Alon Stivi, is a leading expert on security, violence prevention, counterterrorism and travel safety. He immigrated to the United States from Israel and has served as an advisor to federal, state and local government agencies, including the U. S. military and law enforcement, as well as to corporate executives and celebrities, on issues ranging from personal protection to public safety since 1998. He taught close combat tactics to the US Navy SEAL CQB Instructors and trains police officers and SWAT teams in the use of force and response to critical incidents. He teaches university-accredited workshops to executives and business travelers and specializes in risk assessment and conflict resolution. He has designed and tested a broad spectrum of security programs and and is involved in research on school violence since 1999. He has coordinated and implemented protective details for dignitaries and traveling executives worldwide. He has protected fortune 500 executives and celebrities such as: Ehud Barak, Warren Buffet, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and guests of the 2000 Democratic Convention. He earned his reputation through first hand experience and has demonstrated expertise in predicting, analyzing and preventing violent threats. He oversees all aspects of company operations.

Prior to his arrival in the U. S., Mr. Stivi served as a Platoon Sergeant of the Israeli Special Forces (Intelligence and Paratrooper Units). He participated in numerous missions in defense of the State of Israel and in various aspects of the war against terrorism. Some of his duties were providing intelligence reports and vulnerabilities analysis, developing perimeter security procedures, penetration / infiltration / extraction action plans, and patrol and containment SOPs. He trained troops for combat in the areas of small unit infantry tactics, airborne operations, close combat and field medicine.

He the U.S. Master Instructor of the Hisardut® Israel Survival System - the only system in the world specially developed to combat terrorism. He is a two times World Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame inductee and the World Full Contact Survival Fighting Champion Titleholder (1994). He regularly works with law enforcement trainers and is directly responsible for the development, testing and implementing of training programs.

He is a member of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) and The American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET). He is also the Training Advisor for the International Association of Counter Terrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP) and a Board of Advisor member of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs (CUSA) at the University of California at Irvine. He serves as a Reserve Deputy with the Los Angeles Sheriff Department.

Mr. Stivi has been featured on network television, radio and films and in national print publications across North America. Among his television and print credits he has been featured on CNN, NBC Dateline, ESPN, MTV, the Travel Channel, NBC's Extra, ABC's KTLA-5, KABC, Fox 11 News, KFI Radio, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, Tycoon magazine, Chief Security Officer magazine, and the covers of multiple trade magazines.

Fluent in English, French and Hebrew, proficient in Arabic dialect and currently studying Russian and Spanish.