Biography - Augustus L Hudson

I’ve been in Emergency Management and Homeland Security in some form or fashion for the last 20 years from the Aviation side of the world. My career started in Aviation Security and Communications at the Memphis International Airport. As the Security Coordinator, I coordinated with law enforcement and federal agencies in writing and enforcing security policy and procedures for the airport. I worked closely with the FAA’s Security Division and with TSA after 9/11 to ensure the airport provided the best protection from threats to the airport, and the aviation industry. One of the biggest challenges faced, and one that still exist today, is implementing policy created by politicians that are unaware of the impact of regulations passed. It’s like the blind and deaf leading the sighted. We’ll save that for a class discussion.

After a few years of writing policy and standards, I was charged with security technology infrastructure and was responsible for all security computer based systems at the airport, including Access Control, CCTV, Perimeter Intrusion Detection, and biometrics, and emergency notification systems. In this role, I assembled systems that would help provide the airport comply with federal regulations handed down through TSA regulations.

After a 15 year career at the Memphis Airport, I accepted a position in the security division of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport where I continued the same duties, in addition to managing a team of Security Representatives for the Airport. In December of 2007, I accepted a position to lead a project that will bring integrated daily operations and emergency operations under one roof called the Centralized Command and Control Center. This 28 million dollar project added a state of the art facility to the airport designed to handle daily airport operations and stressed emergency incidents. This job allows me to be devilishly creative in creating scenarios that test the security and emergency management posture of the airport. I’m responsible for all emergency management planning, training, testing, and coordination as the Emergency Operations Center Director.

I’ve taken what seems like thousands of emergency preparedness courses through FEMA and currently in the closing states of the CEM program. I hold a MS in Information Systems and currently working on a dissertation as a PhD candidate at Nova Southeastern University.

I have taught on the high school adult level as well as collegiate level for the eight years at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University both online and in the class room as an Adjunct Assistant Professor. My research interests are aviation security, biometrics, and human computer interaction. When not at the Atlanta airport or teaching, I enjoy golf (even though it does not enjoy me), cooking gourmet dishes, and motorcycle riding. I’m married with one son and three daughters, all of which are independently trying to revive the economy.

 
 

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