John O. Bolen
Board of Advisors
John O. Bolen is the Chief Executive Officer for Sciath Security and its subsidiaries, Redcon Solutions Group, Vigilant North, and Kellington Protection. He entered this position after six years in the private sector as Senior Director and Vice President at Constellis. He served there as a global security and investigations Executive, responsible for a significant business and operations portfolio approaching $1B in annual revenue.
John retired in September 2019 from federal government service. He was a member of the United States Senior Executive Service, retiring as an Assistant Director of the United States Marshals Service. Over the course of his nearly 23-year career with the Department of Justice, John garnered many national awards and formal recognition for his diverse and expansive operational experiences and achievements, having held ten different assignments spread evenly between the field and headquarters. He is widely accepted as an expert in protective intelligence investigations, threat management, and physical and technical security, having previously been personally responsible for the security of the Third Branch of the United States Government (Federal Judiciary), as well as a voting member to the Interagency Security Committee. He finished his federal law enforcement
career leading the Judicial Security Division and Office of Professional Responsibility, while simultaneously reporting directly to the Office of the Director as the agency’s designated Federal Senior Intelligence Coordinator, Chief Compliance Officer, and Director of Internal Affairs.
Additionally, John’s devotion to service includes retiring as a decorated Intelligence Officer from the United States Navy Reserve, in November 2020. He has 28 combined years of distinguished active and reserve service as both a former enlisted and officer, including six years of active duty at the famed Naval Special Warfare Development Group in Virginia Beach, VA. He retired as a Commander from the Naval Information Forces Reserve Region Washington, DC located at Joint Base Andrews, MD., after completing a distinguished command tour as the Commanding Officer of the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Detachment 0174 at the United States Southern Command located in Doral, FL. His two most recent duty assignments prior to that were as a plank owner and Executive Officer for the Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Reserve Activity at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, and as the Director of the Naval Intelligence Training Center, Defense Intelligence Agency, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, DC.
Furthermore, John’s commitment to service has continued in the private non-profit sector. He is the Past Chair and current member of the Board of Directors for the U.S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund, where he helps raise and manage millions of dollars in charitable contributions for distribution to survivors of those killed in the line of duty supporting the missions of the United States Marshals Service. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer for the Federal Protective Service Association, an organization dedicated to honoring and supporting the brave employees and contractors of the Federal Protective Service who have served and sacrificed for our nation.
John’s educational achievements include a Master of Public Administration from Troy University (1997) and graduating Magna Cum Laude and member of the Delta Epsilon Sigma College National Honor Society with a Bachelor of Science (Criminology) from Saint Leo University (1994). Additionally, he is a graduate of the United States Naval War College (2014) and the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar at the United States Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (2012).
