This document provides a summary of the professional experience and qualifications of Lloyd Mecca in loss prevention, investigations, physical security, and safety roles over 25 years. It lists positions he held at Bloomingdale's, Goodwill Industries, Nextel, Sprint, and protecting US critical infrastructure, where he implemented programs that reduced theft, fraud, accidents, and claims. Feedback from past managers and colleagues commends his dedication, skills, responsiveness, standards, and positive impacts on security and operations.

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5. and this talent didn’t go
unnoticed.
Washington Post

7. where he was also recognized for
his efforts…

8. …on multiple occasions.

9. Bloomingdale’s
Crown Books
Goodwill Industries
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15. While at Goodwill Industries, he slashed the
vehicle accident rate by 20%, and
implemented an employee accident/injury
reporting system reducing claims by 90%. He
was a Post-secondary instructor for Goodwill’s
Retail Manager and Basic Security Officer
vocational education programs.

16. As the Corporate Investigator for the West
Region, he handled theft, telecommunications
fraud, complex internal investigations,
workplace violence investigations and
authored the Mail Room Safety/Suspicious
Package program currently used in all facilities
as well as the California edition of the
enterprise-wide Emergency Preparedness
Manual.

17. As the Loss Prevention Manager for Nextel’s
West Region, he investigated fraud and theft
and his well-known LP Master Log and Blitz
Audit was implemented to control cash,
inventory, refunds and audits resulting in a
42% reduction in activation fraud. His
standardized loss prevention training (LP 101)
program reduced non-compliance issues
throughout the 7 state market.

18. As the first Director, developed and
implemented the comprehensive loss
prevention/safety program at this women’s
high-fashion retailer, including the proper use
and operation of Electronic Article Surveillance
resulting in identification of high theft areas
and the closed circuit television system,
resulting in the identification and
apprehension of employees and customers
committing theft.

19. As the Physical Security Specialist, he was
responsible for the protection of United States
Critical Infrastructure/Key Assets (CI/KA)
consisting of telecommunications switches and
other critical sites…

21. “…the event was a great success…good job, Lloyd”
Loye Manning, Group Manager, Sprint Corporate Security

22. “I commend L. Mecca for his effort…assignment achieved in a very “…has added a dimension of technical knowledge and expertise to …Corporate
professional manner and was readily received…to be implemented Security staff and has established himself as a key player …serious and dedicated
immediately.” executive.”
Joe Roessler, Director Office of Security, US Government Robert Farina, VP, Corporate Security & Loss Prevention, Bloomingdale’s
“Mr. Mecca has carried a consistent workload…is accessible and responsive ton a
twenty-four hour basis to assist HR and local management with …problematic
“Lloyd’s hard work has yielded dividends…efforts and terminations…a skilled field investigator”
observations have positively impacted the turnaround with Diane Ross, Manager Field Investigations, Nextel Communication
the West [region]”.
Myron Burton, Security Director, Nextel Retail Stores
“…viewed as a trusted resource…Lloyd takes ownership of the projects in
his region…works independently”.
Loye Manning, Manager, Corporate Security, Nextel Communications
“…extremely dedicated , committed professional, and highly skilled…thoughtful and responsive
to employees…”
Raven Young, Director, West Region Facilities, Crown Books
“Lloyd set high standards for himself…”
Loye Manning, Group Manager, Physical Security, Sprint /Nextel Communications
“…excellent team player…his extensive
experience…improved the security assessment process”.
Dave Phillips, Physical Security Manager, Sprint/Nextel
Communications
“…very through in his role…wealth of knowledge…detail oriented…”
Brent Bailey, Risk Prevention Consultant, Sprint /Nextel Communications