CCI’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Bob Klamser
Bob Klamser is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Crisis Consulting International. Bob is retired from a 23-year law enforcement career, during which he held a wide range of responsibilities including command of a criminal investigation unit, command of a hostage negotiation team and command of the operations section of a municipal government’s emergency operations center. In addition to his responsibilities with Crisis Consulting International, Bob has served as missions pastor and administrator of a large Southern California church. He also serves on the Professional Services Network for Missio Nexus.
Bob has presented training seminars and conducted consultations involving hundreds of organizations throughout the world. He has personally participated in hostage negotiations in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He has provided other crisis management and security services throughout the world.
Bob earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in management and executive leadership. He has published professional articles and has conducted pre-publication editorial review for two international security management books. He is a frequent conference and workshop speaker and has appeared as an expert commentator and as a technical consultant on several major television networks. Bob and his wife, a retired police officer, reside in Southern California.
CCI’S Consultants
For security reasons, CCI does not list all team members’ names or share detailed information that would unnecessarily raise their profiles. However, individually and collectively, CCI’s team consists of experts with many years of global, “on-the-ground” security and crisis management experience. CCI’s team has more than 350 years of combined law enforcement, military, security management, intelligence, investigations, risk management, and/or crisis management experience. The team’s specialized experience and expertise includes: tactical team commanders, emergency managers, crisis managers, security directors, bomb technicians, threat assessment specialists, hostage negotiators, counter-surveillance experts, chaplains and pastors, mission and mobilization leaders, training directors, interview and interrogation experts, criminal investigators, and risk management leaders. Collectively, CCI’s team has conducted hundreds of projects for more than 200 faith-based organizations in more than 65 countries.