PROTECTING KIDS. EMPOWERING FAMILIES.
Who We Are
At Watchtower Global LLC, we are first and foremost a blended family. We understand the unique challenges faced by parents and step parents today when it comes to our children being online. Gabriel brings 15 years of intelligence experience within the Special Operations community, specializing in Open-Source intelligence and the pursuit of bad actors across the globe. His investigative work has supported high-stakes missions — including OSINT efforts that led to the recovery of 344 schoolboys during the 2020 Kankara kidnapping in Nigeria. He has spent his career uncovering threats most people never see — and now channels those darker skills into a higher purpose: protecting children and strengthening communities. With a large blended family of five children, Gabriel and his wife Kaitlin know firsthand what’s at stake. Our mission is to take what we have learned in the shadows and use it to shine a light, empowering parents, educators, and students with the tools, awareness, and confidence to navigate the digital world safely.
Why We Do What We Do
During the height of the pandemic, kids ages 8–18 increased their time online by an average of 17%—but the impact was far greater than numbers suggest. In that same window, reports of online predation—including grooming, sextortion, and financial exploitation—skyrocketed by 300%. With 85% of U.S. teens gaming and nearly half logging in daily, the digital spaces where kids spend their time have become the frontline of vulnerability.
In North Carolina, the FBI documented a 600% surge in sextortion cases in just one year. Victims were not just teenagers, but children as young as ten. Nationally, among hundreds of missing-child cases linked to online enticement, nearly half involved predators a decade older than their victims—and more than a third of those children were found across state lines, pulled far from home by online manipulation.
This is not a distant threat. It is here, it is growing, and it is happening to children in our own communities. That is why we are committed to equipping children, parents, and educators with the tools to recognize warning signs, resist unsafe contact, and respond decisively when danger appears online.
We cannot—and should not—remove kids from the digital world. The internet is one of the greatest engines for learning, connection, and opportunity ever created. But just as we teach children to navigate the physical world with awareness and care, we must now give them the same preparation for the digital one. By raising a generation of informed digital citizens, we can ensure that the internet remains not a place of hidden dangers, but a platform for safe growth, exploration, and education.
Our Mission Statement
The internet has become the new frontline for child safety, with online predation cases skyrocketing even as kids’ time online continues to grow. Children as young as ten are being targeted through gaming, social media, and everyday digital platforms, and the risks are no longer distant—they are here, in our communities. Our mission is to equip children, parents, and educators with the knowledge and skills to recognize danger, resist predation, and respond with confidence. We believe the internet should remain a place of growth and opportunity, and by raising informed digital citizens, we can transform vulnerability into strength and ensure every child’s safety in the digital age.