About

Robert “Rob” is an Executive Managing Director at Prescient and Head of the New York office. He is an attorney and former federal law enforcement executive who has extensive investigative, security, and risk management experience with more than 20 years in executive leadership roles involving repeated success executing complex assignments. Rob serves as an advisor to and project leader for family offices, HNW individuals, C-Suite executives, law firms, legal/compliance/security teams, sports organizations/athletes, and financial institutions. His expertise and problem-solving capabilities have allowed him to benefit his clients on highly sensitive matters involving security & enterprise risk, complex investigations, executive protection, threat assessments, cybersecurity, and travel risk.

Before joining Prescient, Rob served as a Managing Director at K2 Intelligence and supported similar clients in all the firm’s practice areas and led a variety of multifaceted engagements involving corporate investigations, strategic risk & security, executive protection, travel risk/intelligence, cyber risk, and monitorships. Previously, Rob served as a Managing Director and head of the Investigations & Intelligence team at Thacher Associates, LLC.

Before entering the private sector, Rob spent 20 years in federal law enforcement, primarily with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations. There he held a variety of executive leadership roles in various U.S. locations and most recently served as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for the New York Region, the agency's largest, where he oversaw all operations throughout NY, NJ, and New England. Previously he was the SAC for the Washington, DC region also served at the Assistant SAC for the Boston field office.

Also during his federal career, Rob gained extensive executive protection experience and served in leadership positions on numerous security details for Cabinet level officials during domestic and overseas travel. Earlier in his career, Rob helped found the Federal Construction Fraud Task Force, which targeted organized crime control and corruption within the NYC Metro construction industry. Rob has twice been awarded the Secretary Valor Award and has also received awards for his achievements from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, the Inspector General, and the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency.

Professional Experience

• Family Office and High-Net Worth Individuals - Risk Planning & Mitigation Efforts
• C-Suite Executive Risk and Security
• Travel Intelligence & Risk
• Threat Assessments
• Site and Event Assessments
• Investigations
• Cybersecurity
• Executive Protection
• Business Intelligence & Due Diligence
• Threat Monitoring & Response

Education

Robert holds a J.D. from the Hofstra University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in political science & government from Stony Brook University. He is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Leadership Institute and is a member of the New York Bar.