Valerie A Horner
Director
SME for Operations
Valerie Horner has over 24 years of accounting and finance experience.
Valerie is currently CEO of Bravo Maritime Group Inc, managing member of
both Reava LLC and Amie Alors, and owns accounting firm V.Horner
Accounting.
V.Horner Accounting opened in January 2007 with one client and had
doubled its client based each year for the first seven years; in 2014, the firm has experienced 20 to 25 percent growth each year since. Valerie has over 20 years of tax experience working for large and
small regional firms, before opening V.Horner Accounting. She developed
a checklist for preparing individual and business tax returns, a work paper referencing systems for tax return documents, and has worked as an adjunct instructor at a local community college to teach entrepreneurs basics of accounting for business including Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss, the importance of Equity, and how to review the financials as your business grows.
“Jack” T. A. Horner
Director
SME for Public Safety and Law Enforcement
Jack has more than 30 years of experience in emergency, safety, and security management in military, corporate, and non-profit settings. An international subject matter expert and trainer, he has traveled
extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
helping governments and non-governmental organizations create emergency management programs that fit their unique circumstances utilizing skills as an experienced Program Manager overseeing schools as part of a premiere law enforcement academy. Mr. Horner founded Bravo Maritime Group, Inc (BMG) in July 2006. Inside BMG Jack developed a proprietary risk assessment method and software, BMG CLEAR, that allows
organizations from 10 to 10,000 to analyze their risk to a variety of threats, prioritize options, and implement solutions before an issue becomes a crisis. Jack has also developed a personal safety system, BMG SAFE, that empowers everyday people to evade and escape danger using techniques they can employ with minimal training and no weapons. This system is equally effective for a college-student on campus, a first responder to an active-shooter, or a corporate executive traveling the globe. Jack has honed his expertise through years of real-world application and has trained more than 2,000 individuals in safety and
security principles. Jack holds an array of advanced certifications in safety, security, and emergency operations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, and
others.
Taylor Horner
SME for Programs and Events
Taylor has 3 years of experience as an ESE teacher in Florida. Worked as a therapeutic aid for 8 years for a special needs summer camp program in Virginia. Now is the Director of Training and programs for Bravo Maritime Group. Not only is Taylor the Director of Training but is also an instructor for self defense classes for BMG. Using her extensive knowledge that she has gained not only working with inside the school system, inside recreation programs, but also her years of instructing at BMG. Is helping to promote and create safer environments and to meet everyone at their own physical and mental levels to help them safe and comfortable in their environment.