Joseph Sordi, Chief Executive Officer / President, oversees the daily operations of the company. Joseph brings 20 years of experience in federal, state, city and special leadership positions and 24 years in commercial / contract development and management which resulted in Strategic Security’s growth.
Prior to serving in his current role, Joseph was vice president of operations, general manager and program manager where he oversaw 30 federal government contract, designed, implemented and led the largest contingency operation of private sector integrated security solutions firm specializing in Guard Services, Emergency Response, Executive Protection, Emergency Wrap Around Services, Integrated Technology, AI and Temporary Life Support Facilities with annual sales of in excess of 54 million operating nationwide and in Mexico.
Joseph is a 20-year veteran of the New York Police Department (NYPD). His public service assignments included the Strategic Response Group whereas he was tasked with supervising and responding to Labor/Civil Unrest, Terrorist Acts and Active Shooter Incidents. He was also part of the Reengineering Management Team, Transit Division, Intelligence Division, Weapons of Mass Destruction Team, Detective Bureau and Organized Crime Control Bureau.
Joseph an NRA Certified Instructor, a Certified Project Manager, a Certified Crisis Manager, Certified Security Instructor in several states, frequent guest speaker and business advisor for companies and industry trade organizations. He holds a Master Degree in Protection Management from John Jay.
Douglas Ruhl, Vice President, is responsible for Strategic’ business development to include Global Support and Training Operations for Strategic, Doug leads the company’s training and mission support lines of business for which he is responsible for all operations and strategy. As a domestic security subject matter expert, Doug also provides operational and financial expertise to business development for use in the design of winning strategies and proposal preparation to secure new federal, local and commercial business.
Prior to his current position, Doug worked for Harrah’s Entertainment as the Director of Security and Compliance as well as an international security firm for 8 years, rising quickly through the ranks to become the director of operations. In this role, he was responsible for the administration and program management of all company-held federal government and commercial security programs throughout the United States to include the Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Doug came to the private sector after a distinguished career in law enforcement for the New York Police Department (NYPD) for 10 years that was cut short due to a on the job service-related disability.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in English literature and is distinguished veteran of the United States Navy and New Jersey National Guard.
Donald Gossage, Director of Government Relations, is a seasoned law enforcement and emergency management professional with a distinguished career spanning over four decades in public service. He retired after 25 years with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., where he rose through the ranks to supervise a team of 75 officers and six sergeants at the peak of his tenure. His leadership and operational expertise were instrumental in maintaining public safety in one of the nation’s most complex urban environments.
Following his tenure in the nation’s capital, he served nine years as Chief of Police for the Hancock Police Department in Hancock, Maryland—a full-service law enforcement agency safeguarding the gateway to Western Maryland. In this role, he led department operations, enhanced community policing initiatives, and strengthened interagency partnerships.
Expanding his expertise beyond law enforcement, Don dedicated 14 years (2010-2024) to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where he held multiple roles within the Office of the Chief Security Officer. He was deployed on over 70 disaster responses, including Type I, II, and III-level disasters, contributing critical security and emergency management expertise. Additionally, he served as a Contracting Officer Representative, overseeing the acquisition and management of more than 40 security-related contracts to enhance disaster response capabilities nationwide.
Now serving as Director of Government Relations at Strategic Security Corp, Don brings his extensive experience in law enforcement, emergency management, and federal operations to support the company’s mission as a leader in disaster security and response. His focus is on fostering strong federal and state partnerships to expand and enhance Strategic Security’s operational capabilities.
With a career dedicated to public safety, emergency response, and security operations, Gossage remains committed to ensuring resilience and security at all levels of government and private-sector collaboration.
Richard Beseler, Sr. Director of Enterprise Resilience, Security Operations & Risk Oversight, responsible for managing Strategic Security Corporation’s Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Operations and Logistics teams.
