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At Northeastern, he is also the Founding Director of the Center for Resilience Studies, and Co-Director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security. Dr. Flynn is also the principal for Stephen E. Flynn Associates LLC, where he provides independent advisory services on improving enterprise resiliency and critical infrastructure assurance, and transportation and maritime security. In addition, he serves on the advisory board of Decision Sciences, a technology company that has developed for commercial use the Multi-Mode Passive Detection System (MMPDS) which is a passive automated scanning systems for detecting, locating, and identifying unshielded to heavily shielded radiological and nuclear threats.  \nDr. Flynn is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on transportation security and resilience. In 1991, he began investigating the vulnerability of the intermodal transportation system for exploitation and disruption as both a scholar at the Brookings Institution and as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. Prior to September 11, 2001, he was selected to be an expert advisor to U.S. Commission on National Security (Hart-Rudman Commission), and following the 9/11 attacks he was the executive director of a blue-ribbon  \nCouncil on Foreign Relations homeland security taskforce, again co-led by former Senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman. In the fall of 2008 he served as the lead homeland security policy adviser for the Presidential Transition Team for President Barack Obama.  \nDr. Flynn has been appointed by DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to serve as a member of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Council (HSSTAC). He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton School Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the National Security Advisory Council for Argonne National Laboratory.  \nDr. Flynn has presented congressional testimony before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on 29 occasions since September 11, 2001. From 2003-2004 he served asthe Principal Advisor, for the Bi-partisan Congressional Port Security Caucus, U.S. House of Representatives & U.S. Senate. He provided expert advice and comments and recommendations in support of the drafting of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, the Safe Port Act of 2006, and the 9/11 Recommendations Act of 2007. Dr. Flynn also developed and secured the original funding and legislative support for the post-9/11 Operation Safe Commerce initiative. From 2003-2010 he served as a member of the National Research Council’s Marine Board.  \nDr. Flynn has traveled extensively abroad where he has investigated transportation security and resilience issues, provided expert advice to government and industry leaders in the ports of HongKong, Singapore, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Panama, Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax. He has visited all the major ports in the United States and has been sought out for his expert advice by the Port of Los Angeles, Port Authority of New York/New Jersey, Port of Seattle, Port of Tacoma, Port of Long Beach, Port of Miami, and Port of Baltimore.  \nHe has written numerous articles and two of the most widely-cited books on homeland security The  \nEdge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation (Random House, 2000) and America the Vulnerable (HarperCollins 2004)] and frequently advised the Bush Administration on transportation and homeland security issues. Within the Obama Administration he served as a lead-advisor to the Congressionally-mandated Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) working group on transportation security, critical infrastructure protection, weapons of mass destruction, and ","cbCaisomu1OrNBUg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisomu1OrNBUg","pdf",148989,"English","# Biography and academic roles\n## Centers, research leadership, and advisory work\n## Homeland security policy and testimony\n## Industry technology and detection systems\n## Travel, ports, publications, and education","[{\"question\":\"What roles does Dr. Stephen Flynn hold at Northeastern University?\",\"answer\":\"He is a professor of political science and founding director of the Center for Resilience Studies, and co-director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security.\"},{\"question\":\"What areas does he advise on regarding enterprise resiliency and infrastructure?\",\"answer\":\"Through Stephen E. 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