John Bartolome — Scheduling manager
John joined the Alert team in March of 2009 and was very quickly promoted to the position of Account Manager for a new client site. His quick promotion was based on his previous security management experience and talent demonstrated during his early ALERT career. While managing a gated community security staff, John continued to exemplify ALERT’s dedication to offering superior customer service for over two years. Because of the company’s continued growth, the Scheduling Manager position was created in mid 2011. John was selected and promoted to Scheduling Manager in September 2011.
Mr. Bartolome works with the Branch Management team of Jerry Cushing, Rob Hurth and EVP Craig Smith. He is responsible for ensuring the coordination, input, accuracy and dissemination of all field schedule data. These duties include electronic schedule maintenance; working with Account Managers and field officers to ensure all posts are filled with qualified and trained personnel; time off request coordination and cross training necessary personnel to ensure unbilled overtime and training costs remain low.
Previous to his security management experience with ALERT, John joined the Sarasota Sheriff’s office, where he worked in Corrections, in a variety of supervisory positions. In 2007, John left the Sheriff’s office and became a tenured supervisor with G4S Secure Solutions. Beyond his normal supervisor duties, John’s tenure included a six week period in which he was an emergency responder sent to Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. While in Texas, he was responsible for emergency & relief crew supervision of 20+ sites and over 40 security officers.
Mr. Bartolome possesses a Security Agency Manager’s License with the State of Florida. Given his past experience and supervisor training, John has demonstrated fine interpersonal skills. John is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the State College of Florida. He plans to continue his education by attending the University of South Florida and pursuing his MBA.