Kevin J. Billings is a security specialist with more than 30 years combined experience in the government and private sectors. Kevin Billings has been entrusted with the protection of U.S. Presidents and Foreign Heads of State and has designed security plans and solutions for Fortune 500 companies operating in war zones. Kevin is a recognized expert in the physical protection of people, structures and motorcades as well as crisis and risk management, threat assessment and security plan creation.
Kevin has served as a principal security officer for international businesses and security companies. This work has taken Kevin to Mexico, Africa and the Middle East providing security and investigative expertise to U.S. corporations. He designed and implemented security measures and procedures for The Shaw Group while operating in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. Kevin has also been sought to provide security training and advice to corporate executives traveling overseas as well as corporate security teams providing executive security. Kevin has provided subject matter expertise in large scale events based on his experience conducting security for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City.
Kevin has over 20 years’ experience as a Special Agent of the United States Secret Service and has provided personal protection for Presidents and foreign heads of state. He has had the honor of serving on the details of President George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton. Kevin has been trained as a counter assault team operative and as open water rescue professional by U.S. Special Forces and the U.S. Coast Guard. He has also conducted and led many high profile federal investigations and has provided consulting services during the filming of two feature films and one television show based on a case lead by him.
Kevin was assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force after the 9/11 attacks. In that capacity Kevin was the first non-FBI agent in Florida to receive the FBI Director’s Commendation Award for his “thinking outside the box” in a terrorist investigation which allowed him to infiltrate an organization being investigated.
Mr. Billings holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from S.E. Missouri State University. He is a member is good standing with the Overseas Security Advisory Council, American Society for Industrial Security, The Energy Security Council, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Association of Former Agents of the United States Secret Service.