Executive Management
Mike St Andre
CEO/CFO
Mike St Andre is the CEO and CFO of Security Reconnaissance Team, Inc. Mr. St Andre has over 20 years of security management experience. Mr. St Andre earned his MBA at Clarkson University were he also played basketball. Mike is always looking to gain knowledge of the industry and constantly striving to stay on the cutting edge of technology. If you ask him, Mr. St Andre will tell you that our training programs are some of the best in the business and he is constantly going to seminars and training classes as well as meeting with prominent leaders in the field to evolve our training so we can keep up with the ever changing landscape of the security industry and achieve results thought impossible by most. Mike views all of SRT’s clients as members of the Security Reconnaissance Team family and values each partnership. In his free time Mike coaches, his son in basketball and mixed martial arts.
Bryan Bunch
Vice President
Bryan Bunch is the Vice President for Security Reconnaissance Team, Inc and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company. Bryan brings with him a vast knowledge of the Security Industry with over fourteen years of private sector security executive management. Bryan also has eight years’ experience in Federal Sector Law Enforcement. He is extremely well versed in Federal asset protection, and installation security and protection. During his career in the military, Bryan was an SRT (Special Reaction Team) member and Assistant Watch Commander. Bryan has a vast wealth of knowledge and experience in managing hundreds of security professionals in operations ranging from long term to quick turnarounds. Bryan has planned and implemented thousands of security plans for a multitude of projects. Providing our clients with the most comprehensive security solutions is a top priority for Mr. Bunch and it is why he participates in organizations such as: ASIS International, Community Association Institute (CAI), and the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS). Bryan is a lifelong Dallas Cowboys football fan.
Earl Portnoy
Director of Training
Earl Portnoy is the Director of Training for Security Reconnaissance Team and has been with the company since its beginnings in 2005. Earl has been involved with security and training of law enforcement, military, and civilian personnel since 1973. Mr. Portnoy served as a consultant to American Airlines and the Flight Attendant Union after the 9/11 tragedy. He authored the requirements for certification of private security officers in the state of Texas. Under the Department of Justice, Mr. Portnoy has written and taught curriculum for the Bosnian government. He also developed programs, wrote curriculum, and trained Federal Air Marshals, the Texas Army National Guard, local law enforcement agencies and their instructors.
SRT’s proprietary Applied Defenses and Preventative Tactics curriculum is the result of Earl Portnoy’s 30 years’ study of martial arts and over 20 years as a consultant to police departments nationwide.