Mario Vaiese

PSO/CSSO, led a team of three security professionals, ensuring compliance with government and corporate security regulations while supporting over 600 employees. Oversee internal security controls, conduct compliance assessments, and develop corrective action plans to mitigate risk. Roles includes managing personnel security processes, overseeing physical and operational security programs, and safeguarding classified and proprietary information. Additionally, I Implemented security awareness training, coordinated subcontractor compliance, and contributed to Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) by providing security expertise to program planning and execution.
- Conducted administrative inquiries into personnel and security incidents, ensuring thorough documentation and communication of findings to leadership and stakeholders
- Managed Communication Security (COMSEC) responsibilities, including inventory, distribution, and destruction of controlled cryptographic material
- Establish and enforce Physical Security measures, ensuring compliance with access controls, alarms, and surveillance systems
- Protect classified, proprietary, and intellectual property from unauthorized disclosure through security risk management strategies

Led a team of 27 Military and Contractor personnel responsible for policy production, project management, and operations planning supporting national security programs.

• Supervised $2B Electronic Security System with 462 sensors, securing 76 critical assets and 6,000 multi-national personnel.
• Authored Anti-terrorism, Physical, and Installation security plans supporting $11B in war fighting assets & 82 projects, $7B towards infrastructure development.
• Leveraged Professional Manager's Certification, instructed 11 professional development seminars, graduating 84 students. Awarded Employee of the Quarter.
• Directed preventative maintenance for 462 Intrusion Detection Systems across 9,000 acres. Earned 'Excellent' inspection ratings and captured Employee of the Month.
• Delivered weekly security, anti-terrorism, & Force protection briefings to senior leaders.
• Drove extensive background check operations supporting circulation control for 45K foreign nationals.

Managed 9 departments, supervising 30 employees responsible for securing $770 million in weaponry, $109 billion aircraft fleet, and 9,000 personnel across 43.7 square miles.

• Captained organization's 'Nuclear Deterrence Operations Professional ,' led 537 security experts through 2 years of planning the largest surety ($1.9B) strategic deterrence campaign. Team of the Year Earned Employee of the Year.
• Aced major Nuclear Surety Inspection, the highest marks in 13 years. Earned Meritorious Service and Commendation medals.
• Oversight for the anti-terrorism program, offering weekly strategic guidance to senior leadership on Counter-terrorism and Force Protection operations.
• Orchestrated daily threat, vulnerability, and physical security assessments. Steered $34 million security enhancement projects.
• Authored European theatre wide security lesson plans for 7 overseas locations.
• Enabled significant upgrades to nuclear weapons vault storage security systems and infrastructure in over 30 years.

Steered 7 departments, 200 personnel executing base defense and Law and Order operations safeguarding 9,000 personnel and $3B in resources.

• Counseled senior leaders weekly on Integrated Base Defense, Force Protection, and Physical Security concerns.
• Advised Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force on the integration of $67 million non-kinetic Counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems.
• Helmed Wing Operations Center and Emergency Management functions, supporting comprehensive evaluation involving 317 personnel from 14 nations.
• Facilitated arms control treaty inspections. Guided a team of 38 multinational personnel, coordinated and executed non-allied audits, achieving the "Best" in the United States Air Forces in Europe program evaluation.
• Led intercontinental Agile Combat Employment mission to Africa, trained 80 local forces on Crime Prevention through Environmental Design, base defense, and asset protection.

Planned and executed company's Inspection Program, overseeing 39 departments with 4000 personnel.

• Developed quarterly annual inspections. Validated over 5,000 compliance items with local, federal, and host-nation directives.
• Tested and designed quarterly contingency events to determine shortfalls, response capabilities, & implemented corrective measures mitigating risk by 60%.
• Facilitated daily/weekly meetings to increase coordination with team members and internal/external stakeholders to reduce undetected non-compliance.
• Prepared comprehensive reports on inspection findings and recommended course of action.
• Organization compliance levels above 95%. Won Company Team of the Year.

Quarterbacked organization's Self-Assessment Program for 22 work centers, overseeing 520 personnel responsible for safeguarding $4 billion in resources.

• Orchestrated and administered a digital database to track and showcase the organization's health.
• Led readiness assessments, ensuring preparedness for various mission sets, including surety, law enforcement, and contingency operations.
• Completed 45-hour Green-Belt training course, identifying and resolving 86 operational deficiencies, resulting in a remarkable 27% increase in unit compliance.
• Recognized as the Employee and Team of the year.

Oversaw and facilitated base defense & anti-terrorism efforts for 8 geographically separated locations across the United Kingdom.

• Instituted Crime Prevention through Environmental Design principles, safeguarding $450 million in resources, 558 facilities, and 2.5K personnel. Bestowed Employee of the Year.
• Administered and led Random Anti-terrorism Measure program, responsible for securing 20 critical infrastructures vital to national security, enhanced daily posture by 50%.
• Conducted weekly site surveys, threat, vulnerability, and physical security assessments and briefed senior leaders on requirements and project milestones.

Guided 19 personnel safeguarding critical assets and regularly briefed installation leadership on law and order operations.

• Ensured resource security and Informed senior leaders and host nation partners on asset availability bolstering effective decision-making and operational readiness.
• Coordinated and led incident investigations, with ability to initiate and manage Security Forces reporting and alerting system as required.
• Steered Command and control operations of a 630-acre installation, ensuring protection of assets valued at over $450 million and safety of 3K personnel through CPTED principles.