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BIO

Current Employment: Tactical Systems Network, LLC
                                      Training Coordinator / Instructor / Personal Protection Officer
                                      Private Investigator / Commissioned Security Officer

Education:

  • Level IV Personal Protection Officer Certification Course, TX
  • Level III Commissioned Security Officer Certification Course, TX
  • Concealed Handgun Licensed Certification Course, TX
  • Process Server Certification Course, TX
  • American Red Cross, First-Aid, CPR / AED Instructor Certification Course, TX

Martial Arts Experience:

  • Inosanto International Martial Arts Instructor Association
    Certified Instructor under Guro / Sifu Dan Inosanto in the Filipino Martial Arts and  Jun Fan Gung Fu
  • Rister International Martial Arts Association
    Certified Instructor under Sifu / Guro Jon Rister in the Filipino Martial Arts and Jun Fan Gung Fu
    Certified Instructor under Jon Rister in Street Survival
    Additional training in Wing Chun, Muay Thai, and Submission Grappling
  • Seminar Studies with Sifu / Guro Larry Hartsell, Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Grappling Association
  • Additional Studies in Western Boxing and Wrestling, Judo, Combat Ju Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Wilderness Projects:

  • Missouri Department of Conservation - Gathered field data on River Otters
  • North Central Texas Council of Governments Regional Police Academy - Provided training for law enforcement officers in man tracking.
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (Dallas) Evidence Response Team - Provided training in wildlife and man tracking, land navigation, and wilderness survival skills to aid in collection of evidence and disarticulated remains and provided support for research study in predation and decomposition.
  • National Park Service: Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas - Gathered field data on feral hog activity using tracking and sign recognition.
  • Texas A&M University, Ethnology Department - Presented wildlife tracking workshops, worked on wildlife study projects.
  • University of Texas, Austin - Providing support and training for graduate research projects.

Wilderness Education/Experience:

  • Stanley Liston - (retired) US Customs Border Protection, Shadow Wolves Unit, founding member Man Tracking Program (2005)
  • Nathan Kempton - trained members of US Navy SEALs, Law Enforcement
    Man Tracking, Wildlife Tracking Classes (2003 - Current)
  • Charles Worsham - (retired) trained USMC Scout Snipers, Law Enforcement and FBI Hostage Rescue Team, -Tracking Courses (2003)
  • Paul Rezendes - (retired) author, Tracking and the Art of Seeing, The Wild Within
    Winter Tracking Program (2002)
  • Wilderness Awareness School - founded by naturalist / tracker Jon Young
    - Kamana Naturalist Training Program, Wolf Tracking Expeditions (2001, 2002)
  • Tom Brown, Jr.’s Tracking Nature, and Wilderness Survival School Studied tracking, nature, wilderness survival, and philosophy (2002)

Military Service:

United States Army, Honorable Discharge (1986 - 1989)
- Medical Specialist, 3rd Infantry Division
- Provided medical support to Infantry and Scout Units
- Emergency Room Shift Leader, 9th General Dispensary
- Awards: Expert Field Medical Badge, French Armed Forces Commando Badge,  Army Achievement Medal, and various other awards.

 

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