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Gus Downing

Gus Downing is the President and founder of the Executive Search & Consulting firm of Downing & Downing, Inc. Established in 1983, the firm specializes in the Retail Loss Prevention & Safety industries. Over the years it has successfully staffed more senior Loss Prevention positions, and helped design and build more Loss Prevention teams then any other firm in history. The firm which maintains the largest market share in North America is also heavily involved in delivering organizational and compensation benchmarking surveys that have helped redefine LP models and impact the industry’s compensation levels.

Gus, himself, is a second generation retail Loss Prevention executive with a prior 13 years of hands-on experience in the LP industry as well. Over his career Gus has been involved in a number of other successful business ventures that include introducing interactive training programs to the loss prevention industry, launching a loss prevention outsourcing model, consulting with a number of leading Loss Prevention Solution Providers, and most recently launching the LP industry’s first daily electronic newsletter the D&D Daily News & Job Alerts.

View Gus Downing's profile on LinkedInWith an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts Gus is an accomplished author and has dedicated his career to the improvement and enhancement of the retail Loss Prevention industry.


 

Karl Glatt

Karl served the Loss Prevention industry for eleven years before joining the Downing & Downing team as an executive search consultant.  Karl’s Loss Prevention career encompasses grocery, discount department stores, and specialty retail where he has held store and regional positions with both regional and national retailers. He has also been a part of successful safety driven Loss Prevention Programs.

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Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith served the Loss Prevention industry for seventeen years before returning to the Downing & Downing team as an Executive Search Consultant. Gordon's career in Loss Prevention covers discount and full-line department stores, membership warehouse and specialty retail formats, and attaining positions from District, Regional, and Director of Security Services. Gordon holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was a former Certified Protection Professional (CPP), and he also proudly served with the U.S. Army's Military Police.

 

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