Ryan P. Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

South America

- Lead, motivate, and champion a direct hire, local, and contract staff team composed nearly 200 security professionals responsible for a three-state area of operations. - Act as the interagency's security focal point for the U.S. Mission to Brazil during the 2024 G20 in Rio de Janeiro. - Oversee implementation and progress of a unique countering racially and ethnically motivated violence and extremism (REMVE) program. - Liaise closely with Brazilian law enforcement counterparts to overcome bureaucratic barriers impeding their ability to modernize defensive equipment inventories.

United States

- Long-term, pre-deployment training to include language, tactical skills, and contingency operations instruction.

Africa

- Managed and drove physical and personnel security operations protecting the safety and security of more than 350 employees. - Primary security advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. Supervised 25 direct hire and 150 contract personnel responsible for a wide array of daily security operations. - Recognized the nascent threat of Sahel-based terrorism on littoral West African states and made Departmental policy recommendations to proactively counter those threats.- Developed proposals and pushed Washington fund several State and DOD counterterrorism initiatives which are now substantively contributing to Benin's internal security. - Worked closely with national parks management NGOs to leverage their border security and local area intelligence expertise to better inform the interagency to the changing terrorism landscape in the north of the country.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Administratively supported 12 Regional Security Offices (RSO), primarily in West Africa, and conducted RSO program reviews across the Continent. - Leveraged prior overseas experience in Africa to advise, lobby on behalf of, mentor, and learn from dozens of DSS special agents working in the field.

Fort Liberty (Formerly Bragg), North Carolina

- One of two Diplomatic Security Service Special Agents selected to attend this professional military education program with a student body was composed of military commissioned and non-commissioned special operations personnel. - Maintained a 3.8 GPA, completed and defended a thesis nominated for distinction, and received a master's degree in Strategic Security Studies (International Relations).

Africa

- Tasked with conceptualizing, developing, and standing up a first-of-its-kind, $10 million, host nation-staffed counterterrorism platform tasked with protecting U.S. Embassy Bamako, Mali personnel and responding to critical incidents impacting the international diplomatic community. - The program remains one of Diplomatic Security's most successful international training delivery initiatives, and is credited with directly saving or protecting dozens of lives during crisis incidents in nearly 20 countries.

Washington, D.C. Metro Area

- Long-term, pre-deployment training to include language, tactical skills and contingency operations, and leadership instruction.

Africa

- Lead law enforcement criminal investigator at U.S. Consulate General Lagos, Nigeria; one of the world's visa fraud hubs. - Tasked with combatting illegal immigration, human smuggling/trafficking and terrorism/terrorist financing.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

- Investigated U.S. Passport fraud cases and worked closely with state and local law enforcement agencies on a variety of identity theft-related investigations. - Several cases submitted to AUSA and local prosecutors were accepted and led to convictions.

King County, Washington, United States

- Middle School honors social studies and debate teacher. - Recruited by the school district to staff a select team tasked with re-writing the middle school social studies curriculum. - Coached middle and high school boys and girls soccer and track teams.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Strategic Security Studies/International Relations

National Defense University - College of International Security Affairs (CISA) - Joint Special Operations Master of Arts (JSOMA) Program.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Graduated with honors

Washington State Secondary Education Teaching Endorsement, History And Social Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social Studies

Graduated with honors

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Geography And Cartography