Robert Saale Adjunct Instructor Justice, Law & Criminology
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management - University of Louisiana - Monroe
Master of Strategic Studies - United States Marine Corps War College - Bio
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Rob Saale is the founder and CEO of Star Consulting and Investigations LLC, an international security consulting and investigations firm in Alexandria, VA. Rob has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, law firms, and high-profile individuals regarding risk mitigation and security matters. In addition, Rob regularly consults with companies and individuals regarding both domestic and overseas security awareness, active assailant prevention and response, general threat analysis, and crisis response.
Before establishing the Star Consulting and Investigations, Rob had a distinguished federal law enforcement career over twenty-three years as an FBI Special Agent and executive leader. Rob served as the Director of the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, a U.S. Government Interagency organization directly responsible to the President of the United States for coordinating recovery efforts for U.S. hostages held abroad. Rob also served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of one of the FBI鈥檚 top 13 US-based field offices, established and served as the first chief of the FBI鈥檚 International Violent Crimes program and led the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force.
As a Special Agent, Rob investigated counter-terrorism matters, transnational gang cases, and violent crimes. In 2008, Rob was selected as the Federal Gang Investigator of the year by the Virginia Gang Investigators Association.
Throughout his career, Rob has been known for developing and embracing wholistic approaches in dealing with complicated issues. Rob believes in utilizing all available resources to include Federal, state, and local agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private individuals, in essence 鈥渢he whole of society鈥 to find a solution to the problem at hand. Rob鈥檚 employment of 鈥渨hole of society鈥 strategies has proven successful in addressing complex issues ranging from hostage recovery to
combating transnational criminal organizations.
Prior to joining the FBI, Rob served as an officer and aviator in the United States Army.
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