Michael Wilkins

Background

About Michael Wilkins

Security program manager with 15 years of experience living overseas and working in high threat environments providing security advice and consultation to U.S. Ambassadors, U.S. Government Seniors, American business partners, and foreign service counterparts in security. Extensive experience as a Diplomatic Security Agent mitigating risk and advising seniors in developing cost effective solutions in protecting people, information, and infrastructure. Established professional and known the international security field as a person who adds value to any organization. Experience managing programs working in the space of expeditionary diplomacy and developing programs in the world of the "new normal" of expeditionary diplomacy with civilian and military partners. Key Experience Nodes:• Discreet advising to Senior U.S. Government personnel, Foreign Officials, and U.S. business counterparts (through the Overseas Security Advisory Council or OSAC). Intelligence and threat analysis, specializing in critical threat environments in overseas environments. • Mentoring and training Diplomatic Security Agents and foreign national partners - developing future managers in the Department and foreign counterparts to create enabling capabilities via the anti-terrorism assistance program (ATA) and in training security forces to protect their own leaders. Certified International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) instructor for physical security and Diplomatic Security training modules presented in San Salvador, Gabarone, Budapest, or Bangkok as needed by each ILEA Academy and the Diplomatic Security Training Center.• Interagency budget, personnel and diplomatic platform planning – risk mitigation with fiscal focus. Collaborative manager of big budget programs in the expeditionary space of security operations, building security programs from the ground up to support diplomatic operations and platforms in the most hostile environments on the globe.