Director Of Corporate Security
New York, Ny, Us
Directed corporate security programs and related budgets (totaling approximately $16 million annually), including executive and special event protection, emergency response, and physical/electronic security for AOL’s 54 campuses, data centers, call centers, and office facilities (including AOL’s Mountain View campus). Directed a staff of 33 proprietary security professionals and approximately 240 contract personnel. Developed AOL’s executive and special event security programs that were initially focused on AOL’s Chairman and Vice Chairman. This function was later outsourced, but still managed by Corp. Security.As Sr. Corporate Security Manager, administered AOL’s guard force contract consisting of approx. 610,000 work hours, with an annual contract budget of $10 million, as well as AOL’s $3.5 million electronic security maintenance agreements. Oversaw a guard service RFP and “reverse auction,” resulting in savings of $4.3 million over three years (13% savings over previous contract), with contract provisions added to enhance vendor performance. Administered AOL’s global physical security upgrade program with a budget of $14 million. As Sr. Manager of Corporate Investigations, managed and coordinated retail loss, embezzlement, fraud, theft, standards of business conduct, corporate due diligence, and pre-employment background investigations. Developed a loss prevention initiative to protect the profitability of AOL’s e-commerce initiatives. Designed and implemented an automated incident reporting and investigations management system.