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Jeff Dingle is assistant director of special projects for LSI, a U.S.-based anti-terrorism, homeland security and physical security training company. He has been a Federal Criminal Investigator, security manager at a FORTUNE 15 company and ran the security operations for a former U.S President for eleven years. He can be reached at JeffDingle@LSIeducation.com.
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