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James Meden

James Meden

Fort Walton Beach,FL

Summary

Executive Protection Agent with over two decades of extensive experience in high-threat environments and executive protection. Demonstrates proficiency in Close Protection, Security Planning, Threat Assessments, Surveillance, Evasive Driving, Behavioral Intelligence, and Tactical Emergency Medical Procedures. Expert in counter surveillance and security operations, ensuring the utmost safety and security of clients and their families.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Team Lead

Hyperion Services LLC
01.2021 - Current
  • Lead team in executive protection, ensuring client safety with zero incidents reported
  • Maintain clear communication with clients, promptly reporting issues and advising on threats
  • Implement protective measures, achieving significant improvements in client safety and threat detection
  • Optimize covert surveillance operations, enhancing threat detection capabilities and achieving measurable improvements in client safety protocols
  • Drive continuous improvement in protective measures, yielding substantial enhancements in threat detection and overall client safety
  • Conduct comprehensive analyses of covert surveillance operations, refining methodologies to bolster threat identification and preemptive action
  • Spearhead executive protection strategies, achieving zero incidents through proactive threat mitigation and enhanced surveillance methodologies
  • Pioneer cutting-edge counter-surveillance techniques, elevating threat detection capabilities and substantially improving client safety protocols

Team Lead Counter Surveillance

Security Group International
01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Lead counter-surveillance operations, ensuring secure transportation and client safety
  • Develop protection strategies, enhancing team performance and operational efficiency
  • Implemented innovative techniques, resulting in measurable improvements in security protocols
  • Spearhead counter-surveillance operations, ensuring client safety and secure transportation
  • Develop cutting-edge protection strategies, driving operational excellence

Executive Protection Specialist

UG Solutions LLC
01.2023 - 12.2023
  • Led protection operations, implementing advanced security protocols for UHNW clients in volatile areas
  • Developed and executed adaptable protection plans, ensuring client safety and confidentiality
  • Utilized behavioral intelligence to design threat protection and surveillance countermeasures
  • Collaborated with team members to optimize strategies, enhancing overall security standards
  • Analyzed complex security landscapes to anticipate and neutralize potential threats effectively
  • Developed data-driven threat assessment models, enhancing client safety in high-risk environments
  • Implemented proactive security measures, reducing incident rates
  • Pioneered cutting-edge surveillance countermeasures, leveraging behavioral intelligence to anticipate and mitigate potential security breaches
  • Optimized protection strategies through cross-functional collaboration, significantly improving overall security standards and client satisfaction
  • Crafted meticulous, adaptable protection protocols tailored to individual client needs, ensuring confidentiality and safety in volatile situations
  • Spearheaded innovative approaches to executive protection, integrating advanced technologies with traditional methods for comprehensive security solutions
  • Implemented advanced security protocols for UHNW clients in high-risk areas, enhancing protection strategies through data-driven threat assessment models

Team Lead

Verdugo Transportation Security Consultants
01.2022 - 12.2023
  • Led nationwide security operations for UHNW cargo, ensuring safety and timely delivery
  • Managed security teams, providing real-time reports to management for informed decision-making
  • Implemented strategic protocols, enhancing protection and client satisfaction
  • Coordinated security measures, resulting in measurable improvements in cargo safety
  • Provided leadership and direction, fostering a collaborative and efficient security team
  • Coordinated complex logistics for secure cargo movement, maintaining meticulous records and fostering seamless communication between teams
  • Pioneered strategic security initiatives, resulting in measurable improvements in operational efficiency and unparalleled protection for high-profile clients
  • Spearheaded nationwide security operations for UHNW cargo, ensuring safety and timely delivery while managing teams and providing real-time reports
  • Fostered a cohesive security team through effective leadership, coordinating complex logistics for secure cargo movement with seamless communication
  • Drove operational efficiency through strategic security initiatives, delivering unparalleled protection for high-profile clients and optimizing team performance
  • Maintained meticulous records and coordinated intricate security measures, significantly enhancing overall cargo safety and operational precision

Global Response Staff (GRS)

Central Intelligence Agency
01.2016 - 12.2020
  • Managed protection for U.S
  • Officials during travel, achieving 100% mission success through strategic planning
  • Conducted surveillance detection and route analysis, optimizing security protocols for all missions
  • Adapted protection strategies to diverse threat environments, enhancing operational effectiveness
  • Led high-risk protective operations, ensuring safety in hostile overseas locations
  • Developed advanced tactical guidance, significantly improving mission outcomes
  • Spearheaded high-risk protective operations, ensuring uncompromised safety of U.S
  • Government personnel through strategic planning and tactical execution
  • Conducted in-depth surveillance detection and route analysis, enhancing security protocols and optimizing protective strategies in diverse threat environments
  • Orchestrated comprehensive protection services during stationary and mobile operations, consistently achieving mission objectives in high-pressure situations
  • Directed high-risk protective operations, ensuring uncompromised safety of U.S
  • Officials in hostile environments through strategic planning and tactical execution
  • Led high-risk protective operations, ensuring uncompromised safety of U.S
  • Officials in hostile environments through strategic planning

Assistant Operations/Intelligence Sergeant

US Army, 7th Special Forces Group
01.2007 - 12.2016
  • Led high-risk operations, achieving success under extreme pressure, enhancing team effectiveness
  • Developed advanced combat tactics, significantly improving unit readiness and mission outcomes
  • Fostered inter-agency relationships, ensuring seamless joint operations and strategic coordination
  • Mentored junior operators, boosting team cohesion and operational readiness
  • Analyzed intelligence reports, formulating effective counter-strategies for emerging threats
  • Cultivated robust inter-agency partnerships, facilitating seamless joint operations and improving overall mission coordination
  • Mentored and developed junior operators, fostering team cohesion and substantially improving unit readiness and performance
  • Optimized intelligence analysis processes, enabling swift threat identification and development of proactive counter-strategies
  • Spearheaded critical intelligence operations, enhancing mission success rates and team readiness through strategic analysis and proactive threat mitigation
  • Nurtured junior operators' growth, implementing targeted mentorship programs that markedly enhanced team synergy and operational proficiency

Education

B.S. - Strategic Studies & Defense Analysis

Norwich University
08.2021 - Current

Skills

  • Customer Service
  • Close Protection
  • Behavioral Analysis
  • Surveillance
  • Threat Assessment
  • Military experience
  • Crisis Management
  • First aid and CPR certified

Educationcertifications

  • American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)

Certification

  • Certified Global Response Staff, Central Intelligence Agency - 2016-2020
  • Executive Protection, Executive Security International (ESI) 10 Week Course
  • California: Security Officer License- G6772883
  • Florida: Concealed Weapons License- W1191692
  • Florida: Security Officer License: D311934, G3207764
  • BSR Drivers Course (Summit Point)

Languages

English
Native language
Spanish
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Timeline

Team Lead Counter Surveillance - Security Group International
01.2023 - 01.2024
Executive Protection Specialist - UG Solutions LLC
01.2023 - 12.2023
Team Lead - Verdugo Transportation Security Consultants
01.2022 - 12.2023
Norwich University - B.S., Strategic Studies & Defense Analysis
08.2021 - Current
Team Lead - Hyperion Services LLC
01.2021 - Current
Global Response Staff (GRS) - Central Intelligence Agency
01.2016 - 12.2020
Assistant Operations/Intelligence Sergeant - US Army, 7th Special Forces Group
01.2007 - 12.2016
James Meden