Ray (The D*I*C*E Man) Semko

This presentation includes: the numerous and potential threats to US national security, to American companies, to jobs, to our families. • Top security concerns and new cases in the areas of espionage, economic espionage and terrorism • Methods of operations of the organization’s adversaries. • Greatest threat that confronts organizations: the disgruntled insider who is able to do immense damage. • Security concerns with social networks, cybersecurity and identity theft. • Personal security and safety for the attendee as well as their families. • OPSEC or security countermeasures. • Understanding the value of and the need to protect classified or proprietary information. • Indicators that are exhibited by the volunteer spy. • Reporting responsibilities when people observe suspicious activity and who should receive those reports. Often people are afraid to get involved when they see something wrong--I motivate them on the need to act and the consequences of not taking action.

The importance of integrity and honor in the workplace, a topic too often forgotten in this age of so many corruption cases of waste, fraud and abuse. When the Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence, they stated at the end of the document: ". . . we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor" and then signed their names. Those that built America considered their reputation and honor so important that they called it “sacred.” Regarding it with reverence, high respect and as equally if not more important than their own life and wealth. America today has gotten away from considering one’s own reputation, honor and integrity to be sacred. We read story after story of professional business and government people committing waste, fraud and abuse and sacrificing their honor for greed. As the result, trust and confidence in professions, companies and government agencies is lost. This needs to stop.

This presentation is about leadership and the way to motivate your team to WIN, based on my experience leading an Italian football team to three Super Bowl championships in Italy while I was stationed there in the US Army. I became the first head coach of the Italian National Team of American-style football players. I taught them the rules, proper techniques, self-discipline and served as the motivator to get the best out of them. This led my Italian national team winning the 1983 European Championship. I also coached my own team, the Milan Rhinos, to three Super Bowl Championship in their American Football Italia (AIFA) league. I told my team before every championship game, “If you win this game, for the rest of your lives you will always be a champion.” To this day, becoming champions have played an important role throughout their lives.