Tag: 2014
Meet the End Users '20 under 40' Class of 2014
December 12, 2014Amy Canfield
YARMOUTH, Maine—As we do each year, we asked readers to nominate their brightest young security up-and-comers, and we hit the jackpot.
This year's End Users “20 under 40” Class of 2014 is bursting with tech expertise, professionalism and passion for the industry.
Each will be honored at the industry's premier new technology conference, TechSec Solutions, Feb. 3-4 in Delray Beach, Fla.
Adam Alford, GameStop
David Avedikian, Southwest Airlines
Christopher Belden,...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Kimberly Saint Laurent
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Kimberly Saint Laurent, 34
Site account manager, Pinkerton, on assignment at Pfizer La Jolla, San Diego, Calif.
Saint Laurent got her start with AlliedBarton, became a security manager for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and then moved on to Pfizer, where she is responsible for planning and implementing physical, electronic and procedural security for five buildings, upwards of 1,000 employees and a 24-hour command center. She currently co-leads a global security training initiative at Pfizer....
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Brian Katz
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Brian Katz, 36
Manager, global investigations and intelligence manager, Google, Mountain View, Calif.
Katz's team is responsible for internal corporate investigators, asset investigators, monitoring and the management of threats to Google's employees, buildings and information. The intel program includes the 24/7 global security operations center, which serves as the monitoring and customer service hub for Google's security, safety and transportation team while also supporting business...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Jared Junot
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Jared Junot, 31
Security specialist, IBERIABANK Corporate Security, New Orleans
Junot was promoted to his current position a year after joining IBERIABANK as a security generalist. Now he's in charge of physical security for Lafayette, La., Mobile, Ala., and half of the bank's New Orleans market. “It's a really great environment that challenges you to come up with solutions. And my supervisor drives personnel to come up with those solutions,” he said.
What inspired...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Chris Hollingsworth
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Chris Hollingsworth, 35
Manager of employee and physical security, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
Hollingsworth has a global role with Canada's largest bank, which has a presence in 46 countries and 79,000 employees. “Believe it or not, I do sleep at night sometimes,” he says. He manages the physical security standards and procedures for the deployment of bank equipment, such as safes and vaults, intrusion alarm systems, access control and video surveillance across his global...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Jon Shimp
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Jon Shimp, 40
Vice president of asset protection, Louis Vuitton, Americas, New York
Shimp is responsible for a fraud investigations and�physical security team covering upwards of 2,000 employees and clients in North America and Latin America, along with 10 regional offices, two warehouses and two manufacturing facilities. Inventory and cargo theft and the design and layout of alarms, cameras and card access all are under his purview.
What inspired you to get into the security industry?
It's...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Brad Reeves
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Brad Reeves, 39
Director of loss prevention, A&P, Montvale, N.J.
Reeves covers loss prevention at A&P's 300 grocery stores from Connecticut to Maryland and at its liquor store division. He manages a 140-member team of district and regional LP managers, store LP managers and LP associates. Recently he has initiated bottom-of-the-basket technology and POS exception reporting systems at some of his stores. A&P has $6 billion in sales per year.
What inspired you to get into the security...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Adam Alford
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Adam Alford, 33
Senior director, asset protection, GameStop, Grapevine, Texas
Alford oversees GameStop's asset protection department, which covers the video game, consumer electronics and wireless services retailer's brand, employees, customers, inventory and real estate. That includes two warehouses that distribute to more than 4,000 stores and an additional refurbishment facility. He is responsible for CCTV and PTZ cameras and metal detectors. “We instituted a metal-free policy...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Matt Johnson
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Matt Johnson, 33
Security supervisor, Progressive Insurance, Austin, Texas
Johnson handles daily physical security operations, including access control and alarms, at Progressive's Austin office, which has more than 1,200 employees. He also is responsible for specific claims offices in Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona.
What inspired you to get into the security industry?
I grew up being a police cadet in high school, then joined the Army as an MP. After leaving the Army, I was...
End Users '20 under 40' 2014—Jason Renaud
December 11, 2014Amy Canfield
Jason Renaud, 35
Director of security,�Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center, Canada
Renaud manages physical security for the hospital's 420,000-square-foot main building and 90,000-square-foot long-term care building on a 30-acre campus. He is in charge of security personnel, access control and video surveillance systems, conducting threat assessments, managing risk, developing safety plans and managing parking operations and fire safety.
What inspired you to get into the security industry?
In...