WARTEL CONSULTING, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 

Andrew Wartell has 50 years in the Intelligence and Security Community. He has managed both defensive and positive operations activities with concentration on protecting assets in the overseas environment. He was the Intelligence Community expert on risk assessment and risk management in facility physical and technical security and has represented industry in many government forums. 

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Mr. Wartell retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2002. His final assignment was as Associate Director of the DCI/Center for Security Evaluation where he managed the DCI’s physical, technical and counterintelligence security oversight of diplomatic construction, worldwide – to include the US embassies in Moscow and Beijing. He was the Intelligence Community expert on the risk of surreptitious entry and had oversight of the US Government technical and HUMINT threat assessment process.

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Mr. Wartell spent four years as Vice President of Global Security and Director of Special Projects at Goldman Sachs where he provided facility physical and technical security design including the new $2.1 billion Goldman Sachs headquarters building in NYC; data centers in the US, Hong Kong, India and UK; and site selection and risk assessments for facilities worldwide. He was liaison to the World Trade Center Master Security Plan design committee and Goldman representative to the NYPD Lower Manhattan Security Initiative. He led efforts in selecting and testing curtain walls for blast resistance and was the private industry representative to the DOD/TSWG/Blast Effects Working Group and later a consultant to TSWG for physical security and blast effects.

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Mr. Wartell specializes in high-level assessments and master security plans for security design and peer review of large, multi-tenant, private and public spaces. He has provided this expertise to sites such as the World Trade Center in NYC, Goldman Sachs facilities world-wide, the Worlds Fair Pavilion in Milan, SpaceX, Facebook, the Louvre and Guggenheim Museums in Abu Dhabi and one of the highest profile government facilities, open to the public, on the Mall in Washington D.C.

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In 2013, Mr. Wartell formed the Wartell Consulting Consortium, consisting of trusted companies, working together to meet security market demands. The Consortium provides services ranging from A&E to construction, from Counter Intelligence to Personal Protection, from Cyber Security to Physical Security. The companies of the Consortium can provide services, world-wide, in the most demanding environments.

Mr. Wartell currently serves on the Board of Directors of Agile Interoperable Solutions, and on the Board of Advisors of JMH Consulting and Bounce Imaging.

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Mr. Wartell holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Chemistry from the University of New Mexico, a Master of Science degree in Forensic Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh, a Diploma from the National Defense University/National War College, and Diploma from the National Defense University/Capstone General and Flag Officer Course.