Career
Roles in the order the biography gives them; the current role is marked.
- Readiness Resource Group, CEOCurrent role
- DHS Commercial Facilities Sector Coordinating Council, co-chairman for Resorts
- FBI, 24 years, SWAT team leader and coordinator
- UNLV, adjunct professor
- The Venetian, Executive Director of Security
- Author, 2006, 2015 and 2022
Biography
C. David Shepherd is the Chief Executive Officer of Readiness Resource Group, Inc. (RRG), a veteran-owned business serving homeland security, protection, preparedness, enterprise resilience and critical infrastructure support programs. Mr. Shepherd is Board Certified in Homeland Security (CHS-III) and earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Marketing Research from the University of Utah, and a master’s in business administration (M.B.A.) and a master’s in public administration justice administration (M.P.A.J.A.) from Golden Gate University.
Mr. Shepherd was the former Co-chairman for Resorts under the Department of Homeland Security Commercial Facilities Sector Coordinating Council (CFSCC) and contributed to numerous Department of Homeland Security reports, plans, panels and working groups, such as the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security (PCIS) and DHS office of Science and Technology working group on technology.
Mr. Shepherd spent 24 years in the Federal Bureau of Investigation in such positions as: SWAT Team Leader and Coordinator in domestic and foreign terrorism, kidnappings, extortions, fugitives, white collar crime, violent crimes, and organized crime. He was an Adjunct Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for six years in Criminal Investigations and Criminal Evidence courses.
For almost eight years, David served as the Executive Director of Security for The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, the fourth-largest hotel casino in the world. At the Venetian, David was responsible for physical security, background investigations, terrorism, EMT coverage, technology integration, construction security, and special investigations.
Mr. Shepherd lectures throughout the United States and in numerous foreign countries. He has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, MSNBC, CNN, History Channel, Travel Channel, Canadian Television, and interviewed for articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and BBC, plus numerous radio talk shows.
Mr. Shepherd is a published author to include: Preventive Measures: Is your Company Ready? Are You? (2006), Active Shooter: Preparing for and Responding to a Growing Threat (2015), and What would you do to stop Active and Mass Shootings? (2022)