About V-Academy
The world around us is changing and technology is providing humans with ways to do things better and faster. We believe that public safety is no different. Technology enables training officers to facilitate training with a personalized approach that promotes higher performance standards. We leveraged the knowledge of leading subject matter experts to build a world-class training management system that can be accessed easily and affordably from anywhere, anytime. V-Academy equips training officers to focus on what they do best—train.
Meet the Team
Our team of sales consultants and advisory panel include public safety experts that have extensive experience in the industry.
David Moore
Vice President V-Academy
- Masters Degree Criminal Justice
- 26 year Law Enforcement career, 11 years as Chief of Police
- Past President Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police
- Graduate 195th Session FBI National Academy
- Adjunct faculty University Criminal Justice programs
- Service on multiple state and national professional boards and commissions
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Dennis Buzard
National Sales Manager
- Over 27 years senior sales leadership with key clients: U.S. Capitol Police, The White House, The Pentagon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Senate Budget Committee, DGSC & many state-wide multi-year Contracts
- Former General Manager with advanced homing-device technology to rapidly recover stolen vehicles – Division uncovered over 1,218 vehicles in high-crime state
- Former U.S. Army Officer – Distinguished Honor Graduate with advanced messaging & encryption technology at Ft. Gordon, GA (current Military Cyber School)
- Life-Coach - Rutherford County Jail – Team assists thousands of inmates annually
- Previous Director of Addictions Program – Supported Nashville Rescue Mission
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David Moore
Vice President V-Academy
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Dennis Buzard
National Sales Manager
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Chad McDaniel
Operations Coordinator
cmcdaniel@v-academy.com
Kimberly Willis
Regional Training Coordinator
- 7 years sales experience and customer support with Verizon
- Bachelor's of Art degree in Communications, with a focus on Public Relations
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Kimberly Willis
Regional Training Coordinator
kwillis@v-academy.com
Doug Tullock
Account & Quality Manager
dtullock@v-academy.com
Cory Wilbanks
Regional Training Coordinator
c.wilbanks@v-academy.com
Bobby Thigpen
Support Technician
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Backed By Names You Know
V-Academy has gathered a team of industry experts, joining us in our mission to empower training officers with tools that bring our industry into the 21st century.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker who is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime.
Colonel Grossman was a West Point Psychology Professor, Professor of Military Science, and an Army Ranger. He combined his experiences to become the founder of a new field of scientific endeavor that has been termed “killology.” In this new field, Col. Grossman has made revolutionary contributions to our understanding of killing in war, the psychological costs of war, the root causes of the current “virus” of violent crime that is raging around the world, and the process of healing the victims of violence in war and peace.
Colonel Grossman has been called upon to write the entry on “Aggression and Violence” in the Oxford Companion to American Military History, three entries in the Academic Press Encyclopedia of Violence, and numerous entries in scholarly journals, including the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.
David Corderman
David S. Corderman, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized leadership training professional with extensive experience working with the law enforcement community. His distinguished career includes four years as an infantry officer in the U.S.M.C and 24 years in the FBI as a special agent.
During his law enforcement tenure, he served for eight and half years on the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team, taught numerous law enforcement leaders, and retired as the Chief of the acclaimed Leadership Development Institute. In his last assignment, he was responsible for all the leadership training in the FBI, including the 30,000-member work force and all the outreach leadership programs for international, federal, state, and local law enforcement executives.
Dr. Corderman is the recipient of several awards for bravery and merit, either individually or with others, including the U.S. Attorney General’s Award, the Attorney General’s Special Appreciation Award, the FBI Agents Association Award for Excellence, the FBI’s Shield of Bravery, the FBI’s Medal of Merit, and Department of Justice Certificate of Special Recognition.
Gary Klugiewicz
Gary Klugiewicz is an internationally known defensive tactics instructor. He retired after 25 years of service as a captain at the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. Gary’s name is synonymous with the development of safe but realistic, intense, dynamic simulation training. His programs are known for their no-nonsense, interactive methodology. Gary helps his students translate classroom theory into real-life, performance-based training.
Gary collaborated with the late Dr. George Thompson of the Verbal Judo Institute to develop specialized training programs. These programs provide the tactical application of the basic Verbal Defense and Influence Program (www.VerbalDefenseandInfluence.com). His Combat Verbalization tactics demonstrate how to apply the “LEAP keeps you SAFER 8 to 5 Concept” to initial contacts, disturbance resolution, physical intervention, and subject debriefing.
