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Chief Glen Leader founded Leader Protection Services to address a recurring failure he observed across high-liability environments: protection efforts that prioritize visibility and reaction over prevention, judgment, and defensible control. His work centers on the design of protection systems that operate before escalation—integrating behavioral threat indicators, environmental risk factors, and statutory authority to reduce exposure rather than respond to loss after the fact. His professional foundation includes formal military training, law-enforcement training, and combat lifesaving and emergency medical instruction, informing a disciplined approach to authority, restraint, and decision-making under scrutiny. This training shapes how risk is evaluated, how force is governed, and how responsibility is maintained when consequences are high. Chief Leader brings over a decade of experience in regulated, high-consequence operations, including command roles within multi-jurisdictional armed logistics teams operating under state-licensed contract. These assignments involved controlled-substance transport across multiple Florida counties, where planning discipline, route integrity, and lawful execution were essential. Operations were conducted without loss of assets or legal compromise. A near-breach event in South Florida reinforced a principle that continues to define his doctrine: most failures are not tactical—they are predictive. Threats emerge from patterns, not surprises. Effective protection depends on recognizing those patterns early and acting within lawful, proportional boundaries. Chief Leader’s approach draws from CPTED principles, Florida statutory authority, and behavioral analysis—not to project force, but to shape environments that discourage criminal decision-making at its source. He maintains a deliberately low public profile. His focus remains on systems design, client advisory, and operational oversight rather than personal visibility. The methodologies he develops are embedded into every assessment, deployment, and stabilization strategy executed by Leader Protection Services. His philosophy is simple: Protection is not performance. It is foresight, discipline, and accountability.
Jessenia Leader serves as Vice President, Co-Founder, and Chief Strategy Officer of Leader Protection Services, where she is responsible for the strategic, financial, and governance architecture that enables the organization to operate with clarity, stability, and institutional trust. Her leadership anchors LPS beyond operational execution—ensuring that growth, risk mitigation, and client engagement remain aligned with long-term accountability and lawful authority. Where enforcement requires structure, her role ensures coherence. Where complexity introduces risk, she provides disciplined oversight. Bicultural and bilingual, Jessenia brings a cross-cultural fluency that supports high-trust engagement across executive leadership, property stakeholders, capital partners, and community-facing environments. Her professional background spans corporate consulting, treasury and capital strategy, multifamily and estate portfolio governance, and high-accountability property operations—experience that allows her to translate complex risk environments into stable, scalable protection frameworks. As Chief Strategy Officer, she directs the internal systems that support sustainable growth, including capital stewardship, contract lifecycle governance, compliance alignment, and executive-level relationship management across domestic and international contexts. Her work ensures that operational decisions remain aligned with financial discipline, legal defensibility, and reputational integrity. Jessenia’s leadership style is defined by restraint, discernment, and situational awareness. She focuses on identifying friction points before they escalate—supporting outcomes grounded in understanding, proportionality, and resolution rather than reaction. Her role is not symbolic; it is structural. She functions as the connective authority between operational command and the institutions, clients, and communities LPS is entrusted to serve. Fluent across executive, regulatory, and community environments, Jessenia provides strategic continuity where complexity often disrupts progress. Her presence reinforces confidence, stability, and trust—particularly in environments where governance, liability, and human factors intersect. Her guiding principle reflects her approach to leadership and protection: “Stability begins with understanding. Sound judgment follows.”
Zaon Preston Leader serves as Deputy Chief of Leader Protection Services, where he oversees intelligence-informed planning, contingency design, and operational foresight across high-risk environments. He brings a professional background in U.S. Army intelligence, where he operated in cleared analytical roles supporting mission continuity, threat pattern assessment, and decision-making under strict confidentiality requirements. His work emphasized anticipation over reaction — identifying conditions that precede disruption rather than responding after harm occurs. Within LPS, Zaon is responsible for integrating intelligence discipline into civilian protection environments. His focus includes behavioral threat analysis, geospatial risk modeling, operational security considerations, and the development of contingency frameworks appropriate for residential, commercial, and portfolio-level assets. His approach draws from criminology, human terrain analysis, and structured intelligence methodology — adapted carefully for lawful private-sector application. The objective is not surveillance or force, but foresight: reducing uncertainty, supporting informed decisions, and preventing escalation through early recognition of risk patterns. Zaon operates with a high degree of discretion. His work is primarily internal and advisory, ensuring that leadership, clients, and field operations are supported by sound analysis, disciplined planning, and clear escalation thresholds. He holds a simple professional belief: Peace is not the absence of risk. It is the presence of preparation. As Deputy Chief, Zaon Leader provides the quiet analytical backbone behind LPS operations — ensuring that visible protection is reinforced by invisible planning, and that stability is designed, not improvised.
Captain Matthew Cerra oversees weapons systems, protective equipment, and operational outfitting across all Leader Protection Services divisions. His responsibility is ensuring that officers are properly equipped, compliant, and operationally prepared for the environments in which they serve. With a professional background at Benelli USA, Captain Cerra supported law-enforcement and specialized units nationwide, advising on duty weapons platforms, deployment suitability, and equipment lifecycle management. That experience informs his disciplined, standards-driven approach to logistics within LPS. His role centers on risk reduction through equipment reliability — aligning loadouts to mission scope, statutory authority, and environmental conditions while maintaining strict adherence to Florida law and federal ATF regulation. His responsibilities include: Weapons procurement, compliance, and lifecycle oversight Ballistic armor and protective equipment selection based on role and threat assessment Vehicle outfitting for interoperability and operational continuity Equipment training coordination and certification support Supply-chain resilience to prevent readiness degradation Trained as a Small Arms and Towed Artillery Repairer, Captain Cerra brings technical fluency in weapons systems maintenance, inspection, and performance evaluation. His expertise ensures that all issued equipment is selected, configured, and maintained with consistency, documentation, and accountability. Captain Cerra’s philosophy is pragmatic: “Equipment doesn’t create safety. Systems do. Our responsibility is to remove uncertainty before it reaches the field.” He approaches logistics not as warehousing, but as governance — ensuring every issued system meets operational requirements, legal standards, and professional expectations. His work supports the broader LPS doctrine of prevention, proportionality, and defensible decision-making.
