Owner and Founder
Rob is the owner & founder of RCAS. He designs and delivers corporate security & crisis management programs across a variety of industries. This includes benchmarking, analysis and enhancement of processes to strengthen the resilience of our clients. Rob has amassed over three decades of private and public sector crisis management expertise in a variety highly complex and volatile scenarios. Rob is a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer with over 27 years of experience in law enforcement with the RCMP in a variety of roles (drug enforcement, technological crime, national security & tactical unit command). During his law enforcement career, he had the privilege of serving with the Canadian Special Forces Command from 2006-2010, managing responses to domestic counter terrorism events as well as support for the war in Afghanistan.
Senior Advisor
James is a Senior Advisor with RCAS. He provides expert thought leadership to both corporate security and crisis management. James’ formal management education also provides operational solutions for our clientele that are anchored by sound business practices. James brings decades of vast operational experience and leadership in Canadian Special Operations, policing and corporate security. His last professional engagement saw him recruited to build from scratch a Global Security Department for a multi-national multi-billion dollar corporation in a very fluid industry. James also incorporates his experience as a leadership coach into crisis management as well as stand alone coaching.
Senior Advisor
James is an agile, hands on senior leader with 35+ years experience in the global security and safety industry. Building on a well respected career within the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command; James entered the corporate arena as a senior advisor to organisations locally in Canada and the US, and across the world.
Combining strategic coaching with tactical advice, James works with executive and operational leadership to create and embed simple, reliable, and repeatable crisis management frameworks and behaviours. From policy and planning, to implementation and battle-tested leadership, James guides organsiations on how to develop robust readiness and resilience protocols, offering practical coaching and mentorship to support their adoption and success.
James is known for being a curious leader, focused on growth and sustainable mindset shifts, taking bold action to deliver meaningful impact and change. He is an empathetic and present force for good, working with people's strengths to increase their ability to collaborate and make sound judgement calls, especially within high-pressure environments. James' more recent experience includes:
Coach/Crisis Management Expert: Co-facilitates annual senior leadership development week for the World Association of Nuclear Operators in the UK.
Residential Security Assessments (RSA): Sub-contracted to Crisis 24 to conduct RSA (physical and personal security assessment and mitigation of risks) of all global C-Suite members of a multi-national corporation.
Residential/Professional RSA: Sub-contracted to Crisis 24 to conduct RSA of high profile executive at risk.
Crisis Management Expert: Provides bespoke crisis management and leadership instruction and mentoring for bi- monthly mid-level leadership development program for global pharmaceutical company.
Paid Consultant: for several international Subject Matter Expert knowledge networks.
