Roger Shaffer

About Roger Shaffer

When your team affectionately calls you \'Roogle,\' it\'s a clear sign that you\'re the trusted expert in uncovering not just \'what\' but also \'WHY\'. I’m Roger – a Global Security Leader experienced at navigating intricate security environments to protect internationally-operating institutions such as the U.S. Department of State and Amazon.Synergizing leadership with expertise in cross-border security situations, I devised strategic initiatives, established operational frameworks, and advanced policies that safeguarded workforces, secured multi-million-dollar facilities and assets, and shielded sensitive information against ever-evolving threats. Tactically and fearlessly, I headed and supported diverse security missions on over 730 sites across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Expert at building and motivating teams, I have supervised and trained 55+ security staff, risk managers, and project leaders to top performance. Security Strategy & Planning Global Operations Leadership Crisis & Emergency Response Security Tech Integration Security System Management Risk Assessment & Mitigation Security Policy Development Access Control & Surveillance Personnel Administration Vulnerability Assessments Regulatory ComplianceOn top of my technical expertise in the ins and outs or the old and new of global security, I excel at forging collaboration, at catalyzing strategic partnerships – a critical element in operations that enabled me to conquer seemingly impossible challenges.\'!I’d love to expand my network and engage in thought-provoking dialogues on all things security. Feel free to send a message here on LinkedIn or through email at r••••••••@hushmail.com.

Experience

1. Sr Mgr, Risk, Policy, and Compliance, Global Security Operations

   Amazon

   Nov 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Spearheading the Risk, Policy, and Compliance function, I direct a geographically-dispersed team of 14 Risk Managers in identifying and assessing risk levels across sites, creating and amending risk management policies, monitoring sites’ compliance to implemented measures, and evaluating policies’ risk reduction impact – ensuring exceptional outcomes for the Global Security Operations organization.Accomplishments By the Numbers: & +.+ & %. Crystalized resource-efficient, automated process for assessing risk factors and levels and implementing risk-aligned security controls for key sites, in collaboration with 150+ internal teams’ members and 50+ field partners. Orchestrated Continuous Improvement and Engagement team to streamline operations by identifying and eliminating gaps and overlaps within team structure and partner teams throughout global Amazon ecosystem. Exposed obsoleteness of old and even recently updated policy documents and standards causing compliance exception requests; swiftly initiated project to create 4 new policies and update all 24 security standards. Upgraded recently developed standard after discovering issues with documents’ language, fortifying protection for 7 network stacks from security risks. Reverse-engineered policy‘s approach from specification- to objectives-based, providing robust framework that enabled sites to employ custom security strategies ensuring peak performance.

Education

• University of Chicago

  B.A, Mathematics

• University of Washington

  Graduate work, no degree, Mathematics

• University of Chicago

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science

• DeVry University

  B.S, Electronics Engineering Technology

Skills

• Vulnerability Assessment
• Electrical Engineering
• Cissp
• Reconnaissance
• Electricians
• Quality Assurance
• Intrusion Detection
• System Design
• Electrical
• Security Operations
• Fire Alarm
• Budget Management
• Weld
• Troubleshooting
• Security Audits
• Alarms
• Physical Security
• Resource Management
• Integration
• Budgets
• Emergency Management
• Government
• Homeland Security
• Security Training
• Carpentry
• Protection
• Surveillance
• Security+
• Welding
• Security
• Diplomacy
• Biometrics
• Security Clearance
• Counterterrorism
• Business Continuity
• Alarm Systems
• Linux
• International Project Management
• Corporate Security
• Access Control