Gary is a Principal with our Crisis and Resilience Consulting team. With four decades of on-the-ground experience in threat assessment, asset protection and incident response, he equips leadership teams with the psychological, tactical and strategic tools to survive critical security events. He delivers Kidnap for Ransom (KFR) training and bespoke Kidnap Incident Management Plans that guide organizations from the first moment of a crisis to a safe resolution.
Gary is trusted to bring immediate stability to high-pressure environments, bridging strategic corporate planning and real-world tactical execution with both battle-tested authority and deep emotional intelligence. His expertise was forged in the most demanding conditions, including building a high-stakes operational evidence intake center during a major terrorist incident, and constructing command posts for special events, natural disasters, and significant law enforcement activity.
Recent engagements include:
- Guiding a multinational's head office through an abduction in a high-risk zone, aligning the board on communication protocols and legal boundaries, setting a controlled response framework and securing resolution with no operational downtime.
- Analyzing live threat intelligence for an entertainment conglomerate facing targeted online threats before a high-profile film premiere. Singled out true anomalies from the noise and ran a bespoke behavioral threat detection workshop that helped teams spot pre-attack indicators in crowds and secure the red-carpet event on schedule.
- Building an executive protection program for a fast-growing corporation; assessing physical and technical vulnerabilities at residences for gaps in access control, surveillance and emergency egress; and delivering a scalable blueprint that mitigated risk while fitting seamlessly around lifestyle.
Gary is an FBI-certified Crisis Management Coordinator, Hostage Negotiator, Evidence Response Team Leader and Interview and Interrogation Instructor, and holds hostage negotiation certification from the Metropolitan Police in London. He previously served as National Program Coordinator at the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Gary has lectured on corporate crisis management, physical asset security and threat analysis at venues worldwide, including Harvard Law School and The MIT Sloan School of Management.