Senior partner

Mr. Lawler is the Senior Partner at Opsurv’s MDO Group, which provides Human Intelligence (HUMINT) training to the Intelligence Community, National Labs and the commercial sector.  MDO courses are focused on WMD, Counterintelligence, Insider Threat and technical and cyber issues. Mr. Lawler is a noted speaker on Insider Threat in government, academia and industry and has been a guest on over sixty national podcasts.

Mr. Lawler served for 25 years as a CIA operations officer in various international posts and as Chief of the Counterproliferation Division's Special Activities Unit. He was a member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-3) and was the recipient of the CIA's Trailblazer Award for his role as Chief of the A.Q. Khan Nuclear Takedown Team, which resulted in the disruption of the most dangerous nuclear weapons network in history. Mr. Lawler also received the Director's Award from Director of CIA  George Tenet, the U.S. Intelligence Community's HUMINT Collector of the Year Award, and the Donovan Award from the CIA's Deputy Director of Operations. Prior to his career in intelligence, Mr. Lawler practiced law having  graduated from Rice University, Houston, Texas and the University of Texas School of Law.

 Mr. Lawler has written three espionage novels:  Living Lies, In the Twinkling of an Eye, and The Traitor’s Tale.