Nicholas Christiansen
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Credentials
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Project Management Professional (PMP)®
Project Management InstituteMay, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Academic Instructor
Va. Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) -
Firearms Instructor
Va. Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS}
Experience
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Swift Enterprises, LLC - Cleveland, TN
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Truck Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Consultant
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Jan 2023 - Present
This position is responsible for auditing all departments of the company with the purpose of implementing efficiencies and identifying creative industry best practices which could potentially result in increased profitably. Additionally, it is the responsibility of this position to draft and implement new processes and policies to ensure overall compliance. Prior to accepting this position and to ensure a good foundational knowledge of the industry/company, I successfully completed over 400 hours of Commercial Driver License (CDL) training and obtained my unrestricted state CDL certification and my First Seat Driver upgrade with one of the largest transpiration companies in the US. This training included me driving a tractor with a 53 foot trailer over 12, 000 miles. While this may seem to be a "leap of faith" the anxiety has been greatly lessened by the fact that I will be working with experienced professionals in the industry and that the company Owner is a man of faith and a good friend with an impeccable reputation for "keeping his promises" and "doing what he says". To my friends and associates of my prior life, thank you for the mountain of fond memories and the continued fellowship. Please remember that I will only be a text, call or email away should you ever need anything. This is the "Rubber Duck" signing off (Haha, had to say that!).
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Excalibur Associates, Inc.
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Consultant
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Jun 2022 - Mar 2023
This position advises and reports to the Owner/President & CEO of the company on a myriad of topics to include but not be limited to; Business Development opportunities, capture strategies, labor union negotiations, training curriculum development, client relationships, acquisition opportunities and resource networking. Additional duties include providing training for new hire and incumbent personnel, screening of training documentation, providing and identifying infrastructure efficiencies and screening potential business opportunities for the company.
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Director of Training and Planning, Department of Energy Headquarterss
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Nov 2019 - May 2022
This position is contracted to perform services at the Department of Energy (DOE) Headquarters located in Washington DC. This position is responsible for overall Protective Force readiness through quality training, up to date plans/policies and procedures, and scheduled/unscheduled performance testing. This position gathers and analyzes results from performance testing, Limited Scope Performance tests, and internal and external assessments to identify training needs and direct the development of training curriculum to support the identified needs. This comprehensive approach ensures training is dynamic and ever evolving. This position ensures that all contractually required training is performed in accordance with DOE's National Training Center guidance and regulations outlined via 10 CFR 1046 and DOE Order 473 along with the oversight of the Officially Designated Federal Security Authority. Additionally, this position oversees the Department which develops, conducts and analyzes performance assessments. Site Security Plans, Security Condition documents and Security Risk Assessments all fall under the purview of this Department. Overseeing and developing training programs and conducting Limited Scope Performance Testing to include Force on Force exercises is also the responsibility for this position.
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VP of Operations
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Mar 2019 - Nov 2019
Golden SVCS, LLC is a mid-sized, service disabled veteran owned firm that has approximately 700 plus officers stationed throughout multiple states and jurisdictions. This position supports contract management with their day to day operations and acts as the senior local corporate representative for the company. The duties of this position include but are not limited to- drafting corporate policy and procedures, labor relations, training, administration of discipline, contract compliance, marketing and client relations. This position reports to the Sr. Vice President Business Operations and also acts as an adviser to the President and Owner of the company. As the company grows, it is expected that the duties of this position will transition to meet the ever increasing needs of the company. Additionally, this position will play a pivotal role with strategic planning and special projects. During the short time I was assigned to this position, the company was awarded multiple contracts, weekly overtime was reduced and numerous issues were addressed with positive results.
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BTI Security
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP of Operations & Business Development
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Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
BTI Security (Bradley Technologies Inc.) is a fast paced and quickly growing company that has made a conscious decision to invest in a total quality management and compliance business philosophy to ensure the company's future. It is due to this shared vision that the President & CEO has, which persuaded me to join her Team. The position of VP of Operations & Business Development is responsible for all day to day operations and acts as the senior corporate representative in the following areas- Marketing, Business Development, Operations, Business Relations, Strategic Partnering and Senior Adviser to the President. The VP of Ops & BD's duties included drafting corporate policy and procedures, labor relations, contract negotiations, administration of discipline, contract compliance and client relations. It is the additional responsibility of this position to ensure that programs are put in place that ensure existing contracts are successful and that an environment of total contract compliance is adopted by field supervision and contract management.
