Faron Burcker Cmas, Cmeps Email and Phone Number

VP of Security Operations

Faron Burcker has extensive and wide-ranging experience in executive protection for high net worth individuals, celebrities, senior government officials including ambassadors and congressmen, high profile athletes, and royal family members. His experiences include managing world tours for musicians and traveling shows, leading security teams to over 20 countries to provide close protection and mobile security. Faron has served as the Agent in Charge for a prominent royal family based in the Middle East. During this time his responsibilities included close protection for all family members providing oversight on their security while in the U.S. and abroad. Faron has worked numerous years as a Team Leader for the Dept of State’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program focusing on the training of foreign governments’ President, Vice President and Prime Minister detail members in the areas of personal security and counter assault team tactics. Faron has conducted numerous security and vulnerability assessments for large corporations, celebrities and their residences, sporting venues, hotels, and high profile events . He has also managed and organized numerous large event security details for all types of events such as sporting events, concerts, celebrity weddings, nationally-televised awards shows, and executive business and leisure travel.

Director of Training for DOS High Threat Training program responsible for providing protection for US Diplomats operating in high threat areas. Motivated, business minded professional with a 14-year track record of instructor experience in the domestic and international environments. Have held numerous Program Manager/Detail Leader positions with several DOS/DOD contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Currently supervising and managing an instructor staff of 35 instructors. Responsible for oversight of DOS compliance and updating curriculum for the WPS program.

Specializing in Personal Protection/ Executive Protection, PSD Training, Security Driver Training, and Security Assessments. Over 12 years of experience in conducting and managing protection details both Conus and Oconus. Supervised numerous celebrity details and also managed several World Tours for professional musicians.Provided protection for several members of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family.Have contracted for the past 4 years with several companies that were awarded contracts to teach DOS Anti-Terrorism VIP Protection to foreign government Presidential details and US Diplomatic details in High Threat areas.Subject Matter Expert for the DOS Anti-Terrorism Assitance VIPP/TST Programs in the areas of PSD/Motorcade Operations and Defensive Driving.

WPPS 1&2 Project ManagerSupervised 40 full-time instructors: scheduling, hiring new instructors, vetting all instructors for WPPS Program, updating curriculum, acting as the lead instructor for the train the trainer program, evaluation of all instructors, and supervising Mobile Training. United States Government/ Dept. of State Programs/TCN High Threat Training/Bogotá, ColombiaProject Manager Successfully managed and assisted as a Lead Instructor for 2 year program, responsible for training over 250 Colombians operating in Iraq. Areas of training consisted of firearms, defensive tactics, surveillance/counter surveillance, vehicle searches, IED Identification, attack recognition, and check point operations.