Our Team of Experts
Our team of professionals spans a diverse range of prior life experience and focus areas to ensure that SIS will deliver the right solution for you when and where you need it.
Don Wright
CEO
Mr. Don Wright serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Special Intelligence Service (SIS) since 2010, after serving three years on the Board of Directors. SIS provides various services to U.S. government agencies and armed services.
Prior to joining SIS, Mr. Wright founded and served as Chairman of the Washington-based Confluence Capitol Group, Inc., which provided consulting services to institutional investors, debt holders, and public and private companies.
After helping found, Pacific Aerospace and Electronics, Inc., Mr. Wright served as its Chief Executive Officer and President from 1995 to 2006. Pacific Aerospace, an engineering and manufacturing company, designs, manufactures, and sells components primarily for the aerospace, defense, and transportation industries.
Timothy Andrew Koonce
Operations Director
Mr. Koonce is a seasoned hard charging professional with over two decades of security and law enforcement experience. He has held several positions and rank at his agency to include the Interim Chief of Police, where he started the reorganization of the department and finishing out his tenure as the Deputy Chief of Police. Mr. Koonce was successful in changing the look and direction of the police department to enhance the community involvement and respect.
As a police executive in Arizona, he was involved in the start-up of several law enforcement platforms that focused on opening and maintaining lines of communication between local, state, federal law enforcement, and emergency service agencies.
Mr. Koonce was also involved in leading his agency’s efforts in bridging the resources gap with the surrounding agencies leadership through IGA’s. These efforts assisted with task forces, equipment and personnel assignments. Mr. Koonce has served on several community and governmental boards that fostered open lines of communication between the community and law enforcement, with the desired result of lowering crime.
Mr. Koonce studied criminal justice at Mohave Community College, and went on to a graduate from one of the nations most premier police executive schools; Northwestern University Police Staff and Command as well as the Northwestern University’s Executive Management Program.
Upon leaving the police department, Mr. Koonce accepted a government contract position as a senior investigator, where he led teams of cleared investigators tasked with investigating threats against national security in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Koonce furthered his contracting experience by deploying to Afghanistan and working at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as an Emergency Response Team Leader.
Mr. Koonce received an accommodation from the Regional Security Office, and the Ambassador assigned to the U.S. Embassy for his efforts during the attack on 13 September 2011.
Mr. Koonce has provided executive protection for some of the country’s wealthiest families, business elites, and entertainment personalities. Mr. Koonce is currently tasked as an operations manager for a multi-billion-dollar project located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
During Mr. Koonce’s tenure, he has held several governmental clearances, a federal law enforcement commission, and has been a state certified law enforcement member for two public safety organizations.