As a United States Army veteran with more than 32 years’ experience in the Special Operations community, Mel was one of the original six operators and spent 16 plus years in Delta Force. Mel also served as the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) for the Joint Special Operations Command, for the US Army Special Operations Command, and for the United States Special Operations Command. His diversified career in Special Operations has built a broad base of experience and expertise in leadership, operations, planning, managing complex projects in high threat environments and building positive working relationships with indigenous personnel.

He has planned, designed, and supervised the implementation of advanced special operations training courses from 1 week to 6 months in duration, planned and conducted joint exercises up to National level as well as designing, planning and conducting operational tests of special operations unique equipment. Following his retirement from service, Mel accepted the position as Director and Program Manager for the Center for National Response. Mr. Wick turned an abandoned highway tunnel into a unique one-of-a-kind, national level, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Counter Terrorism training center, training over 10,000 DOD, Federal, State and local first responders to include numerous tactical scenarios for law enforcement teams. For the first eight years at Quick Services LLC, Mr. Wick was the Chief Executive Officer and then Managing Partner.