Enterprise risk management professional who has traveled to and worked in over 87 countries in varying degrees of risk. Global experience in manufacturing, transportation, supply chain, multimedia, retail, public (k-12) and higher education and corporate settings. Thought leader who is business minded, risk based, customer focused and results orientated with diverse experience in areas to include: public speaking, Covid-19 response, Return to Work Readiness, mergers & acquisitions, cyber & information security, intellectual property protection, governance, compliance, environmental, health & safety, security, training & awareness, auditing & risk assessments, executive protection, investigations, kidnap, ransom & extortion, travel risk management, crisis management response & recovery, business continuity, emergency management, criminal justice, loss prevention, school security.Senior level positions that include Chief Security Officer (CSO), Vice President and Director level positions in companies such as Ace Hardware, Kmart, Thomson Multimedia, Visteon, Johnson Controls and Adtalem. Former volunteer leader as a Vice Chair, Secretary and Director of the International Cargo Security Council. Past member of the World Customs Organization, Supply Chain Security, Trade Facilitation & Anti Terrorism task force. Past adviser to the White House Office of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Transportation.Currently serving as the CSO for Adtalem Global Education overseeing the enterprise wide EHS and security program and founder & CEO of Safe Schools Wisconsin, a non-profit. Past member of the board of directors of Johnson Controls Navy Systems, LLC and past principal at Soderberg Global, LLC a global risk management consulting.Past elected official for 12 years with the Germantown School District (WI) as Board Director, and past Board President for nine years. Invited by then U.S. Department of State Secretary Kerry to become a Council Member of OSAC) and am past Chair of the Threats & Risk to Personnel & Assets committee. Current member of the Senior Advisory Group.Board certified in security, as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), with a BS degree in Law Enforcement Administration and Minors in Security Administration & Sociology from Western Illinois University. Additional education was obtained by attending the Domestic Security Executive Academy, held at the FBI Academy, Quantico, VA and Supply Chain Security management at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY.