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Kevin McCarthy is a proven executive in the Homeland Security sector, serving in numerous advisory and consultancy roles to both the public and private sector on geospatial intelligence gathering and aviation security. Mr. McCarthy is an accredited consultant to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Homeland Security Institute and is a member of the Aviation Safety & Security Working Group sponsored by The World Bank. He also is a member of the DOD’s Directed Energy Task Force’s Laser Eye Protection Group. In a policy forum sponsored by The White House Homeland Security Council, Mr. McCarthy advised the Center for Technology and National Security Policy on developing airliner missile defense and response plans. Additionally, Mr. McCarthy has advised the staff director of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, and the Director of the Systems Engineering & Development Department within the DHS Science & Technology Directorate, on the utilization of geospatial technologies for airliner missile defense. As an aviation security advisor for Booz Allen Hamilton, McCarthy worked on the establishment of leading edge security policies and practices for developing nations in Eastern Europe. Mr. McCarthy founded and directed the National Center for Aviation Security and concurrently directed the first Office of Intelligence & Emerging Threats for a major international trade association. In this role, he represented the interests of its 65,000 members to the government and national intelligence community. Mr. McCarthy holds a BS in earth and space science, has received advanced counterintelligence education at the CI Centre in Alexandria, VA, and carries a U.S. government security clearance. | 