Access Control Concepts and Entry Control Facility Design

Doug is a career security professional.  He retired from active duty with the US Air Force in 1993. He spent the next 20 years working for the U.S. Government, primarily overseas in Europe.  He has over 45 years of experience in conducting physical security vulnerability assessments and risk analysis.  He’s been teaching these concepts to architects, engineers, planners, facility managers, security professionals and others involved in developing mitigation strategies and building design planning since 2006. He’s both a guest lecturer and Adjunct Professor teaching access control concepts and security systems integration in academia.  He’s widely sought after to share his knowledge at industry conferences around the globe.  Whether in India, Saudi Arabia or New York his audiences gain valuable knowledge in solutions strategies they can take back to the office.  He regularly contributes to security industry publications.  He’s considered a subject matter expert in integrating antiterrorism strategies into high occupancy inhabited spaces.

Doug is an active member of the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) Architectural Graphics and CAD Symbols for Security Systems, Physical Security Working Group and RISE Scholarship committees. 

He was selected as the Sandra Jones Volunteer of the Year 2016 by SIA for helping shape the Associates of Applied Science Degree Program in Security Systems Technology at Mercer County Community College.

His company’s Asset Based Risk Analysis (ABRA) methodology was cited as the Platinum GOVIES 2017 Award winner by Security Today.

His company’s Physical Security Engineering Training and Certification Program received a Platinum ASTOR Award in the Best Homeland Security Education Program Category 2017 by American Security Today.

He’s been married to his wife Carmen for 44 years.  They have a son and two grandsons.