ETHAN APPLEBY – Associate

Ethan Appleby is an Associate at Good Harbor, where he focuses on critical infrastructure protection specializing in building and aviation security. He previously consulted on security-related issues with Deloitte Consulting and the MITRE Corporation.

While at Deloitte, Mr. Appleby supported the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the development and implementation of their strategic plan to reach the congressional mandate of 100% screening of all air cargo traveling on passenger planes. He focused on developing tamper-evident technology and facility standards for a new air cargo security program.

During his time at MITRE, Mr. Appleby conducted research in support of organizational development in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) aviation sector. He spearheaded a partnership with the TSA and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that produced a dynamic tool to improve information sharing within DHS.

Mr. Appleby holds a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from the University of Virginia and spent a semester of study at Oxford University.

DANIEL CASEY – Associate

Daniel Casey is an Associate at Good Harbor. He focuses on emergency management, risk management and critical infrastructure protection and is a geographical information systems (GIS) specialist supporting multiple Good Harbor projects in the United Arab Emirates. He is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Mr. Casey joined Good Harbor after earning an M.S. in Engineering Management from George Washington University's Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management (ICDRM) at the School of Engineering, where he focused on Crisis, Emergency and Risk Management. At George Washington University, he served as a GIS assistant supporting ICDRM's work on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) catastrophic earthquake planning for the New Madrid Fault Zone. While earning his M.S., Mr. Casey worked at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources as a GIS specialist. In this role he enhanced the Institute's GIS capabilities, supported the Corps Recreation Department, and provided project management and technical support for an on-going deep draft navigation economic analysis project.

In addition to his M.S. in Engineering Management from George Washington University, Mr. Casey also holds a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania.

ERIC JAMES JOYCE – Associate

Eric James Joyce is an Associate at Good Harbor, where he specializes in critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and counterterrorism. With nine years of applied experience in the United States Army both in peacekeeping operations and full spectrum combat operations, Mr. Joyce consults principally to foreign clients within the areas of risk assessment and mitigation, emergency preparedness and crisis management, and strategic planning. He serves clients in the oil and gas industries within the Middle East Gulf Coast Region and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Prior to joining the Good Harbor team, Mr. Joyce served for five years as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer, specifically as a Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Assistant Operations Officer to include a 13-month deployment as part of Task Force Deuce in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III in Mosul, Iraq. While deployed, he helped plan, implement, secure, and execute the first ever successful free-election in Mosul. For their actions during that tense period of time, his Battalion was awarded the Valorous Unit Citation. Mr. Joyce was personally awarded the Bronze Star for actions in combat. He earned his commission as a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

HEATHER SAVAGE – Associate

Heather Savage is an Associate at Good Harbor, where she focuses on maritime strategy development and counter-terrorism and international crime issues. Ms Savage relocated to the UAE from Australia in early 2007 and has worked in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, where she is now based.

Prior to joining Good Harbor, Ms Savage worked for a Dubai based security consultancy where she specialised in security risk management and business continuity planning. Previous to this Ms Savage consulted to a multi-national security technology company located in Abu Dhabi where she advised on a broad range of transnational crime and international law enforcement issues.

While living in Canberra, Australia, Ms Savage was engaged by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department where she worked in the Counter-Terrorism Branch coordinating the development of domestic counter-terrorism policy as well as managing several high level inter-departmental counter-terrorism committees. Following this, Ms Savage worked in the International Crime Cooperation Branch where she liaised with foreign governments and law enforcement agencies in the management of serious criminal cases involving drug trafficking, money laundering and terrorism.

Ms Savage holds a Bachelor of Social Science with a double major in Politics and International Relations from Curtin University, WA.

KATHERINE SCHAFFER – Associate

Katherine Schaffer is an Associate at Good Harbor with a focus on cyber-related security. Ms. Schaffer also works on critical infrastructure protection and emergency planning and disaster management.

Prior to joining Good Harbor, Ms. Schaffer was a lead analyst for the National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), a consortium of state and federal law enforcement agencies, industry partners and academia, where she specialized in developing risk mitigation and management strategies and conducted vulnerability analysis and attribution for a vast spectrum of clients. While at NCFTA her projects included cyber-swarming attack scenarios, analysis of the evolution of the Chinese hacking community, Eastern European phishing initiatives, and federal government and military agency computer and server intrusions and critical information infrastructure analysis.

Ms. Schaffer has three articles pending publication related to SCADA system risk mitigation and attribution, state-sponsored warfare as asymmetric threats and cyber-swarming attack scenarios.

Ms. Schaffer holds a Master of Public and International Affairs in Security and Intelligence Studies with an additional focus on Civil Security and Disaster Management from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. in International Relations, Law, Politics & Society with a concentration in Islamic Studies from Drake University. Ms. Schaffer has studied in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia where she was also composing policy related to economic revitalization and social reintegration through the several international nonprofits and governmental organizations. She is proficient in Italian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, and Russian and at the beginning level in Mandarin Chinese.