I am an independent consultant focusing on technology domain awareness. In the technology domain, not all vendors and contractors are created equal. Many companies deploy teams and have distributed decision making. Often very non-technical people are making technology product decisions or very technical people are making operational decisions. In either case technology becomes a burden. What's needed is a single, unbiased expert on your side-someone who brings a fresh perspective, and who has a track record of maintaining the highest standards of quality and delivery. Skilled in coordinating and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, industry analysts, partners, consultants, and directing technical teams. Particularly experienced implementing technology in large disaster operations (strategic command and control as well as tactical operations), National Special Security Events, Intelligence/Law and Fire/EMS response operations. Having provided operational expertise and trusted advisor services in preparation for, or response to, most of the significant events and disasters of the past two decades. My security career started in Coney Island, NYC protecting millions of visitors each year for my family business. As a young EMT I responded to the first attack of foreign terrorism on US soil in midtown Manhattan , then commanded over multiple presidentially declared disasters as a firefighter/paramedic and emergency manager in central Florida. Thereafter, providing operational expertise and trusted advisor services in preparation for, or response to, most of the significant events and disasters of the past two decades. These events have included multiple intelligence operations, two Olympic Games, Republican National Conventions, Democratic National Conventions the G8 summit, World Cup games, the World Trade Center Disaster, Katrina, Sandy and many other national /international projects.