Founder & CEO
Thomasson is a highly decorated former federal agent with more than 25 years of national and international experience. He began his career in 1987 in the U. S. State Department where he spent five and a half years serving at various overseas posts. Scot’s assignments ranged from personal protection of high threat foreign dignitaries in the U.S. and U.S. officials overseas, United Nations duty, counterterrorism and counterintelligence work abroad, physical security design and the management of U.S. facilities and residences in several Central and South American countries.
Scot transferred to the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as a Special Agent assigned to the Colorado Springs Field Office.
During Scot’s 20+ years with the ATF he has served as the Resident Agent in Charge of Northern Indiana; Chief of the Firearms Enforcement Branch, ATF Headquarters; Director of the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Seattle Field Division; Acting Chief International Affairs Office, ATF Headquarters; Chief of the Public Affairs, ATF Headquarters and finally as the Chief of the Firearms Operations Division which is the program office that accounts for 80% of the agency’s mission.
During Scot’s 25 years with the federal government he has served as an operator with the Department of State’s Mobile Security Division, a Sniper with ATF’s Special Response Team, planned, participated and supervised numerous high risk operations, high threat protection details and sensitive investigations. Additionally he has orchestrated, developed, and executed successful media strategies when dealing with local, regional, and national critical incidents, public image crisis, political missteps and accidents that threaten a brand and market position.
Scot received the ATF Medal of Valor in 1995. He also is the recipient of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Annual Group Achievement Award in 1999, the ATF Distinguished Service Medal in 2000, the United States Attorney General’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Community Partnerships for Public Safety in 2005 and is a recipient of 15 Special Act Awards.