Shirish Thorat served with the Goa Police for a decade before travelling to UK to study at the Royal Military college at Cranfield University. After a stint in the aviation sector in the Middle East he returned to India where he was a consultant subject matter expert in security and risk and also ventured into the innovative software applications sector for law enforcement agencies. Shirish is considered an authority on terrorism, money laundering and risk mitigation. He is also an ICAO certified aviation security professional. He now resides in New Jersey-USA where he is an independent contractor for risk/threat intervention. In the evenings he is found walking Maximus, his German shepherd in the park near his home.