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DFW Security Protective Force
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Operating Officer & Senior VP
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Jul 2018 - Feb 2019
DFW Security Protective Force (DFW Security) is a SBA certified 8(a) Small Business firm that currently has approximately 700 plus officers stationed throughout multiple states and jurisdictions. As the COO & Sr. VP, this position is responsible for all day to day operations and acts as the senior corporate representative for the company. The duties of this position include but are not limited to- drafting corporate policy and procedures, labor relations, contract negotiations, administration of discipline, budgeting, contract compliance, marketing and client relations. This position also acts as the senior adviser to the President and Owner of the company. It is the vision of DFW Security that the company leverage its national footprint of existing business into a into a much larger, nationally recognized quality security services provider. In furtherance of that goal, numerous policies and procedures have been implemented thus ensuring a good foundation for which to build client confidence. With my guidance, the company strengthened its training capabilities and increased its federal client infrastructure. This total compliance/total client satisfaction strategy yielded increases in company growth and presence in new markets. During my tenure, DFW aggressively increased its footprint while maintaining a steady focus on existing client satisfaction. This was done through a combination of being awarded new contracts and acquisitions. In addition to this, over 14 union agreements were successfully negotiated, Department of Labor cases were successfully negotiated/resolved and client complaints were significantly reduced.
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Diversified Protection Corporation
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
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Dec 2015 - Jul 2018
Diversified Protection Corporation (DPC Security) is a SBA certified 8(a) firm located in the Metropolitan Washington DC area. DPC Security is on the GSA Schedule. As the Sr. VP & COO of DPC Security, this position is responsible for all day to day operations and acts as the senior corporate representative in the following areas- Marketing, Business Development, Operations, Business Relations, Strategic Partnering and Senior Adviser to the President. The Sr. VP & COO duties include drafting corporate policy and procedures, labor relations, contract negotiations, administration of discipline, budgeting, contract compliance and client relations. It is the additional responsibility of this position to ensure that programs are put in place that ensure existing contracts are successful and that an environment of total contract compliance is adopted by field supervision and contract management. In the 2 and a half years I was in this position, the company grew from approximately 2 million per year in gross revenue to approximately 40+ million per year in gross annual sales. Additionally under my watch, DPC was the only company selected by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) to implement a federal agency approved Active Threat (Active Shooter) Responder program. Additionally, our Training Department successfully drafted and implemented the Pentagon Force Protection Agencies (PFPA) Active Shooter Responder program. Through an aggressive "Team Building" approach, DPC became one of the fastest growing security companies in the Metropolitan Washington DC area.
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Coastal International Security, Inc.
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President Corporate Development
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Jun 2015 - Nov 2015
Coastal International Security was the largest provider of Protective Service Officers to FPS/DHS in the National Capital Region. Coastal also performed a substantial amount of protective services for DHS Delegated facilities. This positions focused on leveraging the company's performance and client satisfaction into a larger corporate footprint and company growth. This position incorporated the growth attributed to my BD Team of $130+ million in business with a corporate emphasis on Total Client Satisfaction. In this position, it was my responsibility to ensure that marketing strategies were a reflection of what the company is doing and not a fabrication. This position spearheaded this philosophy throughout multiple departments thus attributing to the companies growth.
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Director of Business Development/Client Relations
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Apr 2014 - Jun 2015
Coastal International Security was the largest provider of Protective Service Officers to FPS/DHS in the National Capital Region. This positions combined the needed and essential growth of the company with the constant monitoring of client satisfaction. Unlike most Business Development positions whose corporate attitude is "we don't fix it we just sell it", Coastal approved my strategy and innovative approach of leveraging its proven performance to drastically impact winnability. This methodology saw immediate results via Coastal receiving contract extensions of approximately $5 million dollars and successfully being re-awarded its second largest contract, all occurring within the first 4 months of creating this position.
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Coastal International Security
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Operations
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Dec 2012 - Apr 2014
Coastal International Security was the largest provider of Protective Service Officers to FPS/DHS in the National Capital Region. The Director Of Operations reported directly to the COO/Sr VP Of Operations and acted in his behalf when he was absent. The Director is responsible for all day to day operations of a armed, uniformed federal contractor security force that has numbered as high as 1500 officers. These duties included drafting corporate policy and procedures, labor relations, business development, administration of discipline, budgeting, contract compliance and client relations. It was the additional responsibility of this position to ensure that programs were put in place that ensured existing contracts were successfully re-awarded and that an environment of total contract compliance was adopted by the workforce.
