Founder

9-11 First Responder, FDNY Firefighter and Arson Investigator (Fire Marshal), US Army Black Hawk Instructor Pilot and Aviation Safety Officer, Airline Pilot, Wharton Executive MBA Candidate, and radio broadcaster.

He has investigated and fought fires in New York City, flown in disaster and combat zones, fought in ground combat in Iraq, testified in court, and flown airliners.

US ARMY

21 years in the New York Army National Guard with multiple federal activations. Enlisted as a private and retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 4.

Served as a Cavalry Scout in ground combat in Iraq in 2004 with the 69th Infantry and 101st Cavalry before flight school selection, and spent the next sixteen years flying Black Hawks.

As a Senior Instructor Pilot, he was accountable for training and evaluating aviators across three UH-60 variants. As an Aviation Safety Officer, he ran accident investigations and hazard analysis.

As an Air Mission Commander, he led hundreds of combat, humanitarian, and homeland defense missions. He coordinated aerial relief over Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria with FEMA and the Department of Defense. He flew CENTCOM embassy missions, assessing evacuation plans, and led multinational training with the UAE Air Force.

FDNY

Sixteen years in the New York City Fire Department, overlapping almost all of the above.

Firefighter at Brooklyn’s Ladder Company 108. Promoted to Fire Marshal, a sworn law enforcement officer and investigator, working hundreds of fire and arson cases, including fatal fires, working alongside the NYPD and the ATF.

He responded to the 9-11 attacks in Manhattan as a firefighter in the New Hyde Park Fire Department.

AIRLINES

He flew the line for Republic Airways on the Embraer 170 and 175.

RADIO BROADCASTING

On-air talent and voiceover artist for CBS Radio in Boston, 1998 to 2001. This is why Specht Ops trains its experts for the camera rather than just putting them on a list.

NOW

Founded Specht Ops in 2024 and is at the Wharton School for his MBA, class of 2028.

CREDENTIALS

FAA: Airline Transport Pilot, Airplane Multiengine Land. Commercial: Airplane Single Engine Land, Rotorcraft Helicopter, Instrument Helicopter. Certified Flight Instructor, Instrument. Type rated EMB-170 and EMB-190.

NYPD Criminal Investigator Course Graduate.

Combat Action Badge. Air Medal. Humanitarian Service Medal. Army Commendation Medal. Iraq Campaign Medal. September 11th First Responder Medal.

Quiet. Professional.