Matt Mann is a security professional trained in operations and management with proven technical, organizational and crisis management skills. As a co-founder of Triple Canopy, Matt recruited, hired and organized a dynamic group of premier security professionals. His responsibilities include providing direction for company strategic business initiatives, oversight of security operations and key employee development.
Matt graduated from the University of Alaska with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He has served as a structural engineer designing marine facilities and oil infrastructure in Alaska. He was also a command-and-data-handling staff engineer for the International Space Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. With over 23 years of military experience, six of which were with the U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Delta Force), he managed or supported counterterrorism assignments, dignitary protection services, crisis response operations, air traffic control operations, security enhancement surveys, counter-sniper operations, land warfare and navigation and emergency medical care. He has supervised ambassador-level diplomatic security details at high-risk locations overseas and conducted operational and facility security enhancement surveys for U.S. federal agencies throughout the world.
Matt has also developed, taught and managed a variety of counterterrorism, diplomatic security and crisis response training programs for elite military and law enforcement special operations units from the U.S. and allied nations.