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Patrice Johnson

Patrice Johnson

120 Addison Way Canton,MS

Summary

Vigilant Transportation Security Officer with 10+ years of experience inspecting passengers and baggage to maintain safety and security of traveling public. Reliable and communicative professional proficient in x-ray, document checking, and explosive detection machine operations. Commended for acting quickly to counter security threats and exercising sound judgment while performing observations. Awarded Eagle Eye of the Year in 2019 for having processed the most baggage on x-ray in the state of Mississippi.

Overview

13
13
years of post-secondary education
17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Consultant

Making Wealth Real
Canton, MS
01.2021 - Current
  • Educates and work with clients to find optimal solutions for financing
  • Promotes the MWR Financial membership and business opportunities to potential clients.
  • Attends weekly zoom meetings to expose the benefits of the company.
  • Utilizes social media, email and web to engage target audience and promote financial services.
  • Identifies interested and qualified customers to provide potential customers with additional information regarding services.
  • Works with clients to support understanding of rationale and details of financial strategies.

Mississippi Advisory Council Member

Transportation Security Administration
Pearl, MS
01.2021 - Current
  • Serves as Point of Contact for the Workforce.
  • Attends monthly MAC meetings where we discuss varies ways to resolve problems, improve operations and provide exceptional service by addressing employee issues and concerns that we encounter at each Mississippi airport.
  • Builds productive relationships with Federal Security Director (FSD) concerning various situations on the workforce by reporting directly to the FSD.
  • Assists in preparation of MAC Charter and submission to FSD.
  • Works with Senior Leadership and stakeholders throughout Team MS to make workforce improvements.
  • Establishes a positive working environment for the workforce by briefing them of current and future projects.
  • Uses Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications for submission to the FSD.

Transportation Security Officer

Transportation Security Administration
Pearl, MS
01.2011 - Current
  • Performs passenger and baggage screening to maintain secure, safe premises by ensuring no prohibited items board any aircraft while minimizing conflict with passengers as they are being screened.
  • Authenticates boarding passes, identification and passports to prevent fraudulent travel.
  • Identifies and challenges potentially unauthorized individuals for screening and detention in order to prevent access to restricted areas.
  • Maintains awareness and focus to identify potentially life-threatening objects or weapons of mass destruction.
  • Discretely observes behavior and demeanor of travelers and staff to screen for suspicious actions.
  • Participates in informational confidential security briefings, interpreting, applying, and sharing knowledge of federal, agency, and TSA personnel policies and guidelines regarding the release of sensitive information and discusses issues with security screening processes.
  • Continuously improves security screening processes and personal performance through training and development.
  • Recognizes and understands the customer service needs of the traveling public and balances those needs with safety and security by providing and explaining detailed security regulations to the public.
  • Engages in casual conversations with individuals to assess and analyze behaviors.
  • Controls entry and exit points by being consistently vigilant for any breach of security.
  • Maintains close communication with supervisors regarding any issues that might reveal a weakness or vulnerable area of security screening that is discovered in the course of screening duties by maintaining awareness of my surroundings.
  • Participates in Playbook Plays and joint law enforcement assignments such as Visible Intermodal Prevention Response (VIPR)
  • Prepares incident reports and other documents that convey required information after incidents using Microsoft Word.

Leaders in Action Member

Transportation Security Administration
Pearl, MS
02.2019 - 12.2019
  • Examined complaints made by workers by making recommendations to management on workplace concerns.
  • Provided positive ideas to enhance the workplace environment by demonstrating respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Established a communication plan with the workforce to input ideas, concerns and solutions regarding the workplace environment
  • Reviewed issues and complaints from workforce and helped build satisfactory resolutions.

Assistant Training Instructor

Transportation Security Administration
Pearl, MS
07.2013 - 07.2016
  • Conducted training; nationally developed, locally developed, remediation, recurrent, and return to duty to increase learning opportunities by ensuring that the officers learn the required tasks to perform their jobs effectively.
  • Mentored new hires, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity.
  • Maintained personnel folders to keep track of their progress.
  • Assisted with training administrative support components (e.g. OLC entry, roster management, training resource room facilitation, conducting testing, ensuring evaluations are done).
  • Utilized computers to input personnel's progress throughout training.
  • Assisted with training logistics support components (e.g. Coordinating needed supplies and materials).
  • Assessed and provided feedback for needed training adjustments or recommendations for improvement.

Incentive Operator

Regions Bank
Jackson, MS
04.2009 - 03.2012
  • Operated proof machine to list, sort and prove credits, debits, and deposits from branches and internal departments using a NCR 7766 Proof Machine.
  • Ensured required internal processing deadlines were met by prioritizing work, assisting others, and checking quality of encoding by reviewing and processing documents for errors.
  • Processed financial transactions of deposits, payments, checks, and withdrawals by encoding numerical data.
  • Prepared, sent and received image cash letters and processed all transit bags.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Professional Interdisciplinary Studies

Jackson State University
Jackson, MS
08.2007 - 04.2016

High School Diploma -

John W. Provine High School
08.2002 - 06.2006

Work Availability

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Skills

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Quote

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
Jim Horning

Timeline

Financial Consultant

Making Wealth Real
01.2021 - Current

Mississippi Advisory Council Member

Transportation Security Administration
01.2021 - Current

Leaders in Action Member

Transportation Security Administration
02.2019 - 12.2019

Assistant Training Instructor

Transportation Security Administration
07.2013 - 07.2016

Transportation Security Officer

Transportation Security Administration
01.2011 - Current

Incentive Operator

Regions Bank
04.2009 - 03.2012

Bachelor of Science - Professional Interdisciplinary Studies

Jackson State University
08.2007 - 04.2016

High School Diploma -

John W. Provine High School
08.2002 - 06.2006
Patrice Johnson