Forrest Hise
Operations Team; MBA; E.I.T.
Senior Partner, Director of Business Development
Fhise@1stvetsec.com

As a Senior Partner and the Director of Business Development at 1st Veterans Security LLC, Forrest commands a business development (B&D) team in fulfilling the company’s visions and long-term goals. His accomplishments include growing the area of operations by obtaining the required CONUS state security licenses, acquiring new corporate and private clients in diversified sectors and industries, and streamlining the risk management process for the client.

Current Board Positions

June 2023 – Present Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners (LSBPSE)

Member Board of Directors; Chairman of Legislation Committee

Appointed By Louisiana Governor

Jan 2023 – Present Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Member Board of Directors

Forrest originally comes from the upstream, private energy sector with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University and a M.B.A. from Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business. He worked as a deep water reservoir engineer on a $2 Billion deep water asset in the Gulf of Mexico - Horn Mountain.

Later, his responsibilities expanded to managing a small team of engineers and leading the capital raising efforts for several onshore oil prospects. COVID and the subsequent period of civil unrest changed the threat profile where the company was operating and Forrest was asked to expand his responsibilities to the Director of Security and Safety for personnel. This position eventually led to a full-time role with 1st Veterans Security LLC.

Forrest believes in leading from the front and never asking personnel to complete a task he is not willing to do himself. To this end, Forrest maintains the licenses, credentials, and same operation standards required from all field personnel. In 2023, he was appointed to the Board of Directors at the Better Business Bureau.

Education

2016 – 2018 Tulane A.B. Freeman School of Business

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society (Top 10%; Ranked 2nd)

2010 – 2014 Louisiana State University - Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering

Bachelor of Science Petroleum Engineering (Ranked 4th)

Cum Laude Graduate; Tau Beta Pi Honor Society; Tau Beta Pi Honor Society; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Languages Arabic (Elementary - L.S.U. 8 Hours Credit)

French (Basic)