Chad Clayton, CPP is a CIS Guardian SafeSchool consultant with over twenty-five years of security industry experience.

Prior to his engagement with CIS, Chad  managed a wide variety of security projects for Fortune 500 corporations throughout the US, Mexico, Europe, and South America. He has supplied executive protection services for a former Head of State, US Secretary of State, US Presidential candidates, sports celebrities, and entertainers at venues across the country. In addition, he has provided corporate executive protection, special event security, and managed a nationwide workplace violence prevention, response, and management programs for a variety of clients. In 2005, Chad deployed and managed a tactical security team to secure Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, after evacuation due to hurricane Katrina’s destruction and the civil unrest that followed. He served as the senior on-site hospital representative and was the liaison with National Guard and various law enforcement agencies in protecting the hospital and its assets.

Chad is board-certified as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) through ASIS International. He is also a 1993 graduate of Executive Security International’s Advanced Executive Protection program and has an Associate in Arts Degree . He is an N.R.A certified Law Enforcement and Security Firearms Instructor in handgun and shotgun disciplines. In addition, Chad has conducted a variety of investigations and has hundreds of hours of advanced training in violence assessment, prevention, management, interviewing, interrogation, technical surveillance countermeasures, defensive tactics, and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design.