Terrance Mortimer, Cofounder & Principal

People are crucial to every business and organization, and communication is their lifeblood. As a career ATF Special Agent, SME in interviewing and interrogation, and Cofounder of STC, I assist leaders to advance their vital communication skills. These advanced verbal and nonverbal communication skills serve leaders to build deeper trust and understand what is truly being communicated back to them. It may be with owners, investors, clients, government officials, staff, and others. Leaders lead best that are trusted the most. Teams perform best that are led with deep trust and resilience. 

For my first 25 years as an agent and Intelligence Officer, I investigated violent crime - drug traffickers, gangs, bombers, arsonists, killers - in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Interviewing was the singular most important tool I possessed because I used it to build trust and understand the truth from others’ perspectives. I had the privilege of talking with all kinds of people, from the wealthy to the homeless.

I then served 3 years as the Training Manager and SME for the Interviewing and Interrogation training at the ATF National Academy in Brunswick, Georgia. I was also very privileged to be a member of the ATF Peer Response Team, trained by Johns-Hopkins doctors of psychiatry and psychology. We deployed to mitigate critical incident trauma and encourage resilience in law enforcers, first responders, and their families.

Prior to becoming an ATF Agent, I graduated from the Washington Bible College with a B.A. in Theology/Biblical Studies and served as a police officer in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.