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Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Working on-site in a client Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) providing immediate support and recommending courses of action for incidents, travel, executive protection, and company events. -Establishing protocols, and drafting work instructions for GSOC personnel.-Function as the clients systems administrator for social media monitoring, investigations, and incident reporting software. Managing user access and content of forms, products, and templates while creating work instructions and user reference materials.-Work across multiple departments to onboard the client onto new security platforms and software suites.-Weekly meetings with Supply Chain, Trade Operations, and security personnel to steer new Product Security Program, identifying and actioning online theft, diversion, and imitation of products.-Contribute in RFP evaluations of third-party vendors supporting client security program.-Travel advice for senior executives, monitoring of social media and online presence for vulnerabilities, and recommending courses of action to reduce profiles and risks.-Daily SITREPS on the pandemic for senior executives and board members. Tracking local business regulations for facility managers and monitoring county-level restrictions for territory sales managers.

Greater Chicago Area

Embedded in a client security team as an on-site advisor for a new and growing threat intelligence program. Exercising project and time management skills to develop a new program that received positive feedback, increasing the customer base, and producing products ahead of expectations.-Produce customer tailored risk reports and presentations to assist decision makers and colleagues when traveling to high-risk destinations or when considering expanding business presence/market entry.-Utilize social media platforms to identify threats to client brand reputation, executives, and products. Support investigations in workplace violence prevention and identifying persons and organizations of interest.-Forecast incident scenarios, assessing likelihood and severity of impacts to clients and advise on mitigation efforts. Serve on the crisis management team to ensure colleague safety and minimize damage to company assets during unforeseen incidents.

Greater Chicago Area

On June 25, 2018, iJET International re-branded as WorldAware

Greater Chicago Area

Provide global intelligence support on a larger team for clients sending employees abroad. Used research skills and data analysis to provide timely reports and presentations on current events and regional trends, with a focus on high-risk business travel destinations, and measuring likely impacts on client business operations.-Prepare bespoke assessments and visual aids for clients by identifying and mitigating threats caused by the environment, security, crime, geopolitical concerns, transportation issues, and terrorism.-Track locations and maintain accountability of client employees impacted by catastrophic weather, terrorism, unrest, or routine travel delays.-Provide risk analysis and assessments to ensure proper duty of care to clients, employees, and assets while abroad in higher risk destinations.-Generate impact assessments from developing situations and long-term analysis of trends.

Chicago, Illinois

Function in a 24/7 operational environment established as one source for necessary traveler assistance, emergency reaction, and kidnap ransom, and extortion response. -Coordinate with Account Managers and Client Risk Teams to develop contingency plans for extreme and unique situations not covered by typical policies.-Arrange emergency support and crisis response for client-travelers in nation-states suffering from destabilization or disintegrating security situations. Interface between travelers abroad and Medical Assistance Providers to manage evacuations, medical referrals, and insurance reimbursement.-Perform personal contact and tracking of individual travelers abroad, requiring the use of duress codes and unique identifier phrases to verify clients are acting of their free will, are not in danger or coerced.

As an Army all-source intelligence analyst, utilize and interpret data from a multitude of intelligence disciplines (Human Intelligence, Open Source Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, etc.) to build a comprehensive picture of threats for senior leaders. Cooperate, routinely with domestic and international partners, including governments, militaries, and law enforcement agencies. Two years spent in Iraq in a 24/7 theater of combat operations, functioning at all levels (low-level tactical, high-level strategic/national strategy).-Produced a daily executive summary featuring economic, political, military and threat developments within Iraq and surrounding nations for key decision-makers; senior military and government officials.-Routinely produced and briefed products for Commanding General, Deputy Commander, and Staff, equivalent to briefing C-level management and senior board members.-Perform investigations to prevent government fraud, waste, and abuse. Additionally perform background checks and screenings to ensure compliance with government security clearance requirements.-Evaluate documents recovered in military combat theater of operations for sharing with INTERPOL and other law enforcement agencies.

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Associate'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

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