1. Areas of Expertise
• Physical Security Assessments
• Small Arms/Small Arms
Ammunition Security
Assessments
• Threat and Risk Assessments
• Certification & Accreditation
Inspections
• Intrusion Detection Systems
Professional Qualifications
• Track Inspector
• Conductor Qualification
• Dangerous Goods
• IT Security Coordinator
• Network Engineer
• Managing Government
Information Holdings
• Government Accounting
Control and Financial
Management
• Systems Engineer
• Identification Operator
Personal Details
Bert Tops, CD, MCP
696 Alanbrook St.
London, Ontario
N6J 3B4
519-852-3615
bert.tops@rogers.com
Bert Tops. CD
Track Inspector/Auditor
PERSONAL SUMMARY
WORK EXPERIENCE
RTC Rail Solutions Jul 2015 – mar 2016
Prince George, BC
TRACK INSPECTOR/AUDITOR
Duties:
• Conduct yard and non-mainline track inspections by
means of walking inspections.
• Perform switch and turn out inspections.
• Provide monthly reports to clients and arrange for
repairs/maintenance if required/requested.
• Supervise contractors, to ensure compliance with safe
work procedures and practices as well as ensuring a
high level of productivity and customer service.
Canadian National Railway Nov 2013 – Jun 2015
Williams Lake, BC.
ASSISTANT TRACK SUPERVISOR
Successfully completed the ATS Training program, and
currently employed as the ATS in Williams Lake, BC.
Duties:
• Conduct yard, mainline and non-mainline track
inspections by means of Hi-rail and walking
inspections, patrols.
• Perform switch and turn out inspections.
• Supervise work crews perform track maintenance and
repair.
• Supervise track maintainers, work crews and
contractors, in compliance with safe work procedures
and practices as well as ensuring a high level of
productivity and customer service.
CGL – London 02 June 2008 – 31 May 2013
2 Military Police Regiment (Detachment London)

2. CN Courses Completed
• Acting on Workplace Alcohol
& Drug
• Track Maintainer
• Using CN Computer Systems
• Labour Relations Orientation
• All About Railroading (WBT)
• CN Basic Track Structures
(WBT)
• Drug Recognition - Canada
(WBT)
• Labour Relations Orientation
• Engineering Foreman Rules
• Track Protection Procedures
(TPP)
• Track Unit Safety
• Movement Over Rail Breaks
(MORB)
• Job Briefing
• Hazard Prevention Program
• Fire Extinguishers
• Continuous Welded Rail
(CWR)
• Fatigue Management
• Track Inspection Guidelines
(TIG)
• Track Inspection System (TIS)
Introduction Workshop
• First Aid – Standard
• Running a Scheduled Railroad
(WBT)
SECURITY SPECIALIST / DETACHMENT IC / 2 I/C
Security specialist responsible for conducting a variety of
Security Assessments and providing detailed reports and
recommendations to stake holders located throughout
Southern Ontario. As the sole security specialist, I was
responsible for providing all security related assessments,
surveys, analysis and threat risks to Commanders, Engineers
and facility managers to ensure compliance with Government
and Departmental Security Policy requirements.
Duties:
• Perform the duties of the area security specialist.
• Perform duties of Detachment 2 I/C.
• Manage dispatchers and mobile patrols, ensuring
scheduling, procedures, and training objectives are met
• Perform the duties of Evidence Custodian for 2 MP
Regt (Det) London
• Responsible for supervising the chain of custody
relating to evidence and maintaining strict
documentation and records within a verifiable chain of
custody
• Perform the duties of the Property Officer for 2 MP
Regiment (Det) London
• Responsible for maintaining custody of recovered
property and submit information to Canadian Police
Information Centre (CPIC) while attempting to return
items to rightful owners
• Provide Intrusion Alarm coordinator services to 2 MP
Regiment (Det) London
• Responsible for coordination, maintenance and
operation of the various intrusion alarm systems
deployed by DND and investigating alarms and IA
security related incidents
• Perform the duties of Supply Coordinator for 2 MP
Regiment (Det) London
• Compile information and records to draw up
procurement orders for materials and services
• Approval authority for base level certification and
accreditation process.
• Analyse and provide recommendations to meet
physical security requirements.
• Liaise with unit security personnel and engineers to
ensure unit security posture is maintained in
accordance with departmental and government security

