I’m Brad Weger, founder of Dark Ocean. I help owners, COOs, CFOs, and boards answer three questions: What could seriously disrupt us? Are we ready if it happens? Who decides what, and when? Dark Ocean is based in St. Augustine, Florida, and works with organizations nationwide.
I’ve spent more than 20 years in operational and safety risk, leading people and operations where mistakes are costly. I’m a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with an MS and an MBA, and I bring military command experience to crisis planning. That means clear roles, fast decisions, and an honest after-action review. Dark Ocean is a one-person firm by design: when you hire Dark Ocean, you work with me from start to finish.
To help organizations stay in business through disasters, disruptions, crises, and the risks no one is watching, with plans that are practical, tested, and owned by the people who will use them. I learn how your operation really works before I recommend anything. Every engagement ends with clear decisions and next steps, not a binder for the shelf.
CSP, MS, MBA, 20+ years in operational risk, and military command experience.
Start with one focused, fixed-scope engagement. Grow into a full program or ongoing support only if it earns its keep.
Plans get exercised. Every exercise produces a written after-action report and an improvement plan you can track.
Most growing organizations don’t need a full-time chief risk officer, but they do need someone who has done this before. Dark Ocean fills that gap. I bring a structured approach to continuity, crisis, and enterprise risk; work alongside your leadership team; and leave you with plans, owners, and habits that keep working after I step back. My roots in safety and operational risk mean I understand plants, warehouses, job sites, and front-line teams, not just boardrooms.
Clients work directly with me, from the first conversation to the final report. Here is what a few of them have said.
Dark Ocean works with organizations across the U.S. Planning workshops, risk interviews, and many tabletop exercises run virtually, and on-site work such as site walks and in-person exercises can be arranged wherever you operate.
Yes. Site walks and in-person tabletop exercises are often the best fit for on-site work. Interviews, planning sessions, and many exercises work well virtually. We'll pick the mix that fits your schedule and budget.
Yes. Book a free 20-minute risk conversation. We'll talk about what's worrying you and what you already have in place, and you'll leave with at least one practical next step. If there's a fit, I'll follow up with a short proposal with a fixed scope and fee.
Yes. Through fractional risk leadership on a monthly agreement, I keep your continuity, crisis, and risk programs current: regular exercises, plan updates, risk register reviews, leadership or board reporting, and advisory support when an incident happens. It gives you senior risk leadership without the cost of a full-time hire.
Yes. Safety and operational risk work is still available as a complementary service for enterprise risk clients, including site safety assessments, emergency response planning and drills, and safety program reviews. It's offered alongside continuity, crisis, and enterprise risk engagements so your operational and strategic risks are managed together.
You'll work directly with me, Brad Weger, founder of Dark Ocean. I'm a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, hold an MS and an MBA, and have more than 20 years of operational risk experience along with military command experience. Dark Ocean is a veteran-owned firm.
