Our Team
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Bobby Burns
Bobby served ten years in the U.S. Army Special Forces as an 18B Weapons Sergeant and Combat Diver with 5th Special Forces Group (5th SFG (A)) Fort Campbell, KY. He also served in the 1st Special Warfare Training Group, Fort Bragg, NC.
While with 5th SFG(A), Bobby was deployed overseas four times in the group’s area of responsibility, including Afghanistan and Lebanon. Upon completing his tenure with 5th SFG(A), Bobby served three years as a Small Unit Tactics instructor as part of the Special Forces Qualification Course in Camp Mackall, NC. While there, he honed his skills to teach, coach, and mentor hundreds of prospective Special Forces soldiers to garner the framework necessary to be successful leaders and elite-level warriors in combat.
As the team’s long-range marksman, weapons expert, and tactical advisor, Bobby brought his skill set to work closer to home. Transitioning from the military in 2019, he has attained a merchant mariner credential and is continuing his education towards his professional degree. He currently enjoys spending time with his family and his four German Shepherds on the water, as well as traveling.
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Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons is a highly decorated 20 year veteran in the US Army. He initiated his career in military intelligence but has served the last 12 years as a Special Forces Green Beret medic. Dan has multiple combat deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Jordan. Spending five years in the elite specialized unit called CRF earned him qualifications in advanced reconnaissance and target exploitation SFARTAETC, sniper qualifications SFSC, and Special Purpose Breaching. Medical credentials as an 18D, Special Forces Medical Sergeant, include the Advanced Tactical Practitioner, ACLS, BLS, and PEPP. Dan is well versed in TCCC and TECC and has co-authored training doctrine for multiple military units.
Dan has spent three years as an instructor at the John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in Fort Bragg, NC, teaching current and future Green Berets on behalf of our great nation.
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Robert Luzzi
Mr. Luzzi is a retired Special Agent-in-Charge with over 25 years of professional law enforcement and intelligence experience focused on National Security-related investigations involving Nuclear Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missile Delivery Systems, Bio-Chemical, State Sponsors of Terrorism, and Foreign Policy concerns. He has a global breadth of perspective on complex investigations and led and managed diverse teams of special agents and intelligence professionals conducting national and international investigations.
Prior to joining the Office of Export Enforcement, Mr. Luzzi was a Special Agent/Security Specialist with the Department of Commerce, Office of Security, where he served on the lead on the Secretary’s Executive Protection Detail. He was also trained by the CIA’s Analytical Risk Management Team providing him with the training and skills necessary to conduct complex physical security assessments focused on protecting the agency’s facilities, property, information, and personnel assets in accordance with Federal standards and regulations within the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. He routinely evaluated and certified risk assessment surveys; prioritized the physical security mission objectives; identified critical classified information risks, analyzed threats and vulnerabilities in order to provide the application of appropriate countermeasures in all areas of physical, information, and operational security.
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Eddie Rodriguez
Amilcar served 20 years in the military as a Special Operations Medic for Marine Corps Special Operations and Naval Special Warfare units. During this time, Amilcar completed deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and several African countries and served as a Medical Instructor at the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center in Fort Bragg, NC. He earned the prestigious Silver Star during combat operations. Since retiring from the military, Amilcar has worked in EMS Education, Military Medicine, and Disaster Response. He plays chess, reads, does outdoor activities with his family, and most water sports in his free time.
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