
NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS
- 315-720-4186
- [email protected]
- 386 N Midler Ave. Syracuse, NY 13206
SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE
TEXAS OFFICE
- 469-671-2300
- [email protected]
- 100 Crescent Court Dallas, TX 75201
Dmytro Kobylyanskyi
Assistant Director of Operations
Josh Czyz
Chaplain
Tim Czyz
Field Service Technician & Trainer
Clark Fields
Field Service Technician & Trainer
NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS
SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE
TEXAS OFFICE
CEO/Co-Founder
On December 14, 2012, our nation was devastated by the news that 20 first graders and 6 adults had been murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. Having been a father, husband of an English teacher, active shooter expert, SWAT operator, and homicide detective at this point, Tom Czyz realized he couldn’t protect his own family.
He knew something needed to be done to protect America’s schools, so he founded Armoured One, a company that is dedicated to ending the story of active shooter. He put together the best active shooter experts he could find from SWAT, military special forces, federal agents, and schoolteachers to create a company that would save lives.
Since that time, Tom and his team of investigators have responded to more than 50 k-12 school shootings, including Sandy Hook, Parkland, Santa Fe, and Uvalde. His team produces debriefs from these investigations to educate school administrators, police, firefighters, EMS, architects, and politicians about how to survive an active shooter attack. In addition, Tom founded ONE Training, a non-profit that provides customized courses for varying school staff positions to empower them to save students’ lives. He achieved his greatest feat when one of the schools, Armoured One, and ONE Training, helped was attacked, but no one was killed or injured except the attacker. That was proof that proper training, notification, and hardening of products can save lives. Armoured One is now known as America’s School Active Shooter Company. Tom currently sits on the board of the National Safety Security Protection Association, a not-for-profit that helps states create minimum standards for security.
Tom is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in active shooter, school security, and motivational speaking. His work has been featured by the Rolling Stones, Forbes Magazine, Netflix, Viewpoint, numerous local, national, international, and global news outlets. He has presented to government officials and school associations for superintendents, school board members, facilities, and transportation. He has also collaborated with and trained local law enforcement and federal law enforcement. Tom has worked tirelessly for ten years to protect America’s schools from active shooter attacks. His work has been acknowledged by school leaders and government leaders, but more importantly, by the families of the lives he has helped save.
Chief Technical Officer
Tino Amodei, a husband and father of two boys has over 15 years of experience developing over a hundred successful companies. His innovative business and marketing approaches have allowed him to work with top brands such as Best Buy Mobile, U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin, not-for-profits, and major colleges and universities. Being the lead research and developer of all of Armoured One’s glass products has allowed him to break barriers and set new standards in the shooter attack certified glass and film market. Fueled by his passion to save lives, Tino has led our team of chemists, active shooter experts, glass and film experts to create the very first bullet resistant and fire rated glass in the world. His ability to understand architectural needs and challenges and pair it with our tactical obligations is the driving force behind Armoured One’s product development. ns.
President of ONE Training
Maria Czyz is a wife and mom of two. She was born and raised in Syracuse, NY and graduated from Fowler High School. She received her B.A. in Education and M.S. in Literacy from SUNY Oswego. Maria taught in the Syracuse City School District and is passionate about teaching and growing underprivileged schools and communities. Maria is dedicated to bridging the gap between law enforcement/military/1st responders and educators. She is passionate about incorporating practical teaching strategies into Armoured One Training.
Chief Operating Officer
Regional Vice President
Gene brings three decades of project management experience, having worked with over 60 of the world’s largest firms including many listed at the S&P 500 and FTSE 100, headquartered across five different continents. The key to Gene’s success is his entrepreneurial approach to solving client needs since projects can often have tight requirements in resources, technology, scheduling, integration of multiple teams/locations, and deadlines. Gene is a father of two and an outdoor enthusiast. He earned a BA in Economics at Stony Brook University along with credits in architecture at Cornell University.
Staff Accountant
Deepa joined the Armoured One team in February 2022 as Staff Accountant. She brings over 8 eight years of diversified accounting and finance experience from property management, retail and banking industries. Throughout her career she has helped companies achieve their financial goals and objectives while ensuring strict adherence to accounting and financial guidelines.
Deepa holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Calicut, India with dual specialization in Finance and Human Resource Management. She is currently pursuing her CPA license and certification. She emigrated to the United States from India in 2017.
Deepa is a wife and mother of three young children. She is very actively involved in the local community and she volunteers at her church as a religious education teacher for fourth grade students.
Executive Director
Steve Zaferakis is a husband and father who truly embraces safety and preparedness in schools. His wife is a middle school teacher while his two daughters attend elementary school. He has 25 years of experience in fire, rescue, and emergency services with the Moyers Corners Fire Department. He held numerous leadership positions within the department and served as a chief officer for ten years. During his tenure in the fire service, he consistently delivered fire safety to the school district by conducting annual school fire inspections, developing fire prevention curriculum, and making presentations to students and teachers. A self-defense instructor for over 25 years, he has trained many first responders in situational awareness and personal defense. Steve has over 10 years of experience in the field of fire protection engineering, and is also a certified NYS Code Enforcement Official.