Michael Balboni is the founder and Managing Partner of Redland Strategies Inc., a consulting firm that provides the expertise, experience, and contacts necessary to help companies and government agencies position themselves to get through a crisis, improve business performance, and maximize growth. Michael also serves on several homeland security think tanks, charitable boards dealing with public health and is a regular contributor as a terrorism expert on national and local television and print media. Before starting Redland Strategies, Michael had been a leader in New York security, politics and government. Following the tragic days of September 11, 2001, acting New York State Senator Balboni was appointed as the first Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. During his tenure, he wrote nearly all of the major laws relating to Homeland Security for New York State, many of which became models for national legislation. In 2007, he left the Senate to become Deputy Secretary for Public Safety and Homeland Security Advisor for New York State where he managed an agency of 63,000 employees with a $5 billion budget. Michael also oversaw the creation of programs such as New York Alerts, the Critical Infrastructure Suspicious Activity Reporting system for the State, as well as ensuring that hundreds of millions of dollars went to state and local first responders to make our city and state safe.In addition, Senator Balboni has served on transition teams for both President Obama and Governor Cuomo. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) at George Washington University and serves on the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission. These experiences have placed him on the front lines of public safety and have provided the right skill sets to help businesses, government agencies and large corporations understand and protect what they need to do in our complex world.