Leadership

Elvis Polanco founded Radiant Training & Consulting, LLC to meet the growing demand for professional training and consulting services in the protection management field. Mr. Polanco’s strategic initiatives are designed to provide training and consulting services based on 23 years of professional experience.

Mr. Polanco’s protection management experience includes the retail, entertainment, corporate security and executive protection fields. In 1994 he joined an established and well respected security firm that continues to provide exceptional security, investigative, canine and executive protection services to a host of high-profile individuals and corporate clients. A year later he joined a prominent life insurance company where some of his responsibilities included security training, presentations, fire drills, technical security and the day-to-day operation of a proprietary security staff.

Mr. Polanco holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Bernard M. Baruch College School of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a Master of Science Degree in Fire Protection Management, summa cum laude, Graduate Dean's List, from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is certified as a Protection Professional—CPP—in Security Management by the ASIS International Professional Certification Board, an Allied Member of the Hotel Association of New York City (HANYC) and an Associate Council Member of the Fire and Life Safety Council at ASIS International.

As a New York City Fire Safety Director—FSD—and Emergency Action Plan Director—EAPD—Mr. Polanco combines his security and fire safety management experience, from both academia and the built environment, to develop and administer compelling, comprehensive and incomparable fire safety consulting programs. He is a NYS Certified Security Instructor and an American Red Cross Certified CPR/AED Instructor who has authored and published numerous articles on security and fire safety in the built environment in Security Director and Security Director News magazines Mr. Polanco's opinions have been published in the New York Daily News and The Wall Street Journal.

His active professional memberships include ASIS International, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) where he is a member of the Building Fire Safety Systems Section, the Fire Safety Directors Association of Greater New York (FSDA), NYPD Shield, InfraGard, the Corporate Emergency Access System (CEAS) of New York City, the Office of Emergency Management CorpNet Program, the John Jay College Alumni Association and the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA). He is a Notary Public Officer of the State of New York.

The Company’s programs offer sound consulting principles to assist in the resolution of contemporary fire safety issues and emergency management concerns critical to the protection of people from harm and property from loss. Radiant Training & Consulting, LLC is determined to invest in the future of New York City’s protection management professionals by providing master-level classroom training on complex protection management systems.