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In reality The Steele Foundation has virtual addresses, but no operational staff in the majority of their offices in the USA and the other four continents. In effect they are now a subcontracting hub with a lot of smoke and mirrors.
'''The Steele Foundation''', founded in 1989, and based out of San Francisco, California, has offices on five continents with over 400 clients ranging from multinational corporations to non-profit organizations. They have six core business groups comprised of Business Investigations, Executive Security, Crisis Management, Behavioral Sciences, Information Security, Crisis and Environmental Services. Steele is the world's fifth largest security company, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4685_133/ai_n6152762] and draws experience from [[FBI]], [[Secret Service]] and [[Pentagon]] Intelligence.
Steele was the company contracted by the [[Haiti| Haitian]] government to protect [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] from 1998 to his [[International Politics and Haiti in 2004 | forced exodus]] in the spring of 2004. [http://www.sandline.com/hotlinks/Democracy_Now_Stee10E99AA.html][http://www.counterpunch.org/mckinney03192004.html]
==Steele in Iraq==
"More than $100 billion has been allocated to fund reconstruction projects throughout Iraq. This vibrant marketplace is now host to hundreds of multinational and local companies who are combating the security threats..." says their [http://www.steelefoundation.com/iraq/ website]. Among the services they offer in Iraq are: security consulting, personal and convoy protection, risk assessments, business intelligence, force protection, and kidnapping mitigation. By the spring of 2004, Steele's numbers in Iraq had risen from 50 to 500. Since 2004 Steele has had no substantial contracts in Iraq [http://www.pipeline.com/~rougeforum/iraqawash.html]
Director of marketing for Steele, [[Tom Stallings - '''left the company in 2006/7]'''], notes that salaries vary according to nationality. Though he will not reveal exact numbers, he does admit that Iraqis are paid substantially less than foreign hires. [http://www.lubrinco.com/articles/Toronto%20Star%204%20April%202004.pdf] 75% of their personnel in Iraq is local [http://www.nbc11.com/news/3033866/detail.html].
==Behavioral Sciences==
For the [[workplace environment]], Steele offers [http://www.steelefoundation.com/services/overview/behavsciences.php behavioral science] services. The experience gained by Steele's ad hoc project based outsourced staff at the [[FBI]] and [[Secret Service]] have forged the techniques of Forensic Behavioral Analysis to identify everything from ransom notes to potential employee eruptions. The [[Indirect Profiling System]] of the FBI has been refined by Steele to reach into problems beyond law enforcement. Steele has created the Workplace Strategy Group to offer immediate response to developing situations or violent incidents occurring in the workplace.
==CPMC strike==
* [[Dennis P. Haist]]: general counsel
* [[Jorge Septien]]: managing director Latin America
* [[John W.A. Didden]]: managing director Middle East - '''Left the Company in 2003'''
* [[Pawanjit Ahlumalia]]: managing director Central Asia
* [[Philip J. Curlewis]]: managing director Asia - '''Left the company in 2004'''
* [[Paul Jackson]]: director Europe/ Africa
* [[David Johnson]]: director of special projects and training - '''Left the company in 2006'''* [[David Patterson]]: director Consulting Services - '''Subcontractor with his own company'''* [[Steve Tiddy]]: senior management Europe/ Africa - '''Left the company over 4 years ago'''
'''Behavioral Sciences''' '''- *None of the below are Full time employees of Steele'''
*[[Richard L. Ault, Jr.]]
