Ivan served as a full time police officer with an Arizona agency for 26 years. He spent the majority of his career as a SWAT officer fulfilling 20 years as an operator. He is a Law Enforcement state certified Firearms, Rifle, Defensive Tactics, Active Shooter, and High Risk Stops Instructor. Additional duties with his agency included his work as a detective, Field Training Officer, police academy Recruit Training Officer and Lead Firearms Instructor, Rifle Instructor and Ballistic Shield Instructor.
In the last 4 years of his career was on contract with the AZPOST (Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training) as a Training Specialist-overseeing instructor Schools and the various SME’s throughout the state of Arizona. Ivan began competing in 1990 and actively participates in USPSA, IDPA and multigun matches. He is a ranked a Master class in IDPA and A class is USPSA.
