Fraud, Corporate Security, and Counterterrorism Expert

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JOE RUFFINI Fraud, Corporate Security, and Counterterrorism Expert

Joe Ruffini is a nationally recognized counter-terror, information operations, and corporate security practitioner. His enthusiastic, energetic, “up close and personal” presentation style engages audiences from the first minute and holds them on the edge of their seats. His hard-hitting, down-to-Earth delivery, seasoned with real life examples and his steady stream of humor, keeps audiences engaged and entertained. Ruffini possesses the unique ability to identify with and effectively relate to even the most diverse audiences, all of whom show their appreciation with rave reviews. He has supported U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq as a counter insurgency and psychological operations consultant for DOD and the National Security Council.

In 2006, Ruffini’s book When Terror Comes to Main Street hit bookstore shelves. An informative, straightforward, hard-hitting book for everyday people, When Terror Comes to Main Street boils down Ruffini’s lifetime of knowledge and operational experience into one, all-inclusive read.

Joe Ruffini was born in Washington, D.C. He pursues an eclectic life and multiple careers. A University of Virginia graduate, Lieutenant Colonel Ruffini retired from the Army in 1995 after a distinguished 20-year career. His diverse military experience includes tank unit commands in both the U.S. and British Armies, counter terror operations in Germany and Cyprus, and command of both the United States Space Surveillance Center and Space Defense Operations Center deep within Cheyenne Mountain. Following Operation Desert Storm, Ruffini became part of the “deep black” world of highly sensitive and classified government programs and operations.

Ruffini’s private sector experience spans the gamut from entrepreneurial initiatives with venture capital groups to enterprise security consulting for Fortune 500 companies. For more than a decade, Ruffini has been a strategic information operations practitioner and theorist. As a national presenter, Ruffini challenges, educates, and entertains audiences with his straight forward, common sense approach to personal and corporate information security and counter terrorism.

He is a core speaker for the U.S. National Counterintelligence Executive. Ruffini’s presentations are embraced by diverse audiences including the National Security

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A recognized expert in his fields, Ruffini has been interviewed by USA Today, Newsweek Magazine, newspapers, radio, and television. Beginning with the U.S. counter-Taliban operations in Afghanistan, Joe Ruffini served as an Executive Information Operations Consultant for United States Space Command and United States Strategic Command, providing plans and recommendations to United States Central Command and the National Security Council aimed at winning the war on terror. Ruffini is currently completing his first book.

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