Patrick Sellars

Site Special Program Security Manager for Aeronautics Systems based in Clearfield, Utah, managing several CPSOs and security analysts, overseeing multiple SAP, SCI, and COMSEC programs

• Provides multi-discipline security training, mentorship, and professional development for 10 security analysts across three sites in two states
• Oversees SAP and SCI security for multiple Air Force, Navy, and other government agency programs
• Maintains professional relationships with Hill Air Force Base OSI PJ office and coordinates compliance inspections, accreditations, reporting requirements, and investigations
• Oversees and trains CPSOs on conducting annual self-inspections
• Oversees site security for four secure facilities being built to ICD-705 standards, ensuring physical security requirements are met to insure accreditation upon construction completion
• Creates Standard Operating Procedures, Concept of Operations, and creates accreditation packages as part of managing over one dozen SAPFs and SCIFs
• Insured 100% compliance for all special and COMSEC programs across all sites
• Implements OPSEC measures to protect national security information and company assets

Served as the Security Manager for Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) Detachment 3, assisting the organization in multiple security functions, including Personnel Security, Industrial Security, Special Access Programs, Sensitive Compartmented Information, and Physical Security.

• Reviewed and processed Pre-Screening Questionnaires, associated PSQ templates, created program Access Requests (PARs) and maintained personnel records via JADE for the detachment
• Developed and implemented personnel security Standard Operating Procedures for the detachment, vital for protecting classified information and national security
• Performed inquiries for security incidents for the Combined Test Force
• Maintained detachment databases and system of record, Defense Information Security System (DISS) for both the SCI Security Manager Office and non-SCI Security Manager Office
• Created Visitor Access Requests across all classification levels, including collateral, SAP, and SCI for detachment personnel and ensured incoming visitors met temporary access requirements
• Conducted collateral access briefings and training for Department of Energy (DOE) and NATO classified materials
• Assigned as the Contractor Special Security Representative (CSSR). Provided Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) support by conducting SCI Security Training, initiating Transfer In Status (TIS) requests, and managing Indoctrination Assist requests
• Managed the security training program and maintains security files for SCI, SAP, and collateral security for active-duty military, government civilian, and contractor personnel
• Provided counsel to the Detachment Commander, staff, and detachment employees on security policies, procedures, and directives
• Interpreted and implemented security policies and directives in accordance with Department of Defense and United States Air Forces procedures for the security of classified material
• Coordinated with the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Security Office, AFOTEC IP Office, Hill Air Force Base IP Office, federal contractor security offices, and interagency partners for security-related actions daily

Performed duties as a Security Clearance Background Investigator II, conducting background investigative fieldwork on behalf of the United States Department of Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).

• Conducted detailed in-person and telephonic interviews and obtained records from courts, law enforcement agencies, educational institutions, mental health facilities, and places of employment
• Wrote detailed reports of investigation used to assist adjudicators in determining suitability for national security and public trust positions
• Exceptionally well versed in the security clearance process, the 13 adjudicative guidelines, security clearance policies, and reporting requirements
• Regularly exceeded production metrics quantity standards despite complex and time-intensive investigations
• Surpassed quality expectations with clear, well-written reports of investigation
• Demonstrated impeccable time management skills; performed multiple interviews daily at several locations within a fifty-mile radius

Appointed as a Subject Matter Expert providing Special Access Program, physical, and personnel security support to multiple Air Force National Guard units. Assisted unit security personnel in establishing security programs and accrediting secure facilities.

• Conducted program indoctrination, debriefs, and security training for Air Force National Guard members in multiple states
• Performed audits on unit personnel security files. Identified deficiencies and executed corrective actions to keep the squadrons in compliance
• Supported unit security personnel with establishing secure facilities; reviewed and edited Fixed Facility Checklists and accreditation packages
• Supervised and advised unit security managers on personnel security management and information protection responsibilities
• Performed risk assessments, established security policies, and helped create security procedures specially tailored for newly established Air Force National Guard Space units

Lead security professional on-site for a multi-million dollar military construction project consisting of multiple SCIFs and SAPFs. Simultaneously served as the Special Security Officer for a Special Operations Task Force, conducting security management for multiple TSCIFs. Consistently worked 15+ hours per day, every day, performing all duties for two separate, critical positions.

