Ron Gazboda

CEO & Founder

With over two decades of combined military and private security experience, former Master Sergeant Ron Gazboda has dedicated his life to protecting others. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was assigned to several specialty units in Security Forces, one of them being the 820th Combat Operations Squadron, which is part of the Department of Defense's Immediate Response Force (IRF). The IRF is a rapid deployment force jointly maintained by the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, equipped and trained for joint airborne and air assault insertion operations, providing high-risk force protection and integrated base defense for expeditionary units.

Ron has extensive experience operating in hostile environments. He served in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). As Fire Team Leader, he planned , organized, and executed joint combat patrols, PSD operations, key leader engagements, and operations capturing Taliban Insurgents responsible for indirect fire and Improvised Explosive Device attacks.

While stationed in Washington D.C., as a Phoenix Raven, Ron directed Executive Aircraft Security Operations for the First Lady, the Speaker of the House, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the CIA Director, Senior Administration Officials, and Congressional Leaders on official travel, transiting more than 100 countries.