Joshua Okpala
Salisbury,NY
Summary
Dedicated Administrator with a focus on maintaining a productive and quality-driven environment. Skilled in employee relations, strategic planning, and report preparation. Able to effectively navigate cultural differences. Experienced in senior-level management roles, ensuring the safety of property and assets for over 17 years. Proficient problem solver with expertise in project management methodologies. Efficient coordinator between teams, vendors, and contractors to keep projects on track and within budget. Strong ability to prioritize and manage multiple security-related projects to prevent fraud, physical assaults, and other threats. Excellent communication skills for collaborating with authorities and law enforcement agents. Motivating leader skilled at building high-performance teams.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of School Safety
Wyandanch Union Free School District
Wyandanch, NY
01.2021 - Current
- Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan, provide project updates consistently to the Superintendent, and discuss and plan strategy adjustments and progress.
- Conduct thorough investigations on behalf of the Superintendent to ensure the safety and security of facilities, properties, employees, vendors, contractors, shippers, and visitors.
- Advance and expand the district-wide safety plan, and manage the building-level safety plans.
- Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement, monitor progress, and make adjustments as needed.
- Consistently ensure daily operations comply with legal regulations, and federal and state laws.
- Prepared presentations for board meetings, summarizing key developments within the District.
- Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated, and mentored staff members.
- Effectively manage, train, motivate, and coach a qualified team of security personnel.
- Remain highly confidential when handling personnel and security training records.
- Promptly respond to alarms and distress calls in a timely fashion.
- Conducted regular meetings with department heads to review progress on strategic initiatives.
- Managed budgeting and financial planning processes for the organization.
- Directed the organization's daily operations, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Negotiated agreements with external partners such as contractors or consultants.
- Managed annual budgeting process, including forecasting and financial planning.
Security Supervisor
Syosset Central School District
Syosset, NY
01.2011 - 01.2021
- Play a vital role in ensuring the seamless operations of buildings and grounds to achieve security-related goals for the organization, children, parents, employees
- Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables
- Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout theentire project execution
- Productively manage relations contractors/vendors to build a strong reputation and favorable image
- Utilize electronic alarms and surveillance equipment to identify suspicious activities or unidentified persons
- Enforce all Fire Response Team codes throughout daily security operations.
- Coordinated with vendors to ensure timely delivery of materials, equipment, and services related to security operations.
- Reviewed CCTV footage on a regular basis to detect any suspicious activity or violations of company policy.
- Performed periodic testing of fire alarm systems throughout the facility ensuring functionality at all times.
- Collaborated closely with law enforcement agencies to provide assistance during investigations or emergencies.
- Assessed current Security processes and procedures periodically making adjustments as needed in order maximize efficiency.
- Monitored security operations to ensure compliance with established procedures and standards.
- Organized regular meetings with key stakeholders providing updates on recent developments in Security operations.
Director of Security
Wisdom Protective Services
01.2009 - 01.2018
- Coordinated training sessions for personnel on topics such as crisis management, workplace violence prevention, and terrorism awareness.
- Analyzed data from surveillance cameras to identify patterns of suspicious behavior.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable legal requirements related to safety and security measures within the organization.
- Served as a liaison between the organization's leadership team and law enforcement agencies during criminal investigations or civil litigation proceedings involving the District.
- Directed the development, implementation, and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and programs.
Education
Certificate of Advanced Study - SDL
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY06-2024
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY08-2022
Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement Administration - Criminal Justice
Colorado State University - Pueblo
Pueblo, CO01-2017
Skills
- Contract Management
- Project Coordination
- Operations Management
- Staff Management
- Business Administration
- Budget Control
- Staff Development
- Information Technology Management
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Verbal and written communication
- Budget Management
- Crisis Management
- Contract and Vendor Management
- Facilities Management
- Hiring and Retention
- Project management
- Coordination
- Problem solving
- Strategic planning
- Communication
- Interpersonal relations
- CCTV monitoring
- Leadership
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Director of School Safety
Wyandanch Union Free School District
01.2021 - Current
Security Supervisor
Syosset Central School District
01.2011 - 01.2021
Director of Security
Wisdom Protective Services
01.2009 - 01.2018
Certificate of Advanced Study - SDL
The College of Saint Rose
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration
The College of Saint Rose
Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement Administration - Criminal Justice
Colorado State University - Pueblo
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