Rich is a seasoned Law Enforcement and Corporate Security professional with more than 40 years of experience in Law Enforcement and Corporate Security dedicated to protecting assets, mitigating risks, and driving safety and security excellence for global organizations. With a proven record in both public and private sectors—including leadership roles with VSP Global, Mattress Firm, AIG, Target Corporation, and the NYPD. Rich brings a unique blend of investigative expertise, regulatory compliance, and operational strategy.
Known for his ability to build high-performing teams, streamline processes, and integrate cutting-edge security technology, Rich is widely respected as a collaborative leader and articulate communicator who works seamlessly with executives, regulators, law enforcement, and corporate stakeholders.
Rich holds a Master of Science in Protection Management from John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) and a Bachelor of Science in Community & Human Services/Criminal Justice from SUNY Empire State College. He is a graduate of the Target Corporation Leadership Academy as well as Wicklander-Zulawski and OSHA-10 certified.
Dale Gaylor, CPA, Financial Controller, is responsible for overseeing the financial accounting and reporting operations of the company, as well as the daily accounting functions. she provides senior leadership to the accounting team and assist in establishing and directing the organization’s financial goals, objectives, budgets, and financial plans.
Dale brings over 25 years of experience in accounting and finance to the Company. Prior to her current position Dale worked as the controller in the HR, payroll and benefits industry and has over 15 years of public accounting experience in financial audits, corporate accounting as well as corporate and payroll tax administration and regulatory compliance.
Dale holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, from Long Island University’s CW Post campus. As a Certified Public Accountant, she maintains memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCA).
David Wright, Director of Operations, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Strategic’s Government and Commercial programs as well as providing insight and advise relative to company operations, infrastructure, and growth initiatives.
David has over 15 years of experience in senior leadership roles both in the public and private sectors. Prior to being promoted to Director of Operations, David served as Assistant Director of Operations where he was responsible for overseeing Fortune 500 companies contracts nationwide requiring approximately 26,000 HPW of service and more than 1250 personnel. His responsibilities included oversight of Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators designed to meet contractual expectations. Prior to his role as Assistant Director of Operations, David served as Senior Manager of Strategic’s Global Security Operations Center where he developed Overwatch Solutions™ a proprietary patented pending technology to provide a holistic security solution that combines command and control with state of the art technology that utilizes high tech intelligence gathering systems.
Prior to his role at Strategic Security, David held the rank of Police Officer with the Red Hook Police Department.
David is a Certified Project Manager and holds a Master’s Degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Protection Management.
Benito Basile, Assistant Director of Operations, is responsible for providing operational continuity and management, emergency response, information management, documentation, training and exercising, strategic consulting services for the coordination, policy-making and integration of business practices and processes in the Strategic Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) that is operated 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Through Benito’s ingenuity, he drives the further innovation and enhancement of Strategic Security’s Overwatch Solutions™ a proprietary patented pending technology to provide a holistic security solution that combines command and control with state of the art technology that utilizes high tech intelligence gathering systems, communications networks and augmented analytics to provide driving transformation in Strategic’s analytics, BI, social media and threat matrix machine learning and intelligence driven workforce systems to provide customers with one centralized decision-making tool on potential threats and communicates the related risks to key stakeholders in real time.
His highly diversified executive leadership and management experience in law enforcement and the private sector in emergency operations, cross-echelon integration, training, force integration and artificial intelligence delivers a converged operations/intelligence rhythm through real-time data sharing and collaboration across organizational divides right down to our officers on the ground protecting client assets.
Benito holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from St. John's University, a Master's Degree in Education from Stony Brook University, a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from St. John's University and is a member of the St. John's University's Homeland Security Association.
Gabriella Sordi, Director of Human Resources, is responsible for providing strategic guidance and leadership for all aspects of the human resources function and establishing a vision and direction for the full complement of core human capital programs, policies and services. This includes providing leadership and direction in the development of HR policies that promote maximum effectiveness in the Strategic workforce while supporting the Strategic mission.
Gabriella advises the Director of Operations and other senior agency officials on human capital management in support of the implementation and execution of key company programs. She has changed the function, culture, and impact of HR across the Company to support its business goals and strategies as well as the needs and aspirations of its employees nationwide.
