Triple Canopy, Inc.
The company s website claims that it delivers a broad range of security and risk management services including assessments, training, crisis management, protective, and support services. The company was founded in 2003, and it is best known for its work in the Iraq War, which earned it over $90 million. It has as subsidiaries Global Solutions 3D and Gesecur SAC, which it contracted to search for mercenaries in South America. Clayton, the negotiator credited with securing the release of Thomas R.From bankers to Green Berets, from technologists to management consultants, the one thing in common is that coveted combination of ability, character and intelligence. Some of the members of this eclectic group have included: On September 7, 2005, four security professionals contracted by Triple Canopy were killed while in protective security operations for the U.S. The name also refers to the original business plan of using special operations veterans to deliver jungle warfare training under contract to the U.S.
While unconfirmed, the term may also allude to the roots of the founders as special operations veterans. This story was popularized in the motion picture Proof of Life In March, 2009, Triple Canopy was awarded an additional task order under the WPPS IDIQ valued at $977 million. Triple Canopy is now an ISO 9001:2000-certified company. .
Department of State awarded Triple Canopy contracts to provide security at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and to protect diplomats in Haiti, Israel, and Basrah under the Worldwide Personal Protective Services (WPPS) contract, an Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contract. In 2007, Triple Canopy acquired Clayton Consultants, Inc., a crisis management security consultancy offering incident response, security consulting and training services. The original plan by Triple Canopy s founders to offer a training venue in Belize never materialized. With the onset of hostilities in Iraq, the founders recognized a different kind of demand from the U.S.
Hermanson’s family is alleging Triple Canopy misled them about how he died, perhaps to cover up faulty electrical wiring at the firm’s facilities. La Tribuna revealed in its headlines on September 18, 2005 that the Lepaterique base in Honduras was being used as a training center for mercenaries employed by Your Solutions, a Triple Canopy subsidiary. government for specialized expertise to secure assets in high-threat environments, and shifted the focus of the company s talent pool on answering that demand.
The name Triple Canopy specifically refers to layered protection (commonly referred to as defence in depth or concentric rings theory). The term triple canopy refers to the array of patches worn by a soldier with Special Forces, Ranger, and Airborne qualifications.
The tabs for each specialty stack on the left shoulder of the uniform, and the descriptive term is common vernacular in the special operations community. Early promotional materials from Triple Canopy described their founding team as an eclectic group of individuals from a dizzying array of backgrounds. Clayton is the exclusive provider of crisis management pre-incident and response services to American International Underwriters. The acquisition of Clayton marked the beginning of Triple Canopy s transformation from being Iraq-centric, to becoming a global provider of security and risk management services ranging from short-term consulting engagements to management of security mega-projects around the world. Clayton Consultants was originally founded by Thomas A.
Following these revelations, the Honduran authorities excluded, in September 2005, 105 Chilean mercenaries, who had entered the countries as tourists or businessmen and attended a training camp led by US and Chilean personnel in Lepaterique, 16 miles away from Tegucigalpa. Hargrove.
It is rumored that leadership at Triple Canopy has roots from the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta (commonly referred to as Delta Force). The name Triple Canopy was initially chosen to refer to the layered canopy jungle where some of the key founding members received their training; it also refers to the distinction among U.S. Triple Canopy is a private military company that provides global security and risk management services.
Army. From bankers to Green Berets, from technologists to management consultants, the one thing in common is that coveted combination of ability, character and intelligence. Triple Canopy first began providing services to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, in September 2003; In 2005, the U.S.
Army personnel of wearing the Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces tabs, if authorized, when assigned to Special Forces units. Early promotional materials from Triple Canopy described their founding team as an eclectic group of individuals from a dizzying array of backgrounds. The company was incorporated in Chicago, currently has its headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, and has presence in North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.
Department of State in Basra . A lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County by two former Triple Canopy employees in July 2006 claims that their shift leader (an unnamed former U.S serviceman) deliberately fired at vehicles and civilians in two incidents, saying it was his last day in Iraq and he was determined to kill, and that the company later fired the two employees for reporting what happened to the company s senior supervisor in Iraq, and blacklisted them from working in the industry. Adam Hermanson, an employee of Triple Canopy and US Air Force veteran died September 1, 2009, after apparently being electrocuting while taking a shower in his quarters at Triple Canopy’s base inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. The Honduran government had previously supported Triple Canopy, naming the Vice-minister of Labour Áfrico Madrid as intermediary between the administration and the firm. Following the closing of the Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC) in Panama in 1999, Triple Canopy was originally conceived to fill a perceived continuing demand from the U.S.
Army to engage in jungle operations training. Although operating in a highly specialized industry, Clayton Consultants is the second largest provider of crisis management consulting services, particularly as they relate to kidnap and ransom insurance policies.
