John Beegle
President
John Beegle has over 28 years of experience in the fields of law enforcement, criminal, civil and private investigations, advance threat protection, site vulnerability assessments and executive/close protection. John is currently the Founder and President of JNB Protection Group, assisting clients around the globe by providing them proactive intelligence-based protection and security concierge services. John specializes in site security advances, in depth physical, threat and vulnerability assessments, secure transportation and close protection. Since leaving law enforcement to pursue his passion of personal protection, John has built a large network of resources, contacts and partnerships that have enabled him to partner with some of the best and most experienced protection agents in the world, including former United States Secret Service Agents, FBI Agents and DSS Agents. Mr. Beegle's experience includes fortune 50 companies and their C-suite executives, celebrities, high profile/ultra-high net-worth individuals and their families, foreign dignitaries, United States Senators, Presidential candidates and Royal families. Prior to working in the private sector John was a Sworn Police Officer and Domestic Violence Detective, specializing in crimes of Domestic Violence. John earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Social Justice from Olivet Nazarene University.
Kevin Cote
Close Protection Associate
Mr. Cote is a 34 plus year law enforcement veteran. During his tenure with the Harris County Sherriff’s Department Kevin began his career as a Deputy working the streets and eventually moved to the department’s Criminal Investigations Division where he works as a detective in the Violent Crimes Unit.
For more than 15 years Kevin has provided Executive/Close protection for C-Suite executives and their families, famous entertainers, high profile individuals, ultra high net-worth individuals and their families and political officials, both foreign and domestic. Currently Kevin serves as a Lead Protective Agent with JNB Protection Group, leading the Texas teams through a myriad of unique and diverse assignments.
For more than 15 years Kevin has provided Executive/Close protection for C-Suite executives and their families, famous entertainers, high profile individuals, ultra high net-worth individuals and their families and political officials, both foreign and domestic. Currently Kevin serves as a Lead Protective Agent with JNB Protection Group, leading the Texas teams through a myriad of unique and diverse assignments.
Christopher Sanchez
Senior Associate
Christopher has over 28 years of national security, crisis management, forensic investigations, advance threat protection and site vulnerability assessments. He is currently the Director of Intelligence & Advance Threat Protection for JNB Protection Group. He is helping clients in all industries manage a myriad of business, financial, legal, regulatory and reputational risk. Christopher specializes in conducting site security advances and criminal investigations, as well as physical, threat and vulnerability assessments to include protective intelligence investigations. He also assists clients in achieving their desired protection from the Department of Homeland Security's SAFETY Act.
Christopher is also part of the Intelligence practice group that offers a full spectrum of governance, compliance, investigative, anti-corruption and intelligence services across all sectors of business - both public and private. In addition he heads JNB Protection Group Sports Intelligence practice which helps professional sports teams manage threats and increase opportunities to teams, players, ownership organizations, and events by integrating key capabilities to help sports organizations and event venues manage threats to their brand, their teams and their fans.
Prior to joining JNB Protection Group, Christopher was a Managing Director for the Mintz Group, and a Director with PwC in the Global Intelligence Practice where he lead PWC's Sports Intelligence team as well as the Enterprise Physical Security practice.
Christopher was a Special Agent for the United States Secret Service, where he investigated crimes against the government, acts of terrorism, and spent 5 years on the Presidential Protection Detail. Christopher has conducted numerous security advances for the first family both domestically and internationally, throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Before the Secret Service, he was a Police Officer with the Houston Police Department, enforcing federal, state and local laws. Christopher has a Criminal Justice degree from Texas State University where he played Division I college football.
