Leadership

Walter Watson

Walter is a military veteran and subsequenly focused over 17 years applying problem-solving skills he obtained from performing as U.S. Navy shipboard electrician with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Operation and Maintenance Division. This career path led Walter from being an industrial electrician/fire alarm technician to a program development officer, managing various facility management operations. His most revealing duties included electrical power distribution centers, performing as a liaison and team lead for facilities management on a NASA wide Integrated Asset Management Program, and serving as a traveling Strategic Asset Team Member and liaison on a SAP Enterprise Resource Planning implementation project.

After Walter’s NASA career, he became an IBEW Local 26 fire alarm supervisor where he installed and managed operations for installations throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia. A few of his most prominent Fire Alarm and Building Automation Projects include: the Balfour Beatty Construction deliverance of Washington, DC’s first LEED Platinum Core and Shell (CS) Certified office building located on 700 Sixth St., and a complete system upgrade to the National Air and Space Museum’s fire and building automation systems.

Al Thomas

Al is a highly accomplished and decisive senior executive with 20+ years of progressive leadership experience and demonstrated success streamlining business operations including financial control, budgets, analytic forecasting, strategic planning and performance measurement.
Additionally, Al has 30 years’ experience in Local Law Enforcement and Military/Protection Services. He is a retired Police Chief and served active duty in the U.S. Air Force and was highly trained in observation, detection, monitoring and risk management assessment.
Al oversees the Protective Services Division as his background reflects a results-oriented law enforcement professional with a bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice from LaSalle University and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Computer Information Systems Minor) from Averett University. He is a graduate of the Administrative Officers Management Program at North Carolina State University, the Professional Executive Leadership School at the University of Richmond, and the Tennessee Law Enforcement Executive Development Course sponsored by the FBI National Academy. He also served over 15 years as a Certified Leadership Instructor with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services.