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About Black Ice SecurityBlack Ice is a multi-disciplinary risk management and consulting firm based in Northern Virginia near Washington, DC. Since 1998, Black Ice has provided investigations, security, security consulting and training for local, national and international clients; and has far reaching resources for security and problem solving. Our personnel and resources come from US and foriegn military, special operations, intelligence, law enforcement, investigations and professional security personnel. Black Ice specializes in local and national investigations, staffing for national and international positions - often in high-risk areas. Our expertise includes intelligence, special operations, and law enforcement personnel that can perform operational support, protection operations, training, tactics, consulting and operational support. Under the guidance of Steven Collins, President and Founder of Black Ice Security, Inc, the firm manages dozens of investigative cases, protection operations including temporary and long-term contract support.
Steven CollinsSteven B. Collins is a retired Navy SEAL Master Chief (E-9), a business owner, and proud father of five lovely children. He is the President and owner of Black Ice Security Services, Inc an investigations and security consulting firm located in Northern Virginia that provides discrete investigations, consulting and protection services to the government, corporate, and private sectors - worldwide.
Since founding Black Ice in 1998, he has traveled to Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and to Central America providing personal protection services, consulting and training. Clients include a former U.S. Ambassador, several corporate CEO's, and a number of corporate business travelers. He has provided specialized security consulting and training services for foreign governments; he and his company are involved with staffing and support operations for the war against terrorism and for contingencies other than war (such as the Katrina disaster) both in the U.S. and overseas. Steven Collins and Black Ice Security are recognized leaders in staffing support to both fortune 500 and small firms in need of highly trained and specialized personnel for overseas assignments. Mr. Collins enjoys his Harley Davidson motorcycles, diving, and adventures of all sorts. He is a lifetime member of the UDT/SEAL Association; and he is a Freemason and Past Master of Dale City Lodge No. 319, of the Grand Lodge of Virginia A. F. & A. M. Professional AffiliationsBoard Member - Executive Security International (ESI) Alumni Association Member - Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) Adjunct Instructor - Executive Security International (ESI) Lifetime Member - UDT/SEAL Association Member - Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) Member - Private Investigators Association of Virginia (PIAVA) | ||
Mr. Collins has a long history of security, management, and operational field experience dating back over 30 years. He spent 17 of 22 years in the Navy as a SEAL operator ( Sea, Air and Land—the operational environments that U.S. Naval Special Warfare Commandos operate in). Mr. Collins' numerous deployments and extensive travel throughout various regions of the world provided him a depth and breadth of experience preparing him well for his follow-on career in private security. He has successfully led several disaster relief contingency survey parties overseas with short notice deployment notification. Prior to his retirement Mr. Collins spent eight years working in the field of intelligence in classified assignments working with and in support of Special Mission Units (SMU) and national level intelligence organizations.