Management

IRI is a professional services firm similar in nature to law, accounting, and strategic consulting firms. All IRI personnel have had prior experience in relevant risk management organizations and businesses.

Significantly, the central management team of IRI is marked by seasoned general business managers, with a combination of large-corporate, middle-market, and entrepreneurial backgrounds, with substantial knowledge and experience with all aspects of intelligence, investigations, and security risk management (including insurance and financial risk).

Divisional and functional managers are also subject matter experts across the spectrum of intelligence, investigations, and security services, both government and private sector, with extensive large-corporate, international experience.

Managers of key functions include:

Eric H. Twerdahl, Managing Director, Global Operations

Project coordination and information management (..bio..)

George E. Strother, Managing Director, Administration

Administration, human resources, education technology and training coordination (..bio..)

Joseph Schlig, Managing Director, Financial Operations

Financial operations, legal affairs, audit project coordination (..bio..)

Robert M. Gilbert, Managing Director, Security Intelligence

Security analysis, planning, implementation, training (..bio..)

Robert M. Brittian, Managing Director, Corporate Intelligence

Corporate Intelligence, international investigations, training (..bio..)

Jay K. Gronlund, Managing Director, Business Intelligence

Market assessment, commercial risk analysis, competitive intelligence (..bio..)

Kent E. Walker, Managing Director, Crisis Management

Workplace violence, counter-terrorism, transportation security (..bio..)

Brian Buggé, Managing Director

Security analysis, Business intelligence, Investigations (..bio..)

Lawrence L. Kreicher, Advisor

Country, market, and corporate risk analysis; compliance (..bio..)

Joan Cook, Director, Education Technologies

Internet-accessed training programs design/development (..bio..)

John Cook, Director, Technology Systems

Internet technologies, web system development (..bio..)