Reference guides available as a free resource for international schools.
Reference guides available as a free resource for international schools.
Mike is a security consultant, trainer and contractor. His related experience began in the military as a young paratrooper, where as a non-commissioned officer received operational service awards and saw active duty during the South African/Cuban conflict in Angola. He went on to join and serve in the Hertfordshire Constabulary, UK until shortly after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He then entered the world of security contracting, and initially deployed as team leader on Personal Security Detachment (PSD) assignments in Iraq and then Afghanistan, which included US Department of Defense and USAID contracts respectively. Mike then took on consultant and trainer contracts for Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) provided to European Union election observers deploying on international election observation tasks. He also deployed as Assistant Security and then Security Manager on contracts for the EU election observation missions in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Myanmar.
More recently Mike was Head of Security for the American International School of Lusaka (AISL) in Zambia and then as Security Manager for Providence Medical Group in Spokane, Washington.
In addition to a list of military courses and qualifications, Mike held a South African commercial pilot license and flew helicopter charter flights between security contracts. He has a BTEC Diploma in Special Security Management and qualified on the US Diplomatic Security Service - Federal Active Shooter Response Program.
Mike´s wife is an international school principal and they are both deeply invested in school security and student safety.
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