 Brian
Cescolini
Chairman/Co-CEO
Universal Services of America
BIO
 Steve
Jones
Co-CEO/Chief
Operating Officer
Universal Services of America
BIO
 Mark
Olivas
President
Universal Building Maintenance
BIO
 Steve
Claton
President
Universal Protection Service
BIO
 Louis
Boulgarides
Senior
Vice President
Universal Protection Security Systems
BIO
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Steve
Jones
Co-CEO/Chief
Operating Officer
Universal Services of America
Steve Jones presides over all company operations and began
his career with Universal Protection Service in 1996, bringing with
him over a dozen years of proven management experience within the
service industry. Mr. Jones was one of the youngest managers ever
to hold an executive level position within BFI, a fortune 200 company.
Prior to that, he was the youngest Regional Sales and Marketing Manager
in the country for one of the largest uniform service companies in
the U.S. While at Universal Protection Service, Mr. Jones has educated
himself in all aspects of the security industry and was heavily involved
in emergency preparedness training after the events of September
11th. Mr. Jones’ emphasis throughout his career has focused
on building and maintaining long term client-customer relationships.
As a graduate of California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo,
Mr. Jones holds a BA in Political Science and an MBA from University
of Redlands. Steve is an active member in ASIS, BOMA, IFMA and IREM,
and sits on the board of directors for Universal Protection Service,
Taycor Financial and the Century City Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Jones participated in the joint terrorism task force for Los Angeles, representing
the private security industry. He worked with the LAPD, LAFD, DOT, FBI, Department
of Homeland Security and Arch Angel to develop a plan for conducting a city wide
evacuation in the city of Los Angeles in the event of an act of terrorism. Mr.
Jones is regarded as one of the top speakers on preparing for the threat of terrorism
and has given these seminars to the nation’s top building owners and managers,
over 5,000 tenants within office buildings, and to the Building Owner and Management
Association in San Diego, Oakland, San Francisco and to CAI in the Inland Empire.
Mr. Jones has also spoken on identifying and preventing workplace violence, earthquake
preparedness, handling bomb threats, the threat of the bird flu, handling Anthrax
threats, and utilizing and implementing mutual aid. Mr. Jones has written articles
on parking safety for Security Management magazine and has lead over 500 emergency
preparedness table top training exercises with management teams across the country.
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