Executive protection professional in a modern security environment

Executive protection. Intelligence-led readiness. Secure movement.

Discreet protection for leaders operating in complex environments.

Vanguard Strategic Solutions provides executive protection, security consulting, active threat training, and operational planning for organizations that need calm, credible, high-level security support.

Core Services Federal Contracting Operational Track Record

20+ yrs Law enforcement leadership

U.S. Army Combat-deployed PSD experience

FLETC + FEMA Federal instructor credentials

$10M+ Assets and contracts managed

01 Assess

Define exposure, threat environment, principal profile, movement patterns, and site vulnerabilities.

02 Plan

Build mission plans, emergency protocols, route options, staffing posture, and communication cadence.

03 Protect

Deliver discreet coverage, secure transportation, site advances, crisis response, and after-action reporting.

Strategic Security Partner

Director-level security experience for organizations with serious exposure.

Vanguard brings together executive protection, physical security design, active threat training, CBRNE awareness, and program management. The firm is led by Craig Taylor, an active law enforcement professional with U.S. Army protective security detail experience and federal training credentials.

Core Services

Custom solutions for elevated risk.

Vanguard brings a boutique, high-touch model to executive protection, consulting, training, and readiness programs tailored to each client.

Security Consulting & Program Design

Physical security assessments, access control, CCTV oversight, visitor management, guard force structure, and security policy development.

Executive Protection & Advance Operations

Armed close protection, secure transportation, route planning, site advances, surveillance detection, and countersurveillance coordination.

Active Threat & Crisis Training

Training programs for active threat response, emergency action planning, field force operations, CBRNE awareness, and less-lethal readiness.

Journalist & Media Safety

Threat assessment, newsroom safety planning, hostile environment preparation, and field safety training for media professionals.

Federal Contracting Support

Physical security assessments, emergency management consulting, CBRNE response planning, and training support for federal teams and primes.

Secure Movement Planning

Protective driving, movement coordination, hasty advances, travel risk planning, and high-visibility event support.

Enterprise Security

Focused support for enterprise risk, facilities, and teams.

Explore the three core enterprise tracks below. Each card opens into the specific services most often requested by executive teams, security directors, and public-facing organizations.

Protection Executive protection and secure movement for leadership exposure.

C-suite executive protection

Discreet protective coverage for executives, principals, and leadership teams operating under elevated visibility or threat conditions.

Secure transportation

Movement planning, protective driving support, arrivals, departures, route selection, and contingency options.

Advance operations

Pre-event and pre-movement site work to identify access points, vulnerabilities, emergency routes, and staging needs before arrival.

Event security planning

Security posture for private meetings, public appearances, speaking engagements, and high-visibility events.

Program Design Security structure for facilities, policies, and emergency posture.

Physical security assessments

Site-level review of access points, visitor flow, surveillance coverage, staffing posture, and operational vulnerabilities.

Access control review

Evaluation of credentialing, controlled spaces, visitor management, alarm response, and camera coverage.

Guard force management

Support for post orders, supervision, reporting cadence, staffing structure, and performance expectations.

Emergency action planning

Practical emergency protocols for leadership teams, facilities, and personnel during critical incidents.

Training Readiness programs for teams that need calm response under pressure.

Active threat readiness

Training and planning for active threat response, emergency actions, communications, and post-incident coordination.

CBRNE awareness

Awareness and planning support for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive risk environments.

Workplace violence response

Programs for prevention posture, escalation recognition, response options, and leadership coordination.

Leadership security briefings

Executive-ready briefings on risk posture, threat environment, crisis response, and operational readiness.

Private Clients

Discreet planning for principals, families, and secure movement.

Private client work requires a lighter touch: clear security posture, careful coordination, and protective planning that supports privacy instead of creating attention.

High-Profile Individuals

Protection that fits the client’s life, visibility, and routine.

Principal protection

Low-profile coverage for executives, public figures, families, and individuals with elevated exposure.

Family safety planning

Practical planning for routines, school movement, household communication, and emergency contacts.

Residence security review

Assessment of access points, visitor practices, camera coverage, alarm response, and privacy concerns.

Travel risk support

Planning for unfamiliar destinations, hotel arrivals, public movement, and higher-risk itineraries.

Secure Movement

Movement plans built around timing, discretion, and exposure points.

Protective driving

Secure transportation support for principals, family members, executive travel, and sensitive movement.

Route planning

Primary routes, alternates, timing windows, staging locations, and contingency options.

Arrival and departure coverage

Coverage for entrances, exits, parking areas, venue transitions, and other high-exposure moments.

Low-profile protective posture

Security presence designed to reduce risk while preserving privacy, normalcy, and discretion.

Federal Contracting

SAM registered and ready to perform.

Vanguard Strategic Solutions is a fully SAM.gov registered entity with an active Unique Entity ID (UEI) and CAGE code, cleared for federal contract award. The company is a veteran- and minority-owned small business based in Baltimore, Maryland, with nationwide deployment capability.

