About Intercept
The Company
Intercept Technical Assessment and Response is a company founded by Lars Skinner in 2000, to provide consulting services on a variety of security and WMD-response issues. Intercept has worked with clients on diverse projects ranging from facility vulnerability assessments to executive protection assignments, from evaluating response team effectiveness to creating new course material for First Responders nationwide.
About Lars Skinner
Lars Skinner has worked in the security and hazardous materials fields for the last 17 years, including serving on the San Diego regional hazmat response team (HIRT), the Metropolitan Medical Strike Team (MMST), and the San Diego Urban Search and Rescue Team (USAR). His areas of expertise include facility security vulnerability assessment, public health threat and risk assessment, hazmat response and chemical / biological weapons. He has designed training programs for the DoD at Dugway Proving Ground, as well as course material for the DHS on bioterrorism and WMD threat/risk assessment. He is an instructor for the State of California Office of Emergency Services / CSTI, and the Department of Justice Domestic Preparedness Programs at Texas A&M and Louisiana State Universities. He has published a number of articles on these subjects. He has a BA in Molecular Biology, and a MS in Toxicology; he is currently completing work on a MS in Security Engineering.
Mr. Skinner has conducted a number of physical and operational security assessments, particularly from a chemical/biological weapons standpoint, and consulted to various domestic response teams and foreign militaries. He has also worked in the executive protection field, both domestically and abroad, on a variety of large assignments for individuals and organizations. Prior to his civilian work in the hazmat field, he served in the Marine Corps as an AH-1W Cobra pilot. He has served in an Army Reserves Special Operations unit (including a deployment to Iraq in 2004), and currently serves in a unit that advises the National Command Authority on WMD and consequence management issues.
Our Goal
We are committed to providing the highest level of service in order to exceed our client’s expectations. We bring technical expertise, integrity, and years of experience to bear on solving whatever problems and challenges face our clients. Our goal is the complete satisfaction of our clients, by ensuring a safe, secure facility and operational environment for the employees and the corporation or agency at risk.