Mike Bauer is the Director of Corporate Security at Tomahawk Strategic Solutions. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in private sector corporate security and a global background in counterterrorism from his tenure as both a civilian and military intelligence officer. With an impressive 33-year career in security, Mr. Bauer has established himself as a seasoned professional adept at navigating the intricacies of both private and government security domains.
Mr. Bauer’s work history spans three decades, with a 16-year tenure at JPMorgan Chase & Co. where he served as the head of Physical Security for the Americas. In this role, he refined his expertise in physical security reviews, security design, and project management. His responsibilities included overseeing guard force operations, managing workplace violence programs and investigations, conducting pre-employment screening on both domestic and international fronts, crisis management, and implementing kidnap-for-ransom prevention and mitigation strategies. Mr. Bauer’s government career includes service at the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, where he operated in high-threat environments internationally, focusing on protecting US assets through physical security reviews, low-profile executive protection, surveillance detection, counter-surveillance operations, and training of both US and foreign personnel. Additionally, Mr. Bauer served in the US Army as a signals intelligence specialist stationed at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, with the 82nd Airborne Division. He graduated from the Defense Language Institute in San Francisco, with subsequent training at Brigham Young University, and he holds a B.A. in Criminology from the Ohio State University.
Mr. Bauer currently resides in Tennessee and enjoys backcountry hiking, camping, and traveling.