Firestorm Welcomes Noted Author to Expert Council
Online, September 15, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Firestorm, the nationally recognized leader in crisis management and communications, announced the newest addition to the Expert Council, Dr. Kris Mohandie.
Dr. Mohandie is a clinical, police and forensic psychologist with over twenty-five years of experience in the assessment and management of violent behavior. He has worked in field responses and case investigations for local, state and federal law enforcement organizations including LAPD’s Threat Management Unit, SWAT/Crisis Negotiation Team and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Program.
He regularly consults on workplace violence, extreme violence, college and university and K-12 school violence, stalking and threat cases in the private and public sector through his company, Operational Consulting International, Inc. His book, School Violence Threat Management came out in 2000 and is now in its second printing.
Dr. Mohandie regularly trains and consults to schools and universities throughout North America after developing a model school violence threat management program. Dr. Mohandie, along with several others, has participated in two scientific studies of mass murder, including those perpetrated by adults and adolescents. He has several coauthored chapters which appear in the International Handbook of Threat Assessment, published in 2014.
Dr. Mohandie has conducted extensive trial pending and prison interviews of violent offenders, including a number of stalkers, hostage takers, workplace and school violence perpetrators, serial and multiple murderers. Dr. Mohandie’s work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, E! and he has appeared in the news programs of CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC and Fox, as well as programs on Investigative Discovery, A&E, History and the Discovery Channel.
About the Firestorm Expert Council
The Firestorm Expert Council members generate unique, independent insights and assist our clients in developing the best solutions to their complex problems.
The Expert Council also has an integral role in Firestorm's Trusted Advisor's™ program. Through its strategic relationships with major law firms, professional services companies, consultants, educational foundations and associations, Firestorm holds seminars, workshops, presentations, training sessions and other forums to promote a culture of preparedness.
Expert Council members, selected on the basis of expertise, routinely appear with Firestorm principals and experts on topics related to continuity planning and disaster preparedness.
About Firestorm
Firestorm® transforms crisis into value. The Firestorm Predict.Plan.Perform® methodology combines C-Suite level consulting, dynamic software solutions and proven crisis management expertise to empower clients to create resilient organizations. Firestorm is a nationally recognized leader in Crisis Management, Continuity Planning, Critical Decision Support, Crisis Response, Crisis Communications, Crisis Public Relations and Consequence Management.