KestralisKestralis

Kestralis Group · Corporate Security Advisory

Programs built for environments where failure has consequences.

Security advisory, workplace violence prevention, and business continuity for U.S. organizations that take the work seriously — led by operators who have done it inside and outside the enterprise.

  • Veteran-Owned
  • Licensed Private Investigators
  • CBCP Certified
  • Serving U.S. Organizations

The Problem

Most workplace safety programs are built to pass an audit — not to hold up in the room.

The category is crowded with generalists selling compliance theater — templated plans, one-day trainings, binders that satisfy a procurement checklist and nothing else. When a threat actually materializes, those programs fail quietly and then loudly.

Kestralis Group works differently. Our principals have designed and run security programs inside Fortune-scale organizations, and operated in environments where getting it wrong had irreversible consequences. We bring that discipline to mid-market clients who need serious capability and cannot afford a full-time security director.

— Compliance penalty

Effective 2024-07-01

$0

Maximum per-willful-violation Cal/OSHA penalty.
Serious violations carry up to $25,000.

California SB-553 is in effect.
Most plans won't survive an inspection.

Every covered employer must maintain a written plan, violent incident log, and annual training. Cal/OSHA's permanent standard drops by end of 2026 — every existing plan will need to be updated.

The Principals

Two operators. Decades of enterprise and government experience.

Mark Hope

Managing Member

Mark served in the United States Army Ranger Regiment, Special Forces, and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. He later ran Coca-Cola's Division President office in Europe and founded a licensed private investigations agency before establishing Kestralis Group.

  • Delta Force
  • Army Ranger
  • Licensed PI Agency
  • Coca-Cola — Europe Division

John Scheffler, CBCP

Chief Operating Officer

John is an Army veteran with deployed tactical operations experience. He currently leads global security risk at Dow, and previously ran risk & resilience at Catalent and the Global Security Operations Center at Exact Sciences. He holds CBCP and Advanced Executive Protection certifications.

  • US Army Veteran
  • CBCP (DRI International)
  • Executive Protection (ESI)
  • FEMA EMI
  • MSc Security Management (UoP)

Why Kestralis

The difference is what we refuse to ship.

Operator Pedigree

Every engagement is led by a principal who has done this work at enterprise scale and in the field — not an analyst applying a template.

Licensed Investigative Capability

When a threat assessment escalates, we don't hand you off. A licensed PI agency is in the same firm, working the same case.

Designed for Defensibility

Every deliverable is written to hold up in front of a Cal/OSHA inspector, a plaintiff's attorney, or a board. That is the standard.

Tell us about the program you're trying to build — or fix.

Thirty minutes with a principal. No sales pitch, no procurement gauntlet. If we're the right fit, we'll say so. If we're not, we'll tell you who is.