I had the honour of being featured in the 2019 Thornton Tomasetti (TT) Annual Report. The theme of the report was Vitality and as a result, the report centered on several ways in which TT is striving to be an enduring organization. I contributed the article on Vitality and a[…]
Active Shooter
Fusion Center Conference
In October 2019, I presented to the Washington State Fusion Center Crime and Safety Conference in Leavenworth, Washington. My presentation was in two parts: Thornton Tomasetti’s evolving security capabilities from primarily blast-hardening to more general security and risk assessment and mitigation As part of the evolving security capabilities, I presented[…]
SecureWorld Presentation
In November 2018, I had the opportunity to present to a large group at the SecureWorld conference in Bellevue, Washington. My talk was titled, “Does building geometry affect active shooter outcomes?” I’m happy to report that there was significant interest in the research based on active shooter simulation and I[…]
GWU Active Shooter Research
My doctoral studies at George Washington University centered on this question Does building geometry affect active shooter outcomes? The backdrop of this study is the rise in active shooter incidents and other low-tech attacks on both civilian and government targets of various types. While the official active shooter data shown[…]