Dick Sem has 47 years security and workplace management experience.  He served as Global Director of Security and Crisis Management for Waste Management for eleven years and as Vice President of Pinkerton – Securitas, responsible for 18 offices in 11 states of the Northeast U.S.  He served clients as an independent security consultant for more than 20 years.  Sem has been board certified as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) since 1979, is certified as a Certified Security Consultant (CSC), was President of the International Security Management Association (ISMA), and served on the Board and as Vice President of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC).  Sem is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS), the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and has been a member of ASIS International since 1974.