Mr. Walton has more than 44 years direct experience in federal law enforcement, private security and teaching/training/program development. He was a commissioned officer in the U S Marine Corps and a special agent with NCIS before retiring from the United States Secret Service (USSS) after a 21-year career. After retirement, he served as Chief of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s (FLETC) Management Institute, and as a criminal justice instructor at Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana. He is past President of the National Association for Bank Security-Profit Protection, LLC, a company specializing in security and compliance training for the banking industry. He served briefly as Airport Manager of Operations Training at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood -International Airport and as a Subject Matter Expert for the Miami, Florida Police Dept’s Training Division. Mr. Walton is a well-known speaker (over 3000 presentations) and author on workplace violence-the insider threat, executive protection, identity theft, school safety, special event planning, dealing with angry customers, threat assessments, security surveys, and other security topics. He is now a contract instructor for the Department of Homeland Security in the fields of physical and operations security.