John J. Strauchs

Current

Owner at Strauchs LLC

Past

CEO at Systech Group, Inc.
Principal at Gage-Babcock & Associates, Inc.

Education

The George Washington University
Lehigh University
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Southern Lehigh HS

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Security and Investigations

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John J. Strauchs’s Summary

John J. Strauchs, Principal of Strauchs LLC, has 40 years of experience in security and intelligence. Earlier in his long career, he founded Systech Group in 1985, a security and fire protection engineering firm. Prior to that he was an equity principal in charge of security engineering for Gage-Babcock & Associates. Formerly, he was an operations officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Landmark projects conducted by John Strauchs include: Museum of Modern Art, 10 million square-foot World Trade Center in New York City (post-1993-incident); Security value engineering support to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the New World Trade Center; 3.1 million square-foot Ronald Reagan Building (the second largest Federal office building in America—after the Pentagon), Washington, D.C.; 2.5 million square-foot Mobil Headquarters, Fairfax, Virginia, and Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Current projects:

• On Integrity Consulting team—a $30 million, five-year contract for anti-terrorism and force protection engineering services for Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, CA.
• Adelphoi Village Youth Treatment Center, Latrobe, PA
• Base realignment and closure program [BRAC 133].
• Fort Belvoir North Post security value engineering.
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory Headquarters Building (NASA), Pasadena, CA.
• U.S. State Department, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, development of training materials to prevent attacks against soft targets.
• State of Mississippi, Public Health Laboratory.
• Virginia Center for Innovative Technology.

Mr. Strauchs has testified before Congress on security matters. He has written or contributed to more than 90 professional journal articles and 10 books. He has been interviewed on security matters on NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, the Jim Lehrer News Hour, Equal Time, and others.

John J. Strauchs’s Specialties:

Strauchs LLC specializes in the design of security systems and the development of drawings, specifications and cost estimates. Services begin with project programming and concept development, through schematic design, design development, and contract documents, ending with bid and award support and construction administration services. Typical systems are access control, intrusion detection, security communications, and video surveillance and the design of proprietary security control centers.

John J. Strauchs’s Experience

Owner

Strauchs LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Security and Investigations industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Strauchs LLC provides security consulting and design services.
CEO

Systech Group, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

May 1985 — October 2007 (22 years 6 months)

LinkedIn has no industry category for a consulting engineering firm.

Systech Group is a professional engineering firm that specializes in security and fire protection consulting and engineering.
Principal

Gage-Babcock & Associates, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

June 1979 — December 1984 (5 years 7 months)

Gage-Babcock is a fire protection and security engineering firm.

John J. Strauchs’s Education

The George Washington University

M.A. , International Relations , 1973 — 1975
Lehigh University

1967 — 1970
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

International Politics 1968 — 1969
Southern Lehigh HS

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John J. Strauchs’s Interests:

Novel writing. Currently working on third novel, Misty Island.

John J. Strauchs’s Groups:

The Authors Guild (full member)
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC)
Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO)