As CEO of CONTROLTEK, I am responsible for steering the company's strategic vision and making high-level decisions that drive our growth and innovation. My role involves setting the overarching direction for our core business areas—Tamper-Evident Packaging, Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS), and RFID—and shaping our long-term strategy to meet the evolving needs of the retail, financial, cash-in-transit, manufacturing, and logistics sectors.In this role, I focus on fostering strategic partnerships, exploring new market opportunities, and ensuring that our technological advancements, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, align with our mission to enhance security and operational efficiency. My leadership emphasizes sustainability and risk management, guiding CONTROLTEK through a transformative period while reinforcing our position as a leader in security solutions.

As President of CONTROLTEK, I guide the company's strategic vision and oversee our core business sectors: Tamper-Evident Packaging, Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS), and RFID. My role involves driving strategic initiatives, sustainable business practices, and fostering a positive company culture while managing day-to-day operations, including sales and customer growth and retention.I lead our efforts to innovate and deliver advanced security solutions that address the evolving needs of the retail, financial, cash-in-transit, manufacturing, and logistics sectors. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies, I ensure that CONTROLTEK remains at the forefront of security and risk management, providing our clients with enhanced protection and operational efficiency.In addition to steering company strategy, I am committed to cultivating a collaborative environment that empowers our team and strengthens our position as a leader in the security solutions industry.

Operate in dual roles focused on serving as an enterprise leader, facilitating forward thinking business strategy and growth, and driving security and technology innovation. Early years were focused significantly on truly evolving the brand to become a household name as it relates to security technology . Successive years have capitalized on this evolution and resulted in innovations to security technology (products and solutions) as well as business operations.In my role as Chief Security Officer (CSO) at CONTROLTEK, I served as an enterprise leader with a dual focus on shaping business strategy and driving innovation in security technology. During the early years, my efforts were dedicated to evolving the CONTROLTEK brand into a household name in security technology. This foundational work established our reputation and set the stage for future advancements.As the company matured, my role expanded to capitalize on this brand evolution, leading to significant innovations in both our security technology and business operations. I drove the development of cutting-edge products and solutions while enhancing our operational efficiencies. My leadership was instrumental in facilitating forward-thinking strategies that integrated emerging technologies and addressed the dynamic needs of the security landscape.Throughout my tenure, I remained committed to advancing our security solutions, ensuring that CONTROLTEK remained at the forefront of the industry and continued to deliver exceptional value to our clients.

In my role as Chief Executive Officer at Control Group Companies, I am responsible for overseeing the operations of CONTROLTEK USA and Controltek security solutions ULC. I lead strategic initiatives to drive growth and profitability, working closely with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions and enhance operational efficiency.

Named among exceptional Top 100 global retail industry experts. The Top Retail Experts (TRE) distinction is one of the most prestigious global accolades in the Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. The honor is presented annually and includes several distinguished categories: Academia, Analysts, Associations, Consultants, Finance, Media, Real Estate, Specialists, and Technologists. Earning a place within the TRE Community is considered a tremendous achievement and based off outstanding contributions in these fields within the Retail and Consumer industry.TRE community members represent the top thought leaders and market makers influencing our sector. The prizes are awarded based on the recommendations of various current members, committees and corporations. Congratulations to the 2024 class of Top Retail Experts.

Informative conversations about all things currency and cash. The go-to resource for currency industry professionals for the latest information about trends, strategies and technology to support better cash security and management.

Address broad topics of factors for businesses to consider regarding future of loss prevention as writer for column titled : “Future of LP”. Support industry as subject matter expert in emerging trends.

As a leading cool-chain packaging supplier, Thermogard is uniquely positioned to deliver quality cold chain solutions that evolve with current customer and market demands. We are driven by the belief that every business should be able to confidently transit perishable goods anywhere in the world, with product arriving just as fresh as it departed.Innovation is in our DNA. Accompanied by 20 years’ experience, Thermogard’s culture of embracing change and challenging traditional ideas ensures that our customer’s needs and goals are heard, understood, and acted on. With offices and manufacturing in Australia, China, New Zealand and the USA, from concept to completion we incorporate the newest technology in packaging materials, designed and validated by our in-house teams, to fulfill a broad range of unique transit requirements. Whether it is medicine to save a life, or preserving a taste sensation, we are committed to keeping your product fresh and alive.

Zero Trafficking develops cutting edge AI solutions to support government agencies, intelligence communities and global businesses by organizing, automating, collecting and analyzing open-source data to cohesively identify, track, and report criminal enterprises. By instituting methods and databases built around best practices from world class intelligence operations, Zero Trafficking produces solutions to support decision-making in investigations, prosecutions, and victim rescues.

Leverage background in criminal justice, information technology, and asset protection to inform readers of developments in organized crime, dark web investigations, cybercrime, and workplace violence.

Author of weekly mini column “Daily Tek Tips” for IT industry focused digital news source. Compose 200+ articles exploring industry trends, loss prevention, asset protection, and IT security.

Contributed to 150+ episodes exploring science of crime prevention and its application in loss prevention and asset protection. Interviewed industry experts, thought leaders, and solution providers.

Dragonfruit AI is the industry’s first massively-scalable video AI platform. Our patented award-winning AI technology powers cost-effective, turnkey solution suites for Digital Investigations, Occupancy Management, and Retail Intelligence. The cloud-native solution easily extends to hybrid and on-prem deployments which are priced by consumption. Our flexibility, customizability, and rapid deployment help companies seamlessly transform their video data into business intelligence.

Improved satisfaction and safety of customers, associates, and visitors by providing highest level of profit protection by leveraging data, human capital, and cutting-edge technology .

Facilitated transformation of data utilization throughout Security Risk Audit process and established an organizational roadmap toward efficient loss prevention functions of central investigation program in alignment with business objectives, industry regulations, technology trends, and internal investigations.

Enacted shortage strategy leading to vital process improvements within loss prevention system by utilizing trend data to identify system and operational defects.

Directed operation and development of comprehensive loss prevention strategy within risk management division of assigned region (Northeast) designed to reduce inventory shortages and vital loss.

Conducted animal cruelty investigations and interviews in the humane law enforcement sector.

Engaged in process serving and orchestrated general private investigations throughout NY state with both personally owned and other small outfits.

Conceptualized and executed programs and strategies to control theft and fraud across 5+ retail locations.