Auditorium
Best Practices for Public-Private Partnerships That Protect Critical Infrastructure
Mitigating the threat of domestic and foreign terrorism, or systemic fraud, waste and abuse of public funds, requires a cooperative effort among facility owners and their contracted and employed personnel. This session covers best practices developed at the nation’s highest-value targets—addressing equitable policy development, proactive operational support, compliance measurement and how agencies, private owners, unions and contracted workers can unite to prevent bad actors from compromising sensitive facilities.
Speakers
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Daniel KrantzManaging Partner
Secure Worker Access Consortium -
Joseph DeLucaPrincipal
DeLuca Advisory and ConsultingJoseph DeLuca is widely recognized as an industry pioneer in integrity monitoring, compliance, due diligence, auditing, and risk management. He leveraged decades of law enforcement experience to become an expert in conducting domestic and international investigations and intelligence-based risk modeling. A licensed and bonded investigator and private detective, Joe has led high-profile efforts to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse across construction, public works, large infrastructure projects, schools and universities, and gaming and casinos, developing solutions for complex problems facing a wide variety of private- and public-sector clients.
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Jack MitchellDirector of Investigations
DeLuca Advisory and ConsultingJack Mitchell is a senior leader assisting clients to create opportunity by managing risk in infrastructure and construction project development. A former criminal investigator, Mitchell has had a long career investigating organized crime, labor racketeering, fraud, money laundering, and other forms of corruption in both the private and public sector. He has managed and conducted internal investigations at public and private organizations and labor unions, presenting investigative findings to boards of directors, audit and compliance committees and senior management. Mitchell served as a senior investigator with the New York State Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force, investigating money-laundering, mortgage fraud, homicide, narcotics trafficking and mail and wire fraud.
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Robert JoyceManaging Director
DeLuca Advisory and ConsultingRobert Joyce is a managing director at DeLuca Advisory and Consulting with over 40 years of public-sector experience at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York City Department of Investigation. He specializes in integrity monitoring, complex investigations and corporate compliance program review, with a track record of leading large investigative assignments in high-pressure government and corporate environments.
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Andrew SekalaSupervisory Special Agent and InfraGard Program Manager, Office of Private Sector Engagement
Federal Bureau of InvestigationSupervisory Special Agent (SSA) Andrew Sekela graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served on the USS Batfish, a nuclear-powered attack submarine. SSA Sekela completed a five-year tour with the Navy and then worked in the private sector for seven years as a production plant manager. After joining the FBI, he spent five years at the Washington Field Office (working public corruption and fraud investigations) and three years assigned to the International Corruption Unit at FBIHQ. Sekela then transferred to FBI Tampa. He spent seven years as the supervisor for the white collar crime squad and three years as the private-sector coordinator. Sekela is currently assigned to FBIHQ in the Office of Private Sector, where he serves as the program manager for InfraGard.
