Senior Director of Podcast Productions - Matt Beall Limitless & Matt Beall Legacy. Focusing on strategic podcast growth and planning, content creation, guest relationships, and overall technical support and editing.

- Led implementation and launch of numerous HR systems and Associate benefit platforms (Calm App, On Demand Pay, HR Reporting Metrics)- Created Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) Reports for Senior Executive Leaders and HR strategy development- Introduced and trained Store leaders on artificial intelligence (AI) driven candidate pre-screen and interview scheduling platform. Over 2,500 individual hourly job requestions converted to AI platform.

- Partnered closely with Store Operations, Loyalty, and Marketing teams to develop training, communication plans, and execution strategies to support chainwide loyalty rebranding.  - Acted as covid-19 subject matter expert for the Bealls Retail Group focused on researching and communicating covid related restrictions and guidelines to senior leadership, field leadership, and store teams ensuring successful and safe chain reopening. - Translated talent strategies into training sessions focused on the development of multi-unit field leaders, store managers, and achievement program managers. - Successfully leveraged technology to lead and execute the first virtual annual meeting ensuring nationwide teams, over 500 attendees, could join the event. - Created talent KPI’s which provide qualitative results of field leadership, which is the foundation for providing results for annual performance appraisals and manpower planning.

- Recruited, trained, developed, and led loss prevention personnel emphasizing company standards of professionalism and safety with a focus on their personal and professional growth.  - Leveraged sales and loyalty KPI’s to identify stores and areas experiencing internal and external loss, while simultaneously developing strategies and tactics to resolve incurring losses. - Led Hurricane Harvey Loss Prevention response focusing on reporting and communicating instances of store damages, break-in’s, and company assets.

• Effectively reduced shrink dollars 24% in fiscal year 2015 in district by ensuring all loss prevention controls are functioning within assigned stores and are utilized effectively with the support of Operations partnership • Assisted in developing complex, unique, and high-dollar internal investigations and been directly involved with resolving the loss associated with those investigations• Played a key role in the creation and development of an Operational New Hire training module which has been incorporated at a company level

•Developed and employed key documents which allow for rapid and convenient access to mass amounts of information; which are being utilized at a regional and company level•Assured Loss Prevention programs are implemented resulting in lower shrink and a more productive and profitable environment •Review and investigate employees through Exception Based Reporting, Aspect Reporting, CCTV, and covert surveillance •Investigate and prosecute Organized Retail Crime groups utilizing both internal tools and external retailers•Assisted in the development of a survey program that engages individual store employees on a weekly basis. The program is designed to discover training opportunities and knowledge retention of store employees

•Monitor ten separate locations to identify and prevent situations and circumstances that could lead to or result in a loss to the company•Achieved one case for every twenty-six hours worked covering ten stores during FY11•Assured Loss Prevention programs are implemented resulting in lower shrink and a more productive and profitable environment •Effectively trained store personnel on Loss Prevention polices and procedures, decreasing the risk of external and internal theft •Installed and maintained March, LOCC, and VCR systems ensuring that all equipment is working properly and being utilized effectively •Responsible for entering case information into the AS400 and other case management software in a timely and precise manner•Established an exceptional rapport with store staff, ensuring open lines of communication resulting in numerous employee tips and points of concern•Ensured that all locations operate at a high level of safety, providing a safe environment for both store staff and customers

•Managed the LP program overseeing a $11 million in annual sales store•Monitored and apprehended twenty-five shoplifters, resulting in one shoplifter for every sixty-five hours worked •Improved the overall store performance by ensuring compliance in fitting rooms, stockrooms, and point of sales •Worked closely with store operational management to develop policies to deter and prevent internal and external theft by expanding employee knowledge of loss prevention

Security and Operations Non-Commissioned Officer•Participated in three combat deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom •Awarded a Secret security clearance and Honorable Discharge from the Department of Defense •Awarded the Naval and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for actions while deployed in Ramadi, IraqSmall unit Leader•Achieved the rank of Sergeant (E-5) •Performed both monthly and quarterly performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, and physical fitness tests