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Gus Downing
Gus Downing is the CEO and Founder of
Downing & Downing, Inc. He has built
this search and consulting firm into
North America's leading provider of
retail Loss Prevention staffing
solutions. He is a second-generation
retail Loss Prevention, Audit & Safety
Recruiting and Consulting executive and
spent thirteen years in the retail Loss
Prevention industry prior to starting
this firm in 1983. He is an accomplished
speaker and author and has dedicated his
career to the improvement and
enhancement of the retail Loss
Prevention industry. He is a graduate of
Lakeland College with a degree in
political science.
Gus has been involved in a number of
other successful business ventures - in
1988 he introduced computer-based
interactive training to the retail Loss
Prevention industry through his company
Retail Training Technologies.
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.
 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.
 Mark
Nutter
Mark served the Loss Prevention
industry for 8 years before
joining the Downing & Downing
team as an executive search
consultant. Mark's career in
Loss Prevention covers grocery,
large box and discount
department stores where he has
held store and district
investigative positions with
regional and national retailers.
He has partnered with non profit
organizations to raise funds and
awareness for the communities he
has worked in.
Tom Jamar
Tom Jamar served the loss
prevention industry for seventeen years
before joining Downing & Downing. Tom's
career in loss prevention involves both
full-line department and specialty
retail stores in store, regional, and
corporate positions with national
retailers. He was also involved with
store operations in the specialty retail
format. In addition, Tom has also been
president and owner of his own company.
Tom holds an Associate in Arts Degree in
Law Enforcement and a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Criminology and Sociology from
the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
April
oversees the business and financial
aspects of the company. She has 7
years of accounting and office
management experience.
She has her Associates Degree in
Business from the University of
Phoenix.
 Tamara
Gribble
Tamara started working with our company
in mid January 2004.
Her main responsibilities in the office
include graphic design and the
maintenance and construction of the
Downing & Downing web site and
database. Tamara holds
a Bachelor's Degree in Computer
Technology with a concentration in Web
Design from Kent State University School
of Technology. Tamara also holds two
Associate Degrees: Associate of Science
in General Studies and Associate of
Applied Business in Computer Technology
from Kent State University.
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