Gabriella has overseen efforts that have resulted in: more effective and streamlined companywide talent acquisition practices that better utilize technology; a companywide diversity and inclusion strategy, including initiatives to improve diversity at the executive level, expanded hiring of veterans, launch of a global workplace and women’s initiative, and launch of a companywide Black and Hispanic initiative; a redesigned 401k program; an initiative to harmonize compensation and benefit programs across the Company to promote efficient internal movement of talent; and more thoughtful, comprehensive talent management and talent development programs.
Isabella Goodwin, Development Coordinator for the Center of Training and Standards at Strategic Security and Strategic Special Police. Isabella is responsible for delivering and supporting training and exercises with a dedicated focus to ensure first-responder disciplines receive the highest level of attention. She collaborates on training and exercise initiatives with many government and non-governmental organizations, staff, management, planners and technical groups, and provides training to elected officials and public works, health, technology, and communications personnel. Isabella assists existing SSC and SSPC training, reviewing contractual obligations pertaining to duties and responsibilities, state mandates and the ever evolving threat landscape. She provides specialized training on instructional delivery methods through lecture, practical exercise, and practical evaluation to new instructors.
Isabella oversees our national platform of training instructors that have experience working in agencies responsible for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) response or have served in law enforcement at the Local, State and / or Federal level and serve as consultants to organizations such as the Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP), The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
John Alder, Chief of Domestic Programs, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Strategic’ domestic programs to include contract operations, strategic planning, customer relations, transitions and emergency responses. As a domestic security subject matter expert, John also provides operational and financial expertise to a team of project and account managers.
For 14 years, John has been a program manager for numerous federal contracts in Florida, Texas, North Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, New Jersey and New York totaling over 2.5 million manhours. He also headed numerous protection details including the 55th Presidential Inauguration detail.
Prior to joining Strategic, John was the operational section chief of Special Activates Services which was designed to select, train, equip, and mentor security operators to conduct global combat and peace keeping operations in any environment. John also oversaw a Federal Firearms Licensed company engage in a business pertaining to the manufacture or importation of firearms and ammunition.
John is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He began his career in the Navy and then transitioned into law enforcement, serving in a large Florida Sheriff’s Office and then transitioning to a City Police Department. While at the Police Department he served on their SWAT Team covering High Risk Warrant serves and narcotics.
Madison More, Regulatory Compliance Officer, serves as a compliance resource and subject matter expert (SME) to business units, internal team members, and management, providing a range of support across multiple business verticals. Madison ensures that Strategic Security Corp. operates in compliance with Federal, State, and Local regulations, bylaws, policies, and other legal requirements throughout the United States through the development and oversight of strong internal controls to manage and mitigate risk.
She manages licensing and certification processes, supports audits, maintains training documentation, and ensures adherence to key compliance and information security standards, including ISO 27001 and NIST 800-53. Madison is deeply involved in aligning company practices with regulatory requirements to support risk management and organizational integrity.
Madison also plays a critical role in reviewing and setting standards for external communications to protect employees, company offices, and operational facilities. She contributes to the design and enforcement of internal policies to prevent regulatory breaches and conducts audits across departments.
Before stepping into her role in compliance, Madison worked in Human Resources, specializing in recruiting. This experience sharpened her ability to assess organizational needs, manage sensitive information, and foster employee engagement—all of which now inform her approach to compliance training, policy development, and internal communication. Her HR background adds a human-centered perspective to her work, allowing her to develop compliance initiatives that are practical, accessible, and aligned with broader organizational goals.
Madison holds a Bachelor's degree in Communications with a Minor in Media from SUNY Oneonta. Her academic foundation in communication and media has been instrumental in crafting clear, effective compliance policies and documentation. It also supports her strong ability to translate complex regulatory language into understandable guidance for teams across the organization.
With a unique blend of HR, communications, and compliance experience, Madison brings a thoughtful, people-first approach to regulatory strategy—helping Strategic Security maintain its commitment to integrity, safety, and operational excellence.
