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Chigozie Augustine NWABUNOR [CAN]
Security Management
Winnipeg,MB
Summary
Disciplined security professional with over 10years of success in managing security, personnel, investigations, sensitive information, intelligence etc. A result oriented, proactive and persuasive communicator with advanced information processing skills to spot threats and device countermeasures. Knowledge of advanced security systems and security-related legislation and regulation.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification
Work History
Local Government Security Director
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2020 - 11.2023
- Formulated, educated, implemented, monitored and where necessary enforced security policies in collaboration with other critical stakeholders and action agencies.
- Proactively advised and reported to key stakeholders (LG Chairman (Mayor) and relevant public service groups) on security issues and ways to neutralize/mitigate them.
- Monitoring of aliens and illegal migrants, Detection of illegal trade/smuggling routes and prohibited items (Drugs) in liaison with relevant agencies
- Vulnerability Analysis of Critical Infrastructure and Installations
- Periodic Threat Analysis/Assessment of the LGA
- Oversaw team of security officers and managed scheduling and performance evaluations.
Principal Staff Officer Special Incidence Unit
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Maintained code of conduct for emergency response in stressful situations.
- Built and strengthened relationships (liaison) to manage effective planning and implementation of emergency response strategies.
- Conducted surveillance for up to 48 hours at time.
- Conducted surveillance, target profiling as well as investigation reports, searches, arrests and prosecutions of suspects.
- Coordinated with unit leadership and direct superiors for taskings and managed subordinates to execute.
- Responded to emergency calls and communicated and coordinated situation details to other officers.
- Coordinated operations with other emergency service groups.
Technical and Communications Systems Staff Officer
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Set up both auditory and visual monitoring and recording security devices like Alfhiem, Loke, and Hytera audio and visual devices
- Maintained knowledge of industry policies and procedures to set up and operate equipment safely.
Authored security and vulnerability reports, detailing logged incursions and suggesting remediation efforts. - Oversaw the operation of the state headquarters communication team
- Conducted series of Technical counterintelligence operations
- Conducted surveillance to detect suspicious activity.
- Wrote detailed narrative reports
- Reported safety and fire hazards observed on routine patrols and during inspections.
Staff Officer Security Enforcement
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Wrote detailed Intelligence reports
- Over 100 Duty Officer Tours: Successfully oversaw the security of the State Headquarters/Facility.
- Worked in fast-paced and high-risk environments while maintaining exceptional standards of excellence for security programs, strategies and plans.
- Coordinated various security enforcement operations (VIP security, Conference Security, Arrests and Searches etc)
- Interviewed and Interrogated suspects and witnesses in conduct of investigations
- Attended personnel meetings and training sessions to improve skills and learn new policies and procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
EDO NIGERIA04.2009
Skills
- Managerial communication and leadership skills
- Intelligence gathering tactics, processing, report writing and dissemination
- Information Security
- Investigations, Interrogations and Prosecution
- Security Principles And Practices
- Crisis and Conflict Resolution and Management
- Business Principles And Practices
- Physical Security
- Personnel Security
- Surveillance and Security Sweeping
- Threat Assessment and Trend Analysis
- Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
- Counterintelligence Operations and Security Enforcement
- VIP Protection
- Security liaison and inter-agency collaboration
- Communal and Community Conflict Management, Mediation and Resolutions
- Weapons Handling
- Strong Critical Thinking Capabilities
- Field Observation
- Social Perceptiveness
- National Security Understanding
Accomplishments
- Youngest Local Government Security Director
- Successfully coordinated and collaborated with large team members from different service agencies numerous operations
- Supervised team of 10 staff members.
Certification
- ASIS CPP [2023] https://www.credly.com/earner/earned/badge/081b2e7a-6234-4eeb-b1cd-617a2877138d
- Manitoba Security Guard License (Jan 2024)
- Advanced Tradecraft Course, [2016]
- Intelligence Officer Basic Course, [2012]
- Crisis Management Course, [2012]
- Document and Site Exploitation Course, [2012]
- Protective Officer Basic course [2012]
- American Project Management [2012]
- Employee Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Level 2, [2011]
Affiliations
ASIS Membership (ID:18767637)
Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals
Centre for Leadership Development Training
Fellow Nigerian Institute of Security Studies (ISS)
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), I.D: 3395686
Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSCHE)
Hobbies
Browsing, Reading, Traveling, Chess, Swimming, Socializing and Meditating
Timeline
Local Government Security Director
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2020 - 11.2023
Principal Staff Officer Special Incidence Unit
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2018 - 01.2020
Technical and Communications Systems Staff Officer
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2016 - 01.2018
Staff Officer Security Enforcement
State Security Service (SSS)
01.2012 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
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