Please join us for this Public Seminar & Briefing to discuss the modern challenges to hotel security in the US and overseas. This presentation will include an analysis of the Mumbai, India Terrorist Attacks, and the attacks at hotels in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Jakarta, Indonesia. We will also discuss antiterrorism protection strategies that are specific to the hospitality industry, and employee policies and training procedures to help mitigate insider threats. The threats faced by American hotel companies in the US are rapidly becoming similar to those faced overseas. If your city hosts a political convention, a major sporting event, protest rallies, or becomes a victim of a natural or man-made disaster, will your organization be ready for the challenges ahead?

We wish to thank the Hilton Hotel Springfield, VA. for generously hosting this event and for their continued support to InfraGard Nation's Capitol Chapter in facilitatting public-private cooperation in the protection of our nation.

Our Guest Speakers:

Thomas R. Walsh

A recognized leader in anti-terrorism and security engineering, Thomas Walsh has been intimately involved in several of the largest architectural and engineering projects in the United States, including the renovation of the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Dept. of Commerce, numerous US federal courthouses, and military and intelligence facilities throughout the world. While working for the Federal Protective Service, Mr. Walsh was responsible for the risk analysis of all new construction and major renovation projects undertaken by the US General Services Administration in the national capital region. Working with many of the largest architectural firms in the nation, Mr. Walsh ensures that physical security and anti-terrorism standards are incorporated into the designs of government, corporate, and privately owned facilities based on realistic threats faced by his clients.

Currently, Mr. Walsh is the Senior Vice President of Government Services at Falken Industries LLC, a full service security consulting firm based in Manassas, Virginia. Falken Industries provides a myriad of products and services to the public and private sector including US government security cleared armed officers, tactical law enforcement firearms training, security driving training, security design engineering services, mobile tactical SCIF’s, custom tailored executive protection programs, Homeland Security NIMS compliant incident command and emergency management training programs, and Virginia Special Conservator of the Peace law enforcement officers.

Mr. Walsh is a US Navy Persian Gulf War combat veteran. He is also a Department of Defense certified anti-terrorism instructor, a Virginia Department of Criminal Justice certified instructor, a NRA certified law enforcement firearms instructor, and a FAA licensed pilot. He has lectured to senior leaders and security officials at major organizations such as the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the US Marshal’s Service, Lockheed Martin, and the City of Portland, Oregon. He currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and son.

Robert L. Ord

Robert Ord provides over 15 years law enforcement and security experience. Mr. Ord has been a sworn law enforcement officer with two separate agencies working in intelligence units and analysis. He was instrumental in the capture of an American born terrorist on September 12, 2001 in Naples, Florida linked to the flight schools that trained the 9-11 hijackers. Mr. Ord is certified in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), Link Analysis, Skip Tracing, Antiterrorism, Counterterrorism, SWAT, and Incident Command Systems.

Currently, he is the President & CEO of Falken Industries based in Manassas Virginia. He serves as a Board Director for the Nations Capital Infragard Chapter, and Director for the Untied States Police Defensive Tactics Association .He has extensive experience providing support to Special Operations Task Forces conducting counterterrorism operations and serves on several unique Intelligence Task Forces and National Intelligence Support Teams.  He has a BA in Psychology, a MBA and has attended the Joint Military Intelligence College.

Michael A. Alicea

Michael Alicea originally was hired by the Charles County Sheriff's Office, in 2004, to work at the MCAC Watch Section in their 24-hour command center (worked the 24-hour hotline, wrote Tip reports, performed investigations for RFS's and Tip reports, disseminated incoming and outgoing bulletins/reports to proper recipients).  In June 2008, he was hired by the University of Maryland to work as an Intelligence Analyst in the IAS section of MCAC, where his duties include gathering intel and writing reports on International Terrorism and Human Trafficking in MD, supporting the Daily Intelligence Summary Report generated in IAS and monitoring and writing reports on subjects coming up on daily reports generated by the Terrorist Screening Center.

Michael A. Alicea is a retired Verizon management employee, where he worked as a software engineer supporting and updating numerous commercial and private billing systems within the corporation.  His specialty was in the development and testing of new and updated billing software.  He holds a BA degree in Business Administration and has many certifications in various software applications, both in the mainframe and PC environments.  He is also bilingual (Spanish).

Falken Industries, LLC.

Falken Industries is a full service US Government security cleared agency that is fully licensed and insured to provide top quality armed protective services in several states. At Falken, we provide our clients with exceptional personal and professional armed security consulting services. By providing professional, timely, and expectation-exceeding services and support, we continue to ensure a mutually successful partnership in securing our community and country. Although we have conducted operations throughout the United States and in several foreign countries, we are based in the National Capital Region. Falken currently provides armed officers, executive protection agents, and secure transportation services to several hotels in the Washington DC metro area, as well as routine patrol and concierge services.

Falken offers thorough risk and vulnerability assessments to identify potential problems and offer recommendations for improvement. Qualified Falken employees have capabilities in antiterrorism support and analysis, operations security, information security, personnel security, physical security, communication security and intelligence analysis, CPTED, and Command and Incident Control systems. Our experts in these fields have instructed numerous Law Enforcement groups, and Falken is a direct training organization for the Virginia Crime Prevention Association.