CARDINAL POINT SECURITY GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CEO
- President
- CEO / President of Cardinal Point Homeland Security Group Inc.
Christopher Springfield is the CEO/President of Cardinal Point Homeland Security Group Inc. with over 30 years of industry experience. He oversees all aspects of company operations. He is a retired Deputy Chief of Police and has provided senior-level command leadership managing critical incidents such as Active Shooters, Barricaded Suspects, and Bomb Threats. He has created comprehensive police tactics curricula and trained police officers, military special operations teams, and security personnel. He has received several thousand hours of leadership, investigations, and tactical-related training and holds various instructor certifications. He is a United States Marine Corp. veteran and holds a Master of Science Degree in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Gooley is a retired Police Sergeant with 30 years of experience and an expert in fraud investigation, personal and institutional protection, and crisis planning and management. Along the way he served as a Sergeant of Special Detectives with the Montgomery County District Attorney's Drug Task Force, specializing in surveillance and plain-clothes drug interdiction. Mr. Gooley is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) through the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). He is an active member of the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO). He holds a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice specializing in Security Management from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Job Titles:
- Expert
- Senior Advisor, School Security Division
Steven Beck is a recognized regional expert in school security and a retired 40-year Lower Moreland Township Police Department lieutenant. His expertise includes being the Assistant Team Commander of the Eastern Montgomery County (Moreland Area) Special Weapons and Tactics Team. Additionally, he has years in emergency management, serving as a Deputy Coordinator at the municipal level. For the last 11 years, Mr. Beck served as a Montgomery County District Attorney's Office Sworn Special Detective, overseeing the coordination of school safety initiatives.
His list of accomplishments includes: the development of a county-wide School Safety Committee and coordinating the Montgomery County Bullying and Cyber-Bullying task force, and also establishing a partnership with the Montgomery County Intermediate unit to foster communication between the county's education leadership and law enforcement, while creating school safety and security protocols at the district and school building level. He has provided hundreds of training sessions to thousands of school personnel, facilitated tabletop exercises and drills, completed numerous site safety and security assessments and developed planning and preparedness capabilities. He has been a member of the Southeast Pennsylvania Regional Taskforce Safe Schools sub-committee, and most recently served as a co-chairperson. Steve a certified instructor in multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools. He is expertly trained in Management of Critical Incidents for Higher Education, in Critical Decision Making for Complex Coordinated Attacks (Rescue Taskforce Approach) and a certified instructor in ALICE (Armed Intruder Response).
Mr. Beck has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Temple University, is a graduate of FBI National Academy (210th Session) and is a United States Marine Corps Veteran. He has been recognized for his work by the Montgomery County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Montgomery County School Nurse Association, the Montgomery County District Attorney and the Montgomery County Commissioners.