Austin Denney
Littleton
Summary
Diligent Security professional with 6 years of experience monitoring facility staff and visitors to maintain order and safety. Demonstrated to learn new procedures and policies using defensive tactics within strict guidelines. Leverages excellent listening and service skills in emergency response and evaluation procedures.
I am looking to branch out into other fields such as Park Services and Park and Recreation
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Safety and Security Operations Coordinator
InnovAge
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Oversaw security personnel on site at all of our locations across the US in an operations center environment.
- Enforced Compliance Dept regulations and policies across all teams within the company.
- Provided direction and guidance to internal teams in order to achieve targets.
- Oversaw day-to-day operations of large teams across several sites.
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
- Tracked employee attendance and punctuality, addressing repeat problems quickly to prevent long-term habits.
Security Specialist
Denver Zoo
02.2023 - 01.2024
- Greeted guests professionally and courteously to cultivate welcoming atmosphere while making safety top priority.
- Screened incoming employees, personal belongings, and shipments for security concerns.
- Patrolled and monitored premises in company vehicle, and by foot.
- Oversaw credentialing activities for all employees, contractors and consultants.
- Managed and supported organization-wide privacy and security management measures.
- Performed guard duties by making judgment decisions within proper policy and procedures.
- Updated shift logs and produced daily reports to document security activities and specific incidents.
- Wrote detailed reports of all security breaches and investigations.
- Patrolled internal building spaces and facility grounds to identify and deter threats to assets.
Security / Loss prevention
Omni Hotels
02.2022 - 02.2023
- Company Overview: The Omni Dallas hotel is the flagship hotel of the company and employs hundreds of people in this location alone including 7 restaurants
- As a loss prevention security officer it has been my role to assist my team during my shift in a variety of ways including emergency response for active shooter or death on property to weather and theft of property
- My daily duties consist of patrols and report writing/ approval as well as training other department on security procedures and attending meetings with other department leadership to discuss current policies or upcoming changes
- The Omni Dallas hotel is the flagship hotel of the company and employs hundreds of people in this location alone including 7 restaurants
Security Officer (FLEX)
Allied Universal Security
02.2019 - 02.2022
- As a standard security guard before being promoted, my general duties included: Doing patrols of many buildings within up to 5 buildings per week, communicating with employees about company policies and COVID mandates and enforcing those regulations and policies, monitoring cameras and physically responding to distress alarms at employee desk or medical emergencies, other nuanced duties
Security Operations Center Officer
Allied Universal Security
02.2019 - 02.2022
- As a security operations center or SOC officer, it is my job to run operations for over 10 buildings across DFW and some in other states such as California, Arizona, and Colorado
- My job duties include: Monitoring cameras for all buildings across multiple states, answering on-site officers' questions and advising the best course of action following an action matrix, Sending and responding to emails relating to building maintenance and creating work order tickets by communicating with building engineers and facilities personnel, responding to and writing reports for events that occur on site for our buildings including medical emergencies or other critical events, monitoring and moderating radio traffic amongst all buildings on the account and responding to all radio traffic directed at the SOC, many more nuanced duties
Security Bike Officer
Allied Universal Security
11.2018 - 02.2019
- I was an exterior bike patrol officer and interior foot patrol security guard for Garner High School in Cary, North Carolina
- My duties included monitoring cameras and doing exterior bike patrols around the campus around 3-4 times a day as well as making sure there were no unauthorized entries to the school itself, making sure students and faculty were following correct safety regulations within or contract agreement and writing daily reports and doing access control along with badging
Education
High School Diploma -
Cinco Ranch High School
Katy, TexasInformation Technology -
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida03.2025
Skills
- Vendor engagement
- Conflict mediation
- Risk management
- Grounds security
- Credentialing policies
- Credentialing process
- Disaster recovery
- Entrance control
- Threat management
- Incident response
- Access control
- Personnel protection
Certification
CPR and First aid
AED
Use of force and Deescalation
Timeline
Safety and Security Operations Coordinator
InnovAge
01.2024 - 01.2025
Security Specialist
Denver Zoo
02.2023 - 01.2024
Security / Loss prevention
Omni Hotels
02.2022 - 02.2023
Security Officer (FLEX)
Allied Universal Security
02.2019 - 02.2022
Security Operations Center Officer
Allied Universal Security
02.2019 - 02.2022
Security Bike Officer
Allied Universal Security
11.2018 - 02.2019
High School Diploma -
Cinco Ranch High School
Information Technology -
Full Sail University
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