Rafi Ron:

Mr. Ron is currently the President of New Age Security Solutions ( www.nasscorp.com )    a consulting firm operating from Rockville MD. U.S.A. His company conducts Aviation, Maritime and ground transportation security related projects in the US and other countries world wide

He is the former Director of security at Tel-Aviv Ben-Gurion International Airport and the Israeli Airport Authority (1997-2001).

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n his early career, Mr. Ron was a paratrooper officer in IDF and took part in many combat activities; he served as one of the early EL-AL sky marshals and as a Chief Security Officer in Israeli Embassies in various parts of the world. Mr. Ron also spent twenty years in Israel's Prime Minister Office as an operational intelligence and special operations officer and retired at the rank (equiv.) of full Colonel.

Mr. Ron was hired by Massport (Massachusetts Port Authority) immediately after 9/11 and helped masterminding the security turn-around for Boston Logan Airport , an achievement that was widely recognized by the Federal Government and the industry. Since then Mr. Ron and his company carried out many aviation, maritime and ground transportation security projects in various leading U.S. , European and far eastern  airports (among them – San Francisco International, San Juan Porto-Rico ,Minneapolis St Paul , Detroit, Athens, Bangkok and others).

Under his leadership, NASS has developed the famous “Behavior Pattern Recognition”™ program that in now implemented at many leading airports and other facilities in the USA and around the world.

Besides heading NASS, Mr. Ron advises U.S. Congressmen and government officials on transportation security-related legislation. His public activities include testifying before House and Senate committees on airport and transportation security, participating in round table discussions at The National Academy of Science, lecturing on Homeland security in leading Universities and numerous media interviews with all leading TV channels and the written media.

Mr. Ron recently received the Award of Excellence for Lifetime achievements by Aviation Security International.