Charlie Gilbert was recruited by GDBA from the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served in the Top-10 leadership position of Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service.

He also served as:

• Executive Officer and Senior Operations Officer in the Directorate of Operations

• Chief of Global Intelligence Operations against a hostile target country

Overseas, Charlie conducted numerous assignments in the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and East Asia.

Assigned to the top position in three different regions, Charlie was responsible to conceive, plan, and execute complex intelligence operations. He has been operationally proficient in Farsi, Italian, and Russian.

• Among other recognition, Charlie Gilbert received:

• The Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal

• The Intelligence Medal of Merit

• The Donovan Award (twice)

• The Director’s Award

• Three Meritorious Unit Citations

Bryan directs threat assessment practitioners who are responsible for the assessment and management of thousands of cases of inappropriate pursuit, threats, and harassment, including situations involving mentally ill stalkers, disgruntled current and former employees, stalkers who pursue their victims at the workplace, interpersonal stalking, and domestic violence. He provides consultation on safety and privacy for at-risk individuals, and he has managed some of the Nation’s most sensitive investigations for public figures.

Bryan also directs a staff of intelligence analysts responsible for conducting security assessments on behalf of at-risk individuals and public figures traveling internationally. He advises clients regarding the management of risks such as terrorism, civil unrest, extremist ideologies, and political instability.

Bryan oversees our Advanced Threat Assessment Academy, where threat assessment experts provide training to members of the public and private sectors on topics related to the prediction and management of violence.

Bryan oversees our MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems, including MOSAIC for Assessment of Public Figure Pursuit (MAPP); Threats to Judges (MAJ); Domestic Violence (DV-MOSAIC); Threats in the Workplace (MAT‑W); and Threats by Students (MAST).

Bryan managed protection details of public figures at their residences, at high-profile events, and during international travel. He has worked with the U.S. Secret Service and foreign government agencies during the planning and implementation of security operations involving public figures, U.S. Presidents, and foreign heads of state.

Bryan served in the U.S. Marine Corps, providing security and logistical support for the U.S. President, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State. He was a member of the elite Embassy Security Battalion, responsible for the safety of U.S. diplomats in Kyrgyzstan and Israel. He served as an Infantry Platoon Sergeant, a deputized police officer for the Provost Marshal’s office in Camp Pendleton, California, and as an Instructor at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Japan.

James continually audits GDBA’s protective programs to ensure our strategies align with our clients’ unique needs and to ensure our protectors meet our training and fitness standards.

James co-created GDBA’s Active Shooter Prevention and Response methodology. He has trained thousands of employees at Fortune-500 companies, schools, universities, police departments, and government agencies in the U.S. and internationally on advanced concepts related to protection, including Active Shooter, Surveillance Detection, Attack Recognition, Foreign Weapons, Executive Protection, and Travel Safety. He is also an Instructor at our Essential Protection Skills Academy and our Advanced Threat Assessment Academy.

One of the world’s true experts on protection, James was recruited from the FBI, where he created and developed the Academy’s Close Protection Course, currently taught to protectors of the U.S. Attorney General, the Director of the FBI, the NSA, and the NYPD, among other agencies.

A few other highlights from his career:

• Hand-selected for the FBI Tactical Training Unit, responsible for creating and developing the FBI Active Shooter training and guidance program.

• Certified FBI Instructor in Firearms, Active Shooter, Tactical Skills, Emergency Driving, and SWAT Operations.

• Four years on the Protection Team for the FBI Director, and three years on the Joint Terrorism Task Force that he was selected to create after 9/11.

James holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. He is a member of the ASIS Executive Protection Council, and he is certified as an instructor in Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT).

During his career with the United States Secret Service (1983 – 2003), Vincent protected two U.S. Presidents and other heads of state, and rose to several leadership positions. He was then appointed to the senior-most security position at the International Monetary Fund, where he served until being recruited by GDBA in 2023.

As Security Chief at the IMF, Vincent was responsible for the Protective Security program for the Managing Director, Workplace Violence Program, Global Security Operations Center, Business Continuity, and the Hazardous Material Team. In addition to protecting the POTUS and other heads of state during his tenure with the USSS, Vincent served as a criminal investigations instructor and managed the Service’s entire weapons systems program.

A few other highlights from Vincent’s career:

• Served four years on the Presidential Protective Detail and was selected for the USSS’s elite Counter Assault Team.

• Certified Secret Service Firearms Instructor and recipient of Distinguished Expert Marksman designation (top 1%).

• Built and led the IMF’s protective security and threat assessment programs, which became a model emulated by other prominent organizations.

• Developed the IMF’s first Domestic Violence Prevention & Response Program.

Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Among other academic achievements, he is a graduate of Georgetown University’s prestigious leadership academy for International Security Managers.

John was recruited to our firm from a position with the United States Marshals Service (USMS).

John was the Chief Inspector and Administrator of the National Center for Judicial Security. (NCJS is responsible for providing expertise and senior level counsel to Supreme Court Justices, heads of police agencies, judges, as well as Ministers of Justice and military officials of U.S. allies.)

John was selected as the first Chief of Domestic Operations for the Marshals Service, and previous to that served as Senior Inspector in the Witness Protection Program and Judicial Security Division, respectively. During his career, John ran the protection teams for the U.S. Drug Czar, Supreme Court Justices, and foreign dignitaries at the U.N. General Assembly. As an Assistant Chief Deputy Marshal, he had oversight of emergency management, violent crimes fugitive task force, and protective operations for a large federal judicial district.

John was an adjunct instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center teaching protective operations and threat assessment. Additionally, he has authored articles in the American Bar Association, National Sheriffs’ Association, and the National Judicial College publications. He was accepted into the Department of State’s Fulbright Specialist Program for a rule of law security concept. John is a faculty member of the National Judicial College and continues to speak at events throughout the country.

John received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Temple University and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice with a specialization in terrorism from St. Joseph’s University. He is also an alumnus of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Executive Leaders Program.