Richard Podkowski

Richard podkowski

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder, Stillwater52 - Guiding Creativity, Managing Risk / Award-winning author of "The Walk-On" / Retired supervisory special agent, U.S. Secret Service

  • Education

    • Loyola university of chicago

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      B.s. criminal justice

      Criminal Justice studies

  • Experience

    • U.s. secret service

      Feb 1983 - Jan 2003
      Assistant to the special agent in charge

      Supervisory special agent with extensive domestic and international protective and investigative assignments and experiences, with achievements throughout a twenty year career. Permanent duty stations in Chicago, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles. Protection of U.S. government officials including the President of the United States and foreign heads of state. Criminal investigative experience and oversight of major financial critical infrastructure criminal investigations including various financial frauds and the counterfeiting of financial instruments. Show less

    • Altria group, inc. (philip morris usa)

      Feb 2003 - Dec 2011
      Global corporate security group

      Senior management member providing enterprise strategic support of consumer product brand protection, supply chain security, risk management strategies, due diligence and compliance initiatives, executive and event protection, and corporate investigations.

    • Stillwater consultants llc

      Oct 2011 - Mar 2024
      Chief executive officer

      Stillwater Consultants provides trusted and effective risk mitigation and operational security consulting services to a wide range of clients.

    • Epa office of the inspector general

      Jan 2012 - Oct 2012
      Supervisory special agent

      Supervisory special agent of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Fraud Task Force, Washington, DC - Environmental Protection Agency - Office of the Inspector General tasked with major financial fraud criminal investigation

    • Harvard protection services llc

      Oct 2012 - May 2015
      Regional vice president

      Oversight of risk mitigation strategic services, force protection operational security management and consulting, executive and event protection, enterprise security and safety, business development and client engagement

    • National football league (nfl)

      Aug 2017 - May 2018
      Associate security representative

      NFL Associate Security Representative responsible for the support of NFL Security policies and practices in the Chicago area.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • State of illinois licensed private security contractor - private detective

      State of illinois department of financial & professional regulation