Andre Simons

Andre Simons, MA, CTM,  is the Lead for Violence Risk and Legal Response for OpenAI. 

With a 23-year career in law enforcement and public service, Andre served as a certified FBI Profiler and as the Unit Chief of the FBI’s Behavioral Threat Assessment Center at the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) in Quantico, Virginia, before retiring in 2019.

Andre has co-authored numerous works on targeted violence including A Study of the Pre-Attack Behaviors of Active Shooters in the U.S. (2018), The Assessment of Anonymous Threatening Communications (2021), and Publicly Humiliating Events: A Precursor to Workplace Violence? (2024). He is the 2019 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and is the National Chair of ATAP’s Certified Threat Manager Program.

In private practice, Andre has previously worked as a Principal with Control Risks Group and a Partner at VanSlyke Schouten LLP in Washington, DC. In these roles, he has advised organizations on crisis response, threat assessment, and the design and implementation of workplace violence prevention programs.

Presentations & Workshops:

• Behavioural Threat Assessment and Management Workshop
• BTAM Evolutions: Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes (Keynote presentation 2026 Conference)
• How School Shooters Manipulate Others and Evade Bystander Concerns