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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco, California

PROJECT EXPERIENCE· Kinder's. RaDD. 699 8th Street (Zynga/Airbnb) · 75 Howard, San Francisco, CA· 95 State, San Francisco, CA· 1550 Evans, San Francisco, CA· Apple OSDP Integration Project, San Jose, CA*· Business Continuity and Incident Command Project for Midwest Utility, Chicago, IL, Green Bay, WI*· Chevron Building H Remodel, San Ramon, CA· Google Anti-Pass back Project, San Jose, CA*· Google Frogger Project, San Jose, CA*· Google Keycard Reader Refresh Project, San Jose, CA*· Illinois Security Upgrade Project, Chicago, IL*· Integrys Corporate Headquarters Relocation, Chicago, IL*· Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles CA· Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA· Manlove Field Security Project, Champaign, IL*· Mission Branch Library, San Francisco, CA · Modesto Courthouse, Modesto, CA· North Hollywood Highschool Modernization, Los Angeles, CA· Ohlone Community College, Fremont, CA· Peoples Energy Training Center, Chicago, IL*· Pier 70, San Francisco, CA· River One Hotel/Autograph Collection, West Sacramento, CA· Salesforce Biometric Upgrade, San Francisco, CA*· Santa Rosa Criminal Courthouse, Santa Rosa, CA· Various Command Center Projects with Security System Integration, Milwaukee, WI; Chicago, IL*

Santa Clara California

@ AVS providing support for the new satelliteoffice in Santa Clara California.

Milpitas, California

Northland Controls 2018 – present Manager of Application Engineering:Responsible for a team of 10 Security Application Engineers providing professional services for some of the largest enterprise security, surveillance and Access Control systems worldwide. With teams in EMEA, APAC and the Americas we took on the most complicated and challenging implementation of enterprise solutions imaginable. Projects ranging from single door and camera to hundreds of cameras and access points across large campuses and commercial properties.

Greater Chicago Area

WEC Energy Group (Integrys, Peoples Gas),​​​​​​January 2001 to March 2018 Senior Security Consultant (2015 to 2018)• Peoples Gas merged with WPS, creating Integrys which was later purchased by WEC.• As a Security Professional at WEC, managed the budget for security O&M (operations and management) for Illinois and developed business cases and RFPs for capital improvement projects over a 5-state area and 18 mixed use facilities (ranging in size from 1-86 acres in size). My other duties and accomplishments in this role, as well as my prior roles include:• Managed multiple customer relationships as the contract lead for contracts ranging in size from $100K - $2M. • Focused on continuous process improvement in managing programs. As a results-oriented professional, made recommendations for short and long-term physical security systems.• Responsible for managing contractors in the design, installation, upgrades, and maintenance of security systems in Illinois. • Managed the integration of security systems spanning seven business units over five states.o Reduced the number of monitoring centers as well as reduced Operations and Maintenance (O&M), while increasing situational awareness at both manned and unmanned sites.o Managed the scope, schedule, and budget for this project to a successful outcome.o The project reduced the annual cost of ownership by $225K per year in licensing, server maintenance, and monitoring. o In addition, there was a reduction of contracted officers resulting in annual reduction of O&M cost of approximately S745.000.00.

Greater Chicago Area

Security Specialist (2001 to 2004) Peoples Energy • In-depth knowledge of access control, CCTV and alarm systems that have resulted in cost savings and performance improvements using technology as a force multiplier.• Developed and implemented an end of life program for NVR’s (network video recorders) with a five-year cycle to reduce O&M costs, while allowing the retirement of old equipment and the replacement of new equipment as a capital budget expense. Reduced the annual O&M budget by approximately $75,000.00. • Presented and taught security related topics, including: Corporate security, internet security, personal and professional safety strategies, escalation strategies for field technicians, bomb threats, and emergency procedures and protocols, as well as street smarts and new employee orientation. Also, took time to brief executives and leadership on potential security risks that could impact security.• While at Peoples Energy, there were several unmanned sites where there were had guards. By automating the alarm, CCTV, and access control systems, guard hours were reduced. This resulted in a ROI in less than 6 months, while maintaining situational awareness at these locations and reducing risk, saving the company $289,000.00 per year.

Greater Chicago Area

Senior Security Specialist (2004 to 2015) Integrys (Merger of Peoples Energy and WPS)• Experienced leader of people. Planned, directed, and coordinated activities to safeguard employees, visitors, and assets.• Engaged in training other security professionals and organizational members in security topics.• Designed installation of wholistic security systems that include design, installation and commissioning of the security, CCTV and access control systems.• Consolidated the monitoring at the utilities into the Chicago central monitoring station.• Investigated and used a variety of surveillance equipment to investigate theft of services, company resources, and time.• Set up security ICS command systems at each of these facilities (Wisconsin Public Service, Upper Peninsula Company, Michigan Gas) and others (9 total).• As Part of Integrys, was an integral part of developing the Business Continuity Program and responsible for the development, implementation, and provisioning of the Incident Command Systems at each of the business units.o This project increased the enterprise resilience, and at the same time allowed for local autonomy while having at their disposal the use of the corporate resources to address any contingency. o Contributions toward this project had a well-defined scope, schedule, and budget, which met 100% of all business units have EOC’s (Emergency Operations Centers).• Collaborated with all business units on a weekly and monthly basis to ensure that EOC’s maintained functionality (General Managers, Presidents, CFO’s of utility, outside contractors, facility engineers, and administrative staff).

Chicago, Illinois

Responsible for the physical security program at Arthur Andersen facilities in Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois

Operations Supervisor for Aargus Security providing security for Prudential Plaza a class A high rise building in downtown Chicago. Responsible for seven supervisors and 41 security officers protecting the property and tenants.

Logistics, Embarkation, preliminary marksmanship instructor Honorable discharge

Coursework, Philosophy/Anthropology

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