About TAM-C

Three decades of being the first call. And often the last.

Trusted by 25% of all Fortune 500 companies worldwide, Western law enforcement, and fellow intelligence agencies, TAM-C is a private security and intelligence firm providing reconnaissance and field support to organizations whose operations cannot afford to fail.

30+
Years of operations
56
Countries with field reach
156
Active monitoring zones
ISO 27001
And SOC 2 compliance
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Leadership

A hand-picked, multi-national team of intelligence and security professionals who have operated in some of the world's most complex environments.

2 principals

Aaron Richman, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

Aaron Richman, PhD

Aaron has a celebrated career managing homeland security programs involving mass transit, aviation, healthcare, school safety, and emergency response in Israel, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the United States. He holds a PhD in public policy with a focus on homeland security management. After military tours in Israel, he was recruited into the Israeli National Police's Central Command for counter-narcotics and counterterrorism, and later managed NATO-sponsored counterterrorism projects, served with the US DHS on mass-casualty and WMD response, directed Philadelphia's WMD preparedness training, and developed terrorism-response exercises across Africa and Southeast Asia with the US State Department.

Ety Richman

CEO

Ety Richman

Having worked extensively in emergency management, diplomacy, and the IDF intelligence corps, Ety serves as CEO of TAM-C. She previously served under the Israeli deputy consul in Philadelphia and led emergency-medical training programs nationally. She has collaborated with NATO and EU teams on program management and R&D, and delivered training programs in homeland security, emergency management, disaster medicine, and intelligence across Israel, the US, Africa, and the UAE.

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Management

4 officers

Ceng Sagnic

Ceng Sagnic

Chief of Analysis

Ceng oversees TAM-C's analytical geopolitical security products, intellectual integrity, and intelligence-collection methodologies. He has held multiple positions of increasing responsibility since 2011, leading projects for corporate and intergovernmental clients in the Middle East, Africa, and North America. A regular commentator on Middle Eastern politics for international media, he has held research and editorial roles at think tanks and universities throughout his career.

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Dr. Charles Loftus

Dr. Charles Loftus

Chief of Operations

Dr. Loftus served as Police Officer, Special Investigator, Commander, Assistant Chief, and Chief over a 30-year career. He has overseen specialized investigative units including Anti-Money Laundering, Title III, Health Care Fraud, Public Corruption, and Special Agents on task forces - investigating complex fraud, money-laundering cartels, drug cartels, and supervising Southwest Border cross-border narcotics and human-trafficking investigations.

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Sigal Vaknin

Sigal Vaknin

Chief Financial Officer

Sigal leads TAM-C's financial strategy, planning, and operations - supporting the organization's financial health, scalability, and long-term growth. With deep corporate-finance experience in budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, she partners across functions to drive performance and align financial strategy with the company's long-term mission.

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Eyal Ben-Zion

Eyal Ben-Zion

Chief Technology Officer

A seasoned data-science leader with academic research and industry leadership credentials, Eyal specializes in building data teams and shipping products from MVP to scale. He holds a PhD, MSc, and BSc in Industrial Engineering & Management from Ben-Gurion University, with multiple US patents in predictive ML and time-series modeling. Prior roles include Algorithms Team Lead at Taboola, VP Research at CerebriAI, AI Consultant for the Israel Tax Authority, and Head of Data Science at Insait.io.

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Board of Advisors

Senior figures from clandestine service, special operations, aviation security, cybersecurity and Gulf statecraft.

5 advisors

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Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori

Gulf geopolitics and statecraft

Founder of the Strategists Center, a think tank focused on Middle Eastern geopolitical affairs, and Managing Director at Al-Mansoori Consultancy. Previously a member of the UAE Federal National Council, pioneer of the UAE space sector, and founder of Dubai Consultancy. He founded the Crossroads of Civilizations museums to promote multiculturalism, tolerance, and coexistence.

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CH

Charles "Sonny" Hudson

CIA clandestine service, ret.

Retired Senior Intelligence Operations Officer (SIS) with 31+ years in the CIA's Directorate of Operations / National Clandestine Service. Charles served multiple tours throughout Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East as operator, instructor, manager, and Senior Executive. Post-retirement he led international security at Anadarko Petroleum, retiring as Director of Corporate Security.

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ER

Major General Edward M. Reeder Jr.

US Army Special Forces, ret.

Retired from the US Army after nearly 35 years as a Special Forces Officer, commanding at every level for 30 years. Served as Commanding General of US Army Special Forces Command (15,000 soldiers, $450M budget) deploying Green Berets to 56 countries, and Commanding General of the JFK Special Warfare Center. Combat command across El Salvador, Panama, and multiple tours in Afghanistan including the Special Operations Joint Task Force / NATO SOCC-Afghanistan.

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GK

Gary Kessler, PhD

Cybersecurity and maritime cyber

President of Gary Kessler Associates, principal consultant at Fathom5, retired professor of cybersecurity. Chief of the Cyber Augmentation Branch in the Cybersecurity Directorate of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, guest faculty at the US Coast Guard Academy, and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Author of three books including Maritime Cybersecurity: A Guide for Leaders and Managers (2020).

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Offer Einav

Aviation security and counterterrorism

Developer of holistic security solutions, widely regarded as an expert in aviation security, counterterrorism, homeland security, and public safety. After 12 years in IDF elite forces, Offer joined the Israel Security Agency in 1986, served as Aviation Security Manager for the National Aviation Security Program, and was voted Security Director at El Al Airlines in 2005. Active partner in European R&D programs and frequent press commentator on aviation security and counterterrorism.

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Founded by operators

Origin

The private sector was being served generic security advisories that did not map to the threats facing specific clients.

TAM-C was founded by former intelligence and law-enforcement officers to fix that. Instead of broadcasting the same warnings to everyone, we made the client the central piece of the intelligence collection model.

We gather and analyze client-specific signal to derive insights you can actually act on, and we have spent over three decades designing and running intelligence projects for extreme threat levels.

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Mission and vision

▸ Mission

Empower partners to operate globally, and safely.

Provide precise risk management, intelligence collection, and threat analysis, for routine and crisis situations alike. Safeguard brands, personnel, assets, and intellectual property from physical, cyber, and operational risk.

▸ Vision

The beacon of trust in an evolving security landscape.

Inspire confidence through client-focused solutions and unwavering support, so partners can navigate uncertainty with resilience.

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What we do

Executed daily

  1. 01

    Client-specific monitoring

    A proven methodology to identify threats and vulnerabilities focused on your brand, sector, supply chain and personnel.

  2. 02

    Risk rating and collection plans

    We rate risk and threat levels, then design the intelligence collection plan to match.

  3. 03

    Reporting and real-time alerts

    Periodic, objective intelligence reports and analysis, alongside real-time alerts.

  4. 04

    Special field operations

    Operations to meet threats that have escalated beyond the scope of client security services.

  5. 05

    Government advisory

    Consulting for law-enforcement organizations and Western government entities.

  6. 06

    Training

    Training the next generation of intelligence officers worldwide.

Work with TAM-C

Tell us what you need to protect.