Fred Burton

Fred Burton helms the Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence, which provides strategic consulting, multidimensional services and resources for safety and security professionals at major corporations. Burton is the world's foremost authority on protective intelligence, security and counterterrorism. A former police officer, special agent and New York Times best-selling author, Burton has served on the front lines of high-profile investigations like the hunt for and arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the first World Trade Center bombing; the 1988 plane crash of PAK-1 that killed U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel and Pakistani President Zia; and the search for Americans kidnapped by Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon.