JOHN PUZZO :
75 Williams Street, Plainville, CT 06062
860.846.0398
I. Department of Defense War on Terror 2004-2007
WAR ON TERROR : 2004 - 2007
Security Specialist/Counter Terrorism Operator, US Department of Defense GS 12 rating July 2004 - October 2007; Joint Task Force-7, Multi-National Corps, Iraq; Crucible, Erinys, and CRC Certified; Immunization record is current (2013) for operations in Latin America, Asia, Africa, East Asia, and the Middle East. Interim Security Clearance through Blackwater, USA (2006).
ANTI-TERRORST OPERATIONS:
Personal Security Details - Force Protection Operations - Security Patrol Operations - Convoy and Security Escorts - Residential Security Operations - Emergency and Contingency Response - Entry Control – Checkpoint Operations - Surveillance/Counter Surveillance Operations.
ERINYS IRAQ CONTRACT OPERATOR/GS 13
Erinys Iraq is a British security company with global experience in nationwide security projects, personal protection, training, and site security. High Threat Close Protection Counter Terror Operative to the Command Staff, Gulf Region Central, US Army Corps of Engineers, Baghdad
DYNCORP CONTRACT OPERATOR/GS 12
DynCorp International LLC / Iraq, is a premier, front line PSD contractor for the US State Department and the Department of Defense. High Threat Close Protection Counter Terror Operative – ESS Project; traveled Iraq on a very active project, 25,000 kilometers in high threat areas; experienced in route planning, mission execution, and liaison with Iraqi counterparts.
CCI. CONTRACT OPERATOR /GS 12
CCI is an international company providing a variety of armed security, surveillance, and force protection services. High Threat/Armed Personal Escort to USA Environmental ordnance engineers in support of the Captured Enemy Ammunition Project, Joint Task Force 7. Armed Convoy Security: Protect and defend USAE convoys (ordnance and personnel) from attack through non-permissive territory. Checkpoint/Entry Control; Perimeter access; Security and defense of USAE fixed installations.
InfraGard Operator Current
FBI/InfraGard: The InfraGard supports the organization and development of rapid response/rapid recovery planning for the State of Connecticut emergency preparedness mission. In Connecticut, the InfraGard supports FBI, DEMHS, US Coast Guard, US Attorney, DHS, and FEMA within National Infrastructure Protection priorities in disaster preparedness, counterterrorism, foreign counterintelligence, and cyber crime.
John J. Puzzo Military Service Record
US Army (Regular Army), 1968 - 1971 HONORABLE DISCHARGE
Continental Unites States
3rd ARMY: Basic Training – Ft. Campbell, KY; (1968)
Payload Engineer Training / DMOS 88H - Fort Eustis, VA. (1969)
United States Navy: USNTC San Diego, CA (1969)
(Basic Diver Training / DMOS 00B30; attended)
6th ARMY: Fort Ord, CA (Armorer’s Training / DMOS 76Y) (1969)
3rd ARMY: Ft. Belvoir, VA, C Co., 11th Engr. Bn. / DMOS 12B20 (1971)
1st ARMY: USAMY RESERVE (Inactive Reserve) (1971 - 1974)
USMA, West Point: TDY from 11th Combat Engineers (June-August, 1971)
Overseas Service in the Republic of Viet Nam, in three campaigns (1970):
4th INFANTRY DIVISION, USARV; II CTZ, RVN (Central Highlands)
Primary MOS: 76Y20 (Armorer)
Duty MOS: 11B1P; 11B10; 12B20; 05B; 64A
5/16th Field Artillery: (January – May, 1970)
Armed Convoy Security/Advanced Party; RTO (Forward Observer Team*); Counter Mortar/Sapper Patrol (SRP) launched from Camp Enari, Pleiku Province & Camp Radcliff, (An Khe) Binh Khe Province
*2/8th Infantry (MECH): (May, 1970)
(Attached from 5/16th Artillery): RTO, Artillery Forward Observer Team. / DMOS 05B
K Co. (RANGER), 75th Inf. (Airborne): (April, 1970, training; June- August, assigned with orders, Permanent Change of Station) Scout/Observer; Sniper / DMOS 11B1P
HHC, 4th Infantry Division / DMOS 64A (September, 1970)
B Company, 4th Combat Engineer Bn; / DMOS 12B20 (October, 1970)
1/14th Infantry Bn (RECON Platoon) / DMOS 11B10 (Nov/Dec., 1970)
VIET NAM WAR CAMPAIGNS:
Winter - Spring OFFENSIVE ……………….1 November 1969 - 30 April 1970
Sanctuary COUNTEROFFENSIVE….……....1 May - 30 June 1970
