Kyle Hobart has joined BDR Strategic Services as managing director, he announced on LinkedIn. The firm provides tailored solutions for immigration enforcement and border operations, emphasizing operational effectiveness alongside humanitarian considerations.
Hobart brings more than 26 years of federal law enforcement, national security, and intelligence experience, much of it at the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At ICE, he held senior leadership roles that included acting deputy assistant director for the Fugitive Operations Division, deputy field office director for the New England area of responsibility, and assignments with the Transnational Law Enforcement Operations Unit. He also served as deputy senior coordinating official and deputy national incident commander at the Southwest Border Coordination Center, coordinating policy, operations, and interagency partnerships under the Incident Command System and National Incident Management System.
Most recently, Hobart was director of operations for Tompkins County, N.Y., overseeing anti-fraud programs, building security and management across multiple facilities, employee safety, and emergency preparedness, including continuity planning. Earlier in his career he managed detention facility operations and led field enforcement teams in New York, building coalitions with federal, state, and local partners and navigating inspections under national detention standards.
In addition to his operational background, Hobart has taught as an adjunct professor at Roberts Wesleyan University, focusing on national security and immigration policy. He holds a B.S. in political science from Elmira College, an M.S. in executive leadership from Champlain College, and is a Ph.D. candidate at Liberty University.
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