October brings us another season of change, with autumn colors in full bloom and brisk weather returning to much of the country. It has also been a season of growth and change for approximately 85 LP professionals On the Move this month.
All of us throughout the loss prevention community are proud of the accomplishments of those that have worked hard and earned a new place along the loss prevention career path. Whatever our professional goals and aspirations might be and whatever skills and experiences have helped forge our loss prevention careers, we have to find and seize the opportunities to learn, grow, and progress.
Please join us in congratulating the following individuals on their recent career moves and promotions.
October 2024
October 24th – October 31st
Mikyla Houston is now retail solutions director at Auror.
Laura (Dai) Dainauskiene is now retail solutions director, Canada at Auror.
Jason Griffin was promoted to corporate director of asset protection at Albertsons Companies.
Emma Gomez was promoted to manager of asset protection at Albertsons Companies.
Cynthia Lopez is now corporate asset protection manager at Albertsons Companies.
Collette Greer is now corporate manager of asset protection programs at Albertsons Companies.
Chris Ryan was promoted to vice president of sales at FaceFirst.
Bobby Mothershed was promoted to executive director of sales and business development strategy at FaceFirst.
Temia Balogun is now a territory vice president of loss prevention, Midwest at Kohl’s.
Chris Engelke is now a district loss prevention manager at Kohl’s.
Rolando Gallardo, LPC is now a district loss prevention manager at Kohl’s.
Keiall Matthias was promoted to senior manager of remote operations and investigations at Kohl’s.
Joseph Rinker is now a district loss prevention manager at Kohl’s.
Chris Rivera is now a district loss prevention manager at Kohl’s.
Robert Robinson, LPQ is now a district loss prevention manager at Kohl’s.
John Scott was promoted to manager of organized retail crime at Kohl’s.
Michael Wassinger is now a district loss prevention manager at Kohl’s.
Danilo Freitas is now senior compliance and operational monitoring analyst at Estapar (Brazil).
Eric Trehern was promoted to senior manager, asset protection investigations at The Home Depot.
Adina Spencer, CFI is now an area loss prevention manager at Michael’s Stores.
Jimmy Hartmann, CORCI, CC/II is now a district loss prevention manager at Sephora.
Caleb Kragelund is now a district loss prevention manager at Sephora.
Kasey Kolnberger is now a district loss prevention manager at Sephora.
Maria Plascencia-Avina is now a district loss prevention manager at Sephora.
Stephanie Ho is now an ecommerce fraud prevention investigator at Petco Health and Wellness.
Adam El-Hayek is now an ecommerce fraud prevention investigator at Petco Health and Wellness.
David Quinton is now a district loss prevention manager at SEPHORA.
James Mucherino is now a district loss prevention manager at SEPHORA.
Terrell Matthews is now a district loss prevention manager at SEPHORA.
Sean Segasture is now senior analyst, asset protection merchandising at The Home Depot.
Branden “Ben” Benn is now global security and safety specialist at The TJX Companies.
Ross Swanson is now asset protection business partner, global supply chain and logistics at Target.
Alex Van Diggelen is now APAC senior loss prevention manager at Lovisa.
Sarkeis Tomeh was promoted to director of loss prevention at Ross Stores.
Cielo Beltran-Rodriguez was promoted to area asset protection manager at Gap Inc.
Jason Carcia Jr. was promoted to senior asset protection investigator at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Alexandria Reif, LPQ was promoted to senior manager, commercial asset protection at American Eagle Outfitters.
October 17th – October 23rd
Steve DePestel, LPC was promoted to AP/Operations integration business lead at Lowe’s.
Corey Smith was promoted to senior investigator at Gabe’s.
Matthew Schaefer was promoted to market investigator at Nordstrom.
Kayli Picciolo was promoted to district asset protection manager at Lowe’s.
Christopher Jones is now an organized retail crime specialist at Kohl’s.
Jake Harris is now a regional loss prevention manager at The Home Depot.
Dominic Diemert is now an area asset protection manager at Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington.
Krysta Frame, MS is now a security operations regional manager, non-traditional markets at Amazon.
Joseph Coleman was promoted to global senior physical security engineer at Amazon.
Evelyn Zepeda is now market security manager, south U.S. and Puerto Rico at H&M.
Andrew Jordan, LPC was promoted to district asset protection manager at JCPenney.
Nick Smith is now head of risk at Spotlight Retail Group (Australia).
Kelly Erickson, CFI, CFE is now investigations senior manager at Best Buy.
Norman Murray is now head of profit protection North America at Merlin Entertainments.
Sophie Malard is now director of security at Inditex (France).
Fritzner Nelson is now a divisional director of asset protection at Macy’s.
Mandy Fitzpatrick is now loss prevention specialist at Poundstretcher (United Kingdom).
Chrissy Martin is now a district asset protection manager at Burlington Stores.
Dermot Fitzsimons, CFI was promoted to senior manager of asset protection public sector liaison at Macy’s.
October 10th – October 16th
Edjanisson Andrade is now a regional loss prevention manager at Atacadao Dia a Dia (Brazil).
Tim Henderson is now a regional organized retail crime manager at CVS Health.
Karie Carroll was promoted to regional loss prevention manager at ULTA Beauty.
Jose Moreno is now regional manager of investigations at Essilor Luxottica.
Mohit Singh Parihar was promoted to national lead security-loss prevention network operations at Reliance Jio (India).
Tyler Gill is now a senior area loss prevention manager at Ross Stores.
Christopher DiFonzo was promoted to senior division investigator at Macy’s.
Randy Gentry is now a multi-unit loss prevention manager at The Exchange.
Ghislain St-Pierre is now a district asset protection manager at Loblaws (Canada).
Anthony McCall is now a district loss prevention manager at Lowe’s Companies.
Stuart Deske is now a regional loss prevention manager at Tapestry.
October 1st – October 9th
Katie McCabe, LPQ was promoted to district loss prevention supervisor at The TJX Companies.
Miguel Ignacio Manzo Garcia is now head of loss prevention at Falabella Ovalle (Chile).
Dennis Womack is now a loss prevention field manager at Sally Beauty.
Scott Sanford is now vice president of asset protection at Victra-Verizon.
Kyle Kurtz, CFI, LPC is now a district asset protection manager at The Home Depot.
Grant Danby is now a regional asset protection manager at The Home Depot.
Lucas Little was promoted to asset protection business partner at Target.
Tim Reiley is now an organized retail crime manager at CVS Health.
Matthew Dowling, LPC is now a regional loss prevention manager at Pep Boys.
Ieva Gatulyte was promoted to head of security at Inditex (United Kingdom).
Chris O’Neil was promoted to investigations manager, HOLP analyst team at The TJX Companies.
Bryan Peranzo is now senior manager of asset protection global security at Gap.
Cherise Barr, CFI is now a district loss prevention manager at The TJX Companies.
Brent Cohen, CFI, LPC is now senior manager of ORC investigations at Amazon.
Jerry Burch is now director of asset protection and safety at Goodwill Industries of the Valleys.
Moises Rosario, MA is now an area loss prevention manager at Ross Stores.
Jeffrey Burton, LPQ was promoted to district loss prevention supervisor at The TJX Companies.
Bjorn Merse, CPP was promoted to director of field security and loss prevention, continental Europe at Amazon (Germany).
Many of the loss prevention / asset protection career moves and promotions are reported to us by our career advisor partners. We are grateful for their collective efforts and diligence in delivering this information. If you would like to provide information pertaining to a recent promotion or career move that is not listed above, please email submissions here.