Goethe “Bud” Aldridge

Goethe “Bud” Aldridge, is an International Security Consultant with over 45 years exceptional experience. He is a former Marine Corps Officer, and retired civilian Special Agent and Senior Executive with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).  His career spans 32 years service in the federal law enforcement, counterintelligence community and 18 years as Corporate Security Consultant. 

Mr. Aldridge has served as a Security Consultant to the U.S. Government, Philippine Government, World Bank, and State of Qatar and has provided litigation assists to several law firms internationally. He has conducted Threat Risk Vulnerability Assessments in the oil fields and refineries of the Middle East; and Southeast Asia for numerous multi-national corporations producing a myriad of consumer products, including pharmaceuticals, food, and beverages.  He has extensive experience in the investigation of counterfeit product, parallel import, product tampering, intellectual property, general crimes and work-place violence.

He has broad crisis management experience and has been a crisis management planner and responder for several multi-national corporations and has conducted related Physical Security Surveys and Assessments of maritime and aviation facilities, corporate office buildings, production facilities and senior executive residences. Most of these surveys have been conducted in order to mitigate hostile foreign environs.

During his U.S. Government career Mr. Aldridge held many supervisory positions in operational field offices worldwide. Those assignments required total engagement in criminal and counterintelligence investigations and operations.  He is an experienced hostage negotiator and among many others negotiated the 1977, (44) hour, siege of the Prudential Bank of the Philippines.  He concluded his government career in Washington, DC, with successive assignments as Deputy Director, Criminal Investigations, Deputy Director Counterintelligence, Special Projects and the Director Technical Services, with oversight responsibilities for four forensic laboratories.  One of those laboratories was significantly involved in identifying the remains, of missing Vietnam War dead. During his 32 year Government career he received numerous commendations and outstanding performance awards. 

Professional schools attended have included: The DIA Defense Intelligence School, the FBI Terrorism & Hostage Negotiations Course, The NYPD Schlossberg, Hostage Negotiations School, and the DEA Narcotics Course.  

Mr. Aldridge has a B.A. degree in Education and Psychology from Barton College, and attended Pepperdine University’s, HRM, Masters Program and the U.S. Government’s, Senior Executive Institute, at the University of Colorado, Denver.          

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