Bob Soderberg, CPP

Experience

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  Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc.

  Jun 1983 - Aug 1985

  Field Investigator (contract position)

  Field supervisor and investigator for Angel & Brewer, LTD., supporting Greyhound Bus Lines.

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  Ace Hardware Corporation

  Aug 1985 - Aug 1996

  National Loss Prevention Manager

  Senior security leader for the company.

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  Loss Prevention Services, Inc. (wholly owned subsidary of Ace Hardware)

  Jun 1995 - Aug 1996

  Vice President / General Manager

  Senior leader overseeing LPS, Inc. that provided security, safety and investigative consulting and services to Ace Hardware's 5,000+ independently owned stores.

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  Kmart

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2002

  Director, Security, Safety & Food Safety

  Senior security, EHS and food safety leader for the company's supply chain, logistics and transportation network to include over 1,600 source manufacturing facilities worldwide.

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  NCSC/International Cargo Security Council

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2007

  Vice Chairman, Secretary, Executive Committee & Director

  Meeting with Governor Ridge after having been invited by President Bush to attend the signing of the Homeland Security Act.

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  Thomson Multimedia

  Sept 2002 - Feb 2003

  Vice President Worldwide Loss Prevention

  Senior security leader supporting the following brands: Technicolor, RCA, Grass Valley and Singingfish.

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  Visteon Corporation

  Feb 2003 - Aug 2007

  Director, Security & Fire

  Senior security and fire leader supporting sites globally for this tier 1 automotive supplier.

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  Johnson Controls

  Aug 2007 - Jan 2009

  Director, Corporate Security
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  Johnson Controls, Inc.

  Aug 2009 - Apr 2011

  Executive Director, Enterprise Security
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  National Law Enforcement Museum

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2016

  Chief Security Officer Leadership Committee
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  Johnson Controls

  Apr 2011 - Aug 2018

  Vice President, Chief Security Officer

  Senior leader responsible for the enterprise wide security, crisis management & response, business continuity, enterprise security risk management, investigations, travel security, executive protection and plant security and fire department operations. Supported the company's business units that included Automotive Experience, Power Solutions, Global Workplace Solutions and Building Efficiency, along with the following brands: Tyco, Sensormatic, Simplex, Grinnell, Williams Fire and Hazard Control, Ansul, Chemguard, Scott Safety, ADT (outside of the U.S.), York, Frick, Sabroe, Metasys, Hitachi, Titus, Luxaire, Coleman, Ruskin, Sentry, HomeLink, Recaro, JCI Marine & Navy, DSC, VARTA, OPTIMA, Heliar, LTH and Delkor.Member of the company’s Cybersecurity Governance Committee, Enterprise Risk Committee and Compliance & Integrity Committee. Show less

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  Germantown School District

  Apr 2011 - Apr 2023

  School Board Member - Seat #5
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  Germantown WI School District

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2021

  School Board President

  A high performing K-12 public school district with 4 elementary schools, 1 middle school and 1 high school. 4,000 students, 400+ staff with a $50M budget. Excellent school report card, a 98% graduation rate, with 80% of our kids participating in extra curricular activities. Best in class bond rating and a balanced budget. Invested over $104M in our infrastructure over the past 3 years. Longest serving school board President.

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  Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)

  Nov 2015 - now

  Council Member/SAG

  Council Member of OSAC and past Chair of the Threats & Risks to Assets & Personnel committee. Current member of the Senior Advisory Group. OSAC was created in 1985 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to promote cooperation between American private sector interests worldwide and the U.S. State Department. The Council is comprised of 34 private and public sector member organizations.

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  Johnson Controls Navy Systems, LLC

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  Member Board of Directors

  Member of the board of directors for this subsidiary that provided services and products to the marine industry and navies worldwide.

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  Johnson Controls

  Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  Executive Sponsor, Women's Resource Network
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  Soderberg Global, LLC

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

  President & CEO

  Risk management consulting firm providing risk based and business minded counsel in the areas of investigations, travel risk management, crisis management & business continuity, audits, executive protection, GRC, security & loss prevention, EHS and training & awareness.For more, please visit Soderbergglobal.com

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  Adtalem Global Education

  Oct 2018 - now

  Vice President, Enterprise Safety & Security and Chief Safety, Security & Resiliency Officer

  Senior leader responsible for the enterprise-wide security, EHS, crisis management & response, business continuity, enterprise security risk management, investigations, insider threat, travel security and Clery Act compliance. Responsibilities also include being senior leader overseeing COVID-19 mitigation/response/recovery actions and Return to Work & Return to Campus readiness. Reorganized the department with focus on a business minded and risk-based approach. Matured on many of the workstreams identified in the Security Improvement Plan.Member of the company’s Enterprise Risk Committee and Compliance & Integrity Committee. Security Magazine recognized our program for leadership and management in their Security 500 rankings with #9 in the Higher Education & University sector for 2019 and 2020.Adtalem Global Education (ATGE) is a leading healthcare educator that consists of 5 institutions & companies, with 27 operating campuses, 10,000+ employees and 120,000+ students located in 135 countries.ATGE is the parent organization of Walden University, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. Divested companies over the past 3 years include: Adtalem Brazil, Edu Pristine, ACAMS (Association of Anti Money Laundering), On Course Learning, Becker Professional Education, DeVry and Carrington.#WeAreAdtalem Show less

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  Safe Schools Wisconsin, Inc.

  Aug 2022 - now

  Founder & Chief Executive Officer

  Every student and teacher deserve to go home safe and secure at the end of the school day.Safe Schools Wisconsin, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit, advocates and champions for safe and secure schools in Wisconsin. Among other things, available grant dollars will be distributed to target harden schools via a broad array of strategies and solutions.Safe Schools Wisconsin, Inc. was launched after the catastrophic events that occurred in Uvalde, TX where the first responders failed to protect the students and teachers at the Robb Elementary School. 21 students and teachers were murdered.We have currently obtained our 501c3 status and are now developing SOPs in order to collect contributions which will allow us to distribute grants to schools that need assistance.Every child and teacher deserve to go home safe and secure at the end of the day.Unfortunately, the events that occurred in Uvalde, TX, will occur again unless we do all we can to provide the tools that our schools need to mitigate the risk from active assailant events. Show less