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John Taylor

Homeland Security Strategist & CEO

Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, John Taylor has worked with both homeland security leadership and private sector corporations on operational, training, technical, legislative and research projects related to America’s homeland security.

Taylor uses his strategy and organizational skills to provide a positive impact on real world contingencies, risk assessments, training exercises, the implementation of emerging homeland security solutions and major criminal cases. Taylor has participated in operations supporting the United States Government’s response to the Anthrax Attacks, the War on Terrorism and Hurricane Katrina.

His background includes military or specialized training in the areas of terrorism, bioterrorism, homeland security, counter intelligence, corporate security, executive protection, improvised explosive devices, and interview and interrogation techniques. Taylor is a Level Two qualified operator of Layered Voice Analysis™.

To advance homeland security projects, Taylor accesses his worldwide network of government officials, corporate leaders, security experts, scientists and subject matter experts, including a contact database of over 50,000 homeland security professionals. In a 2003 article, the Atlanta Journal Constitution called Taylor’s network, the “A-Team.”

Taylor currently serves as the CEO of each of his companies and also serves as Vice President of Strategic Development for several homeland security technology companies

In 2008 Taylor founded HSLEADER Security, LLC, a provider of corporate and private security and investigative services.

In 2007 Taylor founded LVA Solutions, LLC to resell Nemesysco’s Layered Voice Analysis technology in the United States.

In 2007, Taylor was selected to serve as delegate on a political exchange to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, meeting with Israeli political and defense leadership as well as Palestinian leadership including President Mahmoud Abbas.

In 2006 Taylor founded Homeland Security Media, Inc., a homeland security marketing firm and the developer of a suite of homeland security Internet portals, including: HSLEADER.com and HSYellowPages.com.

In 2004, Taylor founded Homeland Security Strategy, Inc., a consulting firm that leverages his homeland security knowledge and network to assist clients’ efforts to solve homeland security challenges and roll-out emerging technologies.

In 2004, Taylor was awarded a United States Patent for the Homeland Security Threat Condition Sign, an invention related to the Homeland Security Advisory System (Patent Number: US D494,626 S).

Taylor served as the Director of the 2002 and 2003 Homeland Security Summits and two full scale Weapons of Mass Destruction response exercises.

Immediately following 9/11, Taylor was recruited join Consultants in Disease and Injury Control, Inc. There he spent several years consulting on projects related to the anthrax attacks, including the planning and strategy for the remediation of the “American Media” building in Boca Raton, Florida.

Prior to 2001, Taylor worked on marketing, strategic development and executive projects for pioneering technology and finance companies including Ptek Holdings, BayRock, FirstPlus and Cityscape. In different positions, his responsibilities have included directly supporting the President/CEO, identifying new markets, creating strategic alliances and/or business development.

Prior to that, Taylor spent almost a decade providing campaign strategy in some of the country’s toughest challenger races. He consulted over a dozen successful state and local races before working on Capitol Hill for Congressman Bob Barr, working in Barr’s re-election campaign and managing Congressman Charlie Norwood’s successful 1996 re-election.

Taylor served as an intern to President Ronald Reagan in his Century City retirement office. While in California, he provided advance for Presidential visits for The White House, including President Bush’s high-security visits to Los Angeles following the 1992 riots. Taylor also assisted with the advance and opening ceremonies for both the Nixon and Reagan Presidential Libraries.

Taylor attended Santa Monica College, where he was elected President of the Associated Students and served as Student Trustee on the Board of Trustees.

Taylor served in the Marines with HMM-268, a CH-46 helicopter squadron, and aboard the USS New Orleans. He has graduated from numerous military schools, including the Basic Helicopter School, Naval Aircrew School and the Jungle Environment Survival Training School in the Philippine Islands.