TSSI is not a '9/12' company, a start-up created in the aftermath of September 11. Our history began well before 9/11 - during the years when our founder, Jeffrey Beatty, served as an assault troop commander in the U.S. Army's Delta Force, on the FBI Hostage Rescue Team, and at the CIA Counter-Terrorism Center. These unique credentials ideally positioned Beatty to establish his own company after he left federal service. Beatty's reputation among government security professionals as the gold standard in counter-terrorism and high level strategic training soon put TSSI on the map. The rest is history.

The following events show clearly that when the protectors need protection, they call TSSI.

Feb. 26, 1993.
The World Trade Center (WTC) is attacked by terrorists, who explode a car bomb under the North Tower, killing 6 people. TSSI professionals work with WTC security officials to create a security plan to seal the WTC on the ground and train security personnel to prevent similar attacks.

April 20, 1995.
Two students on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Colorado massacre 12 students and a teacher and wound 23 others, producing a national outcry for greater school security. TSSI consultants train administrators and teachers in the Boston, MA Public Schools; Scranton, PA Public Schools and other school systems to recognize threats and respond rapidly and effectively to violent incidents that occur in their own environment.

July 27, 1996.
During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, a former explosive expert for the U.S. Army- a known domestic terrorist-detonates a bomb in Centennial Olympic Park, killing 2 people and injuring 111. Earlier, TSSI consultants had conducted a science-based threat vulnerability assessment (TSA), which showed the high probability of at least one terrorist attack with casualties at the Atlanta Olympics. Today, TSSI continues to recommend proactive preventive strategies and resource allocation to deter terrorists as well as a strong, effective emergency response after an attack. TSSI also continues to provide counter-terrorism planning and training for special events, such as the Super Bowl and the Rose Bowl and Rose Parade, and at national icons, such as the Pentagon, the Statue of Liberty, and the USS Constitution.

September 11, 2001.
Two airliners take off from Boston's Logan International Airport and are soon hijacked by terrorists. Both planes crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, killing almost 3,000 people and destroying its North and South Towers. In the first 100 days after the 9/11 attacks, TSSI professionals train over 10,000 people in the transportation sector alone as part of the Nation's 'win-against-terrorism' security procedures. Today, TSSI counter-terrorism professionals continue to advise the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). DHS accepts TSSI's recommendations to include a category and color for the attack (black) and recovery (purple) phases of a terrorist event as well as for threat levels.

After September 11, 2001, TSSI professionals join with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the American Trucking Association to add a terrorism component to their program 'Highway Watch' by training thousands of truckers to be on the lookout for potential terrorists and to report suspicious activities to a central call center set up for that purpose. TSSI also trains thousands of school bus drivers in the School Bus Watch program, a derivative of Highway Watch to protect students against violence.

October 16, 2001
Less than 30 days after 9/11, Senator Joseph R. Biden (D-DE), then-Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, convened a hearing titled “Defending America's Transportation Infrastructure.” One of the five nationally-recognized experts asked to offer testimony on how America could protect its transportation system in the aftermath of the devastation of September 11 was Jeff Beatty – then-President of TSSI. Senator Biden sought Mr. Beatty's testimony after seeing his interviews on the major news networks after the terrorist attacks.

A full transcript from that hearing, including Mr. Beatty's testimony, can be viewed at the following link: View transcript here

August 29, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina roars into the U.S. Gulf Coast killing hundreds of people, causing billions of dollars in damages and leaving thousands stranded for days without food, shelter, clean water, or medical care. TSSI's future president and CEO, Don L. Rondeau, in New Orleans to assist in the disaster, notices that the private sector, particularly the trucking industry, is more effective and efficient than government agencies in disaster response. This experience provides Rondeau with the vision for a company that can help America's security professionals and emergency responders shift from a reactive, enforcement-based approach to emergency management to a proactive, multidisciplinary, service-based approach to protecting people, property and profitability.