Meb West - Owner, Director, Senior Security Consultant at Seven Spears Security International, LLC

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Meb West Owner, Director, Senior Security Consultant at Seven Spears Security International, LLC

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Meb West is a senior consultant with a remarkable track record in security management and corporate security. With over 3,245 LinkedIn connections, Meb is highly regarded as a leader in finding innovative solutions to security challenges. Their passion lies in seamlessly integrating these solutions into the planning, culture, and daily practices of their clients' organizations.

Meb has extensive experience in consulting on Security Compliance Management (SCM) issues, auditing security policies and programs, and conducting New Market Entry security advances both domestically and internationally. They are highly skilled in conducting Risk Assessments (RA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Business Continuity Management Teams, and offer asset and personal protection to clients in multicultural environments worldwide.

As the owner, director, and senior security consultant of Seven Spears Security International, LLC since 2010, Meb has excelled in providing customer service that has quantifiable value, creating and implementing security policies and procedures, and assessing their effectiveness through measurable and comparable audits. They have also directed extensive surveys and assessments to educate C-Suite executives on mitigation measures for global market expansion. Additionally, Meb has served in the US Army for 26 years and holds a Post Graduate Certificate from The Wharton School and a Master of Arts in Security Management from the American Public University System.

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Full name: Meb West
Location: Denver Metropolitan Area
Title: Owner, Director, Senior Security Consultant
Company: Seven Spears Security International, LLC (since 2010)
Industry: Security and Investigations
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mebwest/
LinkedIn Connections: 3245
Summary: As a senior consultant, I am passionate about finding innovative solutions to security challenges that seamlessly integrate into the planning, culture, and daily practices of my clients' organization. Every customer is different and exciting! In each dynamic environment, my number one goal is to find innovative ways to make my client smile; to turn the cost of security into an investment that creates tangible value. Extensive experience consulting on Security Compliance Management (SCM) issues, auditing security policies, procedures, and programs, and conducting New Market Entry security advances in both domestic and international arenas. Conducts Risk Assessments (RA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Business Continuity Management Teams and steering committees with operations that span the globe. Provide asset and personal protection to clients in multicultural environments worldwide. Extensive experience in leadership, building teams, project management, training, signature reduction and contingency operations. Directing Enterprise Risk and Program Management: Over a decade of experience implementing optimized solutions in a collaborative environment across competitve business units and with C-Suite executives. Specialties include: Security Management, Corporate Security, Security Compliance Management (SCM), Project Management, Global Security Operations, Program Management, Security Advances, New Market Entry Advances, Threat Analysis, Threat Assessment, Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Contingency Planning, Training, Consulting, Protective Intelligence, Risk Assessment
Skills: Security Management Corporate Security

Education

The Wharton School: Post Graduate Certificate
Attended in 2012 - 2013
Field of study: Business for Security Executives
American Public University System: Master of Arts (MA)
Attended in 2010 - 2013
Field of study: Security Management

Positions

Seven Spears Security International, LLC Greater Denver Area: Owner, Director, Senior Security Consultant
2010 - Present

7Spears is a security consulting company focusing on Security Compliance Management (SCM), New Market Entry, and Protective Intelligence on a domestic and international scale. 7Spears offers optimization of all aspects of high and low profile security details to include advance work, executive protection, asset protection, and command post activities.

Senior Executive in charge of all aspects of the company:
・Provides customer service that has quantifiable value in terms of friction reduction, efficiency optimization, and intelligence-based strategic influence.
・Creates, reviews, and implements security policies and procedures that integrate with company culture while simultaneously aligning with industry standards and best practices.
・Assesses the effectiveness of these policies by conducting metrics-based audits that are measurable and comparable.
・Directs extensive surveys and assessments to educate C-Suite and key stakeholders on mitigation measures that enable expansion into new global markets.
・Constructs strategies that protect brand equities while operating in dynamic, unfamiliar markets.
・Develops Crisis Contingency Plans (CCPs) to account for personnel and equipment, protect and recover assets, and resume normal business activities in a timely manner.
・Enhances security teams; giving internal departments back the commodity of time by
augmenting their Advance and Protective Intelligence requirements.
・Customizes protective intelligence to tailor proactive solutions and avoid unnecessary risks.
Executive Security International Grand Junction, Colorado Area: Sr VP, Director Of Training
Jan 2021 - Present

Manages the curriculum implementation, logistics, and day-to-day operations of Executive Security International's suite of scholastic offerings to include the renowned Executive Protection (EP) course. Ensures uniform application of proprietary concepts and methodologies across multiple cadre, curricula, and student populations.
Executive Security International Grand Junction, Colorado Area: Instructor
Oct 2010 - Present

Executive Security International exists to raise the standard in Executive Protection, PSD Protective Operations, Corporate Security Management, and Tactical Medicine through intelligence-based training.

・Primary instructor for advanced assessment methodologies in overseas environments.
・Primary instructor for Threat Assessments and Threat Management Plans in ESI's infamous TATMP final exercise.
・Teach in both the Surveillance/Surveillance Detection (SSD) and the Executive Protection (EP) curriculum.
・Responsible for the training, mentorship, and guidance of up to 40+ students and 8+ cadre at a given time.
US Army MDW Region: Senior Army Leader (Retired)
Aug 1990 - Aug 2016

Served 26 years in the United States Army as a Senior Leader, Army Ranger, and Military Intelligence professional (MOS 35Z – Intelligence Sergeant Major); a career that spanned multiple wars and global conflicts. The majority of this career was spent in the Special Operations Community with a focus on tactical SIGINT operations in support of counter-drug and counter terrorism operations. Served in Southeast Asia, South America, Europe and multiple combat tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Central Command (CENTCOM) arena. Honorably retired from Military Service as a Sergeant Major (E9). Defense Language Institute - trained in both Thai and Russian languages. Granted a position of trust by maintaining a TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph.

• Ranger Qualified Senior Leader
• Created and sustained strategic relationships with public and private sector leaders that led to increasing the overall organizational capabilities.
• Developed crisis contingency plans for specialized DOD projects that were implemented at an enterprise level.
• Led and supervised a cross-functional organization composed of 20+ specialized military personnel that provided administrative, intelligence, logistical, and communications support to a 200+ person organization.
• Consulted on, negotiated, developed, and implemented an international training plan that dramatically increased multi-national coalition capabilities and inter-agency cooperation.
• Developed and refined the leadership talent of four subordinate business unit leaders to achieve an "Excellence" rating during an external audit. All four leaders received early advancement.
• Organized and coordinated the decentralized operations of four dispersed teams conducting training and advisory missions; created processes to synchronize operations, planning, communications, administration, logistics, fiscal, and facility management.
• Granted a position of trust by maintaining a TS/SCI clearance for 26 years.