Forrest (Peter) Franklin brings his extensive industry experience to TAL Global to head its Physical Security and Risk Management division. His knowledge base is instrumental in providing the highest expertise in security audits, surveys and risk assessments.

Peter is Board Certified in security management, disaster preparedness, and homeland security. He has consulted to multi-national corporations, domestic and foreign governments. He is an author, educator, and an internationally recognized expert in workplace violence, crisis episode intervention and premises liability. He has authored global security operations protocols currently disseminated in thirty-nine countries.

Prior to joining TAL Global, Peter was Director of Security and Fire/Life Safety at Transamerica Pyramid. He was tasked with protection of that icon from avowed terrorist attack. He previously held a similar post for twelve years, also directing investigations, at Embarcadero Center, a $1.2 billion, mixed-use "city within a city" in San Francisco. He has been Director of Investigations for a major international consultancy and poised a 160 site high-tech firm’s security department for migration to South and Central America.

Peter has worked as a consultant and expert witness for plaintiff and defense attorneys in more than two hundred fifty cases involving premise and personal liability, adequacy of security/safety and security management, operations and training. He has been expert of record in three landmark workplace mass murder litigations.

Certified "RAM-Wsm" (risk assessment methodology for water), Peter has devoted more than three thousand hours to counter-terrorism security vulnerability assessments for water treatment and distribution utilities; and for dams and irrigation districts in the hydro-power and geothermal arenas. He has developed, implemented and tested catastrophe management programs that contemplate every known kind of disaster, natural or man-made.

Peter has served two terms on the Professional Certification Board of A.S.I.S., was elected six times as Secretary/Treasurer of California Association of Licensed Investigators, and served on the A.S.I.S. International Foundation’s Board of Trustees and the Councils on Diversity and Fire Life Safety. Franklin is also active in American College of Forensic Examiners, Building Owners and Managers Association, Institute for Real Estate Management, Chambers of Commerce, and Law Enforcement & Security Liaison Association participating regularly in their lecture and literary circuits.

Peter attained baccalaureate degrees in English and History at University of San Francisco and a master's degree in administration at Golden Gate University, where he also served twelve years on its faculty. He is a doctoral candidate. Peter is a licensed Private Investigator in California.

Peter is heavily involved in philanthropic support of the American Diabetes Association and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Association.