WHO WE ARE

Founded in 2003, StoneGate Associates (SGA) is a recognized leader providing Security, Fire Safety, Emergency Management and Health, Safety and Environmental Regulatory Compliance consulting services. Our services have helped companies, government agencies and individuals mitigate risk, and ensure regulatory compliance with Federal and State agencies.

SGA's clients include Fortune 100 companies, healthcare facilities, academic institutions (both K-12 and College and University), non-profit organizations, government agencies, financial institutions and manufacturing environments.

SGA professionals posess years of law enforcement, private security, fire safety and emergency management project management experience that guide our clients as they manage risks and regulation in today's world.

Marcus DePontes
Executive Director

Mr. DePontes has been the Executive Director for StoneGate Associates (“SGA”) since 2004 and is responsible for the day to day management of the consulting firm.

Prior to founding SGA, he served for twelve years as a Project Manager for the PMK Group and the Manager of Public Safety & Security for Morristown Memorial Hospital (600-bed trauma center), The Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute of Morristown Memorial (ARI), The Dialysis Center of Northwest Jersey, 111 Madison Ambulatory Surgery Center and the 95 Madison Avenue Annex.

He has developed numerous safety, fire safety, security and emergency management programs for a variety of industries including: Public Schools (K-12), Colleges and Universities and Healthcare facilities. In addition, he has assisted several healthcare facilities with Environment of Care compliance programs including Safety Committee development, training, and regulatory compliance.

He is the former Education Committee Chairman for the Morris County Emergency Preparedness Infrastructure Advisory Group. In this capacity he assisted in coordinating security and emergency response procedures and protocols for schools (K-12) and Colleges/Universities in Morris County.

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Errol Brudner
Senior Project Manager

Mr. Brudner is a retired Captain of Police having served 25 years with the Montclair Police Department. In this capacity he commanded several departments and divisions including: Investigation Division, Detective Bureau; Community Response Team/ Emergency Preparedness; Department Training; Communications / 9-1-1 Central Dispatch; Research and Planning; Community Policing / Crime Prevention; Grant and Budget; liaison to the Civil Rights Commission.

Mr. Brudner has served as the Manager of Public Safety and Security for Mountainside Hospital for four years. In this capacity he has been responsible for all hospital security, emergency preparedness and safety issues.

He has also been responsible for planning, writing and implementing several township and school policies, procedures, grants and training programs.

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Jeffrey P. Carrie
Senior Project Manager

Mr. Carrie brings twenty-nine years of law enforcement experience, including over twenty-two years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where he concluded his career on March 31, 2007 as an Acting Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge. With the FBI, he has received extensive experience in management of covert surveillance teams and supervision of Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and aviation operations matters. He has provided instruction on covert physical surveillance techniques to law enforcement officers throughout the United States and in Europe and Africa. Mr. Carrie is an Associate Member of the Essex County Chiefs of Police Association. He is certified by the ASIS International Board as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and by the NREMT Board as an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-B). He has developed numerous safety, fire safety, security and emergency management programs for a variety of industries including: public schools (K-12), colleges, universities, healthcare facilities and various businesses.

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David McCabe
Project Manager

Professional Background

Dave has been a professional fire fighter for 20 years with the Bloomfield Fire Department. During those 20 years he has been a fire officer for the last 8 years and currently holds the rank of Captain. He is a trained self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) technician and he is fire pump and Ariel ladder operations certified.

He has served four years as a Fire Safety Coordinator for The Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, New Jersey two years as Fire Safety Coordinator for the General Hospital Center @ Passaic in Passaic, New Jersey and two years as the Fire Safety Coordinator for Overlook Hospital.

He has received three special recognition awards for saving the lives of trapped victims.

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