Active Shooter & Workplace Violence Training at Automation Alley 

Join us May 23rd from 9am to 12pm for a free seminar on workplace violence and active shooter. This seminar will help you take a proactive approach to help reduce risk, and identify warning signs to better prepare your company and employees.  

Leading the event will be Michael Peterson, who is a global expert in security and risk management. With nearly three decades of experience, Mr. Peterson's personal stories, global experience, and perspectives in workplace violence and active shooter will paint a real picture and provide informed awareness of these daily challenges that companies and employees face. 

About Our Speaker

Michael Peterson has nearly three decades of experience in security consulting, Human Resource, and investigative services, including 14 years in the public sector. Mr. Peterson’s expertise is in fraud and theft investigations, compliance, security operations, and executive protection. Prior to joining the private sector, he broadened his human behavior acumen through his experience as a court investigator, intensive probation supervisor and law enforcement officer serving in both vice and criminal intelligence.

Mr. Peterson has served two Fortune 500 companies, as Director of Compliance and Ethics and Director of Global Investigations and Security Services for Goodyear. In these endeavors, he successfully investigated or recovered tens of millions of dollars in fraud-related investigations. His work as an investigator globally has included sexual harassment, fraud, corporate espionage, workplace violence and ethics violation.  These investigations have taken him to over 30 countries across 6 continents, including high risk regions such as the Middle East and Central America. Scotland Yard, the FBI, and Parisian police have all enlisted Michael’s services.  

He collaborates globally with Human Resource professionals in numerous industries providing development training related to interviewing, harassment investigations, ethics, sexual harassment/ assaults and code of conduct procedures. Participant testimonials describe his sessions as “powerful, forward thinking, and dynamic.”

In addition to his FBI certification as a hostage negotiator, Michael holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Youngstown State University, and graduate honors from the Wharton Business School Executive Leadership Program. 

Mr. Peterson’s civic work includes executive boards, fraud examiner associations, and intelligence commissions—most notably is his service to the Department of Homeland Security, Overseas Advisory Council, and Chief Security Officers round table. 

Some trivia about Michael: This Ohio native became a free agent with the National Football League and subsequently the NFL’s Europe League before beginning his career in security and law enforcement. Michael resides with his family in Northeast Ohio.