In June 2020, CSSM Founder Dan Mathis Jr, CPP conceptualized and implemented the Contactless Security Screening Measure training course for security screening operators. Dan recognized that the security industry would have a integral role in the worldwide recovery from COVID-19, and safe security screening would be essential to re-opening.  Dan developed a cost-effective online training certification, for all venues and facilities looking to evolve their security screening function to a contactless screening approach as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dan has tapped into his 28+ year career as a law enforcement professional and public safety professional in the United States and Internationally. Dan lead an International safety and security training team that operated and training in the countries of Israel and Jordan. Dan was embedded with security professionals from Jordan, South Africa, Canada, and Great Britain. Currently his experience as Chief of Safety and Security at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida, stimulated him to develop the CSSM certification. Dan is a recognized venue safety and security expert, and he is currently heavily involved in several safety and security organizations and initiatives with the International Association of Venue Managers as a presenter, The Florida Regional Domestic Terrorism Task Force, and The State of Florida Prevention and Awareness sub-committee. Dan is formally educated with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Florida A&M University and a Master of Science degree from Saint Leo University in Emergency and Critical Incident Management. Dan is also a graduate of the IAVM- Academy of Venue Safety and Security. Dan was also awarded the 1997 Herman Goldstein Award for Excellence in Problem Oriented Policing.

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As a part of designing and implementing CSSM, Dan consulted with multiple industry expert security and medical professionals from the Department of Homeland Security in the United States and with the University of South Florida School (Tampa, Florida) of Medicine COVID-19 mitigation working group during the process of developing the training certification. Dan further consulted with Florida A&M University School of Business and Industry (Tallahassee, Florida) Facilities Management Program for design and delivery input for the certification curriculum. The course can be delivered in person but since social distancing requirements are in place during the pandemic, Dan has uniquely positioned the CSSM training certification for online learning for participants to receive their certification in contactless security screening measures in addition to ongoing continuing education training course that will be available to CSSM participants. The course is self-paced, with knowledge checks placed throughout the eight training modules, and can be completed in about 2 hours. The certification is valid for one year and requires annual renewal. The CSSM certification curriculum will evolve and update as industry trends  react and change to the global threat landscape. Dan’s goal with CSSM, is to standardize various venues and facilities security screening function(s) worldwide both small and large, that are designed to protect fans, patrons, employees and the security professionals themselves tasked with the daily screening function, in the midst of the current pandemic and future ones.