Paulo Zampietro - CSI Founder

Paulo served as a financial director for Fipecq Foundation for over 15 years. He was responsible for asset management and external relationships of the organization with larger economic, governmental, and social institutions. He evaluated complex investments managing risks while integrating financial decisions for the Foundation. In an environment rife with conflicts of interest and complex legal/regulatory rules, Paulo was instrumental in helping the Brazilian government establish new rules for the regulation of pension funds. He is a specialist in how to balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic and uncertain changes in the industry. After working for the Fipecq Foundation, Paulo worked for Industrial Bank developing new products, creating value through corporate restructuring, international financial management, and spearheading operational strategy.

Greg S. Hendricks

Greg is the Vice President of Strategic Relations for EID Passport. He previously served with the Portland Police Bureau, retiring in 2005 as a commander after 30 years in law enforcement. Hendricks also served as executive director of an education and training organization serving senior government leaders and corporate executives.

Captain William (Biff) Holt

Captain Holt, Managing Director of C & H Patriot Security, has over 30 years experience with maritime safety, security, and crisis management. During his Coast Guard career, he served in all management capacities associated with crisis management — Federal On-Scene Coordinator, Chairman of a Regional Response Team and Co-Chairman of the U.S. National Response Team.

Arnold M. Howitt, Ph.D.

Dr. Howitt is Executive Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and faculty cochair of the executive program on Crisis Management. An expert in emergency preparedness and crisis management, he directed KSG's research program on domestic preparedness for terrorism. Dr. Howitt is coauthor and coeditor of Countering Terrorism: Dimensions of Preparedness (MIT Press, 2003).

Raymond F. Humphrey, CPP

Ray is a partner at Security Technologies International Partners, providing security/risk management/business continuity consultancy services to corporations and government entities throughout the world. He is the only individual to have served as both President of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS-International) and the International Security Management Association (ISMA), which latter group he co-founded.

Captain Mark H. Johnson

Mark is the Director of Transportation Security for C & H Patriot Security, the former Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and a former U.S. Coast Guard career officer specializing in safety, security, and environmental protection. As a U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port, he was responsible for all aspects of marine safety and security in his zone of responsibility.

Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Ph.D.

Dr. Leonard is George F. Baker Jr. Professor of Public Management at the Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He teaches leadership, organizational strategy, crisis management, and financial management.

David H. McIntyre, Ph.D.

Dr. McIntyre is a nationally recognized analyst, writer, and teacher, specializing in national and homeland security. A 30 army veteran and former Dean of Faculty at the National War College, he now teaches homeland security at Texas A&M and the University of Texas.

Ian A. Mitroff, Ph.D.

Dr. Mitroff is a distinguished member of the faculty at USC's Marshall School of Business and Annenberg School for Communication. He is a widely recognized expert in crisis management, business policy, corporate culture, organizational change, organizational psychology and psychiatry, public policy, and strategic planning.

J. Edward Russo, Ph.D.

Dr. Russo is a professor of Management, Marketing and Behavioral Science at Cornell Univerisity. His research and published work has dealt with behavioral methodologies, decision processes strategies, and the distortion of information during a decision. He is the co-author of Winning Decisions (Doubleday 2002), a book for managers on the behavioral aspects of decision making.

Lloyd D. Salvetti

Lloyd is a partner at Security Technologies International Partners. He was a member of the staff of the National Commission on Terrorism Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission) and a consultant to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. He retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in July 2002 as Director of a CIA think tank, the Center for the Study of Intelligence.

Susan A. Thurman

As President & COO of The PBN Company, Susan provides senior strategic communications counsel to clients in a broad range of industries. Susan has managed dozens of crisis communications projects involving major oil spills and environmental releases, high-profile sexual/racial/age discrimination litigation, product tampering and recalls, incidents of workplace violence and safety, and allegations of financial mismanagement.

Ira Winkler

Mr. Winkler is recognized as one of the world's foremost experts in Internet security, information warfare, information-related crime investigation, and industrial espionage. Currently founder and president of the Internet Security Advisors Group (ISAG), Mr. Winkler began his career in intelligence collection and analysis systems design at the National Security Agency (NSA). He is author of Spies Among Us (Wiley, 2005), and Corporate Espionage (Prima Publishing, 1997).