Fred Burton

Executive Director, Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence

Fred is the Executive Director of Ontic's Center for Protective Intelligence. He is one of the world's foremost experts on security and counterterrorism. A former police officer, special agent and New York Times best-selling author, Fred has served on the front lines of high-profile investigations like the hunt for and arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the first World Trade Center bombing; the 1988 plane crash of PAK-1 that killed U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel and Pakistani President Zia; and the search for Americans kidnapped by Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon.


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