)

Outcomes:

Authored the program of instruction and was the primary instructor for the UPB Emergency Response Team (ERT) course curriculum included response to “White Powder” incidents and Interview/Interrogations for Security/Citizen contacts.

Recognized by the Director for the training requirements.

Nominated - 2005 GSA Achievement Award for Real Property Innovation “Response to Anthrax Mail Attacks”

Master Police Officer, Investigator (Feb 1983 – Feb 2003)

Fairfax County Police Department

Fairfax County, Virginia

Responsible for acting decisively to protect the safety and integrity of citizens and property during emergency and crisis situations such as natural disasters, acts of terror, and other catastrophic events.

Responsible for providing excellent customer service inside emergency situations while maintaining State of Virginia State Statues guidelines and directly supervising law enforcement personnel as a front-line supervisor

Recruited, trained, developed, coached, and mentored police officers and new recruits in emergency management and crisis response focused in areas of high liability where safety of others was paramount

Held supervisory duties for large-scale breaches of civil disorder, major criminal investigations, and vehicle accidents

Managed all aspects of incidents, to include assigning expert personnel and selecting equipment to reconstruct events

Presented, taught, and conducted comprehensive training, in the classroom and field-based training (to a group of ~1400 police officers)

Taught high stress scenario-based training

Presented department employees on a wide range of intelligence and law enforcement activities

Scheduled, Planned, and Coordinated shifts and designated assignments for officers

Reviewed, evaluated police reports and audited briefings delivered by subordinates

Authored detailed reports and entered information into automated software for historical reference

Selected to lead thorough investigations of criminal associations to include gang interdiction and created preventative measures to disrupt the criminal behavior

Presented crime prevention seminars to private businesses, civic associations, and parent groups

Investigator responsible for in depth investigation of professional criminal element

Outcomes:

A sworn Fairfax County, Master Police Officer (MPO)

Authored and implemented the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for a Retail Ant-Theft Team

Silver Medal of Valor; Fairfax County Police

Certificate of Valor; Fairfax County Police

(Five) Meritorious Action Awards; Fairfax County Police

(One) Meritorious Service Award; Fairfax County Police

Outstanding Teamwork and Professional Achievement; Fairfax County Police

Nominated - 2002 Team Excellence Award, Fairfax County Police

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