Eric is a decorated military and law enforcement veteran with 35 years of professional public safety experience. He has served in the U.S. Army Infantry, a municipal police department and the past 31 years with the Connecticut State Police. His last assignment was as the commanding officer of the state police training academy. During his career, Eric has held numerous administrative and operational assignments which has provided the necessary leadership framework for his training programs. Eric is a proud graduate of the FBI National Academy Session 273. He is the first "civilian" to graduate the USCG Chief Petty Officer Academy in Petaluma, CA where he received the coveted “Spirit of the Chief Award”. He is an alumnus of the USCG Academy Senior Leadership Principles Course and Harvard-Kennedy School of Executive Education- Art and Practice of Leadership. Eric serves as an advisor to the USCG Leadership Development Center and past faculty for the U.S. Navy Advanced Management Program (AMP). He has guest lectured at the FBI National Academy (Quantico) on topics of leadership analytics, leading at risk employees, human performance, and developing psychological capital (PsyCap). Eric holds a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) from the University of Hartford; Master of Science (M.S.), Organizational Leadership; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication. He is a life-long learner and his doctoral research focused on "Psychological Capital: Law Enforcement Leadership Strategies to Mitigate Traumatic Incident Stress Among Police Officers." He has taught leadership and human performance analytics to hundreds of organizations and thousands of private and public service employees across the United States and internationally.