Embracing my entrepreneurial spirit and vision in directing business functions that will assist our organization in maintaining relationships with adjusters and clients while generating new business, increasing staff productivity, improving service, ensuring sustainability, and meeting business objectives.This is accomplished by allocating budget resources, formulating policies, coordinating business operations, monitoring and motivating staff, managing operational costs, ensuring good customer service, improving administration processes, engaging with vendors, hiring and training employees, identifying business opportunities, and monitoring financial activities.

Eastern Michigan Region Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor.Past Region OEC Adminstrator, Assistant Patrol Director/Off Hill Training, MHSP Board of Governors member

Provide executive-level leadership in loss prevention and security for $1.2B, 180+ store furniture and bedding retailer with locations in eight Midwestern states, which includes a 1.4M-square-foot distribution warehouse, two domestic corporate offices, an additional distribution facility in Smithton, PA, a cross-dock facility in Bolingbrook, IL, and a Chinese field office. Standardized training and developed teams for company programs on OSHA, workplace violence intervention, crisis management, and emergency response.Key Accomplishments: • Acknowledged as employee engagement leader and named a top-50 employee out of 3,700+ staff members.• Saved company more than $1M in worker’s compensation expenditures over the past six years. • Authored more than 100 loss prevention SOPS and implemented comprehensive shrink reduction program, which dropped company shrink rate below 0.05%. • Reduced labor costs for annual outdoor sales by more than $300K by implementing a virtual security program. • Decreased OSHA lost time injury days by 90% through effective return-to-work and repeat offender programs and reduced OSHA DART and DAWII rates each year.• Recruited and developed fraud and loss prevention team including internal auditors, regional loss prevention managers, digital fraud analysts, corporate safety manager, workers compensation manager and support staff. • Planned and executed 300+ special event security details, including high-profile celebrity appearances with no major instances. • Established physical and personal security plan for company chairman including perimeter security and panic rooms at multiple private residences, international travel security detail, and high-level staff interventions. • Coordinated efforts that established company as first furniture retailer in the U.S. with Department of Homeland Security’s C-TPAT validation.

Retired Reserve Deputy for the Macomb County Sheriff. Primary responsibilities as directed by the Sheriff Department include patrolling Macomb Orchard and Metro Park bike paths and participation in special events and details.

Employed part time as a Nationally Registered EMT/B, I was responsible for the emergency treatment and transport of patients suffering from a variety of trauma or medical related issues. I engaged in regular interaction with patient families along with emergency room and clinic doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. I have extensive knowledge of run report billing form completion and HIPPA compliance

Served as regional loss prevention manager for major Midwestern grocery and retail chain with roles in hardline and supermarket management, environmental safety, and loss prevention in territory that covered Eastern Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Southern Indiana. Steered medical and security actions for special response team assigned to labor, risk, and executive interventions and protection. Coordinated electronic surveillance program at more than 150 retail stores.