Vanguard is building federal past performance through subcontracting under established prime contractors before pursuing prime contracts independently. The firm is actively seeking teaming arrangements with primes working DHS, DOD, Defense Logistics Agency, GSA, FBI, and Capitol Police contracts in security consulting, protective services, emergency management, and training.

To verify SAM.gov registration, search UEI JRSJPYNFRUS5 at SAM.gov. Capabilities information is available upon request for teaming opportunities, subcontracting discussions, and capabilities briefings.

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Registered NAICS Codes

541611 / 541614 / 541618 / 541690 / 561612 / 611430 / 611519 / 624230

Public Sector

Mission support for agencies, contractors, and public safety partners.

Public-sector work needs clear roles, credible credentials, and practical readiness. These mission lanes organize the services most relevant to agency teams and contracting partners.

Agency Support

Training and response posture for public safety teams.

Law enforcement training

Training support grounded in law enforcement command experience and instructor-level readiness.

Field force operations

Planning and readiness support for coordinated public order, crowd, and critical incident environments.

CBRNE response consulting

Awareness, planning, and response posture for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive risk.

Instructor credentials

Federal and state-recognized training background supporting credible program delivery.

Contractor Support

Subcontract-ready security support for primes and partners.

Security program support

Physical security program review, security policy support, infrastructure assessment, and operations planning.

Federal subcontracting

SAM.gov registered, UEI verified, and available for teaming with established prime contractors.

Emergency management planning

Emergency action planning, leadership decision support, communications posture, and readiness exercises.

Defense-adjacent services

Security consulting, protective operations, training, and planning aligned to federal contract environments.

High-Risk Markets

Support for organizations with visibility, pressure, and public exposure.

Priority Markets

Where visibility creates operational risk.

Vanguard supports organizations that need credible security planning before public attention, movement, workplace exposure, or reputational pressure turns into a security problem.

Corporate leadership

Executive teams, board meetings, workplace exposure, and leadership movement.

Media and journalism teams

Field safety, newsroom planning, public assignments, and hostile environment preparation.

Law firms and legal teams

High-profile clients, sensitive matters, public proceedings, and workplace security concerns.

Political campaigns

Public appearances, campaign travel, event posture, and team safety support.

Operating Needs

Common pressure points

These needs often drive the engagement scope and determine the right protection posture.

Executive travel

Secure movement, route planning, arrivals, departures, and travel risk support.

Workplace exposure

Facility access, employee safety, visitor flow, and workplace violence concerns.

Public appearances

Speeches, meetings, press events, and other high-visibility moments.

Critical incidents

Response planning, leadership support, communications posture, and after-action review.

Capabilities

Layered capability from assessment to execution.

Vanguard’s work moves from understanding the risk to building the plan, preparing the people, and documenting the outcome.

Protection operations

Executive protection, advance work, secure movement, event security planning, and protective posture for high-exposure clients.

Training programs

Active threat readiness, CBRNE awareness, workplace violence response, emergency action planning, and leadership briefings.

Security assessments

Physical security assessments, access control review, CCTV posture, visitor management, guard force structure, and policy review.

Operational credentials

Law enforcement command experience, U.S. Army PSD operations, federal instructor qualifications, and executive-level asset management.

Operational Track Record

Past performance & key engagements.

The following entries document Craig Taylor's operational record in formats directly comparable to federal past performance requirements. These engagements represent the depth and scope of experience Vanguard brings to every client.

Federal Information Flight 5342 MCI Response

Client / Agency: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), in coordination with FBI, FAA, and DC Fire & EMS (DCFEMS)
Role: Recovery Operations & Logistics Coordinator
Location: Reagan National Airport - Washington, DC
Period: January 2025 - 7-Day Federal Deployment
Scope of Work: Coordinated multi-agency recovery logistics, personnel accountability, and operational support at the site of American Airlines Flight 5342 mass casualty incident. Managed cross-agency communication and resource coordination alongside federal law enforcement and safety investigative teams.
Scale: Multi-agency federal deployment - NTSB, FBI, FAA, DCFEMS, and BPD operational elements
Outcome: Successful execution of recovery operations and logistics coordination over a 7-day operational period. Full mission completion under active federal investigation protocols.
Point of Contact: Available upon request - Baltimore Police Department, Commissioner's Office

Federal Information Presidential Inaugurations

Client / Agency: Baltimore Police Department in coordination with U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police
Role: On-Site Critical Incident Supervisor & Protective Operations Coordinator
Location: Washington, DC - U.S. Capitol and surrounding federal security perimeter
Period: 2021 and 2025 Presidential Inaugurations
Scope of Work: Served as on-site critical incident supervisor and protective operations coordinator at two consecutive Presidential Inaugurations. Coordinated security operations alongside U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. Responsible for incident command, threat response, and communications within assigned operational zone during the nation's highest-security public event.
Scale: Multi-agency federal protective operations - Presidential-level security posture
Outcome: Successful completion of both inaugural security deployments with no reportable incidents within assigned operational zone.
Point of Contact: Available upon request - Baltimore Police Department, Field Force Operations

