Pete Canavan | Founder & Chief Executive Officer
PJC Services, LLC

Author, speaker and security expert Pete Canavan has made it his mission to improve safety and security.  Pete provides actionable tips, techniques and tactics that audiences can put to immediate use to enhance both their online security and offline safety. He makes businesses and individuals safer and more secure through his speaking, writing, coaching and consulting. Through his IT company, PJC Services, LLC, he has been keeping his clients' systems, networks and accounts safe since 1995.  He brings over 25 years of experience as an IT and cyber security consultant to organizations looking to reduce risk and liability, rapidly improve the safety and security of their employees, and develop a safer and more productive work environment through increased awareness and confidence, proper mindset, and attitude. He also provides cybersecurity program development for SMBs through his "Black Belt Cybersecurity" online course and ongoing consulting to help ensure they are able to survive inevitable, ongoing and increasingly common cyberattacks. Master Pete (he is a 5th degree black belt master in the Korean martial arts of Hapkido and Tae Kwon Do) has trained thousands of men, women and children of all ages in mental and physical self-defense techniques via in-person and virtual classes, workshops and private instruction.  He is an expert in over a dozen traditional martial arts weapons, plus is an expert in modern weaponry.  Pete has been a concealed carry weapon holder for over 20 years and is an Act 235 Lethal Weapons Certified Agent certified by the Pennsylvania State Police. He regularly trains with various firearms and also trains others on their proper and safe use. He is also a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder and Certified Firearms Appraiser through the American Gunsmithing Institute. Pete has spoken on stage before large audiences and has been featured on national and international media programs including NewsNation, and dozens of podcasts regarding his expertise on personal safety.  He has been quoted and written about in major publications including the NY Post, Washington Post, USA Today and many others. The host of the Safety Talk podcast (available on all major podcast platforms), Pete features safety and security experts from around the world who share their expertise and products with his global audience.  He is co-owner of an Internet radio station, https://VIPinternetRadio.com which features podcasts, shows and music and is always looking for new and unique content. He has written five books on self-defense and college campus safety.  Pete's latest and fifth book, "The Ultimate Guide to College Safety" topped the Amazon Bestseller List at #2 on its first-day debut.  His books are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Baker & Taylor, and other bookstores and libraries. Pete lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and their three sons. You can learn more and request a media interview, speaking engagement, workshop or consulting/training session at https://PeteCanavan.com.