Hank Christen - Active Shooter 360, LLC
Human Performance Technology Consultant

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Hank Christen - Active Shooter 360, LLC Human Performance Technology Consultant	Expertise and Experience Highlights: Doctor of Education - University of West Florida Doctoral Specialty in Human Performance Technology Analysis Team Member - Boston Marathon Attack Former Unit Commander FL-1 DMAT Federal Disaster Team Response to WTC

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Dr. Hank Christen has been a consultant in the fields of emergency response and counter-terrorism for Department of Defense agencies, federal response agencies, and local government public safety agencies since 2000.

He was previously a Battalion Chief for the Atlanta Fire Department and Director of Emergency Services for Okaloosa County, Florida. He was also Director of Emergency Response Operations for Unconventional Concepts Inc., served as Unit Commander for the Gulf Coast Disaster Medical Assistance Team (FL-1 DMAT) and responded to twelve national level disasters including the 2001 World Trade Center Attack. Throughout his career he developed and implemented policies in collaboration with senior government executives in diverse areas such as the National Disaster Medical System, county and state administrators and universities.

In 2015 he worked on an analysis team of the Boston Marathon Attack. He is currently engaged with Paul Maniscalco in writing three additional books related to incident command and mass casualty response.

Hank Christen is a Miami native, completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, and graduated as a Doctor of Education in 2009 at the University of West Florida. His doctoral specialty is Human Performance Technology.

Dr. Christen serves as a consultant with AS360™ reviewing online Learning Management System Programs and evaluating human performance through the use of AS360 exclusive Active Shooter Simulator Training. In addition, Dr. Christen assists with incident analysis, core competency assessments, incident lessons learned implementations, and AS36™ Technical Reports.

Writing and Teaching Experience:

• Co-Author: The EMS Incident Management System (Brady)
• Co-Author: Understanding Terrorism and Managing its Consequences (Prentice Hall)
• Co-Author: Terrorism Response, Field Guide for Law Enforcement (Prentice Hall)
• Co-Author: National Incident Management System, Principles and Practices (Jones and Bartlett)
• Co-Author: Homeland Security, Principles and Practice of Terrorism Response (Jones and Bartlett)
• National level conference speaker for over twenty years
• Former Contributing Editor for Firehouse Magazine
• Published over 30 Technical Journal Articles
• Deputy Director of the Disaster Health Policy Program (DHP), University of South Florida
• Affiliate faculty member with The George Washington University Medical School
• Affiliate faculty member with Capella University
• Affiliate faculty member with Pensacola State College
• Affiliate faculty member with Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education, University of Miami
• Currently engaged with Paul Maniscalco in writing additional books related to ICS and mass casualty

National Level Disaster Response:
Original Unit Commander for Gulf Coast DMAT (Currently FL-1 DMAT)
12 National Level Disaster Responses Including:

• World Trade Center Attacks on 9-11
• Atlanta Olympic Bombing
• U.S. Virgin Islands Hurricane Response
• Miami Hurricane Andrew Response

Policy Development and Executive Government Collaboration:

• Former member of the Department of Defense, Defense Science Board (Transnational Threats)
• Member of the National Disaster Medical System
• Former member of U.S. Army Interagency Board for Medical Logistics
• Former member of the Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University