Don Hubbard is the former Managing Director, Global Security for the PricewaterhouseCoopers Network of firms, where he managed a comprehensive security program. Elements of the security program included physical security, information security investigations, travel security, personnel security, investigations regarding matters both internal and external to the Firm, forensic accounting investigations, business continuity and crisis management planning, and security awareness. He consulted in the areas of general risk, asset protection and security for a wide array of the firm's clients covering virtually every industry. Formerly, he was Staff Vice President, Security for Trans World Airlines. He was also President of International Aviation Security, Inc., a wholly owned, 1400-employee subsidiary of TWA, which provided security services to 15 airlines and 3 airports at 21 locations throughout Europe and the Prior to those security positions, he spent nine years as a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In his last assignment, he was Supervisory Senior Resident Agent in Wilmington, Delaware. Prior to the Bureau, he was a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army's Military Police Corps. Mr. Hubbard is a graduate of ********** Mark has 15 years of crisis management experience and was a key figure in developing the current crisis management and business continuity program at Abbott Laboratories. Mark was a member of the senior executive team that managed global crisis events that affected all aspects of Abbott’s business. Mark’s crisis managing experience ranged from the executive suite to on-site emergency services. Major world events included the Asian tsunami, As Director of Safety and Security for W.W. Grainger, Mark was a key figure in managing and overseeing Grainger’s interests during the 9/11 incident. Mark was the senior security and safety leader overseeing all external and internal crisis events that occurred within Grainger’s 400 worldwide locations including the World Trade Center on 9/11. Mark was a prominent member of Kraft’s first Workplace Violence team and managed incidents including workplace homicide, threats, and assaults. Mark was responsible for delivering crisis training to over 20 field sales offices in North America. In addition, Mark was an adjunct member of the Special Situations Taskforce which managed all product tampering incidents within Kraft. James Zopp provides investigative support and services to attorneys involved in matters of civil litigation and criminal defense and to private and government entities challenged by allegations of employee misconduct. His areas of investigative expertise include wrongful death, premise liability, ethics, sexual harassment, workplace violence, standards of employee conduct, due diligence, and complaints of discrimination. Mr. Zopp is retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During his career as an FBI Agent and Supervisory Special Agent, Mr. Zopp worked as a major case specialist and, supervised other Agents involved in the investigation of violent, white collar, and environmental crimes. Jim was selected and trained as a profile coordinator for the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. He acted as a consultant to state and federal law enforcement agencies charged with the responsibility of apprehending offenders who commit serial murder, serial rape, infant abduction, extortion, and other crimes of violence. Since 2003, Jim has been a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Homicide Cold Case Unit. He holds a masters degree in Forensic Science. Prior to the FBI, He served in the U. S. Air Force as an aviator and commissioned officer. Jim is a licensed private investigator and lives in Charlotte, NC. Alana is the former senior manager for Crisis Management at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, assisting member firms outside the U.S. in developing and testing their crisis management and business continuity plans. Prior to this, she was Director of Security for General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products and was responsible for the protection of all assets including classified and proprietary information. During her tenure at General Dynamics, one of her sites won the prestigious Cogswell Award presented by the Defense Security Services for Excellence.
She has 29 years of law enforcement experience . During the last twelve years she served as Chief of Police at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and Medical Center and the City of Burlington, Vermont. While in Burlington, her department received the Community Police Award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police. That same year, Alana personally received the Civil Rights Award from the same organization for her efforts in diversity education and hiring. While in Chapel Hill, she testified before Congress on the “Crime Bill” championing the need for additional police officers throughout the country. The “Crime Bill” passed in 1994 and placed 100,000 police officers on the streets in communities all over the country.
Alana holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Stratford College and a Master’s in Public Administration from North Carolina State University. She has also attended the Management Development Program at Harvard University and the Senior Management Program for Police, also at Harvard University.
She has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the University of Vermont. She has served on many community non profit boards over the years and is past president of the Vermont Women’s Forum, a chapter of the International Women’s Forum. She currently serves as President of the North Carolina Women’s Forum. She is a member of the American Society of Industrial Security, the International Association of Chiefs of Police and was a founder and past president of the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives. She has also served as the Chairperson of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Foundation. Alana lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. 
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Harm Oosten, CPP
Mr. Oosten’s security career began in the Dutch Royal Air Force. After leaving the military, he joined Shell HQ in The Hague, the Netherlands. Harm left Shell in 1989 to become Head of Security for a large inner-city hospital. In 1994 he joined a global entertainment and technology holding company, based in South Africa and in the Netherlands, and active in over 50 countries, where he designed, implemented and managed security and crisis management projects and conducted anti-piracy investigations. Mr. Oosten founded Contego, his own independent security consultancy in 2001, and was Interim Security Manager for several large organizations in Europe, and Security Adviser and Investigator for several American Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Oosten, multilingual, is an expert in penetration testing, executive protection, vulnerability assessments and threat assessments. He has completed numerous
He is Board Certified in
Mr. Oosten is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His foreign experience includes most, if not all, 27 EU Member States, several countries in Asia, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the US, several Post Soviet States (including Russia), Africa (primarily South Africa including all major cities: Johannesburg, Cape Town, PE, and Durban).
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Peter Porrello
Peter Porrello is the President of International Business Resources, Ltd. He combines experience and expertise in both the Human Resources and Security disciplines to increase productivity and effectiveness, while reducing costs and potential liability for client companies. He is considered to be an expert in counter terrorism and dealing with workplace disruptions and has conducted numerous surveys and training programs on those subjects for various clients domestically and internationally.
IBR operations include major event security for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics. IBR has directed security for a variety of television entertainment programs (including Saturday Night Live) and numerous high profile personal protection operations (including Dr. H. Kissinger), as well as providing seminars on security awareness, most recently, for embedded journalists in a combat environment.
IBR advises numerous corporate clients on issues ranging from emergency response and crisis management to comprehensive cost effective security strategies to deal with threats of global terrorism.
Mr. Porrello was Corporate Vice President of Personnel and Security for theNational Broadcasting Company (NBC). While at NBC, he was responsible for Human Resources and Security operations and administration for all company locations.
His educational background includes the Advanced Human Resources Management Program, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan; M.A. Industrial Psychology and Organizational Development, University of New Haven and Yale University Joint Program; B.A. Political Science Holy Cross University, Shenandoah University/Executive Protection Institute “Onto the 21st Century: Corporate Intelligence Concerns,”. Mr. Porrello retired as Captain with the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was awarded 2 Silver Stars; the Bronze Star; 4 Purple Hearts, and numerous meritorious awards for his service in the Republic of Viet Nam.
Mark S. Lex
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James L. Zopp
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Alana M. Ellis
