Eric Taylor has over thirteen years of experience as a federal agent working for the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.  His expertise as a Special Response Team operative for high-risk tactics include: intelligence gathering, surveillance, reconnaissance, mission planning, close quarters combat, battle clearing techniques, vehicle take-down operations, an expert in advanced weapons training, chemical and specialty impact munitions training, ballistic shield techniques, and breaching operations. Taylor has provided professional and technical information on the exercise of physiology, fitness, the use of deadly force, the use of less than lethal tactics, search & seizure, arrest methods and self-defense. He instructed self-defense techniques and communication etiquette to hundreds of federal officers that require his certification to serve our country. He then took his experience and talents to Google, where he was a manager in physical security posturing for Google operated offices and events throughout the United States, Canada, and Latin America. His contribution to Google was serving as the direct point of contact for all security related matters to include emergency and contingency planning aspects were utilized to ensure the safety and security for every attendee at each event. He accomplished this by conducting site advances identifying risk vulnerabilities, assessments in emergency planning, and presenting security decks to the Global Director for Google, on unique ways of improving potential risks.   

 

Eric Taylor is also an Intelligence Officer in information warfare with the US Navy serving in Washington D.C. at the Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters. Eric has his certification as an information security systems professional (CISSP) where his role consists of intelligence gathering and making real time assessments for action.  In his free time Eric enjoys studying mixed martial arts and won the title as the Welterweight Champion in the State of New York.  He holds the record for the fastest knockout (42 seconds) in the first-round while competing at the world famous Madison Square Garden Arena in NY.  Additionally, Eric is currently managing Alphase Corporation, a physical consulting company that focuses on establishing safety and security protocols for schools and businesses with a special interest in self defense for women and victims of hate crimes and bullying. 

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Eric is a graduate of Hofstra University, where he played football as a Division I full-scholarship student athlete for the Hofstra Pride Football Team.