John Strauchs
- John J. Strauchs has forty years of experience in security and intelligence.
- Security consultant
- He led Systech Group, Inc. from 1985 to 2007-a security and fire professional engineering firm.
- Prior to that he was a principal in charge of security engineering for Gage-Babcock & Associates (GBA).
- Formerly he was an operations officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
- Testified before Congress on security matters several times
- One of the chief authors of the ISC (GSA) Security Design Criteria.
- Authored or contributed to more than 90 professional articles and 10 books.
- Co-authored The Hallcrest Report II: Private Security Trends 1970 to 2000.
- Appeared on Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Jim Lehrer News Hour, Equal Time, and others.
Clients served by John Strauchs include:
- JFK International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark Airport
- Department of Homeland Security
- State of Mississippi
- Designed security for 7 state buildings
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Department of Justice, Information Facility
- FDIC Complex, Arlington, VA
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA
- Designed security for BSL-4 facility
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Kingdom of Jordan, Royal Offices Complex
- World Trade Center, New York, NY (post-1993 attack)
- Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, D.C.
- Second largest federal office building in the U.S.
- Ben Gurion Airport, Israel
- Mobil Headquarters, Fairfax, VA
- Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee, FL
- U.S. Courthouse, Islip, NY
John Strauchs has completed more than 750 consulting and engineering projects since entering the private security sector in 1975. These projects include:
- 15 colleges/schools
- 70 government buildings
- 18 corporate headquarters
- 27 courthouses
- 28 health care facilities
- 38 museums and archives
- 40 historical sites
- 100+ office buildings
- 100+ justice design projects
- Projects in 20 countries
John J. Strauchs