Speaker Bio

Andrew Wartell has over 35 years in the Intelligence and Security Community. With a strong focus on technology and reengineering to accomplish work efficiencies while increasing mission effectiveness, he has managed both defensive and positive operations activities with concentration on protecting assets in the overseas environment. He was the Intelligence Community expert on risk assessment and risk management in facility physical and technical security and represents industry in many government forums. His strengths include consensus building and facilitation across disciplines, offices and Agencies, matching capabilities and technologies from across government and industry to mission requirements.

Mr. Wartell spent the last four years as Vice President of Global Security and Director of Special Projects at Goldman Sachs where he provided facility physical and technical security design including the new $2.1 billion Goldman Sachs headquarters building in NYC; data centers in the US, Hong Kong, India and UK; and site selection and risk assessments for facilities, worldwide. He was liaison to the World Trade Center Master Security Plan design committee and Goldman representative to the NYPD Lower Manhattan Security Initiative. He led efforts in selecting and testing curtain walls for blast resistance and is currently the private industry representative to the DOD/TSWG/Blast Effects Working Group. Mr. Wartell retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2002. His final assignment was as Associate Director of the DCI/Center for Security Evaluation where he managed the DCIs physical, technical and counterintelligence security oversight of diplomatic construction, worldwide to include the US embassies in Moscow and Beijing. He was the Intelligence Community expert on the risk of surreptitious entry and had oversight of the US Government technical and HUMINT threat assessment process. Mr. Wartell has extensive overseas experience in both offensive and defensive intelligence operations.