Richard Grassie - Managing Principal
Richard Grassie, CPP, is the Managing Principal of Good Harbor's TECHMARK Security Engineering, providing security analysis, systems design and technology integration for a wide range of Fortune 500, institutional and government clients both in the United States and abroad.
Mr. Grassie's career has spanned over 40 years of progressively responsible positions in the military and private security industry. He has extensive experience in proactive risk management, security systems design and security program integration for multi-facility campus security systems designs. He represented the security community after the Oklahoma City bombing at the ASIS National Forum on Terrorist Prevention and at the Symposium on Designing Building Security, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Grassie's unique PRISM approach to designing safe and secure campus environments has been implemented in America's leading corporations and educational institutions, resulting in significantly reduced risks, decreased losses, increased security service value for dollar and enhanced personnel awareness and safety. PRISM security designs emphasize a seamless integration of state-of-the-art technology along with trained personnel and responsive procedures for complete asset protection through PREVENTION, CONTROL, DETECTION and INTERVENTION in likely risks. His holistic security and loss control program designs also stress the importance of employee security awareness and increased alignment of the security and safety functions with an organization's mission and business goals.
Mr. Grassie has considerable experience in the assessment, design and specification of security management systems to include multiple site integration of major security management systems, access control, CCTV, communications and intrusion detection systems. He also has considerable recent experience with single and multiple card access systems, state-of-the-art digital video analytics, physical security information systems, communications, and security convergence.
Mr. Grassie has designed and implemented complete asset protection programs for water resource authorities, space vehicle launch sites, manufacturing and industrial sites, internet service provider hardware and service providers, internet start-up companies, biopharmaceutical companies, private residences, international petroleum terminals, transportation complexes, commercial office complexes, medical and educational institutions, college and university campuses, aerospace firms, publishing companies, communications centers, high rise commercial office, food processing, tobacco and pharmaceutical plants, international airports, government intelligence gathering and radar sites, military air bases and installations, court houses, vaccine research centers, high schools and middle schools, banks and industrial parks, to name just a few.
His systems design and integration expertise includes environmental designs, facility access controls, electronic intrusion detection, closed circuit television surveillance and assessment, local and remote site communications, networking remote sites over LAN/WAN, and computer based central monitoring systems. He is equally well versed in security technology, crime prevention, security awareness, policies and procedures, and security operations.
During the early stages of his career, he was a sworn police officer, an urban crime analyst and manager of technical assistance to police and prosecutor agencies for the U. S. Department of Justice's Integrated Career Criminal Apprehension Program. Mr. Grassie also served for fifteen years as Director of Project Development for one of the world's leading security systems integrators and managed security design and installation projects in the Pacific Rim, South America, Middle East and Europe.
Mr. Grassie served during the Vietnam conflict as a commissioned officer with the Field Artillery and the U.S. Army's nuclear physical security program at high security sites worldwide. He has worked with selected US Government agencies involved in security and contraband detection, including ONDCP, FBI, DEA, Customs, Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Border Patrol, FAA, Defense, State Department, Coast Guard and many leading private corporations.
Mr. Grassie is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) as well as past Chairman and senior member of the American Society for Industrial Security's Architecture and Engineering Standing Committee. He is a Member of the International Association of Security consultants and has been actively involved in the security architecture and engineering community for years. He has participated with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on a number of security related symposiums and his firm is currently an Affiliate Member of the Boston Society of Architects. He has written scores of articles for professional trade and other publications. He travels throughout the world on security projects and conducts security design workshops and training seminars for security professionals from public agencies and private industry.
Mr. Grassie was Technical Editor and Co-Author of Security Planning and Design Guide: Architects and Design Professionals in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington DC published in the Fall of 2003 by John Wiley & Sons. He also recently co-authored portions of the book 21st Century Security and CPTED published in 2008 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
