Steve Tarani

Professional educator, author and keynote speaker Steve Tarani has served the United States defense, law enforcement, and intelligence communities for over 30 years as a respected subject-matter expert/ service provider in protection, firearms, and defensive tactics to numerous high- and low-profile federal agencies.

Formerly sworn in the states of California and Nevada, Tarani is a former fulltime Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) protective-programs employee and was formerly on staff at the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Security Institute (Security Force Training Dept.) at Kirtland Air Force Base (NM). He is a DoD and FLETC-certified firearms instructor who has been on staff at Gunsite Academy (AZ) for over 24 years and is formerly an adjunct instructor at the SIG Arms Academy (NH) for over 16 years.

Specializing in awareness-based training, Tarani is also the published author of nine books and contributes monthly to numerous industry periodicals. He remains a private-sector protective agent, member of InfraGard and serves on the National Sheriffs’ Association School Safety and Security Committee.

Steve Tarani can be booked for:

  • Instructor-led training
  • Presentations
    • In Person
    • Digital
  • Table-top Exercises
  • Interactive Workshops
  • Speaking Engagements

2011 – Today: Global Resource Services, LLC – Managing Member providing awareness-based instructor-led training and protective services.

  • Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Instructor
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Level One Instructor
  • US Dept. of Energy (DOE) Instructor

Steve Tarani leads protective services operational and training efforts in providing resources, hard skills (DT and small arms) and soft skills (awareness-based training) programs of instruction.

  • Federal Firearms Instructor Certifications

    • Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
    • US Department of Energy    (Office of Security)
    • Central Intelligence Agency (Office of Security)

      Working more than seven years as a contractor for the federal government, Tarani was recruited and hired as a full-time federal employee by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Langley (VA) where he was trained and served in protective programs. Steve has recently moved on from federal employment returning to the private sector where he currently serves as a protective agent and professional educator specializing in protective services.

    Participatory: Hard Skills (Federal)

    • US Department of State (DS), Bureau of Diplomatic Security Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA)
    • US DOE/ NNSI Central Training Academy (NM) – Security Force Training, Staff Instructor
    • Adjunct: US Department of Justice (DOJ) FBI/ DEA Instructor Trainer, Quantico, VA
    • Adjunct: US Marine Corps MCMAP/ MACE Instructor Trainer, Quantico, VA
    • Central Intelligence Agency Protective Agent Training, Langley, VA
     

    Participatory: Hard Skills (Civilian)

    • Global Resource Services, LLC (DE) Managing Member, Protective Services and Training http://grs.us.com/
    • Operational Skills Group, LLC (CA) Director of Training and Operations
    • Adjunct: SIG Arms Academy (NH) Instructor: Firearms/ Defensive Tactics/ Protection http://sigsaueracademy.com/
    • Adjunct: Del Rey Oaks Police Department (CA) Instructor: Firearms/ Defensive Tactics
    • Gunsite Academy Inc. (AZ) Rangemaster http://gunsite.com/
    • Aegis Academy (CA) Staff Instructor http://aegisacademy.com/
     
     

    Martial Arts Training extensively through the 1980’s with the likes of Guro Ted Lucaylucay, and Grandmaster Leovigildo M. Giron, Tarani achieved his Graduate/ Instructor ranking directly under Grandmaster Giron in Stockton, Caifornia in 1989. he is a disciple of Guro Dan Inosanto and received instructorship directly under Guro Inosanto in Los Angeles California in 1996. As a long-term private “back-yard” student of Punong Guro Edgar G. Sulite, Steve was also granted his instructorship in Palmdale, California in 1997. Subsequently, he is one of only a handful of Americans to hold three simultaneous instructorships in the Filipino weapon arts respectively under Grandmaster Giron, Punong Guro Sulite and Guro Dan Inosanto. Additional instructorships were conferred to Tarani on location in Japan at the Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo in Tokyo and in West Java, Bandung, Indonesia.

    Practical Application Traveling to the source of non-ballistic (contact) weapon cultures such as the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia, Steve took his intense training to the next level. Following cumulative years of training and full immersion into traditional Filipino, Malaysian, Japanese and Indonesian weapons systems, and extracting the practical elements of modern urban defense, he took those core components, integrated them with tier-one level firearms skills and incorporated them into U.S. DoD and civilian law enforcement training programs. As a result, Steve Tarani remains unparalleled as a professional educator of streamlined, no-nonsense protective skills.

    Martial Arts Certifications Kali/Eskrima/Arnis Instructor – Guro Dan Inosanto, Los Angeles, CA,  Graduate/ Instructor – Bahala Na Eskrima Int’l, Stockton, CA,  Graduate/  Instructor – LAMECO Eskrima Int’l, Palmdale, CA, Muay Thai Boxing Instructor – Thai Boxing Association USA, Los Angeles, CA, Jun Fan/ Jeet Kune Do Instructor – Sifu Dan Inosanto – Los Angeles, CA, Aikido Sensei – Instructorship issued at the Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo in Tokyo, Japan, Indonesian Pencak Silat Instructor – Mande Muda International, Bandung, Indonesia

    WHENWHATSPECIALIZATIONRANK
    1983-1986Ninpo Ikkan Tai Ken Japanese JiuJitsuContact WeaponsBlack Belt
    1984-1986Lucaylucay JKDFilipino WeaponsPhase III
    1986-1996Bahala Na EskrimaEdged and Impact WeaponsInstructor
    1987-1996Yoshinkan AikidoEmpty Hand, Bo and JoBlack Belt
    1993-2004Lameco Eskrima InternationalEdged and Impact WeaponsInstructor
    1994-2004Indonesian Pencak SilatExotic Edged, Impact and Flexible weaponsInstructor
    1995-2005Thai Boxing Association USAMuay Thai BoxingInstructor
    1994-2009Inosanto Kali/EskrimaEmpty hand, Edged and Impact WeaponsInstructor

    SPECIALIZED TRAINING:

    WHERESYSTEMLOCATIONSPECIALIZATION
    JAPANYoshinkan AikidoHonbu Dojo, TokyoTraditional Weapons
    INDONESIAPencak Silat(Mande Muda)West Java, BandungExotic Weapons
    PHILIPPINESKali/ Eskrima/ ArnisQuezon City, ManilaEdged and Impact Weapons

Protective Services

  • Awareness-based Training
  • Protective Measures
  • Protective Intelligence
  • Operational Readiness
  • Personal Security
  • Non-Ballistic Weapons
    • Edged Weapons
    • Impact Weapons
    • Flexible Weapons
    • Improvised Weapons (weapons of opportunity)
  • Ballistic Weapons
    • Pistol
    • Carbine
    • Shotgun