Dr. Johnny Ryder, PhD, M. Ed., BSAS, MPT.

Experience

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  Delta Elite Security Inc

  Sept 1986 - Aug 1987

  Security Officer

  As a Security Officer for this company my duties included but were not limited to securing premises and personnel by patrolling property, monitoring surveillance equipment, inspecting buildings, equipment, and access points, permitting entry. Prevented losses and damage by reporting irregularities, informing violators of policy and procedures, restraining trespassers and suspects. Completed reports by recording observations, information, occurrences, and surveillance activities, interviewing witnesses, obtaining signatures. Show less

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  Kmart Corporation

  Aug 1987 - Nov 1994

  Store Detective, Loss Prevention Manager

  Throughout my years with K-mart, I had worked in the positions of Store Detective and later as Loss Prevention Manager after being promoted.Some of the duties of the positions I held were as follows:First as Store detective my duties included surveillance, apprehension, and interrogation of both shoplifting and internal theft suspects. Along with court representation for the company.Secondly as Loss Prevention Manager I headed and supervised the loss prevention department within the store location, with numerous store detectives under my supervision. My duties ranged from company court representative, investigations, suspect interrogations and surveillance, internal and external waste control, audits, scheduling and evaluation of those I supervised, returned check collection, employee loss prevention education and the publication of the loss prevention newsletter, and physical security duties, among many other duties. Show less

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  Recovery Bureau Inc.

  Nov 1994 - Jul 1996

  Loss Prevention Coordinator

  Recovery Bureau, Inc. was a loss prevention and collections agency that supplied it's services to thirty-eight retail clients throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania. I headed and supervised a loss prevention department which consisted of numerous retail loss prevention agents, security officers, and field collection agents under my supervision. My duties ranged from company court representative, investigations, suspect interrogations and surveillance, internal and external waste control, audits, scheduling and evaluations of those I supervised, employee loss prevention education and the creation/ upkeep of the company loss prevention manual, and physical security duties, to name just a few. Show less

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  Ohio Community Corrections Association

  Jul 1996 - Dec 1996

  Corrections Officer

  The Ohio Community Corrections Association (OCCA) offers to member community correction service providers the opportunity for advocacy and professional development, which enhances the ability to reduce repeat criminal offending.This facility was what is called a half-way house. Here inmates are either placed here prior to returning to society after an initial incarceration at a long term correctional facility, or were placed here as a part of a rehabilitative effort instead of long term incarceration. Inmates usually went to work during certain hours of the day and returned in the evening, advanced in academic and/ or vocational programming, along with mental health, addiction treatment, and other such services. My duties included supervision of the housing units, inmate and staff safety and security, and inmate transportation, among many other duties. Show less

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  CoreCivic

  Dec 1996 - Jul 1999

  Corrections Officer

  Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) is a company that designs, builds, manages and operates prisons, jails, detention centers and residential reentry centers on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Marshals Service, many states and counties across the country.Here I supervised and worked directly with close and medium security level inmates from various states to include Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington D.C. During this particular time period I had worked at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. Show less

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  Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

  Jul 1999 - Sept 2009

  Corrections Officer, Case Manager, Warehouse Manager

  The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a state run governmental department stressing the importance of rehabilitating those incarcerated, and the protection of the public. Throughout the years I was employed with this governmental agency I held three positions, and had worked at three correctional facilities which possessed three different inmate security levels. Most of my time was spent working at the Ohio State Penitentiary (a Super-Max level facility), here Ohio housed maximum security level inmates, death row, key inmates from the Lucusville Riot of '93, and Super-Max level inmate populations. The term Super-Max reflects the thought of inmates that are beyond maximum security levels, a sort of last stop, a place were you put inmates that no other facility could handle, and this in fact was the case here. I had also worked the Trumbull Correctional Institution (a close/ medium security institution), and at the Ohio State Penitentiary Correctional Camp (a minimum security institution). Some of the duties of positions I held were as follows;First as Corrections Officer was responsible for the supervision of inmates ranging from Super-Max to Minimum Security levels. Secondly as a Correctional Case Manager providing a critical connection between the prison system and social services. I worked in an advisory capacity with convicted criminals to help rehabilitate and reintroduce these individuals back into society. Though often compared to a parole or probation officer, my role as a case manager was not identical; my focus was on formulating a plan of action to guide each inmate through rehabilitation, during incarceration, and when they rejoined their community after their release.And lastly as a Correctional Warehouse Manager responsible for a multi-million dollar warehouse that supplied two institutions needed goods and services. This also included the supervision of various inmate work crews. Show less

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  CoreCivic

  Sept 2009 - May 2012

  Case Manager, Academic Instructor

  Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), now CoreCivic is a company that designs, builds, manages and operates prisons, jails, detention centers and residential reentry centers on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Marshals Service, many states and counties across the country.I had worked at three different institutions for this company housing close and medium security level inmates from various states to include Alaska, California, Hawaii and various other Pacific Islands, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington D.C., and International Detainees from various foreign countries. During this particular time period I had worked at both the La Palma Correctional Center and Red Rock Correctional Center located in Eloy Arizona. Positions I held included: First as a Correctional Case Manager I was considered a treatment specialist, providing a critical connection between the prison system and social services. I worked in an advisory capacity with convicted criminals to help rehabilitate and reintroduce these individuals back into society. Though often compared to a parole or probation officer, my role as a Correctional Case Manager was not identical; my focus was on formulating a plan of action to guide each inmate through rehabilitation, during incarceration, and when they rejoined their community after their release.Seeing the need for correctional educators who had a more solid foundation of security and correctional experience, I was promoted to the position of Correctional Academic Instructor. Here I was responsible for the teaching of adult inmates in state Mandatory Literacy requirements, Adult Basic Education and General Educational Development. Show less

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  The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO Corrections)

  May 2012 - Mar 2018

  Academic/Vocational (CTE) Instructor

  The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO Corrections) is the world's leading provider of correctional detention, residential treatment services, and reentry services around the globe. GEO's 98 facilities are located in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa.My duty as first an Academics, now Vocational Instructor here includes but is not limited to the teaching of inmates Adult Basic Education and General Educational Development. In addition to Career and Technical Education in Business Technology, along with overseeing the Distance Learning for Higher Education Program. Here I have worked in varying capacities to include both academics and vocational teaching situations. The institution I am currently employed houses an Arizona medium security special needs population. Show less

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  Ryder Fitness-Personal Training Studios

  Apr 2016 - now

  Founder and CEO of 😊

  Ryder Fitness-Personal Training Studios is not a gym, instead we are the areas only medical fitness studio!We specialize in private one on one personal fitness training, rehabilitative exercise therapy, mature and senior fitness, life counseling and much more. We are by appointment only, and your sessions take place in a convenient, totally private and highly sanitized environment.

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  Navajo County Probation Dept

  Mar 2018 - May 2019

  Deputy Adult Intensive Probation Officer

  After many years of correctional work in many prisons accross the US in varying capacities, I turned my focus to community corrections as a probation officer. Here I am also known as correctional treatment specialist, I make recommendations regarding treatment or rehabilitation plans and report on an offender’s progress during a period of supervised release.

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  Show Low Unified School District

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  Teacher