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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.

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.

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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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Logistics and Embarkation,