Professionals Who've Been There

Dave is a 35-year law enforcement, military, and private sector business professional whose career has taken him around the world on a variety of missions, assignments, and operations. His service has included assignments with the Los Angeles Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Federal Air Marshal Service, Founding Chief of Police for Regent University, and as a Security Protective Specialist with the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service.

He retired from the military after 24 years of service in both the Marine Corps and the United States Coast Guard. Dave also served as the Lead Designer and Exercise Director for the highly successful 2014 Department of State US/Iraq Crisis Management Exercise held in Baghdad.

JT Taman is a 21-year veteran Supervisory Special Agent with the United States Department of Homeland Security. He started his law enforcement career with the St. Petersburg Police Department in Florida. He has received numerous commendations, including Special Agent of the Year, U.S. Customs Service Commissioner's Unit Citation, United States Department of Justice Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section Commendation, Department of Homeland Security Special Service Award-Iraq, and Homeland Security Special Response Team Unit Citation for operations conducted in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

In July of 2015 he received the United States Secretary of Defense's Defense of Freedom Medal for Valor in Afghanistan.

Michael T. Perry serves as Vice President of Operations for LEPCO Solutions Group, providing executive oversight and operational leadership for U.S. Department of State counterterrorism-funded programs. His LEPCO work includes leading assessments and exercises in Somalia and Jordan, evaluating investigative, intelligence, and border-screening capabilities, and developing actionable recommendations for U.S. government clients and partner nations.

Michael has more than 35 years of law enforcement, military counterintelligence, investigative, and intelligence experience. As a Law Enforcement Professional in Afghanistan and at the U.S. Army National Training Center, he advised U.S. Army commanders, mentored Afghan police units, and supported evidence-based operations, tactical questioning, detainee operations, and counter-IED investigations.

He previously served more than 20 years with the Phoenix Police Department, retiring as a Detective Sergeant assigned to the Homeland Defense Bureau. During his career, he supervised complex criminal investigations, managed intelligence and critical-infrastructure protection initiatives, and supported security planning for major national events. Michael is also an Arizona-licensed private investigator who conducts independent administrative and workplace misconduct investigations for public safety organizations.

Craig spent 21 years as a LEO for the Commonwealth of Virginia, including 14 years with the Suffolk Police Department. His experience is focused in the areas of Tactics as a Firearms Instruction and Proficiency. Craig is a certified "A" Instructor, Officer Survival Instructor, multi-year member of SWAT, SWAT Instructor and FBI Regional SWAT Instructor. He was a Narcotics Investigator and a Professional Standards Investigator. He retired as a Master Police Officer.

Craig served in Iraq with DOS in the INL program as a SME in Small Team Tactics where he trained a team and caught one of the High Value Insurgents on the Deck of 52. As an Embedded Law Enforcement Professional, he specialized in Direct Action Missions Targeting HVTs, Biometrics Collection, Sensitive Site Exploitation and the Mentoring of US Soldiers during OEF. Craig also instructed as a BFOC where he holds multiple bio's and operated within the DOS Diplomatic Security Service specializing in High Threat Environments.