The Security Executive Council proudly welcomes Mark Kelly and Bill King as their two newest Subject Matter Expert Faculty and Dave Komendat as Emeritus Faculty.

Mark Kelly

Mark Kelly has more than 25 years of experience managing global security programs for major multi-national organizations. His expertise spans the overall suite of physical security programs, but he specializes in supply chain security.

He is the former Global Head of Field Security and Supply Chain operations for Dell, the former Senior Director of Field Security for McKesson, and he has held regional loss prevention roles for several retailers. 

Work experience

He has also managed and mentored large teams spanning the globe and protecting offices

Mark has developed end-to-end supply chain integrity and security programs for manufacturing and logistics operations, including third-party relationships and dependencies.

He has also managed and mentored large teams spanning the globe and protecting offices, warehouses, manufacturing, and data center locations. Mark sits on several advisory boards and has been a repeat guest lecturer at Georgetown University as part of their Master’s program in Supply Chain.

Bill King

Bill King boasts more than 40 years of military and contract security experience. Bill spent 27 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served as an infantryman, reconnaissance specialist, drill instructor, and Counterintelligence Agent.

He has held management positions within the contract security business ranging from Security Officer to Vice President/General Manager.

Industry Expert

He is skilled in business development, officer training, fire and life safety training, and security program design

He has worked extensively with large multi-facility clients, corporate campuses, and industrial and government facilities, and he is skilled in business development, officer training, fire and life safety training, and security program design.

Bill is active in both professional and civic organizations including ASIS and the Marine Corps Counterintelligence Association.

Dave Komendat

Dave Komendat retired as the vice president and chief security officer for The Boeing Company, a role he held for 14 of his 36 years in the security profession.

Komendat was responsible for the company’s global security and fire protection policy and procedures, site security, executive protection, supply chain and aviation security, structural and aircraft fire protection, government and proprietary information security, classified cyber security, strategic intelligence, international security, business continuity and disaster preparedness, Global Security Operations Center, and security background investigations.

Experience and award

In 2018, Dave was awarded the Director’s Award for Exceptional Public Service by FBI Director Christopher Wray

He represented Boeing as past co-chairman and current board member on the Domestic Security Alliance Council and served as president of the International Security Management Association and a member of the Threats and Information Committee for the Overseas Security Advisory Council.

In 2018, Dave was awarded the Director’s Award for Exceptional Public Service by FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Subject matter experts

The SEC is the only research and advisory firm to exclusively use former corporate security senior pioneers from Fortune 500 companies as the subject matter experts. 

The team leverages their experience and knowledge to help other security pioneers excel.

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