Executive Leadership
Corporate leadership, strategic planning, executive decision-making, team building, operational oversight, and stakeholder management.
Executive biography
Dr. Lamar Bernard
Burno Sr.
Co-Founder / Executive Principal
Executive • International Business Strategist • Security & Intelligence Professional • Entrepreneur
The Burno Patterson Richardson Group, LLC
01 / Executive profile
Dr. Lamar Bernard Burno Sr. is an accomplished executive, entrepreneur, security professional, intelligence-trained strategist, military veteran, and business leader with more than three decades of combined experience spanning executive protection, security operations, leadership, risk management, entertainment, international relationship development, and strategic business initiatives.
As a principal of The Burno Patterson Richardson Group, LLC, Dr. Burno contributes extensive experience in executive leadership, due diligence, relationship management, operational security, negotiations, strategic planning, and the coordination of complex, high-value business opportunities.
His career has demanded discretion, integrity, sound judgment, and confidentiality while working with executives, public figures, entertainers, business owners, government representatives, security professionals, and other high-level stakeholders.
02 / Core competencies
Leadership grounded in discipline, discretion, and trust.
International Business
Cross-border commercial opportunities, strategic partnerships, transaction coordination, and high-level business introductions.
Risk & Due Diligence
Assessment of operational, reputational, security, and counterparty risks associated with complex relationships and transactions.
Negotiation & Relationships
Diplomatic engagement with diverse stakeholders in matters requiring confidentiality, credibility, and effective communication.
Security & Protection
Extensive experience protecting executives, celebrities, entertainers, dignitaries, organizations, personnel, and sensitive operations.
Intelligence & Threat Assessment
Graduate-level intelligence education paired with practical evaluation of threats, vulnerabilities, personnel, and operating environments.
03 / BPRG leadership
Protecting the integrity of the relationship and the transaction.
As Co-Founder and Executive Principal, Dr. Burno provides leadership and strategic direction for BPRG’s domestic and international commercial relationships. His responsibilities include identifying opportunities, developing partnerships, evaluating counterparties, coordinating transaction participants, supporting negotiations, and managing sensitive communications.
He supports BPRG’s work in international commodities and precious-metals opportunities by helping coordinate qualified relationships among buyers, sellers, intermediaries, financial participants, and professional stakeholders.
Dr. Burno promotes appropriate commercial safeguards, including documented transaction procedures, due diligence, proof-of-funds and proof-of-product processes where applicable, contractual protections, confidentiality, non-circumvention arrangements, and secure transaction structures.
BPRG operating principlesTrust & Honor
04 / Experience
On Point Executive Protection LLC
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Burno founded and developed a professional executive-protection and security organization providing specialized protective services and security consulting. He oversees client relationships, personnel selection, training standards, protective planning, risk assessments, logistics, advance operations, security protocols, and deployments.
His work includes protection and management services for celebrities, entertainers, executives, productions, special events, and clients requiring elevated confidentiality and professional security.
United States Army
Military Police Veteran
United States Army Military Police training and honorable military service helped shape Dr. Burno’s approach to leadership, accountability, mission execution, situational awareness, and operational discipline.
Law-Enforcement Background
His professional background includes service with the Philadelphia School District Police Task Force, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Equivalency of Training, comparative compliance training through Lake Technical College, successful completion of the Florida State Officer Certification Examination, and continuing protective-services and firearms training.
Guardian Angels
Dr. Burno held progressively responsible positions as Philadelphia Alliance Commander, Training Officer, Eastern Regional Director, and Executive Director, with responsibilities spanning personnel leadership, training, community engagement, public-safety initiatives, and operational management.
05 / Education
A multidisciplinary foundation for executive judgment.
Doctorate Chiropractic Science
Master of Science Intelligence Management
Honorary Doctorate Executive Protection
Professional Training U.S. Army Military Police; Florida Law-Enforcement Equivalency and Comparative Compliance
06 / Beyond the boardroom
Entertainment & Media
A SAG-AFTRA member, Dr. Burno’s film and television experience includes participation in New York Undercover, Fallen, and Twelve Monkeys. Producer credits include Unexposed and Shattered Reflections.
Author & Entrepreneur
Dr. Burno is the author of Shattered Bonds: A Brother’s Betrayal. Additional literary projects include The Briefcase and Still Standing: The Cost of Truth.
Affiliations
Professional affiliations and memberships have included SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, the Fraternal Order of Police, and UMARA.
Recognition
His professional and community-service history has been recognized through honors including a Pennsylvania Senate Citation, presidential correspondence, and volunteer and community-service recognition.
BPRG executive value proposition
“Trust creates the relationship.
Honor sustains it.”
Dr. Burno brings BPRG a rare combination of military discipline, intelligence education, executive-protection expertise, entrepreneurship, entertainment-industry experience, international relationship development, operational risk management, and senior leadership.
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