Byron Hicks Email & Phone Number

Ogden, Utah, United States

• [Overall responsibility for security planning, strategy, and training for two level-4 secure facilities. Managed an $8M budget portfolio for building security projects]
• Provided technical guidance to executives, management, specialists, and contractors at all levels to improve processes aimed to protect personnel, operations, facilities, property, and other assets
• Identified and resolved physical security program problems in collaboration with internal and external agencies and implemented security guidelines to support IRS operations and protects IRS assets and data
• Conducted site surveys at general services administration and contracted properties to ensure proper handling of sensitive and protected information required security measures in place to protect IRS data from.
• Evaluated the effectiveness of the Physical Security Program ruled by Department of Homeland Security
• Served as Incident Command during emergencies and/or critical events

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

• [Served as incident or tactical commander on incidents ranging from medical emergencies, psychiatric emergencies, fights, attempts to breach security, and threats against property and staff]
• Led and managed a 10-member movement and critical incident response team
• Managed investigations by gathering all relevant information, researching policy and procedures, delivering final disciplinary actions, and implementing corrective action plans to improve incident reactions
• Developed team-wide training to improve against current performance standards to ensure benchmarks
• Conducted after-action reviews to help improve future training and to capture lessons learned
• Subject matter expert on security measures for two facilities housing 2,000 prisoners

Brigham City, Utah, United States

• [Overall responsible for the training, quality of life, safety, morale, health, welfare, discipline and combat readiness of 96 service members]
• Evaluated training events and created standard operating procedures by gathering data and collaborating with stakeholders
• Senior Operations NCO for FEMA Region 8 homeland response force with a mission to respond to and mitigate CBRNE attacks, natural disasters, and other catastrophic events in CONUS
• Mentored and provided leadership, technical advice and administrative guidance, and instructions regarding programs, objectives, policies, procedures, mission analysis, courses of action, and problem solving
• Analyzed RFIs issued from higher headquarters and provided guidance to the brigade operations officer (S3) on the development and publishing of the command taskers to the HQs staff, and brigade
• Coordinated directly with primary staff directors or their deputies to clarify tasking, or RFI requirements