Brian Rich received a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada in 1979. His career began as a research and development engineer researching an electromagnetic field application of ported coaxial cables to outdoor perimeter security sensing. In addition to many years of engineering design experience on a broad range of security sensor technologies, he also spent several years in development of advanced trace chemical detectors with a security application to explosives and narcotics detection. Brian is currently President of Senstar Corporation, a company involved in design and manufacture of high technology outdoor perimeter security sensors sold worldwide in over 80 countries.

Brian has been a member of the ICCST Executive Committee since 2001, and hosted the 41st IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology in Ottawa, Canada in October 2007.