People on the Move

To stay up-to-date on the latest career moves as they happen, visit the Professional Development page on the LPM website LossPreventionMedia.com. To inform us of a promotion or new hire, email us at peopleonthemove@LPportal.com.

Professionals Advancing Their Careers

Genesis Medina is now a corporate investigator at 7‑Eleven. Brittney Kotteles and Smail Maouche (France) were promoted to senior district managers of AP at Abercrombie & Fitch.

Jose Torres is now an AP specialist at Advance Auto Parts.

Charles Cherry and Joseph Rapacz, LPC were promoted to directors of AP at Ascena.

Advance Auto Parts announced the following promotions: Emma Gomez, corporate manager of AP programs; Wes Davis, senior manager of AP CSC/supply chain; and Axel Phillips, senior manager AP, DC operations. Amazon announced that Steve Sturgill, LPC has been named to the board of directors of the International Supply Chain Protection Organization (ISCPO), and Kim Hooper has become the director of student education for the International Organizations of Black Security Officers (IOBSE). The company also announced the following promotions and new hires: Andrew Beckett, director of logistics LP, Americas Region; Amanda Buell, MBA, LPC, senior program manager, standards and compliance, world‑wide critical incident operations; Michael Kingrey, senior program manager, safety & DOT compliance, North American transportation; Andreas Seidel, CPP, director of security and LP risk and resilience, EMEA (Germany); Nira Lee, program manager, global security academy; Aisha Rashid, global security academy trainer (UK); Joshua Olsen, LPC, principal, retail LP programs; David Marsh, PgDip, MSyI, CPP, senior program manager; Robin Cihlar, CPP, CFI, CBCI, senior risk manager (Czechia); Gary Senior, CPP, senior risk manager; Justin Gingery, LPQ, senior regional LP manager; Trevor Mohs, LPC, regional manager, logistics LP, global specialty fulfillment; Kirby Sabey, Logan Rivers, Paul Witten, MA, Ben Gregory, Carter Gulli, LPC, and Michael Greenwell, MBA, regional LP managers; and Kenny Espinosa, Dennis Womack, Mindy Morgan, Chris Reagan, Alfredo Ontiveros, and Joseph Rayski, multiunit LP site leads.

Stephen Mitroka is now a territory AP manager at American Freight Furniture. Jennifer Zervas, LPC was promoted to LP manager with At Home Group. Justin MacIntyre, CFI, LPC was promoted to manager of corporate investigations at Bealls. Brett Szrejna was promoted to senior AP investigations manager, and Brett Ovall is now a regional AP manager at BJ’s Wholesale Club.

Jayson Sutton is now VP of shortage control and safety at Burlington Stores.

Nicole Dean was promoted to LP advisor at Chemist Warehouse (Australia). Joshua Phillips is now director of field AP at Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Andrew Kouimanis was promoted to head of corporate safety and risk at Coles (Australia).

CVS Health announced the following promotions: Brendan “Ben” Dugan, CFI, director of organized retail crime and corporate investigations; Kevin Moring, director of AP retail operations; and Robert Alberta and Mark Kneale, market AP leaders.

Julio Cesar Veríssimo de Carvalho is now supervisor of LP at Dafiti Group (Brazil). Paulo Cesar Barbosa is now supervisor of LP at Distak Distribuidora (Brazil).

James Bequette is now a regional AP manager at Dollar Tree Stores.

Andrew Frum was promoted to director of LP, revenue protection at Express.

Robert Hough, LPC, CFI is now managing director of LP, audit and firearms compliance, and Israel Rodriguez Jr. is now a regional LP manager at Dunham’s Sports.

Ken Semple is now director of security, risk, and audit at DX Group (UK).

Michael Lopriore, PCI, CFI was promoted to global security manager at Facebook. David Czikray was promoted to regional AP manager at Family Dollar. Andrew Burchett is now senior manager, AP and supply chain at Five Below.

Leslie Allen was promoted to director field investigations, and Michael Mateo was promoted to senior manager of field investigations at Foot Locker Allisa Amborn was promoted to district AP manager at Fred Meyer.

Chris Nelson was promoted to senior VP and head of AP at Gap Inc.

Gap announced the following promotions: Chris Batson, CFI, MBA, director of AP, total loss; and Jacob Myers, director of AP operations. Jared Tedeschi Sr. is now an investigator at Grainger. José Antonio Gutiérrez Mendoza is now a regional LP manager at Grupo Chedraui (Mexico). Gilliard Ribeiro Antunes is now senior LP analyst at Grupo DPSP (Brazil).

Cristiane Teixeira Lopez Franco is now an LP supervisor at Grupo Pereira (Brazil).

James Crowther was promoted to support center profit protection manager at Halfords (UK).

C.H. (Choong Hoon) Ha is now president of Hanwha Techwin America.

Christian Ibbott was promoted to multiarea security manager at H&M. Tony Rengel was promoted to senior manager of downstream SCAP operations, and Marcelo Marquez was promoted to ORC investigator at The Home Depot. Scott McQueen, MBA has taken on an additional position as chair, ISRM Japan Chapter at the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (Japan). Bob Casar, CFE is now senior director of LP at Intellishop. William Wilson with Half Price Books is now also the director of professional education at the International Organization of Black Security Executives (IOBSE). Richard Wittman is now a district AP manager at JCPenney. JD Sports Fashion announced the following promotions and new hires: Ana Martins, area manager of profit protection (Portugal); Lee Golding, territory profit protection manager (UK); and Arnold Tuankotta, area profit protection manager (Netherlands). David Munoz was promoted to regional LP manager at Liberty Tire Recycling. Christian Latson, LPC, LPQ is now operations specialist at the Loss Prevention Foundation.

