Introducing Dan Barry, the President and Owner of the PEI-based event security company Toursec, as a successful Atlantic Canadian entrepreneur just doesn’t seem to do him justice – it’s too mundane. He holds a degree in Emergency Management. He trained at the DHS FEMA Emergency Management Institute in Maryland and attended Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. He’s an expert in both Mass Gathering Life Safety and Use of Force. He lives live events. 365 days a year. He knows the ins and outs of any event security scenario you can imagine, indoors or outdoors. Toursec has worked alongside security details for presidents, prime ministers, and royalty. They’ve also made a name for themselves in Entertainment Security in both film and television: Toursec provided total security for Academy Award Winner Daniel Day Lewis’ film The Ballad of Jack and Rose and for Live with Regis and Kelly when they came to shoot in PEI in 2005 and 2010 respectively. More than once, a big band has come to perform in the Maritimes and left town with a Toursec detail in tow to finish the remainder of their tour. But as exciting as it all seems, Dan would be the first one to tell you that it’s not a career of glitz and glam. “You’re doing things that people at an event don’t even know happens; it’s behind the scenes of behind the scenes, really,” he explained to Spotlight on Business Magazine in early June. But don’t let Dan’s reputation as the ultimate “Professional Worry Wart” fool you. He shared a memory or two – including one about the star of the “show about nothing” – that really prove that this industry- leading expert in Safe Venue Design and self-described “chronic teacher” can sometimes find time to embrace the lighter side of the invaluable service that he and his team provides.
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DECEMBER 2017 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
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