About Bedrock

Paul J Nelson

Founder, Owner, President & Chairman

Paul is the owner of Bedrock Protection Agency LLC, a Native American by birth and an active citizen of the Cherokee Nation. 
Paul is the president, chief executive officer, and chairman, with full-charge responsibility for daily management and all legal & compliance issues, plus serving as the corporate qualifying agent and licensee. He has more than 30 years of security and guard management experience. In 1992, he founded the original company in California, which grew to be the dominant provider of security services in North San Diego County. Between 1999 and 2014, Paul established profitable operations in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Denver.  
Brigham Young University Alumnus

Todd McGuire

Finance, Admin & Government Liaison

Todd is the primary government liaison for Bedrock and serves as the chief administration and finance officer. 
Todd's a dynamic entrepreneur who thrives in the challenge of startups and helping them succeed and grow into established businesses. He has a talent for change management, corporate branding, and human asset development. Todd was instrumental in scaling Bedrock into one of the fastest-growing companies in America, according to Inc 500. After spending nearly a decade working in finance and marketing for multimillion-dollar brands and startups, Todd has found a career scaling up profitable security companies. 
Utah Valley University Alumnus

J Damien Scott

Operations & Consulting

Damien serves as the chief operations officer and senior consultant for Bedrock. 
Damien served as a United States Marine Military Policeman and a Texas police officer. He brings over 25 years of full-charge executive experience providing executive protection, crisis recovery, security management, investigation, and intelligence services for government, private, and international organizations. Damien's experience includes 4+ years of security management for the prime contractor of a Latin-American financial institution and 7+ years living with, training, and working alongside foreign host country security forces in Haiti, Iraq, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Mexico, Colombia, and Bosnia - Herzegovina.
University of Wales TSD Alumnus