Meredith Plaxco, LPC, VP of LP and safety at PetSmart, and Oscar Arango, VP of AP with Target, have joined the board of directors of the Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF).

Josef Hall and Andrew Cahill are now district AP managers at Lowe’s. Pamela Woods was promoted to corporate investigations and field auditor at Lumber Liquidators. Eddie Sosa, LPC was promoted to regional manager of investigations for Luxottica North America.

Macy’s announced the following promotions: Gary Novello Jr., LPC, CFI, director of fraud strategy and analytics; Aaron Jenkins, senior manager of business administration; Jacqueline Rice and Ryan Kelly, senior AP investigators; and Anthony Clark was promoted to market leader.

Glenn Master is now director of AP at McLane Company.

Andre Martha is now an LP senior analyst at Mercado Livre (Brazil). Cheyne Collins, CCII, CORCI, CEFI is now a regional LP manager at Michael Kors (Canada).

Phoebe Tyszkiewicz was promoted to LP manager of store projects at Morrisons (UK).

Ashlea Lewis is now an LP investigator, south zone at Myer (Australia). Paul DelPonte is now executive director at the National Crime Prevention Council.

Nordstrom announced the following promotions and new hires: Jarrell Wilson, area LP manager; Solomon Mayo Jr., district AP manager; and Tip Bradford, LPQ, exception reporting business analyst.

Brooke Murota, MBA, was promoted to senior manager of AP operations at Old Navy.

Old Navy announced the following promotions: Matthew Koury, CFI, manager of AP operations; and Dina Yakhin, senior regional AP manager. Rey Rodriguez was promoted to manager of investigations at Oportun.

Justin Vuylsteke is now director of AP at Prosegur.

Adam J. Cabrera, CFI is now a regional LP manager at Peloton Interactive. Jacob Lewis is now a regional AP manager at Pharmacann. Dan Hayward is now investigations officer at Poundland & Dealz (UK).

Anthony Hegg was promoted to area LP manager at The RealReal. Rite Aid announced the following promotions and new hires: Heidi Haugh, Steven LaPres, Kevin Brown, and Jarred Coolbaugh, regional AP leaders; David Schulz, profit protection analyst; and Deborah Beene, physical security analyst. Ross stores announced the following promotions: Mike Liles, AVP of LP division 2; Beth Currie, LP and safety director, supply chain; and Robert Grant, senior area LP manager. Dikaios Mihalitsis is now VP of fraud and risk, and Abraham Gonzalez, CFI, LPC is now director of investigative systems and analytics (fraud and risk) at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Adam Ostrowsky was promoted to divisional VP of stores and LP at Sears Authorized Hometown Stores.

Lisa Gutierrez was promoted to director of advanced client services at Securitas Electronic Security.

Sephora announced the following promotions: Michala Serbousek, LP systems analyst; Casey Kirsner, area LP investigator; and Ibzan Perez, district LP manager. Shawn Weir, CFI was promoted to director of AP at Shoot Point Blank.

Roberval De Macedo was promoted to regional LP manager at Sodimac (Brazil). Tony Raab was promoted to associate director of LP, and Jason Baker was promoted to senior regional LP manager at Spencer Gifts. Richard Andre is now a field LP manager at Staples. Brent Craven is now a retail fraud investigator at Starbucks. Colton Neal, LPQ is now an LP analyst at Tailored Brands. Paul Morrison is now a divisional LP manager at Talize (Canada). Lexis Plumley and Imran Qazi, LPQ are now field AP managers at T‑Mobile.

Target announced the following promotions and new hires: David Crowther, senior manager of theft strategy & operations; Frederick D. Hassel Jr., AP operations manager: and Meena Gurguis and Rizwan Mohammed, AP business partners.

Tony Sheppard is now director of LP solutions at ThinkLP.

The TJX Companies announced the following promotions and new hires: Peter White, SAS-AP, global security and intelligence specialist; Thomas Buck, CFI, district LP manager; and Julia Yost, LP training specialist. Brandon Sutton is now acting organized retail crime investigator, and Steven Troughton was promoted to store investigations supervisor at TJX Canada/Winners Merchants International (Canada).

Almond Dennis Jr. is now a regional manager of asset & profit protection at Transformco. Sue Whiddon is now an area LP specialist at Trulieve. Trent Pringle was promoted to senior manager of LP systems security and operations at Ulta Beauty. Brian Robbins is now a regional LP manager at Variety Wholesalers. Kyle Elliott is now VP of sales, and Jerry Kane is now director of sales at Vector Flow.

Vector Security announced the following promotions and new hires: Allan Watters, LPC, head of innovation, retail solutions; Tara Park, VP of human resources; and Dan Reynolds, director of customer experience. Cody Cummings is now a safety and LP supervisor at The Vitamin Shoppe. Ken O’Connor was promoted to director of investigations and standards, and John Williams is now an AP solutions partner at Walgreens. Walmart announced the following promotions and new hires: Cory Bresnahan, senior manager II, global investigations; Maria Herrera-Garcia, project manager, global investigative governance; Matt Long, global investigator, workplace investigations; Mary Capron, Chase Mobley, and Randall Heale, LPC, market AP operations leaders; and Debbie Ho, global investigations. Velayudhan Pathiyil is now a regional manager of global security operations at The Walt Disney Company (India). Matthew Smith was promoted to company LP manager at Waterstones.

Shannon Rolon was promoted to field manager of AP at White Cap. Dave Thompson, CFI was promoted to president, and Amanda Weaver, CFI is now an instructor at Wicklander‑Zulawski & Associates.

Gordon McLardy was promoted to head of risk at Wilko (UK).

John Pappas is now senior LP manager at Windsor Fashions.

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