About Dennis Comer
Dennis T. Comer is the Principal Consultant at Dennis Comer Consulting (PIRAAS, LLC). He helps organizations deploying security technology and AI-enabled systems reduce execution risk by delivering deployment and test assurance toolkits—the work plans, readiness checklists, controls, and decision-ready materials teams use to run clean, defensible pilots and operational tests.
This work is consulting and enablement. Your team owns execution. Dennis provides the structured materials and readiness discipline that prevents missed steps from undermining schedule, operational continuity, and test integrity.
What I Do
I equip security and technology teams with practical materials they can immediately use to plan and execute deployments and operational testing, including:
Deployment & test logistics work plans (phase-gated readiness)
Site selection and site survey checklists (space, power, network, access, staging, safety)
Integration readiness checklists (Facilities / IT-Cyber / Operations) with rollback and data-capture prompts
Training readiness and on-shift enablement materials (role-based)
Test execution control pack (daily readiness routines, issue/change-control prompts, debrief cadence)
Risk registers with early-warning indicators and mitigations
De-install / redeployment / closeout checklists (data handling, inventory, signoff
Why My Background Fits High-Stakes Deployments
TSA — Operational Test Director (2010–2025)
Dennis served as a Senior Research Analyst / Operational Test Director in the Transportation Security Administration test environment, focused on the real-world readiness of aviation security screening systems. His TSA work provides a direct foundation for helping teams deploy and validate security technology—especially where AI is involved and performance must hold up in operational reality.
Selected TSA proof points:
Led operational testing for Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) and biometric screening technologies deployed across U.S. airports.
Authored operational test plans, evaluation reports, and risk assessments for multi-million-dollar screening systems.
Directed large-scale testing efforts involving federal personnel, contractors, and airport authorities—aligning stakeholders and execution realities to test objectives.
Developed testing standards still in use for EDS field deployments, supporting consistent execution and decision-quality results.
Where This Applies Beyond Aviation
While aviation security and EDS are core roots of the discipline, the same deployment/testing failure points show up anywhere high-stakes security technology is deployed—especially when AI is part of the system:
Critical infrastructure security
Government and public-sector security programs (all levels)
Secure facilities and access control environments
AI security and monitoring deployments
Any operational setting where “it works in the lab” isn’t good enough
Credentials
DHS/DoD Test & Evaluation Level III & Operational Test Director Certifications
B.S. Computer Science (Prairie View A&M),
M.S. Operations Research/Systems Analysis (Florida Tech)
,M.S. Aeronautics (Embry-Riddle)
M.P.S. Publishing (GWU)
How to Work Together
If your organization is preparing to deploy or test a security-related system—especially where AI is involved and the outcome needs to be defensible, repeatable, and operationally credible—start with a Readiness Readout or request a Field-Ready Toolkit Sprint.
Contact: dtcomer@piraas.com | (703) 862-7571 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-comer-mba-5179185/
Additional Leadership Experience
I have also served in community-based economic development leadership roles. This work strengthened my ability to align diverse stakeholders, drive adoption in real-world conditions, and deliver results in environments with tight constraints and competing priorities.
Let’s Talk
If you’re preparing a test window, pilot, or deployment of security-related technology—especially where operational risk, readiness, and defensible outcomes matter—contact me to request a Readiness Readout or discuss a Field-Ready Toolkit Sprint.
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Contact
By appointment only
Email: dtcomer@piraas.com
