Global team
A company of pracademics.
Hands-on expertise sharpened by academic rigor and grounded in a relentless sense of mission.
Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Kathleen Kiernan is Founder and CEO of KGH and a 29-year veteran of federal law enforcement. As Assistant Director for Strategic Intelligence and Information at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), she led the design and implementation of intelligence-driven strategies targeting explosives, firearms, illegal tobacco diversion, and terrorism.
She has developed and trademarked several proprietary frameworks: Fuciferi Versuiti® (Crafty Bastards), a metric-based, multidisciplinary problem-solving methodology for complex and emerging threats; PWP® (Preparedness Without Paranoia), a community-based training program bridging fear and fact for active threat preparedness; and G.O.T. Preparedness®, an adult learning–grounded platform for active threat readiness and workplace violence prevention.
Her honors include the Women of Influence–Public Sector Award, the American Security Today Platinum Award for Best Educational Program in Homeland Security (2017–2023), and the Illinois Security Professionals Association Excellence in Emergency Management Award. Dr. Kiernan is a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute (Class 26) and a Senior Fellow at the George Washington Homeland Security Policy Institute.
Executive Leadership
Careers built inside federal law enforcement, intelligence, engineering and emergency management — now applied on behalf of our clients.
- QHQui HoangChief Technology Officer & ETIC Chairman
- TLTom LangerChief of Security Operations
- DFDaniel A. FlorentChief, Training Division
- VHViet HoangDirector of Engineering
- JHJennifer HendricksonChief of Risk and Emergency Management
- PMPatricia MatthewsFacility Security Officer
Strategic Advisory
Depth and breadth of experience across national security, public policy, intelligence, law enforcement, technology and journalism.
- LJDr. Laura Manning JohnsonStrategic Advisor
- MSMichael SandersStrategic Advisor
- MMMike McClaryStrategic Advisor
- BBBrett BilbreyStrategic Advisor
- LMLinda S. MillisStrategic Advisor
- RSRobi SenStrategic Advisor
- GMGerald Z. MorseStrategic Advisor
- SMSamuel D. MartinStrategic Advisor, AI Research
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