Integral to Torch Hill’s process of identification, evaluation, and development is our access to a deep pool of technical specialists in the Partnership’s areas of investment. Product and Technical Partners are technical experts; selection and retention is dynamic and will respond as new niches are uncovered and needs arise for company- or product-specific evaluation. Presently Torch Hill retains experts in tactical equipment, armor programs, bio-terrorism, corporate and physical security, logistics, DOD acquisition processes and information security.
BrigGen Jim Feigley (Ret) Former Commander of the Marine Corps Systems Command. Consultant to major defense contractors on defense acquisition programs.
BrigGen Russ Howard (Ret) Special Forces. Director, Counter-terrorism Center, Tufts University.
Commander Norm Carley (Ret) Navy SEAL. Former CEO and majority owner, AMTI, Inc.
Art Brown Twenty-five year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency and the former Chief Executive Officer of the US subsidiary of Control Risks Group, a London-based business risk consultancy.
Dave Quilter Retired senior officer in the Drug Enforcement Agency. Chief Security Officer of three Fortune 500 companies.
Colonel Michael Fallon (Ret) Colonel, USMC (Ret). Expert on expeditionary command and control.
William Parrish Former Director of Intelligence, DHS. Former DHS Liaison to FBI. Former Director of Counter-terrorism for US Customs and Border Patrol.
Paul Kurtz Former director for cyber-security, National Security Council. Former Executive Director of the Cyber-security Industry Alliance.
Dr. James Richardson Former Program Manager for armor at DARPA. Former VP for Technology and Chief Scientist, The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.
Gabriel Patricio Consultant to the US Army for individual equipment. Former director of individual equipment for the US Marine Corps. Was US Marine Corps representative to US Army’s Natick Labs.
Charles Jones 20 years experience in IT and IT Security with Citicorp, Sun Microsystems, RSA Security, BANKFIRST, and Elemental Security.