Gary provides consulting to offer solutions to workplace challenges and the development of special programs for police, corrections, military, security, mental health, and health care organizations.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Scholar/Author/Soldier/Speaker
Dr. David S. Corderman, Ph.D.
Leadership Training Professional
Gary Klugiewicz
Defensive Tactics Instructor
Brice Allen
Brice Allen began his career as a police officer in 1999 with the City of Boca Raton, Florida, Police Department. He has held assignments in uniform and plain-clothes patrol, Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.), and Criminal Investigations. Specializing in criminal intelligence gathering, tactical operations, and violent crime investigations. Brice was a member of the International Homicide Investigators Association, the Palm Beach County Special Operations and Leadership Association, and his department’s Critical Incident Debriefing Team.
In 2011, Brice joined the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security as an Intelligence Analyst assigned to the Tennessee Fusion Center. As Senior Intelligence Analyst, his responsibilities included coordinating daily operations, tactical intelligence analysis, and domestic terrorism/domestic extremism analysis.
In 2012, Brice was promoted to Homeland Security Training Coordinator, responsible for the development of statewide homeland security training programs.
Glenn Bard & Steven Dempsey
Glenn Bard is a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper First Class and U.S. Veteran of Operation Desert Storm. In 1999, Glenn began Computer Crime Investigations for the Pennsylvania State Police and has since investigated crimes across the United States, ranging from child pornography to criminal homicide. Glenn has also conducted forensic examinations for city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, US Postal Inspectors, and I.C.E. as well as foreign governments.
Steven Dempsey is a 14-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police, where he has been a member of the Forensic Services Unit since 2003. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, with a degree in Psychology and Medical Sciences. Steve has investigated incidents ranging from child pornography to criminal homicide and has conducted computer forensic exams in a variety of criminal applications. He has testified as an expert witness relative to his knowledge in evidence collection and preservation. Steve is currently a faculty instructor at the Westmoreland County Community College in the area of digital forensics.
Fred Campbell
Fred Campbell, Ph.D., Deputy Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction was the training director of more than 4,000 employees at the Arkansas Department of Corrections and former chairperson of training for more than 50,000 state employees. Dr. Campbell has over 24 years of experience in law enforcement and has received more than 25 prestigious commendations and awards, including Who’s Who in Law Enforcement, Honorary State Police Colonel, Honorary Doctorate Degree, Governor’s Award of Merit, Five Governor’s Quality Management Awards, Lifesaving Award, Excellent Service Award, J. Edgar Hoover Gold Medal for Public Service, Arkansas Department of Corrections Supervisor of the Year, State of Arkansas Supervisor of the Year, Gold Medal State Judo Champion, and The Silver Star for Bravery.
Dr. Campbell currently serves as Deputy Warden at the Arkansas Department of Correction and is responsible for religious services, accreditation, mental health, medical services, training/education, food services, mail, councilors program, recreation, sex offenders program, school district, and parole.
Brice Allen
Homeland Security Training Coordinator
Glenn Bard & Steven Dempsey
Retired Officers
Fred Campbell
Deputy Warden, Arkansas Dept. of Correction
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Instructional Design Team
At V-Academy, we have an entire team focused on supporting you to develop new courses or update your existing training, ensuring your content is refined and presented the best possible way. Regardless of the subject matter, our instructional design team can assist you at whatever level needed to effectively improve officer performance in the field.
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"I am amazed at the amount of valuable information that I obtained, and highly impressed with the professional courses that V-Academy provides."
- Herold Scott, Oakridge Police Department, Oakridge, TN
"Record keeping is very important. Not only is it mandated; if any one of your officers is involved in an incident, the first thing that will be looked at is their training records. V-Academy allows me to customize training to each officer's skill level and easily track progress."
- Chief Eades, Belle Meade Police Department
"The thorough training that you will receive from V-Academy is unquestionably the most advanced training on the market today. The expense is a lot less of what it will cost you to send one officer to a specialized training."
- Lt. Andy Gibson, Union City Police Department
"My department has been using V-Academy for the better part of the year. What I have found is that I can bring the best subject matter expertise in the country to my department for officers who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to gain such high-quality materials."
- Chief Moore, Martin Police Department
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