Who We Are
Vanguard Security Group was founded on a single principle: protection should be as precise and professional as the individuals it serves.
We provide comprehensive executive protection services to corporate leaders, high-profile public figures, celebrities, and professional athletes who demand discretion, reliability, and an unwavering standard of excellence.
Executive Leadership
Jesse Hattesohl
Jesse brings nearly 20 years of experience in executive protection, risk mitigation, and operational planning. His career spans private security and military environments, including leadership roles at Triple Canopy. He takes a disciplined, mission-driven approach grounded in strategic planning and an unwavering commitment to client safety.
CEO
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He served just under 9 years of active duty in the US Army as an Infantryman serving as a squad leader, completing two combat tours overseas—Iraq and Afghanistan. Following his military service, Jesse pursued a career in diplomatic security for the Department of State for American consultants in high-threat environments for roughly 5 years conducting Low, High, and Re-profile PSD operations. During this time, he served as a Protective Security Specialist and Unit Shift lead conducting private security details, low-profile moves, surveillance, and executive protection operations for the United States. He returned to the United States and began working privately in late 2019. Since, he has worked close and executive protection details in multiple forms in various locations across the United States.
Carter Thorson
Carter is a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant with over a decade of combined military and armed security service. He has protected C-level executives, healthcare leaders, and media personnel across high-risk environments, with international deployments including security operations in East Africa. A proud Infantryman and graduate of many military courses including the elite French Desert Commando Course, he holds a Secret clearance and specializes in close protection tactics and de-escalation.
CFO / COO
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Carter continues to serve in the Minnesota National Guard Staff Sergeant. His military background is rooted in the U.S. Army Infantry, where he has serves in leadership roles responsible for personnel, training, mission planning, and operational execution. His experience includes deployments to East Africa, civil unrest, many military schoolhouses, and advanced training through the French Desert Commando Course.
In the private sector, Carter has performed in armed security and executive protection supporting fortune 100 C-level executives, healthcare leaders, media personnel, religious figures, and other public-facing clients requiring discretion and professionalism. His experience includes close protection, secure transportation, site security, protective planning, client movement, de-escalation, and operating in environments where privacy, professionalism, and sound judgment are critical. As CFO / COO of Vanguard Security Group, Carter helps oversee company operations while remaining actively involved in field-level protective work and client support.
Our Team
At VSG, we hire exceptional professionals who are vetted through multiple rounds of skills and behavioral assessments. We take pride in partnering with the best in class to deliver on our promise for our client’s needs.
Where others offer guards, we deliver strategic protection. VSG combines operational precision with the discretion and professionalism that our clients’ reputations require.
Veteran Owned & Operated
Vanguard Security Group is fully licensed by the Minnesota Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services and maintains all required bonding and insurance. Our team meets or exceeds all state-mandated training and continuing education requirements.