Appointed: 2021

Skills and experience: Michael works with the company’s executive leadership team to develop and execute the strategic direction for the organization to continue driving strong, consistent and profitable growth.

Career experience: Prior to joining Allied Universal, Michael served at Warburg Pincus’ Industrial and Business Services group in London and New York. Prior to that, he worked at Thomas H. Lee Partners and at Banc of America Securities’ Leveraged Acquisition Finance Group.

Skills and experience: Jose is responsible for the operational leadership of manned guarding operations in the Mid-Atlantic region. He has over 30 years of strategic security industry experience with in-depth expertise in project management, organizational resilience, finance and business management.

Skills and experience: Appointed in February 2022, Darren is responsible for the manned guarding, aviation and technology integration lines of business in the Canadian market.

Appointed: 2020

Skills and experience: Tim leads the financial operations of the company, and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and public debt offerings. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Skills and experience: Eric McGarty has been with Allied Universal since 2002. Since joining Allied Universal, Eric has held various roles in the Northwestern Region. In his current role as Regional President of the Northwest Region, Eric is responsible for all operational, financial, and administrative functions in his region.

Career experience: Before joining Allied Universal, Eric was the Fire Protection and Construction Specialist with HILTI, and was the General Manager with Aramark Uniform Services.

Skills and experience: Alberto leads all the company’s operations in Mexico, including security personnel, Allied Universal® Risk Advisory and Consulting Services and Allied Universal® Technology Services.

Career experience: With nearly 30 years of successful executive leadership experience in multinational organizations, Alberto joined G4S Mexico in 2019, which rebranded as Allied Universal in 2022.

Skills and experience: Delmar has extensive experience managing startups, corporate, city, large operations and government contracts and boasts a consistent record of meeting financial and customer service goals. Currently, as President of the Southeast Region, he has responsibility for more than 21,000 security professionals.

Skills and experience: Steve Claton brings to his role as President of the Southwest Region over 20 years of proven leadership experience in both the security and commercial real estate industries. At Allied Universal, he leads one of the company’s largest regions and directs many of the company’s procedural best practices and technology advancements on a national scale.

Skills and experience: Caress oversees more than 26,000 Security Professionals in eight states. Kennedy previously was Managing Partner for the Northeast Region at AlliedBarton Security Services, which merged with Universal Services of America to form Allied Universal in 2016.

Career experience: Prior to joining the company in 2011, Caress held senior-level positions where she was responsible for regional and national operations at COMSYS, Global Employment Solutions, Norrell Corporation, Thomson Financial and Xerox.

Skills and experience: Mike Smidt’s security industry experience spans more than 35 years, and over 18 with Allied Universal, formed by the merger of AlliedBarton Security Services and Universal Services of America in 2016. As COO of Allied Universal, he has oversight of more than 100 offices, 150,000 plus security professionals and over $6.5 billion in annual revenue. He previously served as President, Northwest Region for Allied Universal.