Chief Operating Officer

 Ed McDonald

A retired Service-Disabled Veteran of the United States Air Force. A Special Operations Combat Controller who served in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm (Iraq) and other areas of conflict. Has intensive portfolio in Project Management, and Business Development to meet clients Goals and Objectives. Helped stand up DHS in 2003. Implemented policy, regulations, and implementation of the new department at DHS headquarters Washington, DC. An experienced executive leader with more than 30 years of organizational and institutional change leadership involvement, as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director (GS15/SES), business executive. As Director of Incident Management under the Office of the Director of the Operational Integration Staff, DHS, Ed facilitated the development and implementation of the Secretary of Homeland Security’s Playbooks for Incident Management. This implemented Congressionally mandated sections of the 2002 Homeland Security Act along with Homeland Security Presidential Directive Five (HSPD-5).