About EM5 Advisory Group
EM5 Advisory Group is a senior advisory firm specializing in global resilience, security, and emergency management.
Explore our mission areasThe Firm
The firm was established to help leaders translate strategy, policy, and planning into institutional and operational capability. Our work is grounded in the practical realities of leading organizations, preparing for disruption, managing crisis, and operating in complex environments.
We help organizations work together on security, anticipate and address threats, and share critical information so they can safeguard their people, operations, and interests around the world.
EM5 engagements are senior-led and tailored to the client. We draw on experienced practitioners and subject-matter experts selected for the requirements of each engagement. Teams remain focused, practical, and closely connected to client leadership.
Senior-led · Global · Tailored
Leadership
Founder and CEO
“Your future is defined by the company you keep.”
For more than 25 years, Troy M. Taylor has built, led, and strengthened organizations and operational capabilities where preparedness, security, and decisive leadership matter most. His career spans government, military, and private-sector operations, with a focus on emergency management, crisis leadership, security and risk, and international operations.
In the private sector, Taylor has advised government and organizational leaders on preparedness, security, operational readiness, and national resilience. At the U.S. Department of State, he held senior leadership roles supporting more than 39,000 personnel across 300 diplomatic locations, with responsibilities spanning emergency management, security coordination, crisis operations, and continuity. His background also includes catastrophic disaster planning at FEMA and readiness, contingency planning, expeditionary operations, and emergency response with the U.S. Air Force.
Taylor brings extensive international experience across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas, spanning security, humanitarian operations, diplomacy, and complex international engagements. Working across cultures, governments, and institutions has shaped a practical approach grounded in trusted partnerships, local context, and the ability to translate proven principles into capabilities suited to regional realities. That perspective defines EM5 Advisory Group.
Mission Areas
Senior Expertise. Operational Depth.
EM5 draws on a network of senior subject matter experts who have led institutions, directed complex operations, and made consequential decisions as state directors, senior federal executives, and military leaders. Our senior-practitioner model matches that depth of experience to each client’s mission, risks, and operating environment, delivering practical guidance grounded in firsthand leadership and the ability to turn strategy into operational capability.
The positions below illustrate the depth of experience relevant to each mission area.
01Former FEMA executives, Federal Coordinating Officers, state emergency management directors, and Fire Chiefs bring experience in catastrophic planning, incident command, disaster operations, preparedness programs, and recovery. Their expertise supports risk-informed planning, emergency operations centers, training and exercises, resource coordination, and capabilities that perform under real-world conditions.
02Former Diplomatic Security executives, Regional Security Officers, federal department security directors, senior federal and state law enforcement officials, and senior military force protection leaders bring expertise in threat and vulnerability assessments, protective security, overseas risk, law enforcement coordination, and security governance. Their experience helps clients protect personnel and facilities, strengthen security coordination, and integrate risk management into operational decisions.
03Former senior federal executives, General and Flag Officers, State Adjutants General and other senior military leaders bring experience leading organizations through complex emergencies and high-consequence events. Their expertise supports executive decision-making, crisis governance, command and coordination, stakeholder communications, and leadership exercises that prepare teams to act decisively under pressure.
04Former Federal Department Continuity Coordinators, department and agency continuity directors, senior military readiness leaders, and state government continuity officials bring expertise in Continuity of Operations (COOP), Continuity of Government (COG), and mission assurance. Their experience supports essential-function analysis, succession, devolution, and delegated authorities, alternate operating arrangements, continuity communications, exercises, and reconstitution.
05Former senior federal executives, FEMA Regional Administrators, State Adjutants General, and State Department leaders bring experience building and strengthening capabilities across institutions and jurisdictions. Their expertise supports national emergency management frameworks, governance and authorities, workforce development, critical infrastructure resilience, civil-military coordination, and international partnerships adapted to each client’s operating environment.
Readiness Changes Outcomes.
