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Robert L. Tschudi
Mr. Robert L. Tschudi has over thirty-four years of proven experience in challenging management and security positions. Thirty plus of those years have been spent directly involved in intelligence activities or supporting the Intelligence Community. These activities include collection management, field operations and analysis. Mr. Tschudi was also the Operation director for US Army Counter Intelligence activities in the southwest United States and Latin America. He has program management experience and is nationally recognized in both industry and government for imaginative and practical security policy, implementation guidance and counsel. Mr. Tschudi in an expert at integrating security support into the operational and product team and has strong leadership skills with recognized ability to form cohesive teams focused on customer support and mission accomplishment.
Mr. Tschudi is currently an independent contractor supporting the Director of National Intelligence, Special Security Center as well as the Director of Security, National reconnaissance Office as a senior policy analyst. He continues as an instructor for the National Security Training Institute providing training in those areas where he has developed expertise during his career.
Until the fall of 2006 Mr. Tschudi served as Vice President of Operations of Special Aerospace Security Services, Inc where he was responsible for the Training Division and special projects. Prior to that he was responsible for a 12 million-dollar plus contract providing security staff support to the National Reconnaissance Office.
Mr. Tschudi has held other important positions concurrent with Program Manager Responsibilities. He served as a senior staff member of the Office of the Director of Security, National Reconnaissance Office providing advice and counsel to the Director, Deputy Director, and other senior NRO managers and staff members. He is sought out by government and industry for pragmatic and cost effective advice for solving tough security issues. Previously he served as the Special Assistant to the Director of the Field Activities Office, OSAF, assisted in the development of a revolutionary full service security organization, and provided leadership to the team building necessary to merge three disparate cultures into a single, disciplined integrated and effective customer focused organization. He worked with the Division Chiefs and staffs of the personnel, physical/technical and information technology security elements to dramatically reduce security requirements and costs and with senior members of the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Office of Management and Budget, and Director of the Information Management Oversight Office in the resolution of security issues and formulation of the policies. Mr. Tschudi served as his customer's representative on two working groups of the U.S. Security Policy Board.
Mr. Tschudi is an advisor to the National Security Training Institute and is an instructor in the Special Security Officer's Course and the Practical SCIF Construction course.
Mr. Tschudi serves on NSTI's Board of Advisors and can also be found teaching the :
- Special Security Officer Course
- Practical SCIF Construction Course