Tony has decades of experience in the Security and Intelligence Industry from a long and distinguished career in the US Navy, US Secret Service, and Central Intelligence Agency. He began his career in 1996 as a US Navy Hospital Corpsmen serving with the United States Marine Corps. While serving with the Marines, he was selected to become a training instructor with 1st Special Operations Training Group (SOTG). In 2002, he joined the United States Secret Service where he served under President George W. Bush with the Emergency Response Team (ERT) as a tactical K9 handler in the Special Operations Division – President Protection Detail (PPD).
In 2007, Tony was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct High Threat collection operations against high valued targets under the prestigious National Clandestine Service, Counter-Terrorism Center (CTC). Later in his Agency career, Tony was selected as a Counter Intelligence Officer and served under the Counter-Intelligence Center (CIC). During his distinguished career with the Agency, he deployed well over 1500 days to numerous countries across the world. After his federal service, Tony successfully transitioned into the private sector as the Director of Security for a Washington DC based security company. In 2018, as the Director of Security, he established the policies and procedures for the RNC HQ and provided oversight for the security liaison personnel supporting Trump rallies and campaign offices nationwide during the 2020 election. Currently,
Tony is the CEO of RockFinn Group, an acclaimed writer for Law Enforcement Today, and conducted the first ever a single operator extraction of a US National out of Ukraine during the height of the invasion as featured in People.com and Law Enforcement Today. Tony's passion to serve and protect the safety of others has him speaking openly on the current issues facing our nation and communities.
