Mike Hamel

About Mike Hamel

Mike has over three decades of public safety experience, skilled in fostering safe communities through collaboration and problem solving. He currently serves as the Executive Director and Chief Security Operations Officer at Hoag Health System. He oversees physical security for the enterprise, inclusive of three acute care hospitals, 10 Health Centers, 15 urgent care centers, and over employees. His responsibilities include oversight of security personnel assigned to Hoag facilities, internal investigations, contract management, various security technology systems, site security assessments, threat assessment, training and development, and site plan review. He also chairs the hospital’s Workplace Violence Reduction Committee. He is also a 29-year law enforcement veteran, who began his career with the Los Angeles Police Department, before laterally transferring to the Irvine Police Department in 1995. At Irvine PD, he worked his way up the ranks and was appointed as the first \"homegrown\" Chief in 2015, a role he served in for 6 years, before retiring near the end of 2021.

Experience

1. Chief Security Operations Officer

   Hoag Health System

   Oct 2021 — Present · Newport Beach, CA, US

Education

• University of West Georgia

  Master of Science, Applied Computer Science

  2019 — 2021

• University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education

  Mobile Application Development

  2013 — 2015

• University of California, Irvine

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Social Ecology with emphasis in Criminology, Law and Society

  1988 — 1992

• California State University-Long Beach

  Master of Public Administration (MPA), Public Administration

  1998 — 2000