Elvis Polanco and Madelene Rodriguez founded Radiant Training & Consulting, LLC in 2008 to meet the growing demand for professional training and consulting services in the protection management field. Mr. Polanco’s strategic initiatives are designed to provide training and consulting services based on a lifetime of professional experience.

Mr. Polanco’s protection management experience includes retail, entertainment, corporate security, and executive protection. In 1994, he joined an established and well-respected security firm that continues to provide exceptional protection management services to high-profile individuals and clients. A year later, he joined a prominent life insurance company where his responsibilities included security training, presentations, fire drills, technical security, and the day-to-day operation of a proprietary security staff.

Mr. Polanco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bernard M. Baruch College School of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a Master of Science degree in Fire Protection Management, summa cum laude, Graduate Dean’s List, from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is certified as a Protection Professional (CPP) in Security Management by the ASIS International Professional Certification Board.

As a New York City Fire and Life Safety Director, Mr. Polanco combines security and fire safety management experience from academia and the built environment to develop and administer comprehensive fire safety consulting programs. He is a NYS Certified Security Instructor and an American Red Cross Certified First Aid CPR/AED Instructor who has authored published articles on security and fire safety in the built environment. His opinions have been published in the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, The Bronx Times, and The Bronx Chronicle. Radiant received the Best of 2020 Manhattan Award for being a premier fire protection consulting company.

His active professional memberships include ASIS International, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), where he is a member of the Building Fire Safety Systems Section, the Fire and Life Safety Directors Association of Greater New York, NYPD Shield, the John Jay College Alumni Association, and the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA). He is a Notary Public Officer of the State of New York and an Idemia Fingerprint Enrollment Agent.

John F. Reatz has over 30 years of experience in public safety and security and joined Radiant Protection Management as Vice President.

His experience includes service in the United States Marine Corps, New York State Army Guard, and 25 years of law enforcement service as a Park Ranger and Criminal Investigator with the City of New York. Mr. Reatz served as a firefighter and Certified First Responder in Suffolk County, NY.

In the private sector, Mr. Reatz has worked in all facets of the security industry, including retail, corporate, hospitality, and executive protection. He is a New York City Fire and Life Safety Director and has held several management positions, including Assistant Director of Security. He is an educator and mentor, a New York State General Topics Police Instructor, New York State Police Firearms Instructor, ASP Baton/Handcuff Instructor, Verbal Judo Instructor, and New York State General Topics Security Instructor.

Mr. Reatz is a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, International Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association, North American Technical Investigators Association, Suffolk County Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society, and the New York State Fireman’s Association.