Our Executive Team

Mr. Kelly began his career at D.B. Kelly along in 1977. He has extensive security and investigative experience having served as Chief Executive Officer of D.B. Kelly, a regional provider of contract security and investigative services. Mr. Kelly is a graduate of Seton Hall University, New York Institute of Security and Polygraph Science, and John Jay College of Security Management. 

He is recognized as an expert in both federal and state courts on subjects of polygraph, investigations and physical security. Mr. Kelly serves on various boards such as Monmouth Medical Center, Chabad House-Lubavitch, Saint Peters Healthcare System Development Campaign, and Catholic Charities-Diocese of Metuchen, Cappamore Investments and TKO Private Equity Group.

Mr. Kelly joined D. B. Kelly Associates after holding the position of Director of Investigations for the Transco Group, a primary service contractor devoted to warehousing, distribution and transportation for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. In this position, Mr. Kelly was responsible for implementing investigative services related to insurance fraud, surveillance and undercover operations, and personnel background/integrity checks.

Previously, Mr. Kelly served as a State Investigator for the Division of Criminal Justice in the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General. In this position, he was responsible for conducting criminal investigations related to major frauds, narcotics and organized crime, and was involved in witness protection details, surveillance operations, and background investigations related to state government appointees. 

Mr. Kelly graduated from Providence College, and is also a graduate of several university and professional education programs related to security management and investigations, including those sponsored by the American Society of Industrial Security and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Mr. Holleran joined D. B. Kelly Associates in 1989 as an Investigator before being elevated to Account Executive. He left D. B. Kelly in 1994 to become a detective with the Essex County, New Jersey Sheriff’s Department, where he served for five years. Among his assignments was the elite, multi-jurisdictional organized crime task force focused on the elimination of organized auto theft for export in the northern New Jersey/New York City metropolitan area. 

Mr. Holleran holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Criminal Justice and has been accredited by the American College of Forensic Examiners with the highest designated certification for Homeland Security, Level III. His responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day organizational and sales activities of the company.

During the course of his over 27 year career in the FBI, Mr. Lenehan has conducted or supervised hundreds of investigations into the background, associations and character of individuals, in order to determine the veracity of witnesses, subjects, victims and participants in criminal activity, recording and reporting the results of those investigations in a complete and accurate manner, for evidentiary and testimonial purposes. He has gathered and documented evidence in those investigations and presented the results of that work in Federal and State Courts as part of the Government’s prosecutorial responsibilities.

Since his retirement from the FBI in early 2001, Mr. Lenehan has conducted and directed due diligence, security background, and a wide variety of corporate and sensitive organizational investigations as a licensed Private Investigator in New Jersey and the New York Metropolitan area for APG Security.