Matt Branigan is the President of Watermark Risk Management International LLC, a leading risk management and security consulting firm located in the Greater Washington DC area. Watermark assists clients with their most challenging issues, and works with Federal, State and Local governments as well as non-profit and commercial organizations of every size. Matt is also the Executive Chairman of the Board of The Akal Group, the largest US owned Security Services Provider to the US Government.
Matt retired from the US Air Force in 2002, and prior to founding Watermark in 2007 with his partner, Brad Moffett, he was an Assistant Vice President at SAIC and a Vice President and Chief Security Officer for Brink's, Inc. He lives in New Market, VA with his wife of 33 years, Marianne, and spends his spare time searching for undiscovered fly fishing streams in the Shenandoah Valley.