COUNTEROFFENSIVE Phase VII….……….l July 1970 - 30 June 1971
John Puzzo Foreign and Domestic Operations
Military and Contracted Operations
· 1968-1971: US Army (Regular Army) Triple Volunteer (US Army, Airborne, Requested service in Republic of Viet Nam)
· 1970 Viet Nam (US Army, 5 combat units: Artillery, Infantry, Combat Engineers, RANGER)
· 1974 (Europe – Paris, France, Rome, Malta, Tunisia)
· 1975 Mexico
· 1976 (Hartford, CT – World Jai Alai – Winter Hill Gang investigation
· 1977 (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia – M-19/FARC operation; Richard Starr, US Peace Corp Worker, Kidnapping
· 1978 - 1979 (Boston, MA – Winter Hill Operation/Phase II)
Special Skills
· Close Quarter Combat/Armed & Unarmed
· Multi Lingual
· Familiarity with Aboriginal groups on three continents
· Ability to appear as native in multiple cultural/linguistic settings
· Explosives proficient, US Army Trained Combat Engineer US Army MOS12A-20 (1970)
· Weapons: Trained by US Army Small Arms Armorer program, FT. Ord, CA (1969) and in combat weapons applications.
· US Army Sniper School Graduate (RVN 1970)
· Contract Operator; Surveillance/Counter Surveillance operator (1974-1975, Europe/Mexico; 1978-1979 Latin America; domestic organized crime counter surveillance,1976;1978-1979
· Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004-2007:High Threat Close Protection Security Operator/Non-permissive or denied areas)
· Evasive/Counter Terror Motor vehicle operator (multiple platforms)
· Communications proficient (SW, UHF/VHF, SATCOM)
· Edged Weapons Close Combat (Trained as collegiate athlete in foil/saber)
· Parachutist Qualified
Insurance and Investment Broker (1996-2013…18 years continuous in profession)
Current Service: RETIRED but on active roles of the FBI ‘InfraGard’ critical infrastructure/rapid response program.
JOHN PUZZO EDUCATION
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (1973-1981)
B.A., American History, 1977; graduate work in history; additional focus in Languages, Anthropology, Psychology, Latin American Studies.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut: (1972)
Major area of Study: French
Sorbonne, Paris, France (1974)
Area of Study: French culture, French history.
L’Alliance Francaise (1974)
Paris, France
Area of Study: French Language and Linguistics.
Centro des Artes Y Lenguas Espanoles (1975)
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Area of Study: Spanish Language and Linguistics.
University of the Americas (1975)
Puebla, Mexico
Area of Study: Spanish Language; anthropology, Mexican history.
Adams State College (1976)
Alamosa, Colorado
Area of Study: Mexican Studies.
Art Institute of Boston (1979)
Boston, Massachusetts
Area of Study: Photography.
Boston University (1979)
Boston, Massachusetts
Area of study: Mathematics and computer science.
Fluency achieved in four foreign languages:
French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Two dialects: French Canadian and Sicilian Italian
Proficient in 4 native languages on four continents acquired from aboriginal speakers:
Rhade – Language of Indigenous Mountain People of Viet Nam, Western Highlands
Quechua – Language if the Inca, Andes Mountain Region
Nauhatl – Language of the Aztec, Mexico
Sioux - Language of the Lakota People, South Dakota, USA
Conversational Proficiency achieved in Arabic, 2004-2006, In Iraq
JOHN J. PUZZO BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY STATEMENT: FINRA Series 24, 7, 63, and 65 Securities licenses; Licensed in Life, Accident & Health and Variable Life Insurance and Annuity products. Seventeen years experience in private and corporate/government markets in retail and wholesale business as general securities principal, investment advisor representative, registered representative, and insurance producer.
• Retirement / Estate Planner.
• Employee Benefits Consultant
• Wholesaler, Mutual Funds and Annuities.
• Designer, tax advantaged financial planning illustrations.
• Qualified Plan (403(b), 457) and Corporate Plan (401(k) sales.
• Consultant, 404(c) Indemnification.
• Single Premium Immediate Annuity sales.
