Karl A. Mitchell Sr.
***** *. ******* **, ********, AZ 85388 • 602-***-****
• *******@*****.***
• Loss Prevention • Security Operations • Emergency/ Crisis Management
Motivated leader devoted to advancing my career within Incident Management, Risk Mitigation and Threat Assessments
Leadership Philosophy
Maintaining a high level of leadership and accountability, for myself as well as my teams, are a direct result to your productivity and dependability. Providing a high-level business acumen by making proper decisions that benefit for the good of the company, which I hold as an essential skill for a manager to maintain. As a leader, I encourage my team to come to me with personal and professional challenges. Motivating my team to stay focused and on task to efficiently mitigate challenges as the arise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Loss Prevention Site Lead Goodyear, AZ May, 2024 to Current
Managed site security personnel, and Multiple contractor security accounts
Investigated work place valance incidents and thefts
Managed 20 additional site associated with our cluster model
Conducted suicidal ideation/ threat interviews and investigations
Interviewed top talent for onboarding to our teams
Managed the sites Loss Prevention budget
Amazon, CIOPS Global Security Operation Center Goodyear, AZ November, 2021 to May, 2024
Business Continuity Analyst
Mitigate security and operational risks through security risk monitoring, analyses, and directly monitoring alarm systems worldwide
Intake and Analyze incident reports from facilities worldwide to establish notifications to ensure the safety and security of downstream stakeholders
Assist with the maintenance and improvement of procedures through researching alarm system issues, generating trouble tickets, and reviewing internal procedures
Actively involved in Conference Calls and Incident Room briefings and Action Item send outs
Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant Tonopah, AZ March, 2012 to October, 2021
Central Alarm Station Operator (CAS)
Spent four years as a CAS opererator
Monitor and dispatch alarms, testing harden security doors, and perimeter intrustion detection,
Monitored all employees through the Access Authorization
Revised and conducted the Security CAS Operator Training in ackordance with NRC and NSD standards
Nuclear Security Officer April, 2009 to March, 2012
Provide security and safety for plant personnel by protecting the plant from nuclear sabotage and ensuring the safety of the public
Participated in Force-on-Force battle drills, testing the sites defencive stratagy
Table topped and benchmarked, stratagy weakness to indentify areas of improvement to the stratagy and training
United States Army 856th MP CO. Bellmont, AZ May, 2006 to May, 2011
Military Police Officer
Fire Team Leader
Received an AAM (Army Achievement Medal) for becoming a fire team leader before the rank of Specialist
Instructed Troops in heavy weapons break down and advanced weapon manipulation as well as combat maneuver training
Maintained the productivity of my team, motivating them during intense training, issuing discipline if needed, and recommending achievement awards for those that performed above and beyond the standards held upon them
Western Governor University
Bachelors of Science in Applied Management
Phoenix, Arizona 03/01/2022, Currently in progress
Peoria High School
Peoria, Arizona
General studies/ College Preparation
3.8 GPA
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Amazon Mentor
Amazon Military Mentor
Licensed through the FCC and the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC)
Physical Security, M.O.U.T (Military Operation on Urbanized
Terrain) and Cordon and Search
Access Authorization System, ARINC
EDUCATION & ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Wicklander-Zulawski, Investigation Interviewing Techniques
OSHA 10
LENEL, Guardian, and PSIMS
Emergency/ Crisis Management
Supervisory skills, SQL
Investigation
Proficient in Microsoft Suite
Military Law Enforcement
Nuclear Security Operations
Loss Prevention and Risk Management