3. • CN Freight Car Equipment
(WBT)
• Introduction to Locomotives
(WBT)
• Onboarding Workshop
• Bridge and Small Culvert
Inspection
• Crane Fundamentals
• Leading People at CN
• Labour Relations Essentials
• Strengthening Our Safety
Culture for FLS
• Canada Labour Code Part II
• Transport Canada; Roles and
Responsibilities
• Accident / Incident Cause
Finding
• Efficiency Testing
• PAP (Lotus Notes Tutorial)
• Hearing Conservation (WBT)
• Communications Essentials
• Safety Leader
• Fall Protection
• Geotechnology
• Advanced Track Inspection
Workshop
• CN Contractor Management
(WBT)
• Engineering Supervisor Rules
1 & 2
• Track Inspection Guidelines
(TIG) part 2
policies.
• Liaise with national and directorate level physical
security authorities.
• Review Certification and accreditation documents.
• Create, analyse and evaluate Threat and Risk
Assessments for various assets and projects using
various methodologies, including TRA, HTRA and
TVRA.
• Provide security status reports to the Military Police
Detachment Commander and senior management.
• Compile and analyse weapons movement threat risk
assessments.
• Conduct security incident investigations and present
investigative reports to commanders and management
• Create and submit General Occurrence (GO) reports
via the (Versadex) Security and Military Police
Information System (SAMPIS)
• Submit weapons movements to various police agencies
through the Canadian Police Information Centre
(CPIC)
• Analyse departmental security policies and standards.
• Developed and presented security briefings to client
personnel, security officers and management
• Provide security support to clients, co-workers and
management
• Review certification documentation for unit and base
level systems
• Enforce departmental security policies throughout the
life cycle of information systems
• Provide input to ensure compliance with physical
security requirements of projects
• Provide security advice to senior management
• Provide security expertise to infrastructure projects
Canadian Armed Forces – London 1998 – 2005
31 Canadian Brigade Group
G6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/LAN MANAGER
Duties
• Provided Defence Software Baseline (DSB) support,
liaison, expertise and advice to peers and superiors
• Provided Information System Security Incident
Handling (ISSIH) response, expertise and advice to
brigade units and headquarters in southern Ontario
• Provided liaison, expertise, and PKI services to area

4. • Track Inspection System (TIS)
part 2
• Continuous Welded Rail
(CWR) part 2
• Movement Over Rail Breaks
(MORB) part 2
CF/DND Training
• QL 3 Combat Infantry
• QL 3 MP
• QL 5 MP
• Driver Wheeled
• Aboriginal Awareness
• Army on Line
Author/Publisher
• TCCCS Operator (5day)
• ComSec Custodian
• Identification Systems
Operator
• Operator Stationary Radar
• Aerosol Training (Pepper
Spray)
• Tactical Expandable Baton
(ASP)
• Suicide Intervention
• Information Systems
Security Officer
• Managing Government
Information Holding
• Accounting Control and
Financial Management
• Operation Pipeline/Convoy
(RCMP)
personnel
• Managed the coordination, training and management
of local Site Administrators at units throughout
Brigade AOR over a seven year period
• Provided assistance in the development, control and
ongoing implementation of the Brigade IT Disaster
Recovery Plan, which required extensive planning,
coordination and ongoing maintenance for the
continual rotation of off-site storage of back-up tapes
• Provided technical, administrative, software and
hardware support to all units within the Brigade area of
responsibility, and to the Headquarters
• Developed, implemented and managed Canada’s only
Reserve operational field-deployed network to support
small and large-scale military exercises conducted
both locally and nationally, often involving the
coordination and management of numerous non-
brigade assets and personnel
• Liaise directly with senior personnel at Brigade, Area
and National level to implement IT projects in SW
ON, and dealt with any potential problem issues in a
decisive and reasonable manner
• Created and published Brigade IS Sec Policy
Canadian Armed Forces – Various locations 1988 – 1998
MILITARY POLICEMAN/INVESTIGATOR
The duty of a military policeman is to provide front line
policing support to the base/brigade. I held various positions
within MP detachments and the field platoons. Working as
part of a team and on independent duty, my primary
responsibilities were to provide policing and operational
support to base and brigade commanders.
Duties
• Provide mobile and foot patrols to preserve law and
order, prevent crimes and enforce traffic and parking
regulations
• Responded to incidents involving accidents, fire,
robberies as well as misdemeanours and felonies.
• Conducted criminal and accident investigations
• Shift and section 2IC and IC
• Assigned as plain-clothes investigator conducting
surveillance and intelligence gathering duties
• Provided security/intelligence briefs to various levels