• Key Employee/Business Continuation Consultant.
• Variable Universal Life sales.
• Fixed/Variable Annuity sales.
• Long Term Care sales
• Life, Accident, & Health Insurance sales.
MW Financial Group/Guardian Life Insurance 2008-2012
Founded in 1983, MW Financial Group, Ltd. is an independent financial services firm that provides risk management and investment planning services to businesses and individuals. The firm employs approximately 70 associates and staff in its corporate headquarters in Farmington, CT. (Source: http://www.mwfinancial.com/new/mwfinancial/; MW Financial Group Website; citation date 19 February 2009.)
Lincoln Financial Group/Sagemark Consulting 2006 - 2007
A Fortune 500 company, LFG has over 100 years of experience and $220 billion in assets under management. Sagemark Consulting, a premier fee-based financial planning firm, is a subsidiary of LFG and proprietary owner of high net worth financial planning architecture.
Principal in Private Practice: Present
Connecticut & Florida Registrations, responsible for all office functions
including compliance, marketing, and sales of insurance, investment, and
financial planning products.
Registered Securities Principal / Branch Manager
Wealth Planning Advisor
Risk Management Consultant
Fairport Capital, Inc./Fairport Advisors, Inc. 2004 -2006; Present
Fairport is an innovative, small firm providing full-spectrum financial solutions to businesses and individuals.
• Principal in Private Practice, Connecticut & Florida Registrations
o Registered Principal / Branch Manager
o Investment Advisor Representative
o Independent Insurance Producer
MassMutual Financial, Inc. 2004
• Consultant in Private Practice
o Breakpoint Analyst on a NASD-initiated project to review Mutual Find Purchases and breakpoint compliance.
o Independent Insurance Producer
AON/Worksite Solutions 2004
AON is an international company providing supplemental voluntary benefits with $8B in Annual Premium
• Account Executive/Benefits Consultant
o Provided supplemental health insurance consulting and employee benefit sales services to companies and individuals.
Money Concepts Capital Corp., Groton/New London, CT: 2002 - 2003
MCCC is an international financial planning company with over $50B in assets under management.
• Principal in Private Practice
o Registered Principal / Branch Manager
o Independently owned financial planning practice.
o Provided a broad portfolio of insurance, investment, and financial planning services from many leading Financial Services companies.
ING/Aetna Financial Services, Hartford, CT: 1998–2001
ING is a top ten multi-national financial services company with $360B in assets and $2B in annual sales.
• Internal Wholesaler – Aeltus Mutual Funds and Aetna/ING Annuities.
o Managed 4 states with Northeast and Central regional vice-presidents on short-term and strategic sales efforts.
o Achieved $8M - $20M annual sales growth in mutual funds, bond funds, and in fixed and Variable annuities.
o Coordinated field and home office activities in all phases of contract development in my territories.
o Initiated licensing and appointment of new reps and broker dealers.
o Reviewed large case contracts ($1M +) for internal guidelines/approval and for compliance regulations.
o Designed complex financial illustrations daily for field producers who used them as sales tools.
o Partnered with National Accounts, Key Brokers & Focus Firms to drive sales and expand established territories.
o Developed external transfer expertise to win business from competitors and provide top service to clients.
o Consulted daily on nationwide, inbound broker calls, in addition to assigned territory wholesaler duties.
o Created 24 product manuals later developed by the unit for daily operations and new-hire training.
Travelers/Citigroup 1998
Travelers/Citigroup is a financial services company with $386B in assets and $20B in stockholder equity.
• Registered Representative
o Advised clients on the investor services Annuity desk, Asset Retention Team.
o Created financial illustrations for clients, broker dealers, and producers.
Sun America Securities, Inc., Fairfield, CT: 1998
Sun America is a $121B subsidiary of AAA rated AIG.
• Registered Representative/Registered Investment Advisor Representative
• Independent Insurance Producer
• Individual Practice Designer
o Developed market survey of fixed and variable annuities for high net worth clientele.
o Created data base of high net worth clients with state of the art technology and software.
o Designed and implemented strategic target-market sales plan.
American Express Financial Advisors/IDS Life, Waterbury, CT: 1996 - 1997
AEFA is a leading provider of financial planning services.
• Registered Rep./ Insurance Producer/ Registered Investment Advisor Rep.
o Signed 24 clients with a total of $3.2M in sales in first year.
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