In his first career, Mr. Celano served twenty-two years in the NYPD. He attained the rank of detective and detective sergeant squad commander. His assignments included the Queens District Attorney’s Office Squad, the Drug Enforcement Administration Joint Task Force, the Organized Crime Control Bureau, the Colombo Organized Crime Task Force and a number of detective squads in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He was also a special investigator for the Office of the Special State Prosecutor-Nursing Home Investigation. He retired from the NYPD in 1995. Mr. Celano’s expertise in organized crime led him to testify in a number of organized crime cases in state/federal courts in and out of New York State. He was the liaison for the Queens County District Attorney’s Office Squad with all state/federal agencies nationally on organized crime matters. In his second career, Mr. Celano was the Founder/Owner/CEO of Full Security, Inc., a midtown Manhattan investigative firm. Clients included Pershing Capital, Conde Nast, Morgan Stanley, BBDO, Price Waterhouse Coopers, M &M, Thomas Lee, McGraw Hill, Pepsi, Durst, Paul Weiss, Pillsbury Winthrop, Paine Webber and other major corporations/high net worth individuals.Mr. Celano created the Streetwise Communication Training Program within his firm that provided customized training for entities such as Morgan Stanley, News Corp, Nassau Community College, Rutgers University, UNLV, Bear Stearns, Marsh & McClennan , Boars Head, NYC Department of Homeless Services, McGraw Hill, and the NYPD. He was an instructor for the Lormans Business Center on Internal Investigations. Mr. Celano was an instructor on Workplace Violence at Nassau Community College Continuing Education Program for Teacher Certifications. He was also a motivational speaker for probationers in the New York City Probation Department Nova Ancora Program. Mr. Celano was a guest on WEVD Radio’s Woman to Woman, featured in Forbes Magazine regarding his Streetwise Communication Program, was a panel member at Crain’s New York 12th Annual Expo, featured in Security and Access Control Magazine and was quoted in Investor’s Daily, the New York Times and Crain’s. He was a member of several Manhattan based networking groups including the Metropolitan Business Network (MBN) and the Professional Business Networking Association (PBNA) where he was a board member for a number of years. He Co-founded and chaired the Bandit Group for Gotham City Networking.Mr. Celano retired from his investigative/security business in 2017 to pursue a third career as an author of novels. He created the ongoing Sergeant Markie Mystery Series. His published works are: “The Case of Two in the Trunk” (Significance Press, 2019, Amazon) “The Case of the Cross-Eyed Strangler” (Blvd Books, 2020, Amazon & Barnes & Noble) “The Case of the One Eared Wolf” (Boulevard Books, 2021, Amazon & Barnes & Noble) “The Case of Too Many Wives” (Due for publication in 2022)Mr. Celano discussed his work at the East Hampton Library and has been a guest on Crime Beat/Artist First Radio Network with Ron Chepesiuk, Gangland Wire-Crime Stories Podcast with Gary Jenkins and the Las Vegas Never Sleeps Podcast with Steve Maggi. Mr. Celano has written articles for Security Director Magazine, Security Management Magazine, American Society for Industrial Security(ASIS) Best Practices Manual, and the New York Daily News. He also co-authored the book Basic Security Investigation (Gould Publishing-1996) with the preface written by former NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton.Mr. Celano is the recipient of several awards including the Guardian Angels Citizen of Merit Award, American Legion Award, Drug Enforcement Administration Meritorious Award, the NYPD Commendation, Meritorious Police Duty and Exceptional Police Duty recognitions. He was the MBN’s Networker of the Year on two occasions.Mr. Celano is a Board Member of the Tiro a Segno of New York, a member of The Tiro a Segno Membership Committee, Tiro a Segno Foundation, Tiro a Segno Nominating Committee and a Director on the Executive Committee of the Gotham City Networking Foundation.Currently, he hosts Authors/Wordsmith Networking Luncheons along with Signature Bank. The focus of the group is to assist aspiring writers and foster business relationships. Mr. Celano resides with his family in Park Slope, Brooklyn.Read more about this authorRead less about this author