PAUL
FRENCH INTERNATIONAL, INC
Paul
M French, PPS
Chief
Executive Officer
Over
twenty years of management experience in military, law
enforcement and corporate environments, Mr. French has
provided security management expertise, established and
managed personal protection programs, overseen
multi-national project management and consulting
assignments. He has developed, implemented and been selected
to evaluate Presidential level close protection and their
training programs. Mr. French has provided personal
protection to Royal Families, United States Presidents,
numerous dignitaries, celebrities and corporate executives
throughout the world. Under his leadership Paul French
International, Inc has provided investigative support and
advice to legal counsel and the senior management of
domestic and international corporations in various
situations ranging from extortion and product tampering to
planning and coordinating the security arrangements for
business operations in high threat locales. Since 9-11 Paul
French International’s team has worked with numerous
agencies to counter the threat from terrorism, including law
enforcement, corporate clients, The Department of Homeland
Security and the Transportation Security Administration. His
understanding of the needs of today’s airports and
seaports for improved security is greatly enhanced by Paul
French International’s business relationship with
commercial and private aviation, as they plan to meet
today’s increased need for cost effective security
measures.
Peter J. Gravett, Major
General, USA (Ret.)
Executive Vice
President Government Services
Major
General Peter J. Gravett, has over 43 years of service with
the United States Army and National Guard and is a graduate
of the United States Army War College. He most recently
served as the commander of the 40th Infantry
Division (Mechanized), the nation’s largest reserve forces
unit, headquartered at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces
Training Center in California.
General Gravett has had assignments throughout the
world and served as senior NATO military representative in
Kiev, Ukraine. Additionally,
he served twenty-two years with the Los Angeles Police
Department before returning to active duty in the US Army.
He earned his bachelor’s degree at
California State University, Long Beach and a master’s of
Public Administration from the University of Southern
California. In
addition, he is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s National Academy and holds a diploma in
Executive Law Enforcement from the University of Virginia.
General Gravett is a graduate of Harvard University’s John
F. Kennedy School of Government and holds a diploma in
International Security Affairs. General Gravett holds advanced security clearances.
Peter serves as PFI’s Executive and Military
liaison decision-maker.
Michael R. Mittleider,
CDR, USN (Ret.)
Executive Vice
President Special Projects
Michael
R. Mittleider has had thirty-six years of increasing
management responsibility in military, manufacturing, and
consulting engineering organizations.
In the Navy he trained in nuclear power, advanced
electronic and weapon systems and served as the Navy's
Environmental Manager for the Pacific Fleet.
He was the staff planning and policy officer for all
Navy classified programs and drafted the Extended Planning
Annex to the Navy budget. Michael was the Joint Staff
Officer for force structure on the Joint Staff for General
Colin Powell and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney.
He commanded the first Navy destroyer to integrate
women into the crew of the USS Kinkaid (DD-965).
As a Division Operations Officer for a major
manufacturing firm, he led the engineering team to design a
lean and agile manufacturing plant.
This included equipment design, supply management and
product distribution. As
the Operations Officer, he brought the division to
profitability in less than three years. CDR Mittleider has
held top secret and other clearances.
As Senior Vice President of a nationwide consulting
engineering firm he managed the operations of a five state
area. This involved direct supervision of Vice Presidents,
District Managers and Office Managers of a $275 million
dollar organization. Michael
has an MBA and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Mississippi, and a Master of Arts in National
Strategic Planning and International Politics from the U.S.
Naval War College. Mike provides PFI with strategic
direction and managerial policy.
Dr.
John N. Ellison
Executive Vice
President / Chief Strategist
John
N. Ellison, DBA, has extensive senior executive experience
in government, industry, and academia covering a wide span
of national security public policy and strategic planning
activities. In
his government career, Dr. Ellison served as faculty member
and Associate Dean of the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces and as principle academic officer of the National
Defense University, the nation’s highest level military
institution. In these assignments his duties included
responsibilities for leadership development, curriculum
design, and teaching involving all aspects of national
security policy, defense industry, and the nexus between
global economics, technology, intelligence and defense
strategy. He
has also served as Director of the National Mobilization
Concepts Development Center, an agency providing strategic
advice to the Secretary of Defense and other national
leaders. He has participated in many sensitive projects at
top secret level and has served on numerous defense and
civil agencies involved in policy formulation strategy
including Department of Commerce, FEMA, NATO staff, and
government-industry advisory councils.
Dr. Ellison’s business consulting has involved
global strategy formulation and technology development
systems for such firms as TRW, Boeing, and Lockheed-Martin.
In the field of Homeland Security he is a recognized
authority on the interaction of civil-military governmental
policy formulation and the application of technology to
command control systems.
Dr. Ellison holds BS and MS degrees from Virginia
Tech, and a Doctor of Business Administration degree from
George Washington University.
He has also served as a communications and
electronics officer in the US Air Force and Air National
Guard in Germany, and is also a noted public speaker and
lecturer to professional audiences in the US, Europe and
Asia John serves as Executive Vice President and Chief
Strategist of PFI.
W. Lou Campbell
Senior Consultant Physical Security
Peter Conners
Director of Operations