5. • Street Survival, (Police
Tactics /Techniques, Gang
Culture)
OTHER INSTITUTIONS
• The Ojibwa People and
Culture
• Policing and Aboriginals
• Commercial Vehicle Drug
Interdiction Techniques
• Aboriginal Issues" course
• Cross Cultural Awareness
Training
• Banyan Administrator and
System Internals and
Performance Analysis
• Train the Trainer, Outlook
• FrontPage Intermediate and
Advanced
• NT 4.0 Administrator & NT
4.0 Core Technologies
• Access Intro and Forms &
Reports
LANGUAGES
• Fluent in English and Dutch
• Conversational German
• Conversational Afrikaans
of command
• Provided military liaison to various civilian police
agencies
• Managed the telecommunications, electronic
equipment resources
• Managed operational financial and supply budgets
• Functioned as the Supply/Transport NCO for several
Military Police Sections
• Provided basic detainee processing and handling
training to members of the brigade and base defence
force
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Extensive experience conducting security requirements
analysis for infrastructure projects
• Extensive experience in conducting security incident
investigations
• Extensive experience in law enforcement
investigations
• Extensive experience providing security
documentation such as policy and procedures, security
requirements and Certification and Accreditation
documents
• Extensive experience providing direction and
application of security policies to clients and
management
• Extensive experience providing physical security
services, analysis and support to clients
• Extensive experience providing security support and
advice to clients, co-workers and management
• Experience with creating and assessing Threat and
Risk Assessments
• Experience managing teams of employees
• Experience in analysing policies, standards and
directives
• Experience in developing and providing briefings to
clients and management
• Experience with conducting Certification and
Accreditations on corporate enterprise systems
• Experience with reviewing and approval of
Certification and Accreditations on DND network
installations

6. • Knowledgeable with DND, Government of Canada
and Treasury Board security policies and standards
• Knowledgeable in project management methodologies,
techniques and best practices as related to the Project
Management Institute’s Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBoK)
• Significant experience in MS OS technologies and
platforms
• Experienced in LAN/WAN/Intranet/ Management,
development, integration, project planning life-cycles
methodologies, LAN architecture design and
implementation
• Experienced in the planning, development and
implementation of MS OS migration and e-mail
solutions.
• Regional experience in technology support,
purchasing, customer relationship management,
project management, systems security planning, and
software lifecycle support
• Significant experience in MS OS technologies and
platforms
• Experienced in course development and training,
facilitation, planning and delivery of new and
emerging technologies
• Knowledgeable and trained in systems administration
and auditing, Certification & Accreditation and Threat
Risk Assessments
• Experienced conducting security and criminal
investigations
• Experienced conducting surveillance
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Experience conducting annual feature and track
inspections.
• Extensive experience in security implementation,
surveys, analysis, auditing, response and management,
and personnel management,
• Highly adaptive, flexible and decisive individual,
trained to deliver clear and concise communication and
direction to others, and skilled at leading by example
at all times
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

7. Assistant Track Supervisor
Canadian National Railway
2014
IT Security Coordinator
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
2008
Network Engineer Diploma
TriOS London
2006
Project Management
Fanshawe College
2005
Systems Engineer Diploma
Sterling Academy
1997
COMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS
Exemplary Award – CEO CGL
Commendation - LFCA Commander
Queens Jubilee
CD - Canadian Decoration
London Police - Citizen Citation
Provost Marshall of Canada
Commander Canadian Forces Europe
NW Haindle Award - Military Policeman of the Year
Commander C.F.B. Montreal