A global security conference hosted by GardaWorld International in Houston, Texas, in early February provided a welcome opportunity to confer with area Oil &Gas sector companies on security concerns for business travelers in various regions of the world, particularly the Middle East and Africa. Representing Summit Brand Protection (SBP), Senior Director Michael Daigle had the opportunity to meet with leading global security executives from many of the major Oil & Gas sector companies headquartered in the Houston area. The team from GardaWorld provided a compelling briefing on the secur ..read more

Counterfeit goods and phony pharmaceuticals continue to pose a health and safety risk to consumers in America and around the world. During these uncertain and unprecedented times, as the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, we must remain especially vigilant. Many fraudulent healthcare products, including hand sanitizers and supposed panaceas for the novel Coronavirus, are being offered by unscrupulous sellers, often via the internet.[1] We must take the necessary steps to protect against fraud. As a federal agent, I was stationed in Beijing, China, during the original SARS outbreak[2] in ..read more

Is China’s trillion-dollar investment in its Belt and Road Initiative, advertised as building a stronger global economy, its true objective or simply allowing China greater political and military influence over strategic trading partners? Since being announced in October 2013 by President Xi Jinping, Chinese state-owned enterprises have created access and influence throughout Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Mediterranean through a series of loans and investments to these areas. China’s new foreign policy and economic strategy is defined by this Initiative, which is shaping Presiden ..read more

Summit Brand Protection (SBP) continued its support for the Ghost Orchid Coalition and their mission to combat human trafficking in Nashville, Tennessee.  On April 11th, 2019, Chief Operating Officer Andy Yu spoke on behalf of Summit Brand Protection as one of three speakers for Ghost Orchid Coalition’s “Music City: Bring Them Home” event. Around 25 attendees gathered at Giovanni’s Ristorante to learn more about the serious threat facing their communities and country. Speaking first was Ghost Orchid Coalition’s Chief Financial Executive Timothy Gill; a former FBI Certified Intelligence Officer ..read more

There are 20 million children under the age of five in the U.S., and about a quarter of them (5 million) are in some form of organized childcare (centers, nurseries, preschools). The childcare market is worth $47 billion – a figure that’s expected to grow to $52.5 billion by 2021. Back in the 1970s, as more and more families began to have both parents working full-time outside the home, there was a growing need for daycare facilities for young children. In those days, most of the facilities that started springing up everywhere were largely providing little more than group babysitting, with lit ..read more