Summary

Jeff Gauldin is a Pinkerton Director based in Georgia. He leads strategic operations and advises clients on comprehensive risk management solutions, partnering with cross-functional teams to design and implement security strategies for complex, high-risk environments while aligning solutions with business objectives.

Career Highlights

Jeff is a security and loss prevention leader with expertise in workplace violence prevention, behavioral threat assessment, and corporate investigations. He is known for identifying risk trends, driving proactive mitigation strategies, and collaborating with stakeholders to protect people, assets, and operations.

Work Experience

  • Jeff previously served as a Senior Employee Relations Investigator, leading workplace investigations from initiation through resolution. He analyzed multi-layered data to identify systemic risks, developed proactive mitigation strategies, and partnered with Legal, HR, and business leaders to manage sensitive, time-critical issues.
  • He also served as a Regional Security and Loss Prevention Manager with Amazon, overseeing security operations across the AMER region, including high-risk markets, such as Las Vegas and Atlanta. In this role, he managed a team of Security and Loss Prevention professionals supporting multiple operational sites, ensuring site compliance, physical security readiness, and performance of security programs. He led initiatives to mitigate risks, prevent loss, and protect associates, customers, and assets, while overseeing budgets and purchase orders exceeding $20 million annually. He collaborated closely with senior management, finance, and procurement teams to maintain operational continuity and secure the end-to-end supply chain.
  • Earlier, Jeff worked as an Asset Protection Business Partner with Target, managing security risk and workplace violence prevention efforts across the Atlanta market, implementing solutions spanning physical security, employee safety, and incident response.
  • Jeff’s experience spans supply chain, logistics, and retail sectors, with specialized expertise in workplace violence prevention, suicide ideation response, integrated physical security systems, and high-value operational oversight.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University

Skills

  • Security & Risk Management
  • Workplace Violence Prevention & Threat Assessment
  • Investigations & Case Management
  • Supply Chain & Logistics Security
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Financial Oversight & High-Value Operational Management
  • Physical Security Systems
  • Crisis Management & Incident Response

Affiliations

  • ASIS International
  • International Organization of Black Security Executives
  • Transported Asset Protection Association

Language(s)

English