TEAM MEMBER
Mr. Shmuel Sasson
Security Advisor
Mr. Sasson retired from the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), where he held a rank equivalent to brigadier general after 23 years of service. Mr. Sasson is the former Director of Security of El Al Airlines, responsible for the protection and security of all international flights of all Israeli Civil Airlines, including both commercial, charter and cargo flights, and the protection of all Israeli Airlines installations abroad (over 50 facilities globally) Mr. Sasson is the Former director of operations department in the Israeli Dignitary and Official Delegations Protection Unit brigadier general after 23 years of service.
Mr. Kevin Gilday
Director
Kevin Gilday is a Washington, DC based international businessman and strategic consultant. For the past twenty five years, he has represented private clients, international corporations and governments in the Middle East; Central Asia and Europe with the implementation of their business and .political strategies He is accustomed to business and political negotiations at the. highest level. He is also completely familiar with the complex .interaction between business and government As an undergraduate at the Wharton School of Business, he. attended Pahlavi University in Shiraz, Iran as an exchange student. Later, he worked as a translator for the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in Shiraz
Mr. Stephen R. Gaspar, Sr.
President
FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Spanish, slight working knowledge; German, slight working knowledge. • EDUCATION: • Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia, DEA Training • EXPERIENCE: 2010 - PRESENT - Global Defense Systems International consultant for drug enforcement and counter-terrorism • Drug Enforcement Administration, New York, New York • SENIOR SPECIAL AGENT/CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR. • Major duties: Undercover agent in 90% of cases, surveillance, technical operations, special assignments, border interdiction, helicopter surveillance, marijuana eradication, money laundering investigations, anti-terrorism security measures, wiretapping, video surveillance, still-photography surveillance, interrogation methods, team leader, court testimony, filing and maintaining reports on cases, process evidence and criminals according to procedures. Asset-forfeiture training Consultant
Mr. Mustafa Faruk DEMIR
Director
Business Developer Infra Structure and ▪ Energy Security , active in Middle East since 2001 Specialist on Pricing Strategy for ▪ Energy Market, Network and Deal Operations for Infrastructure projects Co founder of Silver star company and ▪ author on Energy game Experience In Regional and ▪ International Gas and Power Agreements ; National and Bilateral Re- Structuring of State Facilities