Oak View Group Leadership

Michael P. Downing brings 35 years of experience to Prevent Advisors. Most recently he served as the Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Police Department and Commanding Officer, Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau where he led five operational divisions: Major Crimes, Emergency Services Divisions, Metropolitan Division, Air Support Division, and Emergency Operations Division. These divisions include the Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Section, Criminal Investigative Section, Organized Crime, Surveillance Section, Hazardous Devices Section, LAX Bomb K-9 Section, Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Mounted Unit, Dive Teams, Emergency Preparedness and Response. He has worked with the New Scotland Yard’s Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command SO 15. Deputy Chief Downing has testified before Congressional sub-committee’s relative to intelligence, homeland security, information sharing, and prison radicalization. In April 2010, Chief Downing served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council working group on developing a national strategy for countering violent extremism.

Steve Collins is a Chief Operating Officer at Oak View Group, Exec VP:Completions & Ops at EARTHSTONE ENERGY INC, and Senior VP/Head:Client at Oaktree Capital Management. He has experience at KPMG and has worked as Exec VP:Completions & Ops at Oak Valley Resources LLC. Steve attended University of Texas System.

Growth, turnaround, and performance improvement executive with more than twenty years of combined experience as a Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer in diversified, domestic & international, public and private companies.Strategic partner to CEO and senior management team. Mindset of collaboration. Strong communication and analytical skills. Actively promotes and manages change.As COO, has delivered results by leveraging operations, finance and technology with rapid execution skills to solve immediate issues, build a strong organizational framework and generate sustainable results. Drove the transformation of sales organization resulting in increased revenues at a lower cost of sales and higher margins. Implemented numerous process improvements resulting in operating efficiencies and improved service.As CFO, has driven improvements in organizational processes resulting in improved insights, operating performance and margins. Implemented business intelligence solutions improving organizational decision making. Successfully executed a number of acquisitions and dispositions. Was recognized as the CFO of the Year in Los Angeles (2007) and the Silicon Valley (2016).