Threat Management Academy
Summit offers three versions of formal threat management training. The Essentials Academy is a two hour orientation designed to equip staff for managing difficult people and determining appropriate responses to situations where a threat may be present. The Fundamentals Academy is a one-day training for those who are new to the threat management world or may need a refresher in threat assessment and management tactics. The Law Enforcement Investigations Academy is hosted by criminal justice agencies and is designed to equip those who investigate stalking and targeted violence cases.
Fundamentals
The Fundamentals Academy is our flagship online training experience. The Academy is a one day overview of the practice of behavioral threat assessment and is designed as an introduction for threat managers who are new to the process or as a refresher course for those who are tasked with threat management as an ancillary duty to other responsibilities. It is also ideal for HR professionals and others who may not regularly encounter threatening situations yet must be able to respond to assess and manage threats when the need arises. The Academy is team-taught by our entire faculty, whose biographies can be viewed below.
Essentials
​​The Essentials Academy is a two-hour online training experience created in response to requests from organizations who want their employees to learn appropriate responses to threatening behavior. Taught by a Certified Threat Manager and veteran crisis negotiator, it is ideal for persons who are in regular contact with the general public such as retail managers, those who provide counter service, and receptionists or other doorkeepers. Subjects covered include the basics of threat assessment, active listening, basic de-escalation techniques and how to provide appropriate documentation.
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To facilitate conversation, class size is limited to 18 seats.
Faculty
Nick Berberian,
MA, CTM, CPP, PPS
Instructor/Panel Member
Mr. Berberian is the Head of Physical Security for AAA Insurance – CSAA IG. He leads their Threat Assessment Team, is their law enforcement liaison, and conducts a variety of employee safety and security trainings across the organization. He is a Certified Threat Manager, a Certified Protection Professional, and a Personal Protection Specialist. He is also a Certified Ethical Hacker. He holds an MA in Intelligence Studies from the American Military University and a BS in Global Business Management from the University of Pheonix. He has over 17 years of international experience in security services as well as disaster relief and emergency response services, including Rapid Intervention Teams and Terrorism Awareness. He has presented to the Department of State Overseas Security Advisory Council and the American Society for Industrial Security. Mr Berberian is a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps and is active as a volunteer in supporting veterans in his community. ​
Nick@incursus.co
Hector R. Alvarez, MSPsy, CTM
Instructor/Panel Member
Mr. Alvarez is a security expert who specializes in workplace violence prevention and is a Certified Threat Manager by the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. He holds a MS in Forensic Psychology and a BS in Criminal Justice. He has over 25 years of threat management, security, domestic terrorism and crisis management experience serving as a Security Director, a city police officer and as a professional security consultant. He has assisted organizations in recovering from significant incidents of violence and was a responder to both the Loma Prieta earthquake and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
He has personally assessed and/or responded to thousands of potentially violent situations, developed numerous violence prevention programs and trained tens of thousands of employees and managers in the areas of crisis intervention, active shooter response, violence prevention, domestic terrorism and emergency management. He is frequently called upon by news and media sources as a commentator and is in demand as a public speaker.
Alvarez Associates, LLC
Kenneth Carr,
Ph. D., M.A.O.B.
Instructor/Panel Member
Dr. Carr is a principle consultant for Alvarez Associates, LLC and an Adjunct Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology at Northcentral University and the California School of Forensics Studies at Alliant International University.
Dr. Carr is a subject matter expert in Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology, and Administration of Justice. His specialties are in Intimate Partner Violence, Crisis Intervention Training and Behavioral Threat Assessment and Risk Management. He is certified as a POST Level II Academy Instructor and teaches Mental Health disorders in crisis intervention techniques. He is certified by the National Council for Behavioral Health as an Adult Mental Health First Aid Trainer.
Dr. Carr holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Clinical-Forensic Psychology and Master of Arts degrees in both Clinical-Forensic Psychology and Organizational Behavior.
Dr. Carr has also worked in outpatient and inpatient clinical settings as a Staff Psychologist and Senior Psychologist Specialist for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He served as a Deputy Sheriff-Coroner, Contract Police Officer and Campus Security Officer for almost a decade.
drken@wvpexperts.com
Dr. Christopher Stevens, CTM
Host/Emcee
Dr. Chris Stevens is President of Summit Solutions Consulting, providing threat management, HR consultation, strategic planning facilitation, and team building/leadership development services for a variety of organizations including businesses, schools, municipalities, and non-profits. He is an adjunct professor at Christian Life College’s School of Business. He received his Masters in Leadership Studies from St. Mary’s College of California and is his PhD in Organizational Leadership at Southeastern University.
Dr. Stevens is a Certified Threat Manager who has over twenty-five years’ experience as a consultant, course developer, instructor, and seminar presenter in management sciences and has provided crisis management, leadership, and administrative training to government officials, municipal agency managers, and private industry managers/supervisors in the United States, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. After working his way through the ranks, he retired from the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s office in 2011 as a Division Commander. He is a past board member of the California Association of Hostage Negotiators and past president of the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.
chris@summitsolutionsconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/topherstevens/ ​
