William F. "Bill" Blake

Our Colorado State Operations Director is William F. Blake, CPP, CFE, President Blake and Associates, Inc.

Mr. Blake, a native of Vermont, is a graduate of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Police Administration.  He also holds a Master of Science degree in Foundations of Education from Troy State University, Troy, Alabama.

He is a retired Chief Warrant Officer of the U.S. Army where he served as a Military Intelligence Special Agent and a Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent in supervisory and management positions.  While a member of the U.S. Army, he was responsible for designing and implementing a revised and expanded curriculum for the criminal investigation course attended by members of the Department of Defense.  As a military instructor, he was responsible for instruction in investigative, administrative and management subjects to investigators, managers and senior military officers.

Following retirement from the U.S. Army, Mr. Blake was employed as a security officer with a hospital before accepting a position as Security Manager and Investigator for a major bank.  In this capacity, he was responsible for physical security, guard force operations, and investigations.  Following a merger with another financial institution, he was assigned as a Regional Security Manager with responsibility for 35 locations.

Mr. Blake was later employed as a Security Manager for a savings and loan association with state-wide responsibility for 25 locations.  With the demise of the savings and loan association, he became the Investigations Manager at a major financial institution before assuming responsibility in a newly created Disaster Recovery Manager position.  As Disaster Recovery Manager, he was responsible for developing disaster recovery plans for all business units within the Company.

After 12 years in security positions with financial institutions and subsequent to another merger, he established Blake and Associates, Inc., a private investigation and security consulting firm.  Blake and Associates, Inc., specialized in risk assessment and premises liability activities.

From 2000 to 2002, he was President of Prism International, Inc., a security consulting firm with a national and international clientele.
Mr. Blake has more than 40 years experience in civil and criminal investigations, bank security, executive protection, loss prevention, disaster recovery planning, counterintelligence operations, security risk analysis, and security training.

Mr. Blake currently holds a Top Secret security clearance issued by the United States Department of Defense.

He has attended criminal investigation, counterintelligence, corporate security, and management courses sponsored by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, University of Alabama, Michigan State University, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Jacksonville State University, Troy State University, Georgia Police Academy, Bank Administration Institute, American Bankers Association, International Association of Chief of Police, Executive Protection Institute, American Society for Industrial Security, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, National Crime Prevention Institute, International Association of Credit Card Investigators, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Mr. Blake has been designated as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) by the American Society for Industrial Security and as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  He was a member of the Board of Directors, Georgia Chapter, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (1990, 1993). He was an organizer of the Central Savannah River Chapter, American Society for Industrial Security (1985), Chapter Vice Chairman (1986), Chairman (1987) and Regional Seminar Planning Representative (1986 - 1988).

Author:  "Making Recovery A Priority," Security Management, American Society for Industrial Security, April 1992; "Securing Premises from Liability Risks," Risk Management, Risk and Insurance Management Society, September 1994; "Putting a Lid on Premises Liability," Security Management, American Society for Industrial Security, January 1996; "Safety First:  A Premises Liability Primer," Journal of Property Management, Institute of Real Estate Management, July/August, 1996, (Journal of Property Management Non-Member Article of the Year Second Place Award, 1996); "Security Personnel: Cost Versus Quality," Journal of Property Management,  July/August, 1998; co-author with Walter F. Bradley, Esq., JD, Premises Security:  A Guide for Security Professionals and Attorneys, published by Butterworth-Heinemann.