Meet Our People
FireWatch Solution’s in-house team of security and intelligence experts work with global security resources to offer exceptional worldwide coverage. Our team brings a wealth of leadership experience from various fields, including national security, law enforcement, military special operations, academia, Fortune 500 companies, and global non-profit organizations. We collaborate to overcome complex challenges and develop innovative solutions, all with the aim of helping small businesses thrive in an increasingly complex world.
Brian von Kraus
CEO
Brian served 15 years in the Marine Corps commanding infantry, reconnaissance, and special operations units on multiple combat deployments. After retiring in 2015, he joined the non-profit sector first working for Nuru International before founding FireWatch Solutions to protect those who do good. He built extensive experience developing private security agency solutions for organizations working in remote, austere, insecure locations.
In 2020, he chose to expand domestically bringing the high-risk expertise developed overseas to clients in the United States.
Andrew C. Brown
COO
Andrew brings over 13 years of leadership experience from the United States Marine Corps, including numerous combat deployments to Afghanistan and the Pacific. He is deeply committed to implementing sound organizational procedures, and has a strong background in Operations, Administration, and Human Resources management. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Andrew has consistently demonstrated his ability to manage daily operational activities while developing innovative strategies to enhance efficiency.
His areas of expertise include Team Leadership, Organizational Development, and Project Management.
Marc Reiswig, MD
Chief Medical Director
Dr. Reiswig is an Emergency Medicine specialist with over 20 years of experience. He’s been an Emergency Department Medical Director for many years, the Medical Director for EMS agencies, and the Medical Director for a large law enforcement agency. Currently, he serves as a SWAT physician for two agencies and a consultant for other law enforcement agencies.
Dr. Reiswig also provides casualty care training for law enforcement agencies around the United States, and was an invited speaker at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference.
Blair Dell
Washington State Director / Chief Medical Advisor
Blair has over thirty years of operational medicine experience. As a member of Marine Reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations Command through four combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the FireWatch Solutions team.
After retiring as a Senior Chief in the US Navy in 2016, he has established himself as a subject matter expert in the industry supporting medical and security concerns. He volunteers as a member of the Washington State Patrol SWAT Team and travels extensively speaking and teaching on a variety of topics intended to empower people to –not only survive traumatic events, but to thrive.
Bennett Mallory M.S., CISSP
Lead Information Security Officer | Project Manager
Bennett was born in Tennessee where he attended Rhodes College for his undergraduate degree. He moved to California in 2011 where he served in both the United States Navy and Army National Guard. After being honorably discharged from the military, Bennett attended graduate school in San Diego and graduated with a 4.0. He worked for Naval Information Warfare Center for five years, predominately as an information systems security engineer. Bennett currently works for FireWatch Solutions as an ISO, performing duties in information security compliance, incident detection and response, penetration testing, ISO 27001 auditing, and vCISO consulting. Bennett maintains an active CISSP, CompTIA Security+, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, and a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
Leonardo Núñez OSCP, Pentest+
Lead Penetration Tester
Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, he has always been the nerdy kid, curious about how things work. Ever since his family got a PC (a Compaq Presario 5000), he wandered on the internet, discovering multiple things about it, installing the occasional malware while trying to download the latest Toy Story movie, then trying to remove the malware before anyone else would notice it. Fast-forward to 2016, finishing high school and not knowing what to study at university. He took a career personality and aptitude test. Telling him that he could do anything made it harder to decide, but after guidance from friends and family, he decided to go for telecommunications engineering because it would let him tinker with programming, electronics, and networking. Later on, in February 2021, he was still on the path of becoming a telecommunications engineer but discovered a recommended YouTube video by John Hammond and fell in love with the cybersecurity field. After binge-watching multiple of John's videos, he decided to make the change and dive into offensive security. As of 2023, he's been working as an offensive security consultant with a focus on network penetration testing and web application penetration testing while getting certified in CompTIA Pentest+ and OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP), demonstrating his desire to hone his skill set. In his free time, he loves to provide help to the cybersecurity communities on multiple Discord servers, as well as volunteer for the non-profit Raíces Cyber Org.
Mark Stone
Staffing and Compensation Analysis Manager
Mark is a Staffing and Human Resources professional bringing extensive administrative and management experience to the team. This expertise has been developed with more than 17 years of service in the United States Marine Corps, on multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and through staffing and structure management for over 70,000 people across the Pacific.
Robert Gabrych
Arizona State Director
Robert served in the US Marine Corps for over 20 years and carries a BS in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Arizona State University. His extensive field experience is complemented by formal training in executive protection, tactical emergency casualty care, protective operations, and covert protection.
Robert attended the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy in Phoenix, AZ and served as police sergeant and SWAT team member for 14 years.
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