• Performed detailed SCI indoctrinations, program briefings, and security briefings for newcomers
• Created and maintained multiple Excel databases, increasing organization within the office and providing ease of turn-over and continuity
• Received secure shipments containing sensitive state-of-the-art security equipment and oversaw its installation and maintenance
• Created Standard Operating Procedures, Fixed Facility Checklists
• Emergency Action Plans, and implemented specialized security plans that enhanced security while also expediting construction completion in a high OPTEMPO environment
• Supervised ten Construction Surveillance Technicians, three Cleared American Guards, and five U.S. Infantrymen guards on a 22 acre DOD construction site
• Conducted facility inspections on multiple TSCIFs/SAPFs and provided guidance to Special Security Representatives at various sites.
• Interpreted and implemented security policies, ensuring SCIFs were built to ICD 705 standards; monitored construction efforts and conducted technical inspections daily to ensure compliance with required construction specifications for SCIFs.
• Provided security education to assigned personnel and enforced policy by performing announced and unannounced inspections of all facilities processing classified information.

Lead security professional and Special Security Officer for 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), overseeing all security functions for the headquarters and five subordinate battalions.

• Implemented a proposal and budgeted for a more comprehensive plan for the destruction of classified material by acquiring authorized destruction equipment for all facilities processing classified materials and creating Standard Operating Procedures for classified material destruction.
• Delivered weekly in-depth SCI indoctrinations, NATO briefings, and debriefings, advising personnel on their ongoing responsibility to adhere to policies, procedures and directives in the interest of national security.
• Oversaw the management of four CONUS and two OCONUS SCIFs and conducted frequent inspections to ensure compliance with regulations and directives. Received superior ratings during the command inspections in all assigned areas.
• Supervised six SSRs, five unit security managers, and three Information System Security Officers (ISSO).
• Maintained Access Control Systems and Intrusion Detection Systems for the entire compound.
• Processed incident reporting to the DOD Central Adjudication Facility (CAF) and advised commanders with regard to security clearance suspensions.
• Performed risk assessments for all facilities on the unit compound and established security procedures, implementing security in-depth strategies to provide overlapping layers of defense.
• Conducted frequent inventories and inspections as a Top Secret Control Officer for the headquarters SCIF and subordinate battalion SCIFs.
• Provided derivative classification guidance provided instruction for using the Security Classification Guide.
• Performed daily announced and unannounced inspections, security compliance inspections, and entry/exit inspections within all SCIFs, classified, and unclassified working areas.
• Managed the unit's training program for military, government, and contractor personnel, receiving a perfect rating during command inspections.

Assistant SSO and Special Security Representative for the headquarters SCIF for 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Enforced security regulations for day-to-day operations within the SCIF and assumed SSO responsibilities in his absence. Lead security professional and SSO while deployed in support of Special Operations in Iraq.

• Reviewed countless classified documents for release-ability to foreign entities as Foreign Disclosure Representative while deployed
• Created accreditation packages and conducted inspections for 24 TSCIFs throughout Iraq while deployed
• Provided quality control reviews of sanitized intelligence documents before being submitted for approval
• Performed SCI indoctrination, debriefs, and security training from incoming and outgoing personnel
• Enhanced compound security by implementing improved security procedures, installing access control devices, and providing detailed security education to assigned personnel
• Closely monitored day to day operations within Joint Operations Center, identifying potential security risks and advising Command and staff on recommendations to enhance security
• Created and submitted for approval accreditation packages for 24 TSCIFs throughout Area of Operations
• Produced weekly Intelligence Summaries, special intelligence reports, and intelligence briefings to Group Command and Staff