Derk is a licensed (Nevada License No. 2845) gaming surveillance, security, and loss prevention specialist and consultant. He has served in executive positions in security, surveillance, and compliance capacities for American Casino and Entertainment Properties, Grand Casinos, Bally’s, Aztar, Del E. Web, Corp., Palms, Tropicana Entertainment and MGM Resorts, as well as in Tribal gaming as an executive and consultant.
Derk, as a security and surveillance executive, has developed proactive and successful security, surveillance, and loss prevention programs. He has performed risk assessments and developed emergency response manuals, as well as action plans for business recovery. Derk has prepared both security and surveillance teams to respond to emergency events through regular training and drills. He has hands-on experience in the assessment of threats and risks and the handling of different types of critical events. He has served as a consultant for security and surveillance to Tribal Gaming properties and is a Raving Partner with Raving Consulting.
The security and surveillance teams trained and led by Derk have a proven track record of success in loss prevention, and in the detection of cheating at gaming, advantage play, and internal and external theft and fraud.
Derk is Board Certified as a security professional and possesses knowledge and proficiency in security principles and practices, business principles and practices, legal aspects of security, personnel security, physical security, information security, crisis management, and investigation.
Derk has earned professional certification as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), and as a Certified Surveillance Professional (CSP). He is currently the President of the International Association of Certified Surveillance Professionals (IACSP) and is one of its founding members.
He co-authored Casino Security and Gaming Surveillance (2010) and Casino and Gaming Resort Investigations (2020). He is a respected author, instructor, and speaker, specializing in the fields of security and surveillance training and methodology, gaming protection, loss prevention and the detection of internal and external theft and fraud.
He has appeared as an expert on several television networks, including the Travel Channel, and his technical articles have appeared in dozens of professional journals, including Security Management magazine, which is published by ASIS International. ASIS International is the largest organization for security professionals with more than 36,000 members worldwide. As a speaker, he has been featured at several international conferences, including the Global Gaming Exposition (G2E), World Gaming Protection Conference, and ASIS International seminars and programs.
Jen has 23+ years in the gaming and hospitality industry, beginning her career as a Surveillance Agent and holding positions such as Surveillance Supervisor, Security Training Manager, Risk Manager, and Corporate Fraud Investigator & Analyst with Casino Aztar, Tropicana Entertainment, Downtown Grand, and Caesars Entertainment.
Under Jen’s leadership and training, the security, surveillance, and management teams trained by Jen were able to develop and install initiatives
that dramatically reduced property losses. As Risk Manager, Jen was instrumental in creating policies and procedures that resulted in significant company savings in workman’s compensation and liability insurance.
As a Corporate Fraud Investigator & Analyst, Jen was able to identify fraudulent behavior through data analytics, identify behaviors, investigate,
interrogate, translate, and deliver properly written reports following all legal guidelines to authorities. She has worked as a corporate liaison with federal and state law enforcement as well as regulatory agencies.
She co-authored IACSP white papers “Video Review, Investigation, and Retention in Gaming Environments” and “Conducting Surveillance Audits in Gaming Environments” and is Director of Education on the Board of Directors for IACSP and is on many committees within IACSP.
She conducts webinars and onsite training in security, surveillance, and fraud as well as being a former speaker at G2E (Las Vegas). She has also served as an expert witness in the field of security and surveillance.
Additionally, Jen is the Event Coordinator of the annual Casino Resort Protection Conference hosted by IACSP.
Jen is currently Vice President and Senior Consultant for DJ Boss Assoc. She assists clients with professional security and surveillance with development and implementation of their security, surveillance, and risk programs. Jen also works in litigation support where she is instrumental in forensic analysis as well as involved in data collection including photography and videography at site surveys.
Jen is also a Partner with Raving Consulting in the security, surveillance and fraud investigations fields and has authored several articles for Tribal Gaming & Hospitality (TG&H) magazine.
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