MEET JOE BAN.
EXPERIENCE
HÁLÓ DEFENSE GROUP, Founder & Principal
• Protective Services & Risk Management for Corporate, Residential, Executive, Event
• Intelligence Services in Surveillance & Counter Surveillance, Due Diligence, Global Travel Assessments, Country Briefs
• Security Assessment for Threat & Risk Vulnerability and Emergency Response Planning & Preparedness
• Development & Procurement for Government Acquisitions Equipment
ECO-DEFENSE GROUP (EDGE), Board Member
• Devised, initiated, and implemented Training Packages in South Africa and multiple African countries for anti-trafficking, anti-poaching, and maritime response forces
• Co-created counterintelligence and intelligence programs for targeting transnational criminal syndicates
• Procured donations and charitable gifts for this non-profit organization
SHADOW MOUNTAIN GROUP, Business Development
• Facilitated and secured six continuing contracts with DOD in low visibility operations & surveillance
• Advised and obtained four contracts with DOD in designated marksman & firearms programs
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. Reconnaissance Marine & Special Operations – 21 YEARS
PROJECT OFFICER & SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, USMC Systems Command
OPERATIONS CHIEF, 1st & 4th Reconnaissance Battalion Delta Company
PLATOON SERGEANT, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company
COMBATANT DIVER & SUPERVISOR, Very Shallow Water Mine Unit
TEAM LEADER, 2nd Force Reconnaissance & Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST COMPANY)
EDUCATION
NORWICH UNIVERSITY - B.S. Strategic Studies & Defense Analysis, Magna Cum Laude
HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SCHOOL - Coursework in African & Environmental Studies
DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY - Government Acquisition Project Officer, Level 1 PQM
TRAINING COURSES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST