Brian Nicholls

Experience

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  Lagoon Amusement Park

  Feb 1996 - Dec 2001

  Games Supervisor and Assistant Manager

  Developed management and supervisory skills. Provided training, coaching, and professional development for more than 300 front line games employees in a sales environment, which emphasized positive guest experiences and employee morale. Responsible for tracking and analyzing data related to inventory, attendance, sales goal trends, and wage and labor management.

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  The Discovery Channel Store, Inc.

  Sept 2000 - Apr 2004

  Assistant Store Manager

  Managed a team of 15 staff members. Maintained an atmosphere consistent with the mission and values of Discovery Channel Communications and developed strong office management, customer service, and interpersonal skills.

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  Game Crazy

  Apr 2004 - Oct 2005

  Store Director

  Directed all activities and a team of eight sales associates to create an environment conducive to customer service.

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  Sprint

  Oct 2005 - Mar 2007

  Store Manager

  Managed daily operations of a Sprint retail outlet including operations management, inventory control, loss prevention, sales goals, hiring, employee motivation, discipline, delegation, and professional development for a staff of six employees.

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  University of Utah

  Aug 2010 - now

  Coordinated a comprehensive community engagement philosophy that connected the campus and surrounding community, reinforced the University Safety Team’s role as partners, and encouragedthese values throughout the department. Established and continue to manage the University’s collaborative, threat assessment process.Managed a streamlined reporting and response process for racist and bias incidents in cooperation with the Racist & Bias Incident Response Team. Oversaw successful implementation of transparency and community involvement efforts, such as the Public Safety Advisory Committee. Continuously reviewed those efforts to identify areas of opportunity, improvement, and appropriate communityinvolvement related to specific policy decisions. Worked collaboratively to evaluate efforts, make recommendations and manage processes related to goals of transparency, trust building and community engagement.Built and maintained solid and mutually beneficial relationships throughout campus and with a wide variety of partners, that fostered ongoing positive interactions, supported the CSO and the VPs of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Student Affairs, and acted as a conduit for the collaboration of those three departments. Show less The University of Utah is comprised of a population of roughly 36,000 students, and over 40,000 staff and faculty members. I my role as the Associate Director in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, I supervised the team of five investigators, and was responsible for oversight of internal investigations of all discrimination and sexual misconduct complaints filed University Wide. Oversaw OEO/AA training and outreach efforts throughout the University main campus as well as University Hospitals and Clinics, including new employee orientation, search and recruitment training for all new faculty positions, as well as coordinate with Office of the Dean of Students to implement anti-discrimination and harassment training for student populations. Maintain all Equal Opportunity Consultant duties as well as full caseload. Kept up-to-date on new developments in all areas of discrimination law and changing regulatory environments. Show less

  • Director of Campus Compliance and Accountability

    May 2023 - now

  • Special Assistant to the Chief Safety Officer

    Oct 2020 - May 2023

  • Associate Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

    Aug 2016 - Oct 2020

  • Equal Opportunity Consultant

    Aug 2010 - Aug 2016