Derek Rohr is an experienced law enforcement, security, and management executive with 25 years of experience developing, operating, and leading domestic and international programs. He holds an MBA with a concentration in management and a BS in criminal justice with a concentration in homeland security and crisis management. Derek is a doctoral candidate specializing in public administration, anticipating dissertation defense in early 2024.
Derek's civil service tenure includes assignments with the Department of the Treasury as a Facilities Management Section Chief, a Senior Physical Security Specialist, the Chief of Police, and Deputy Security Director for a DOD component in Hampton Roads, VA, and as the Deputy Chief of Police for a DOD component in Columbia, SC.
Derek routinely partners with Facility Security Committee members and federal, state, and local agencies for comprehensive security and law enforcement initiatives, ensuring effective defense in depth aligned with Interagency Security Committee protocols. He has championed LE, EMS, and FD integration for Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response and unified incident command management and is recognized as an insider threat law enforcement subject matter expert.
In the private sector, he has authored an extensive portfolio of business continuity plans and security architectures customized for domestic and international corporate entities and governmental bodies. Derek has frequently served on industry working groups and presented at conferences discussing critical infrastructure protection, crisis management, and continuity of operations planning. He has globally trained thousands in advanced multi-disciplined security operations, comprehensive auditing procedures, strategic reporting mechanisms, crisis management, law enforcement leadership initiatives, and has developed scalable and flexible risk management frameworks tailored for specific business needs.