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Our Team

Meet the experts behind Videre

Videre’s instructors prepared federal employees and their families to live and work in unfamiliar and dangerous places for decades. The curriculum is federal. The delivery is not.

Leadership and instructors

L. Scott McMillen, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

L. Scott McMillen

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Scott is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent whose career spans decades of extraterritorial investigations and global operations. He served as a senior instructor and program manager for the FBI’s Overseas Survival Awareness Program, then built Videre’s ACT curriculum on that foundation.

Before the Bureau he served as a police officer, a U.S. Customs Inspector, a Federal Air Marshal and a U.S. Army NCO. He founded Videre to bring that same preparation to people outside government.

FBI Supervisory Special AgentCounterterrorismOverseas Survival InstructorFederal Air MarshalU.S. Army
Eric Velez-Villar, Co-founder & Senior Board Member

Eric Velez-Villar

Co-founder & Senior Board Member

Eric’s FBI career reached the level of Executive Assistant Director, after decades spanning intelligence, counterterrorism and national security leadership, including service as Assistant Director of the Bureau’s Office of the Private Sector.

He went on to serve as a senior security executive for a global organization with expansive operations, and co founded Videre to bring that standard to people outside government.

FBI Executive Assistant DirectorGlobal Corporate SecurityIntelligenceCounterterrorism
Scottie Bogenrief Jr., Chief Operating Officer

Scottie Bogenrief Jr.

Chief Operating Officer

Scottie retired from the U.S. Army as a Sergeant Major, the service’s senior enlisted rank, after a career spent leading teams and running mission critical operations in complex settings.

He served as an Inspector General and is a graduate of the Army’s Advanced Inspector General Course, and he holds Department of Defense certifications in Antiterrorism and Physical Security. An MBA trained executive, he pairs that security background with business strategy to run Videre’s day to day operations.

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Matt Godfrey, Senior Instructor

Matt Godfrey

Senior Instructor

Matt is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent and a U.S. Army Green Beret, with decades of service across FBI tactical operations and Army special operations.

He is a veteran of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team with numerous high risk operational deployments, and he currently serves as a senior instructor for the FBI’s Overseas Survival Awareness Program. His work centers on risk mitigation, crisis response and operational planning.

FBI Supervisory Special AgentHostage Rescue TeamU.S. Army Green BeretOverseas Survival Instructor
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Christopher “Chuck” Savickis

Senior Instructor

Chuck is a retired FBI Special Agent whose 30 year career was spent on high risk threats to U.S. security, with deep specialization in counterterrorism and high risk law enforcement operations.

He served 17 years as an operator on the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team, preceded by five years as a U.S. Navy SEAL. As a tactical instructor he has trained units across the Department of Defense and federal, state and local law enforcement.

FBI Special AgentHostage Rescue TeamU.S. Navy SEALCounterterrorismOverseas Survival Instructor
Dean Anderson, Senior Instructor

Dean Anderson

Senior Instructor

Dean brings over 30 years in operations and intelligence as an operator, planner, leader and instructor, including more than 20 years as a U.S. Army officer.

He is a certified High Threat Dignitary Protection Specialist, and he supports the U.S. Marshals Service Global Threat Awareness Program in personnel recovery operations management and intelligence analysis.

U.S. Army Green BeretOperations and IntelligenceHigh Threat Dignitary ProtectionPersonnel RecoveryOverseas Survival Instructor
Anthony Colantoni, Senior Instructor, Medical

Anthony Colantoni

Senior Instructor, Medical

Tony has 38 years as an EMT Paramedic and 36 as a Registered Nurse, including service as a MedEvac Flight Nurse and Chief Flight Nurse.

He served the FBI as a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent and as a tactical paramedic for FBI SWAT and the Hostage Rescue Team. He founded the FBI School of Operational Medicine, and he is founder, owner and COO of the Medical Readiness Group.

EMT ParamedicRegistered NurseFBI SWAT and HRTFBI School of Operational MedicineFounder of Medical Readiness Group
Erin Powell, Director of Administration

Erin Powell

Director of Administration

Erin brings a background in executive support, marketing, technical services and communications to her role as Director of Administration. Her experience spans government contracting, construction and media, which gives her a broad view of what organizations operating in demanding conditions actually need.

She has served as a C suite executive assistant, a technical specialist for a large government contractor and vice president of marketing for a general contractor, alongside an award winning radio broadcasting career spanning more than 25 years. At Videre she supports the company’s leadership, organizational effectiveness and continued growth.

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Who we work alongside

Partners
  • B&L Consulting
  • NtelSec
  • Riphean Investments
  • Medical Readiness Group
  • MXM Exposure

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