Jesse R Greenblatt, Msc, Cipm Ii Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Directs the day to day operation of the safety and security program to ensure a safe and secure environment for our animal, guest and staff.Develops and maintains a preventative safety and security program that mitigates/prevents threats to institutional assets, and to reduce loss and injury due to workplace hazards and accidents. This includes coordinating with colleagues (i.e. Guest Relations on guest and floor security, with IT to ensure physical security of technology assets, with Animal Care to ensure animal protection, with or with Learning & Community on field programs).Directs safety program and manages and coordinates institutional compliance of safety and security to AZA, ADA, and OSHA, and adheres to best practices in a challenging work environment.Coordinates Risk management planning. Collaboration with General Counsel, Public Relations, and executive management to mitigate liability.Focus on access control and guest safety during a multi-year, multi-phase construction improvement efforts.Conducts regular monthly meetings with inter-departmental safety committee.Develops and maintains safety and security operations manual, and emergency action plans for the institution.Vendor management of security contractor and all service/technology providers, including system integrators, weapons detection systems, safety training organizations, and general consultancy. Develops and conducts RFPs for security vending opportunities.Liaison for day-to-day safety and security matters with governmental agencies and departments, as well as members of the museum and professional community. Provides a direct link to OEMC, CPD, CFD, and state and federal authorities.Plans and manages the Aquarium's security budget (approx $2M per year), exercising appropriate control over, and utilization of institutional resources. Makes recommendations for capital upgrades that improves the security infrastructure and informs the institutional capital budget.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Lead all aspects of physical security technical management and risk mitigation for a world-renown financial institution in accordance with internal compliance, federal regulations, and industry best practices. Manage all 3rd party vendor relationships, leveraging service providers to ensure an optimal and robust security infrastructure. Provides quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify trends and potential vulnerabilities. Project Management of IT-based improvements and innovations, as well as security procedure training for non-security CIBC staff. Consulted on matters of policy and procedure review. Manage all badging and access control processes, ensuring proper authorization and employing biometric validation for highly sensitive areas. Acts as SME for physical security technology, consulted on all tech-based matters. Responsible for the accurate collection and reporting of vital security metrics for required audits (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc). • Key technical asset for Physical Security, providing all technical support, expertise, an coordination for all technology based initiatives, improvements, and maintenance needs. Sole liaison internally with Information Technology and other departmental stakeholders, as well as al external partners.• As Business Continuity Coordinator for Physical Security, creates and maintains all Business Continuity and Business Impact Assessment documentation and milestone tracking. Advises on best departmental and company practices in times of crisis.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Lead all aspects of coordinating advance security planning and compliance for all events at country’s largest convention center to ensure accordance with federal requirements and industry best practices. Supervised execution of preventive intelligence analysis through open source monitoring prior to and during key events; communicated emergent issues with clients. Create and maintain identity and access management initiatives across campus, while providing continuous technical support for security systems. Serve as liaison with event management and show organizers to ensure highly safe and secure environment for all McCormick Place visitors, attendees, and employees. • Built and deployed tracking system for timely development of event physical security plans, while ensuring submission of security plans within time and quality requirements via event business management software and ancillary services.• Developed system to gather and track required documentation for security issues for convention center.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Monitored and guided Public Safety Team comprising of twelve members in alliance with upper management. Provided training, feedback, and analysis of incoming Public Safety Team Members. Generated and shared accurate documentation pertaining to security incidents. • Acted as Security Lead for events, parties, and sleepovers, including advance security planning. • Supervised event operations and communicated post-event report by serving as Event Manager.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Played key role as Security Team Lead for participating in dignitaries, corporate events, and private parties. Conducted intelligence analysis and interpretation for museum and off-campus facilities. Coordinated around 50 FOH and BOH Security Officers and Supervisors. Managed Command Center to ensure optimal performance of all security/surveillance systems. • Established and drove access control operations for events for over 10K attendees. • Trained, examined new Specialists, Supervisors, and Officers for maximum efficiency in execution of assigned tasks.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Maintained highly safe and organized environment within cabaret-style event space. Ensured adherence with defined university and governmental standards and regulations; executed security functions in line with venue policies and guidelines. Administered all access control and door operations for facility. • Created industry standard security operations and protocols for independent live theater group, while ensuring safety of patrons and performers. • Established regular behavioral alcohol awareness training program and certification for all incoming staff to ensure accordance of venue with local and state regulations.

Master Of Science (Msc.), Political Science And Government

Achieved a Master's of Science degree, with a concentration in Conflict Resolution and Governance.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International/Global Studies, 3.5

Achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a concentration in Conflict Resolution, Minor in European Affairs.