Gene Gee

Background

About Gene Gee

It was over a decade ago I made my career path change from a Vice President of the largest ad agency in the world for non-profit entities to a part-time security guard. It wasn’t all my idea. After spending 20+ years in broadcast radio, mostly on the air, I was hired as the Vice President of the Radio Division for Russ Reid Company. At the time the largest direct-response ad agency for non-profits in the world. I had made it, or so I thought. Then the American housing industry crash rippled through the entire economy. This substantially affected the non-profit industry budgets. With radio being one of the newest divisions, we went from a staff of 12 full-time & 25 contractors to zero. I was without a job. After moving from LA to Dallas, I heard a radio ad for a part-time security position for sports events. I applied & was hired. I spent the next year getting credentials & was promoted twice with CSC. Toward the end of that year, I applied for a security position at an under-construction Facebook Data Center. I’ll never forget the first question the Security Operations Manager, a former Romanian Army officer, asked me. Forty minutes later I left with a new part-time security job …guarding a lot of dirt on Sunday nights. My tenure with Facebook saw me learn & rise to the point where I was chosen as the U.S. representative on an international task force to write Standard Operating Procedures for the security of Facebook Data Centers worldwide. This was undertaken while managing security on a 130+ acre Facebook Data Center site in New Mexico, USA. Since leaving Facebook I oversaw security operations for a client list that included 50+ clients in Houston, managing a team of 250. In this position, I worked with mostly retail clients from big-box discount stores to the highest-end luxury boutiques. Additionally, I have written & published two security protocols, one for businesses, & one for personal safety. Currently, I own a small security company in the northern suburbs of Houston. I'm writing my thesis for a Master's in Security & Emergency Management with an emphasis on Crisis and Emergency Management. I'm also developing a business security training course for LinkedIn Learning, I never wanted to be a security guard. I took the job because I needed a job & I did my best at my job. Things became more interesting, I learned more, was given more & more opportunities, and I'm now considered a peer by some of the world’s top security people. Most importantly, I have met the love of my life. an Arabic queen. who makes me a better man every day.