Federal Information 47th Presidential Congressional Certification

Client / Agency: Baltimore Police Department in coordination with U.S. Capitol Police
Role: On-Site Critical Incident Supervisor
Location: U.S. Capitol - Washington, DC
Period: January 2025
Scope of Work: Deployed as on-site critical incident supervisor during the 47th Presidential Congressional Certification under active civil unrest conditions. Responsible for incident command within assigned operational sector, threat monitoring, personnel management, and real-time coordination with Capitol Police and federal security elements.
Scale: Federal security operation - active civil disturbance environment
Outcome: Successful completion of assigned critical incident supervision mission with no personnel casualties in assigned operational zone.
Point of Contact: Available upon request - Baltimore Police Department, Commissioner's Office

Government Program Management BPD Headquarters Security Program

Client / Agency: Baltimore Police Department - Commissioner's Office
Role: Headquarters Security Supervisor (Current)
Location: BPD Headquarters & Baltimore City Hall - Baltimore, MD
Period: 2025 - Present
Scope of Work: Senior security authority for Baltimore Police Headquarters and Baltimore City Hall. Manages integrated physical security infrastructure including CCTV, access control, alarm systems, credentialing and visitor management, and emergency response protocols. Supervises detective-level security personnel. Coordinates VIP and dignitary visits; liaisons directly with U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Capitol Police, and federal protective details. On-call 24/7/365 for critical incident response.
Scale: Multi-facility, 24/7/365 government security operations - includes federal dignitary traffic
Outcome: Continuous active program - no security breaches reported under current management
Point of Contact: Available upon request - Baltimore Police Department, Commissioner's Office

Contract & Program Management BPD Fleet & Asset Management Program

Client / Agency: Baltimore Police Department - Administrative Bureau
Role: Asset & Operations Coordinator
Location: Baltimore Police Department - Baltimore, MD
Period: 2020 - 2025
Scope of Work: Directed BPD asset management operations across owned, leased, and subleased properties and vehicles across multiple facilities. Managed $10M+ in annual vendor contracts. Supported fleet operational improvement that grew the BPD fleet from 500 to 1,000 vehicles, eliminated rental/lease dependency, and achieved $4M+ in documented cost savings. Negotiated and executed a $6M centralized uniform contract outfitting 2,000+ sworn officers.
Dollar Value: $10M+ annual vendor contracts managed / $6M uniform contract negotiated / $4M+ documented savings
Outcome: $4M+ verified cost savings delivered over program lifecycle. Fleet capacity doubled. First centralized uniform procurement program in BPD history.
Point of Contact: Available upon request - Baltimore Police Department, Administrative Bureau

Military / Federal Service U.S. Army PSD Combat Operations

Client / Agency: U.S. Army - 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY
Role: Personal Security Detachment (PSD) Operator
Location: Iraq (multiple tours), Afghanistan, Kuwait
Period: 2007 - 2010
Scope of Work: Provided armed close personal protection and secure transportation for high-value personnel in active combat environments. Executed pre-advance, trip-advance, site-advance, and hasty-advance operations. Conducted route planning, surveillance detection, and countersurveillance across Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait.
Scale: Combat-deployed executive protection - high-threat, high-value principal protection in active war zones
Outcome: Successful completion of PSD missions across three combat theater deployments. Army Commendation Medal and Meritorious Service Medal awarded.
Point of Contact: DD-214 and service records available upon request - U.S. Army / NPRC

Teaming & Subcontracting

Available for prime contractor partnerships.

Vanguard Strategic Solutions is actively seeking subcontracting and teaming arrangements with established prime contractors pursuing federal security, protective services, emergency management, and training contracts. The firm's capabilities align to DHS, DOD, Defense Logistics Agency, GSA facilities management, FBI, and Capitol Police contract vehicles.

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Credibility Stack

Grounded in documented field experience.

Vanguard’s edge is the combination of law enforcement command experience, military PSD operations, federal instructor qualifications, and executive-level asset management.

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Baltimore Police Department experience from patrol through HQ Security Supervisor, including multi-facility security oversight.

U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division protective security detail operations across Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait.

FLETC, FEMA/CDP CBRNE, ALERRT Level 2, IADLEST, and State Department protective driving training credentials.

Documented management of $10M+ in assets and vendor contracts, with $4M+ in operational savings delivered.

Who We Serve

For high-exposure clients.

Corporate security

Law firms

Media organizations

Political campaigns

Law enforcement agencies

Federal contractors

Operational Standard

Protection should feel clear, controlled, and ready.

Every engagement starts with a practical threat picture, then moves into a clear plan: personnel, routes, communications, contingencies, and reporting. The result is a protection program clients can understand, defend, and trust.

Risk assessment Mission planning Secure movement After-action review

Consultation

Start with the risk, then build the plan.

For executive protection, physical security assessments, active threat training, or media safety planning, contact Vanguard Strategic Solutions for a confidential discussion.

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