Robert Hinckley
Chairman of the Board

From 1991 until 1999, Robert Hinckley served Xilinx, Inc., the world’s leading programmable logic semiconductor device supplier, as Vice President, Strategic Plans and Programs, General Counsel, and Secretary. From March through August 1994, Mr. Hinckley also served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. In addition to his duties as the company’s chief legal officer, Mr. Hinckley was also responsible for the company’s business and strategy development and for its public policy and governmental initiatives.

Before joining Xilinx, Mr. Hinckley was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Spectra Physics, Inc., which was the world’s leading supplier of lasers and associated technology. Mr. Hinckley also served as Vice President and General Counsel to NEC Electronics, Inc. Mr. Hinckley has practiced law with two Bay Area law firms. He currently serves on the boards of a number of technology companies. Mr. Hinckley is a member of the Tulane Law School Advisory Board. He also serves as special counsel to the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Xilinx Board of Directors. He has also participated in several civic organizations as a founding director of the Silicon Valley Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, a board member of the San Jose Symphony, and a founding board member of the Silicon Valley Art Museum.

Prior to his business and legal career, Mr. Hinckley was on active duty in the U.S. Navy, serving, among other capacities, as the anti-submarine warfare and nuclear weapons officer on a destroyer supporting U.S. ground and air operations in Vietnam. He later served as the Aide to the Director of Naval Intelligence in the Pentagon, and is a retired Naval Reserve Officer. While on active duty, Mr. Hinckley was appointed a Special Assistant United States Attorney.

Mr. Hinckley, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, received a BS degree from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1969 and a JD from Tulane Law School in New Orleans in 1976.

Charles Wall
President and CEO

Mr. Wall is a retired Sergeant from the San Jose Police Department. During his thirty year career, he acquired a broad range of training and experience in the areas of crisis management, leadership, executive protection, undercover operations and criminal investigation. Mr. Wall spent seventeen years in the Special Operations Unit during which time he provided executive protection to all United States presidents visiting the San Jose area from 1976 through 2002. United States Secret Service training provided the foundation of his executive protection skills, which he used in protective operations for a variety of local, national and international officials and dignitaries. While assigned to Special Weapons & Tactics Unit, Mr. Wall participated in more than 275 hostage/barricade incidents. Mr. Wall also spent five years assigned to the Bureau of Investigations. During this time he received four Outstanding Duty Awards, the police department’s highest award of recognition. He is the only officer in the history of the San Jose Police Department to receive four of these awards.

Mr. Wall has testified in state and federal courts as an expert witness in hundreds of criminal and civil cases. His investigations have resulted in changes to California case law and he is recognized by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an expert working undercover in organized crime and other clandestine investigations. Mr. Wall participated in the first meeting held in Washington, D.C. to define private industry’s role in the Department of Homeland Security and was among the first group of volunteers trained by the U.S. government in Risk Assessment Methodology.
Since entering the private sector Mr. Wall has provided consulting advice, management services, expert protective and investigative support and training to multi-national corporations throughout the world. Frequently called upon to analyze existing executive protection operations, Mr. Wall has been responsible for restructuring major corporate security programs. He has implemented new security procedures in companies such as Coca Cola Enterprises, Symyx Corp., Creative Labs Corp., Invisalign, Quantum Corp., Cisco Systems, Intel Corp., Cypress Semi-conductors and Hewlett Packard.

Mr. Wall is a Vietnam War veteran, serving from 1967 – 1971 in the U.S. Air Force, assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron.

James Caddell
Executive Vice President of Operations

Mr. Caddell, one of CSC’s founders, has more than 26 years of California Law Enforcement experience. Mr. Caddell has also spent 15 years as a security consultant related to site security and workplace violence issues.

Brian Wall
Vice President of Operations

Mr. Wall has more than 14 years experience in the security industry. During the past 12 years at CSC, Mr. Wall has managed various departments including Pre-employment Backgrounds, Investigations, Security, Sales, and has also established the Alarm and CCTV/Camera division. Mr. Wall has acquired a broad range of security and field training in AOE/COE Investigations, Corporate/Private surveillances, Undercover Operations, Vulnerability Assessments and Firearm Tactics.

Mr. Wall holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Law Enforcement from California State University at Hayward. He also holds a Private Patrol Operators  license (PPO) and has completed the Police Officers Standard Training (POST) academy.

Robert C. Sampson
Director of Private Investigations

Mr. Sampson has been a licensed private investigator for the past 24 years, and has been Director of Investigations at CSC for the past 10 years. During this time, Mr. Sampson has conducted or supervised over two thousand investigations. These include investigations of wrongful death, homicide, fraud, embezzlement and corporate theft. Mr. Sampson has also conducted numerous surveillance and undercover operations.

Mr. Sampson served in the U.S. Army for nine years, including two tours of duty in Vietnam with the 75th Rangers and a tour in Operations and Intelligence, U.S. Army Headquarters Pacific. Mr. Sampson was awarded the Bronze Star, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service and two Purple Hearts.

Randy Archer
Director of Background Investigations

Mr. Archer has been extensively involved with background screenings for the past seven years. For the past four years, Mr. Archer has been the managing Background Investigations for the World Wide Backgrounds Division of CSC and for the three prior years he oversaw the Background and Pre-Employment screening operations at Manpower, Inc. in San Jose, CA.

Mr. Archer also has a law enforcement background; while serving as a police officer and police sergeant in Kansas, Mr. Archer was certified as an accident reconstructionist, CPR/First Aide Instructor and as a computer crimes investigator.

Mr. Archer also served for twelve years in the U.S. Army, including service as an M1A1 Abrams tank commander and tank platoon sergeant.

Military Awards include, The Army Commendation Medal with 5th Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal with 4th knot, National Defense Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon and the Humanitarian Service Medal.