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Mark Shelly
GCG Consortium · Member record
United States
Tab 01 · Profile
Profile
Mark Shelly served more than 25 years at the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida, an agency of more than 1,800 staff serving more than 800,000 residents, finishing as Colonel. As its chief technology officer he ran the enterprise software, CAD and body-worn camera rollouts, built its drone programme and designed several real-time intelligence centres. He was Incident Commander for Hurricane Ian. He now runs LEVELD, advising public safety agencies on modernising their operations.
Mark's career at the Lee County Sheriff's Office spanned patrol, criminal investigations, narcotics, major crimes, special investigations, incident command, special operations (SWAT), waterborne tactics, communications and executive command. He was Incident Commander for Hurricane Ian and several other large-scale natural disasters, with multi-million-dollar budget oversight and large-scale project and construction management.
As founder and principal consultant of LEVELD he advises public safety agencies on modernising operations: real-time operations centres, drone programmes, dignitary protection and specialty response vehicle design.
Tab 02 · Areas of expertise
Areas of expertise
- Executive leadership & incident command Colonel of the Lee County Sheriff's Office, a Florida agency of more than 1,800 employees serving more than 800,000 residents on an annual budget of more than $350 million; Incident Commander for Hurricane Ian and for several other large-scale natural disasters.
- Public safety technology modernisation Served as the agency's CTO, leading major modernisation projects including enterprise software deployments, CAD implementations, body-worn camera rollouts and the design of several real-time intelligence centres.
- Tactical & special operations A 25+ year career spanning patrol, criminal investigations, narcotics, major crimes, special investigations, incident command, special operations (SWAT) and waterborne tactics.
- Real-time operations design Designs and implements real-time operational environments, spanning intelligence and threat management, incident management for natural disasters, large-scale events, mass casualty and civil unrest.
- Drone programmes & surveillance systems Led drone and drone-as-first-responder programme expansions alongside LPR, camera and video management system deployments.
Tab 03 · Service record
Service record
- 2021 – present Founder and Principal Consultant, LEVELD Founder and principal consultant specialising in public safety modernisation, operational strategy, technology deployment, real-time operational design and executive leadership advisory support.
- 2001 – 2026 Colonel, Lee County Sheriff's Office Colonel of a Florida agency of more than 1,800 employees serving more than 800,000 residents, on an annual budget of more than $350 million. Career spanning patrol, criminal investigations, narcotics, major crimes, special operations (SWAT) and waterborne tactics; as agency CTO led enterprise software, CAD, body-worn camera and drone/DFR programmes and the design of several real-time intelligence centres; Incident Commander for Hurricane Ian.
Tab 04 · Consortium delivery