Steven B. Collins

Steven B. Collins

Mr. Steven B. Collins is a retired Navy SEAL Master Chief (E-9), a business owner, a single parent, and proud father of three lovely children. He is the President and owner of Black Ice Security Services, Inc a small investigations and security consulting firm located in Northern Virginia. Black Ice provides discrete investigations, consulting and protection services to the government, corporate, and private sectors - worldwide.

Mr. Collins has a long history of security, management, and operational field experience dating back over 30 years. He spent 17 of 22 years in the Navy as a SEAL operator – SEAL stands for Sea, Air and Land – the operational environments that U.S. Naval Special Warfare Commandos operate in. Mr. Collins’ numerous deployments and extensive travel throughout various regions of the world provided him a depth and breadth of experience preparing him well for his follow-on career in private security. He has successfully led several disaster relief contingency survey parties overseas with short notice deployment notification. Prior to his retirement Mr. Collins spent 8 years working in the field of intelligence in classified assignments working with and in support of Special Mission Units (SMU).

Since starting Black Ice in 1998, he has traveled to Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and to Central America providing personal protection services, consulting and training. Some of his clients include a former U.S. Ambassador, a corporate CEO, and several corporate business travelers. He has provided specialized security consulting and training services for foreign governments; he and his company are involved with staffing and support operations for the war against terrorism and for contingencies other than war – (such as the Katrina disaster) both in the U.S. and overseas.

Mr. Collins is 48 years old and enjoys his Harley Davidson motorcycles, and adventures of all sorts. He is a lifetime member of the UDT/SEAL Association; and he is a Past Master of Dale City Lodge No. 319, (Freemason) of the Grand Lodge of Virginia A. F. & A. M.

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Professional Affiliations
Board Member - Executive Security International (ESI) Alumni Association
Member - Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO)
Adjunct Instructor - Executive Security International (ESI)
Lifetime Member - UDT/SEAL Association
Member - Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP)
Member - Private Investigators Association of Virginia (PIAVA)

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