Dr. Rande W. Matteson - Bullying Ends Here

ABOUT DR. RANDE W. MATTESON

Dr. Rande W. Matteson, a parent, Co-President of the Florida Chapter of the national advocacy group, The Bully Police, is a retired career law enforcement officer having served for 32 years in local, state and federal law enforcement investigative agencies. He has an earned doctorate in Corporate Leadership and completed a pioneering and published research study on workplace bullying.

During his career, he served in numerous domestic and foreign field offices and Headquarters and the FBI-DEA Training Academy in its Leadership Unit at Quantico, VA. His assignments included field and supervisory, foreign and domestic, overt and covert special assignments and in command-leadership positions. He has professional experience in dealing with all aspects of abusive power-based relationships, gangs, and other criminals that are bullies. Organized crime, terrorism and gangs all function because of bully behavior.

One of the nation’s most notorious serial killers was considered a bully. Dr. Matteson spent a considerable amount of time interviewing convicted Florida serial killer Gerald Eugene Stano. Stano confessed to stalking, abusing and brutally murdering over 40 women. Stano was convicted and executed, but the interviews provided a lot of background information on abuse and bullying, which Rande now uses to help others.

As an academic researcher and Department chair and college professor at Saint Leo University, Dr. Matteson’s published research focuses on the psychological traits of leadership, bullying and dysfunctional relationships. He frequently lectures and publishes articles on abusive and bullying behavior.