Arcuri Group LLC
Mission Driven, Objective Oriented
Mission Driven, Objective Oriented
ARCURI GROUP LLC is an education management company and the owner and administrator of the Situation Awareness Specialist® professional certificate system and a suite of Professional Standards Training Programs for select clients. Our programs are professionally prepared and delivered with strict confidentiality.
EXAMINERS PANEL
The Arcuri Group Examiners’ Panel and the Situation Awareness Specialist® (SAS) Program Development Team are comprised of both consultants with decades of military and law enforcement experience as well as former and active military and law enforcement professionals. Our team’s experience includes both foreign and domestic operations - during both calm and conflict.
Dominic J. Arcuri: President and Founder
Dominic has coupled a decade of police service with years of providing capacity development and training programs in numerous nations to create a training company aimed at a diverse multi-sector target audience. He has served in an operational police capacity inside the United States as well as in destabilized environments around the world. His foreign posts include Unit Chief for the United States International Police Contingent in Kosovo, Team Leader and Lead Instructor to the Iraqi Police Service, and International Police Adviser to the Southern Sudan Police Service Police Commissioner’s Office. He worked with foreign partners in Nigeria to train hundreds of aviation security cadets and conducted site inspections on site including passenger screening assessments in Abuja at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. Dominic's security experience also includes serving to help manage physical security at a large government contractor call center site, a 900+ bed 40-acre hospital facility and service with the US Department of Homeland Security TSA.
Dominic is certified by the Organization for the Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) as an International Police Instructor and Program Developer. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business and numerous specialized trainings that include Physical Surveillance School at RCTA, Naval Air Station Meridian, Tactical Drug Operations School at Camp Blanding, FL and additional trainings.
Richard Meyer: Vice President of Global Operations and Global Business Development
Richard is an accomplished program and team leader with a track record of success in directing all aspects of large administrative, training, tactical and operational departments including the management of financial, physical assets and human capital. He has demonstrated expertise in planning and executing complex projects in demanding environments and driving the successful delivery of programs in full compliance with operational objectives. Experience includes training, developing and mentoring diverse workforces while heading multinational teams on assignments in the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Rich is a multinational currently living in Canada, he holds secret level security clearance and has worked with police and military services in multiple countries. Rich is a Credentialed Evaluator, Certified Risk and Change Management professional, and Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CMAS).
Thomas (Tom) Pecora, SAS-MP - Senior Consultant, Master Instructor and Adjunct Professor:
Tom is a former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Senior Security Officer who served over two decades protecting and training CIA personnel. He was responsible for the security of CIA personnel in several active war zones and has extensive worldwide operational security experience and in-depth knowledge of security disciplines through overseas postings and travel assignments in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Europe and The Middle East.
Tom is a seasoned protective operation veteran and trainer. He has over 30 years of experience as a security professional working in counterterrorism, personnel and physical security, crisis management, protective operations, counter-surveillance, investigations, and consulting. Aside from his from his position as Senior Advisor with Arcuri Group, he is also Director of Pecora Consulting Services (PCS LLC) where he provides leadership consulting services to companies with significant security elements.
Mr. Pecora is an Adjunct Professor at the Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine.
Dominic has coupled a decade of police service with years of providing capacity development and training programs in numerous nations to create a training company aimed at a diverse multi-sector target audience. He has served in an operational police capacity inside the United States as well as in destabilized environments around the world. His foreign posts include Unit Chief for the United States International Police Contingent in Kosovo, Team Leader and Lead Instructor to the Iraqi Police Service, and International Police Adviser to the Southern Sudan Police Service Police Commissioner’s Office. He worked with foreign partners in Nigeria to train hundreds of aviation security cadets and conducted site inspections on site including passenger screening assessments in Abuja at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. Dominic's security experience also includes serving to help manage physical security at a large government contractor call center site, a 900+ bed 40-acre hospital facility and service with the US Department of Homeland Security TSA.
Dominic is certified by the Organization for the Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) as an International Police Instructor and Program Developer. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business and numerous specialized trainings that include Physical Surveillance School at RCTA, Naval Air Station Meridian, Tactical Drug Operations School at Camp Blanding, FL and additional trainings.
Richard Meyer: Vice President of Global Operations and Global Business Development
Richard is an accomplished program and team leader with a track record of success in directing all aspects of large administrative, training, tactical and operational departments including the management of financial, physical assets and human capital. He has demonstrated expertise in planning and executing complex projects in demanding environments and driving the successful delivery of programs in full compliance with operational objectives. Experience includes training, developing and mentoring diverse workforces while heading multinational teams on assignments in the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Rich is a multinational currently living in Canada, he holds secret level security clearance and has worked with police and military services in multiple countries. Rich is a Credentialed Evaluator, Certified Risk and Change Management professional, and Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CMAS).
Thomas (Tom) Pecora, SAS-MP - Senior Consultant, Master Instructor and Adjunct Professor:
Tom is a former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Senior Security Officer who served over two decades protecting and training CIA personnel. He was responsible for the security of CIA personnel in several active war zones and has extensive worldwide operational security experience and in-depth knowledge of security disciplines through overseas postings and travel assignments in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Europe and The Middle East.
Tom is a seasoned protective operation veteran and trainer. He has over 30 years of experience as a security professional working in counterterrorism, personnel and physical security, crisis management, protective operations, counter-surveillance, investigations, and consulting. Aside from his from his position as Senior Advisor with Arcuri Group, he is also Director of Pecora Consulting Services (PCS LLC) where he provides leadership consulting services to companies with significant security elements.
Mr. Pecora is an Adjunct Professor at the Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine.
Additional adjunct trainers and support staff work in support of the Arcuri Group Mission.
About Confidentiality:
Our programs carry a strict confidentiality policy. Under this directive, we do not send marketing emails. Unlike most companies we do not solicit past customers nor sell/share information to marketing/sales entities. We issue updates on our LinkedIn Company Page and will do so on our website as needed. You are always welcome to contact us.
Our programs carry a strict confidentiality policy. Under this directive, we do not send marketing emails. Unlike most companies we do not solicit past customers nor sell/share information to marketing/sales entities. We issue updates on our LinkedIn Company Page and will do so on our website as needed. You are always welcome to contact us.