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Paragon Technical Services
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United Arab Emirates
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Technical Advisor
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Apr 2012 - Dec 2012
Corproate Business Development, Site policy and procedure writing/drafting, Curriculum Development, strategic partnering advice, cost comparisons, subject matter expert. Corproate Business Development, Site policy and procedure writing/drafting, Curriculum Development, strategic partnering advice, cost comparisons, subject matter expert.
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Protection Strategies Incorporated
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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V.P. Protective Force Operations
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Mar 2010 - Mar 2011
Provide oversight and direction of the newly acquired 780 person, 33 contract security division. Successfully negotiated the novation of all government and commercial contracts that were acquired by PSI with the purchase of Eagle Tecnologies, Inc. Ensured that all contracts were successfully re-bidded during my tenure. Provide oversight and direction of the newly acquired 780 person, 33 contract security division. Successfully negotiated the novation of all government and commercial contracts that were acquired by PSI with the purchase of Eagle Tecnologies, Inc. Ensured that all contracts were successfully re-bidded during my tenure.
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Eagle Technologies, Inc.
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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President & CEO
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Sep 1999 - Mar 2011
Founded the company September 1999. A full service security guard company which grew to approximately 29 million gross annual sales with approximately 780 employees. Achieved the 2009 &2007 DHS Security Small Business Achievement Award. Received the 2007 SBA Person of the Year Award(DC Office). Founded the ETI Training Academy which developed curriculum and was licensed to perform armed and unarmed security officer training in multiuple states for numerous federal agencies. Successfully negotiated with multiple labor unions contract CBA's in multiple states. No grievances ever rose to NLRB arbitration during my tenure.
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Blackhawk, Inc.
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United States
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President
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Feb 1997 - Aug 1999
Oversaw the day to day operations of a 400 person security guard company. While under my guidance as President and as the senior capture manager strategist, the company grow from 2 million to 10 million in eight months. I was also the acting Training Director and started the companies training academy which was licensed to perform security officer training in three states. All operational procedures and human resource policies were drafted by me. Oversaw the day to day operations of a 400 person security guard company. While under my guidance as President and as the senior capture manager strategist, the company grow from 2 million to 10 million in eight months. I was also the acting Training Director and started the companies training academy which was licensed to perform security officer training in three states. All operational procedures and human resource policies were drafted by me.
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V.P. Security
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Aug 1993 - Feb 1997
Oversaw the armed and unarmed security operations of a 400 person security guard company. During my tenure, the security operations grew from 20 people to 400 people in 4 years. As the senior advisor for business development, gross revenue grew from $700k./yr to 20 milion/yr. A training academy licensed and certified to perform security guard training in multiple states was established by me. All training curriculum, operational policies, site specific post orders/general orders and incident response plans were drafted by me.
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Protection Technologies, Inc.
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Contractual Support Services
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1991 - 1993
This position provided support service functions to PTI's DOE, NRC and commercial security contracts. This position conducted evaluations, security and financial assessments, and audits as necessary to ensure compliance with federal , state and company regulations. This position developed and managed root cause analysis of problem areas and created corrective action plans to address deficiencies and or weaknesses discovered. This position also performed market surveys of newly targeted locations, identified potential strategic partnering opportunities and act as transition leader for new contract start-ups.
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General Manager, Department of Energy Headquarters
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1989 - 1991
Responsibilities included providing overall guidance, direction and control of all contract work provided. These duties included performing all analytical surveys of protective force utilizartion, root cause analysis of efficiecncy depriving systems and ensure effective utilization of resources. During my 18 month tenure, two C.U.R.E. Notices were removed and the contract received over 20 letters of good performance from the DOE. In addition, four contract revisions were negotiated, new incident report writing procedures and Central Alarm Station procedures were implemented and a DOE Inspection and Evaluation(I&E) was passed.
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Wackenhut Services Inc.
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Special Response Team & Operations Mgmnt
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1983 - 1989
I started with WSI as a Team leader for a Department of Energy Special Response Team assigned to the Savannah River Site. After being promoted to positions of increasing authority at SRS, I eventually obtained the rank of Deputy Director of Zone Operations. This position was also in charge of the SRS Emergency Operations Center. After successfully performing in this position, I was asked to take over the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories in Windsor Conn. as the Project Manager and senior tactical advisor to the client-General Electric. This was a DOE nuclear facility to which WSI was contracted to provide protective force services for the protection of the Nuclear Naval Propulsion Training Program.
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Education
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1978 - 1982
Valdosta State University
BFA, Art/Advertising -
1973 - 1978
T.W. Josey High School, Augusta Ga.
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