Jim Haugsland

Skills and experience: Jim has more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and operations with vast expertise in growing market share across diverse platforms and geographies.

Nancy Peterson

Skills and experience: Nancy leads the North America legal team, with responsibility for all legal matters affecting the company’s U.S. and Canada operations, including transactions and integrations, regulatory compliance, contracting, and licensing. Nancy joined Allied Universal in 2005, and has been instrumental in building the legal department’s capabilities to support the company’s growth, particularly in regulatory compliance and transactions.

Deborah Tate Pecci

Skills and experience: With more than 25 years of experience, Deborah serves as the company’s in-house attorney, leading all labor and employment law functions for Allied Universal.

Career experience: Before joining Allied Universal, she served as a partner with Duane Morris LLP for nearly 10 years, where she counseled and serviced a large client base of various sized employers in every aspect of labor and employment-related issues and litigation.

Andy Sause

Appointed: 2017

Skills and experience: Andy is highly skilled and experienced in identifying best practices and developing strategies to drive organizational accountability and efficiency, especially with mergers and innovation. He graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Ocean Engineering, received a MS in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from Stanford University.

Ryan Manning

Appointed: 2022

About:

As global chief compliance officer, Ryan Manning uses his more than 20 years of experience navigating complex legal and regulatory environments to spearhead Allied Universal's global ethics and compliance program. Through strategic oversight and governance, he empowers the company’s businesses and support functions to operate ethically with integrity and adhere to the company values, Code of Ethics and relevant laws.

Bob Wood

Skills and experience: Bob Wood’s security career spans over 30 years. He joined Allied Universal in 2012 as Senior Vice President before being promoted to President of the Northeast Region. He now leads the Florida Region.

Brian Webber

Skills and experience: As Midwest Regional President, Brian oversees the financial and operational success of more than 21 offices, 24,000-plus security professionals, with over $1.1 billion in annual revenue.

Career experience: Brian first joined Allied Universal in September 2016, following the company’s acquisition of Apollo International, Inc., where he held a variety of roles, including Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Operations during his 12-year tenure with Apollo.

Michael Beregovsky

Appointed: 2021

Skills and experience: Michael works with the company’s executive leadership team to develop and execute the strategic direction for the organization to continue driving strong, consistent and profitable growth.

Career experience: Prior to joining Allied Universal, Michael served at Warburg Pincus’ Industrial and Business Services group in London and New York. Prior to that, he worked at Thomas H. Lee Partners and at Banc of America Securities’ Leveraged Acquisition Finance Group.

Jose Ubieta

Skills and experience: Jose is responsible for the operational leadership of manned guarding operations in the Mid-Atlantic region. He has over 30 years of strategic security industry experience with in-depth expertise in project management, organizational resilience, finance and business management.

Darren Pederson

Skills and experience: Appointed in February 2022, Darren is responsible for the manned guarding, aviation and technology integration lines of business in the Canadian market.