Sonia Johnson Email & Phone Number

United States

Throughout tenure led and provided support to 34 hospital Security Managers/Directors in MI, AL, TN, MA, SC, FL and TX. Provided as needed support to our 545+ Ambulatory Surgical Centers and 1000+ Physician Practices. Support included physical security issues, incident management, workplace violence investigations, security staffing, vendor management, Security Awareness training, risk assessments, and ensuring consistent implementation of corporate security policies and practices. Drove enterprise field security retention initiatives and built and fostered government agency relationships to stay current on fraud cases and global threat concerns. Additional responsibilities included being the lead special investigator in division with investigations centered around fraud, theft, threat assessment management and partnering with Cybersecurity on cases. Also had responsibility for monthly, quarterly and annual data analytics around division investigations.

Coal Valley, Illinois

Primarily consulting with non profit organizations on a wide range of management and Board Governance issues (Facilitation of Strategic Planning sessions, By-Law reviews, donor intent issues, special event planning and Governance best practices). Additionally consulted on compliance auditing, Human Resources management, Executive Recruitment, and security best practices.

Davenport, Iowa Area

Drove enterprise-wide alignment of fraud management efforts in global BPO organization with 100,000+ employees in North America, Asia and Latin America, and oversaw the global Incident Reporting Management system as it related to security and identified compliance issues. Built and fostered domestic and international government agency relationships to stay current on fraud cases and global threat concerns. Secondary responsibilities were to partner with sites and organizational leaders providing guidance, support and/or direction on situations related to potential threats such as workplace violence, and environmental or electronically communicated threats. Additionally charged with strengthening the global partnership between Global Security team and HR leaders throughout the organization. Partnered with Cybersecurity, Legal, Corp HR, Compliance and Internal Audit on Investigations.

Davenport, Ia

Worked in partnership with Site Leadership to strengthen employee engagement initiatives to increase employee satisfaction and reduce attrition. Mentored/coached all levels of employees-focus on Sr. Leadership and 1st line leaders. Conducted impartial investigations into employee relations events, potential misconducts issues and assessed and managed a variety of threats to the location and employees. Led safety, site security and business continuity efforts. Provided strategic leadership to Talent Acquisition Team. Created/conducted a variety of training offerings as requested by Site Director and Corporate Leadership.

Davenport, Iowa Area

Responsible for all HR-related functions for the organization, co-staffed the Governance Committee, supported the Board of Directors and handled internal operations including compliance-related activities for national charter. Supported annual fundraising campaign as required by staffing Small Business Development Committee, and staffed volunteer lead committee during Community Impact reviews.

Rock Island, Illinois

IT consulting firm based in Cedar Rapids, IA with a branch in Rock Island, IL. Handled all HR functions as well as operations.

Moline/East Moline, Il

I held multiple positions during my tenure with this firm - Employee Relations Manager, Technical Recruiter, Staffing Coordinator and left as the Branch Operations Manager. The company I worked for started out as a privately held company called, Shamrock Computer Resources. Throughout my time with this firm, it was acquired by Renaissance Worldwide, The Registry and then Aquent.