mark w. bartol

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Mark Bartol is a business, Industrial Security, and Critical Technology Protection executive who specializes in protecting personnel, facilities (critical infrastructure), and critical technology programs from espionage threats in industry and Department of Defense. He is a Certified Facility Security Officer (FSO) Program Manager for Possessing Facilities with a focus on Insider Threats. His 22+ year career extends across business strategies, organizational development, security operations, and information technology.

Mark Bartol is the Founder and CEO of Creative Concepts and Consulting, LLC, a business consultancy that strives to bring your ideas to reality and engage with other small local businesses to build a stronger community in the Fredericksburg, Va area. He partners with multiple local businesses, schools, and Universities to enhance their presence and image in the community to allow growth and recognition through branding and innovation. Creative Concepts and Consulting can help devise custom, holistic solutions that address multiple business areas and resolve persistent challenges.

Mark Bartol retired as a Counterintelligence (CI) Special Agent with over 21 years of experience in Multi-National and Joint Special Operations dynamic environments. He has a sterling reputation across the Department of Defense, Joint Force, and the United States Special Operations communities as a trusted and sought-after advisor to senior officials on a broad range of specialized planning and operational missions to provide sound plans of action that leverage a whole of government approach, strategic to operational. He is poised to leverage subject matter expertise and vast technical acumen to meet and exceed organizational and customer goals.

Brayden Bartol is a full-time student at the Academy of Technology and Innovation at the University of Mary Washington (ATI-UMW) where he builds on his knowledge in cyber security, digital arts, and science and technology. He maintains a 4.0 GPA and excels in geometry, art, computer science, and global perspective. He also received the 2025 “Pura Vida” award for always having a positive outlook on life, gratitude, and a focus on happiness, well-being, and harmony with nature, rather than materialism or societal pressures.  He specializes in helping others and that is his goal in this new business adventure.  He holds a certificate in leadership training and coding fundamentals. Additionally, Brayden and his fellow classmates where recognized by The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) for placing first place in robotics, third for additive manufacturing, and fifth in cybersecurity in the inaugural STEM Triad.

Brayden Bartol, and ATI-UMW staff and students, were recognized by Governor Youngkin, Virginia as the inaugural class of ATI-UMW. ATI-UMW is a new regional lab school on UWM’s Stafford Campus. ATI-UMW offers options for dual enrollment, industry certifications, advanced-placement, and real-world course work.

Brayden Bartol is the COO of Creative Concepts and Consulting, LLC, a business consultancy that strives to bring your ideas to reality and engage with other small local businesses to build a stronger community in the Fredericksburg, Va area. He partners with multiple local businesses, schools, and Universities to enhance their presence and image in the community to allow growth and recognition through branding, design consulting, and innovative ideas. He can help devise custom, holistic solutions that address multiple business areas and resolve persistent challenges.  

Brayden Bartol studies various martial arts in his leisure time. He holds a black belt in Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan from C.D. Williamson Karate in Niceville, FL. Brayden has extensive training with the bo, nunchaku, tonfa, kama, sai, and eku weapons. Currently, Brayden studies Isshinryu as green belt at Spencer’s Isshinryu Karate, in Fredericksburg, VA.