Mr. Ghannam has been recognized as a World Class Urban Warfare Survival instructor responsible for preparing units for hazardous assignments abroad.  He has been a guest instructor and lecturer for several international training events and seminars.  Prior to joining the US Intelligence Community, Chris was awarded the 2002 US Naval Pacific Fleet Electronics Technician of the Year Award. 

Chris independently drafted 11 national level intelligence reports and assisted the Defense Intelligence Agency, CIA, FBI and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in the culmination of over 40 additional reports.  He crowned his military career by identifying, detaining and exploiting the most senior Cuban Foreign Intelligence Service Agent ever held in US custody. 

Most recently, Mr. Ghannam has been recognized for his break through research in Neuro-Kinetic Development and the prevention of Cognitive Overload in soldiers operating in hostile environments.  A training protocol with the explicit objective of taking today’s novice war fighter to new levels of expert status in ½ the time traditionally required; saving the US Government millions in training costs by injecting state of the art training models designed to individually recalibrate tomorrow's modern warrior.

Chris has expertise in the fields of Security, Anti-Terrorism/Counter Terrorism, Hand to Hand Combat, Close Quarters Battle, HUMINT Operations and Urban Warfare Survival.  Chris spent nearly six years abroad studying terrorist cells and advanced criminal organizations. 

Mr. Ghannam has been showcased at several National and International training events to include most recently the 2008 International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) yearly conference.  ILEETA annually brings together over 750 Lead Academy Instructors and Training Directors from all over the world; quickly becoming the US’s premiere law enforcement training conference.  Mr. Ghannam’s heavily sought out Hostage Survival Level (1) course continues to remain an industry favorite.

Mr. Ghannam is commonly referred to as, a “Walking Think-Tank” among Nationally and Internationally recognized World Class Instructors for his unique real-time troubleshooting capabilities.  He has been instructing the Special Forces Community since October of 2001 and recognized for his willingness to conduct independent research in extremely hostile environments throughout the world.

Mr. Ghannam’s ability to remove tactical signatures among the Special Forces Community is unprecedented.  He maintains close contact with leading instructors throughout the world to ensure current tactical methodologies remain effective while operating within urban environments.   He was most recently awarded the 2007 International Haganah Federation Military Instructor of the Year.

"Like a new day sunrise filling the horizon, there is a new force rising on the landscape of military and police training.  The force is the synergy of the physical and mental potential of human performance.  While there are those who are experts in tactical skills and those who mine the mental aspects of performance, the integration of the two come together in the innovative training concepts and strategies of Chris Ghannam, President of Sark Securities Inc. and lead instructor of Sark Security Group.  Chris’s background anchors him in real world critical situations and his insight allows him to uniquely understand and fully utilize the critical, but yet to be realized potential of the maximal mindset.  Chris has the uncanny ability to merge physical and mental power.  He does so in his company’s research and development activities and in his trainings with an energy that reflects his mental engagement and startlingly quick reflexes.  Chris is not only on – but develops and pushes- the cutting edge of military and police training."

                                       - Michael J. Asken, Ph.D.