Experience

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  Ch2m hill

  Jun 2008 - Apr 2010

  Director, security

  Led an 18 month consulting engagement to the Parliament of Canada. The primary task was the creation of a Master Security Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct, spanning over 30 acres and over 1.5 million square feet of space. Contract scope included:• Providing an adequate level of security for Parliamentarians, staff, media, and visitors while maintaining Parliamentary Privilege of unfettered access to the site,• Developing security postures for swing space and temporary House, Senate and Government facilities, while supporting security function for ongoing Parliamentary process,• Defining new roles for existing Protection Agencies, including House, Senate and RCMP Security Services.Served as instructor on 40 hour physical security design and evaluation courses U.S. and Canada. Show less

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  Security practitioners limited

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2011

  Principal consultant

  Provided Security Management consulting services to a wide range of clients, with particular emphasis on Security Program development, 3rd party service provider management, Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Security Awareness.

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  Cbre

  Sept 2011 - Jan 2014

  Director security operations

  Provided security management counsel to a major Canadian financial institution, served as Subject Matter Expert in security deployment over a network of more than 1200 branch outlets, Cash Operations Centres, Data Centres and office buildings nation-wide.Managed an annual budget of $12 million for 3rd party contract services, as well as Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators.Executed Request for Proposals for national security service delivery.Developed and launched an on-line Incident tracking system.Primary point of contact for Critical Incidents, Show less

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  Ericsson

  Sept 2014 - Aug 2017

  Group function security, canada

  Managed BCM program across 12 Business lines throughout North America.Provided security management and counsel over 6 Canadian sites, for 4400 employees.Designed and implemented physical and information security platform for new 400,000 sq. ft. Global ICT Centre.Led project for design and implementation of security posture for new 275,000 sq. ft. Corporate CampusDesigned and deployed Security Awareness program across North America.Member of Site Leadership Team for Montreal and Ottawa campuses, providing security counsel to Senior Executives. Member of Regional Crisis Management Leadership Team.Provided leadership to 47 unionised security service support team members. Show less

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  Bombardier

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2018

  Manager, industrial security

  Managed Emergency Services for Airport Operations, Medical Response, Crash Rescue & Security Services.Implemented Emergency Response protocols for site.Responsible for $2.5 million annual budget.Provided leadership to 29 fulltime and contract security staff

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  Self-employed

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2020

  Principal, the guild of security practitioners

  Providing security and risk management, security program development, security systems optimization, background screening and investigation services to clients in the financial institution market.

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  Aurora cannabis inc.

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2020

  Manager, integration and security
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  Canada life

  Dec 2020 - now

  Manager, corporate security