Ronald E. "Ron" MacKay

Experience
1997 - Present	As proprietor of Forensic Behavioural Analysis, a licenced company in Ontario, provides a variety of services to clients based on training provided by the FBI and experience applying those methods. See the Services page on this site for descriptions of available services.
1993 - 2003	As chairman of the Education Committee of the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship(ICIAF) administered and supervised the education, evaluation and examination of Understudy Candidates to the ICIAF nationally and internationally. This included the training of three members of the RCMP to continue the program upon his retirement.
1990 - 1997	Officer in Charge, Violent Crime Analysis Branch, RCMP "HQ" Ottawa. As the first Canadian trained in these techniques Ron MacKay was responsible for establishing a national program for delivery of services, both operational and training. As such he led the team that conducted the founding research and then established a national data base capable of linking crimes of serial offenders in relation to homicide, sexual assaults, missing persons and unidentified bodies, known as Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System (ViCLAS).
1990 - 1997	Provided criminal investigative analysis services to all Canadian Police Forces on a priorized basis.
1988/89	Special Projects - One member of two man team tasked with a detailed investigative review of the investigation of the crash of Air India Flight 182 of 23 June 1985 seeking new investigative leads. This entailed first hand review of all files held by all RCMP Divisions across Canada and interview of Key Investigative Personnel.
1961/88	Served in the RCMP in BC and HQ Ottawa in a variety of duties including Uniform patrol, training, major crime investigation, counter terrorism and threat assessment for major events such as the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary.

Identified Skills
	Crime Scene Analyst
	Criminal Investigative Analyst
	Tactical and strategic planner
	Successful and experienced interviewer
	Effective and experienced communicator and course instructor
	Successful and experienced leader capable of developing a coordinated team from a group of diverse personalities and backgrounds.

Instructor/Guest Speaker

Canadian Police College - taught a one full day on each Major Case Management and Major Crime Investigative Techniques Course from 1990 to 1997 as well as numerous similar courses across Canada.

Has addressed groups from 20 to 400 in Canada, USA and Europe . Participated in several police training videos and as a recognized expert in a public safety video. Has participated in numerous television, radio and printed news media interviews as well as programs such as Unsolved Mysteries and Discovery Channel documentary programs

Other Information

Police service - over 35 years service with the RCMP retiring at the rank of Inspector.

Received letter of appreciation from the Deputy Commissioner Commanding "E" Division regarding his handling of a major organized crime investigation and subsequent conviction for the issuing of two murder contracts.

Featured in "Dark Paths Cold Trails" a book by Doug Clark, published by Harper Collins Canada. Placed second at the 2003 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Nonfiction "DARK PATHS, COLD TRAILS tells the story of how a Mountie led the quest to link serial killers to their victims It is the true story of some of Canada's most notorious and lesser-known serial killers and rapists, and their victims; a policing community struggling to cope with a new kind of sexual predator; and a high-tech solution combining behavioral analysis, psychological and geographic profiling, forensic psychiatry and serial-crime linkage. It revisits the Clifford Olson case, the trigger for the RCMP to develop a better way to stop serial criminals."

"Like many Mounties, Ron MacKay was once cynical about the use of computers and the FBI's profiling techniques to find and convict serial killers. Today he is an internationally known criminal profiler, the pioneer of Canada's celebrated ViCLAS computer linkage system and the engaging hero of this entertaining and valuable book." - Stevie Cameron

As investigator, supervisor and violent crime analyst has been directly involved in the investigation of over 1000 violent crimes of homicide, sexual assault, robbery, arson, bombing, extortion and abduction from all regions of Canada as well as in the USA and elsewhere. As Violent Crime Analyst/Consultant has studied criminal behaviour in an additional 800 violent crimes.

Professional Associations
	International Homicide Investigators Association - Member
	International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship - Member and Past Chairman of Education Committee
	Canadian Association of Violent Crime Analysts - Honorary Member and past Vice President

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