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Kandice Pyles

Finance Manager

BS- Sports Administration and Business Management

Miss Pyles has a post education background and degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, with a Bachelors in Sports Administration and a Minor in Business Administration. Miss Pyles is primarily responsible for overseeing and managing our firms financial, payroll and billing department and works with our clients to oversee client billing and scheduling. Kandice’s experience has been key to introducing the updating employee tracking and scheduling and payroll management system with our office. Kandice works daily with our clients to ensure all billing and time manager reports are generated and prepared weekly for financial stability within KRE Security LLC.

Kandice’s post education background provides a benefit to KRE Security understand both the financial budgeting needs of our School district and commercial clients who we provide services too. Financial stability and integrity are all key points that Kandice delivers to the KRE Team and to our clients across the Area. Miss Pyles will provide all invoicing and staff scheduling needs for the client. Kandice oversees our Scheduling department who works hand in hand with the KRE Finance department. Kandice works hand in hand with the KRE Scheduling department.

Rachael Dalton

Director of Administration

Ms. Dalton joined KRE Security in August 2021 as a Dispatcher and quickly assumed the role of Scheduling Manager prior to accepting her current role as the Director of Administration within KRE. Rachael brings with her over 25 years in Administration, Human Resources and Scheduling. Rachael previously held similar roles in the Healthcare & Insurance sectors prior to joining KRE Security. She has a Liberal Arts background from Northampton Area Community College. Ms. Dalton is an Act 235 Certified Armed Officer as well.

Her responsibilities currently include direct support to KRE President, Jarrod Emes, oversite of day-to-day business operations, Staff Management, Field Operations and ensuring KRE Best Business Practices by addressing Client concerns, contract compliance and site needs. As a contributing member of the KRE Security Business Devlopment Team, she works every day to ensure KRE Security is not just meeting, but exceeding all client needs and our guards are ready to serve our client base.

Outside of KRE, Rachael is happily married to her husband, Ken for 24 years, has two children Brock and Fayth, who she is extremely proud of and 3 dogs, Xena, Apollo & Atlas. She enjoys reading, shopping, cooking and spending time with friends and family. Rachael enjoys learning new skills both personally and professionally.

She is always available to work with you, our customer and neighbor and looks forward to finding solutions to address your unique and personalized security needs.

James P. Wilson

Manager

Retired Act 120 Certified Patrolman from the Wyomissing Police Department

Extensive Experience working for both the Berks County Prison and Juvenile Detention Center, including management, scheduling, and shift supervisory experience.

Berks County Chief Deputy Coroner 1999-2001, worked to ensure professionalism, fiscal accountability and management of Death case investigations.

Education: Oklahoma Department of Correction, Pennsylvania Department of Correction, Reading Police Academy, Berks Technical Institute AST in Criminal Private Investigations, Pennsylvania State Coroners Course, BS from Almeda College and University.

Overseas the KRE Security Firearms Training Program, field operations and training, and investigation division.

Jim brings over 30 years of experience working as a retired police officer, corrections officer and manager, as well as investigation and management skills. Jim oversees our operations section and manages safety plans and training. Jim oversees our firms Investigation and training division. Jim specializes in ensuring our field operations division is in compliance with customer needs daily. Jim works with new client relations and over sight of the Operations division and liaison on the community relations board and business development team. Mr. Wilson function is to provide direct client to staff relationships and provides all training and in the field operations and compliance daily with our clients.

Dave Bardo

Director of Operations

David has been with KRE Security since July of 2021, first brought on as a Entry Level guard, was quickly promoted to Site Lead and now holds the role of Director of Operations. He brings with him a unique skill set that is valuable to both KRE Security and our clients.

As an US Army Veteran who served from 2002 – 2006 as an Alpha Company Platoon Sergeant Assistant, he held Top-Secret Security Clearance, and he worked as a trainer for the US Army Yearly Skills Evaluates in gate evaluation and Safety. David holds a deep understanding of OSHA and MSHA Safety Guidelines. These attributes have allowed Dave to visit with clients upon their start up with KRE Security and give them a professional understanding and perspective,, helping them understand what will be the most beneficial plan for us to secure the property. Whether it is with gate access control, guard tour rounds, or a general overview.

Part of David’s responsibilities are to visit with our guards while on shift to provide 1:1 training, ensure guard compliance to post orders, and meet with clients as needed to address any concerns they may be having. David works hard to make sure that all our clients feel that they are our priority.

David is currently working on finishing obtaining his ACT 235 Certification, allowing him to add another valuable skill to his portfolio for our clients. He is also finishing his Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Forensics with a Minor in Professional and Technical Writing.

In addition to being an US Army Veteran, David has over 20 years in Emergency Services where he served in leadership roles in multiple areas. David has worked as a PA Certified EMT, EMT Instructor as well as AHA First Aid, AED, and CPR Instructor. With his vast experiences David performs well under pressure and in critical time sensitive operations as learned through his direct real time support of war fighters world wide.

David proudly serves our clients in the Eastern PA and Susquehanna River Valley Region in Central Pennsylvania and is always ready to help

Matthew Peters

Director of Client and Staff Relations

Matt brings a wide variety of skill sets to the company. One of Matt’s greatest attributes is his leadership. Matt has a Communications background from Penn State University. He has also completed the Marsh and McLennan Management & Leadership Training Course in Dallas, Tx. Matt was a two-time guest at the Vitals National Leadership Conference in both Chicago and Cleveland. These are seminars that focus on advanced sales, marketing, customer service, and leadership for day-to-day Operations Managers.

Matt is a United States Marine Corps veteran, and has served multiple combat tours in Iraq. While in the Marine Corps, Matt held a Secret Clearance. Matt led numerous operations overseas, to include cross training exercises with the Republic of Korea ROK Marines, the Royal Thai Marines, and Iraqi security forces. Matt was a MCMAP instructor in the Marine Corps, leading hand-to-hand combat training for his platoon. He is also a jiu jitsu silver medalist at the North American NAGA tournament.

Matt has extensive experience as a security supervisor for Southern California nightclubs, professional sporting events, and live music venues. Matt has also overseen transportation, regulations, and security for the Department of Health in the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program. Prior to serving as our Director of Client & Staff Relations, Matt worked for KRE as the East Coast Operations Manager.

KRE Security LLC. was founded in August of 1990. We are a full-time Security Service and Investigations Corporation. We provide factually based investigations and conduct every investigation ethically, morally, legally and with the highest degree of integrity. Our goal is to meet your security needs 24-7 while providing cost effective services to our customers.

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Class Alumni

Graduate of Alvernia College
Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice
Minor in Sociology.

Awarded the Saint Michael Archangel Award 2007

Berks Technical Institute
"Program Advisory Board Member" Criminal Justice Department

Member of the KRE Security/ Investigations Inc. Management Team, PA 2007-2016

Owner KRE Security LLC. 2016- Present

Certified Instructor in American Heart CPR, First Aid, Training, Phazzer- Non Lethal, Pa Act 235- Lethal weapon Agent

Work Experiences include:
•Berks County Juvenile Detention Center
•Berks County Dept of Emergency Services, as a Special Projects Officer
•Investigation experience as a Deputy Coroner for the Schuylkill County Coroner’s Office

Jarrod brings over 20 years in the Emergency Services Field, specializing in Fire/Rescue and Emergency Management Field where he oversees a municipal hazard plan, mitigation projects and ongoing safety assessments and building. Jarrod is a current certified instructor in American Heart CPR, First Aid, Non Lethal Phazzer Instructor. He has worked for KRE Security/Investigations Inc. for 15 years. He is now the Director of Security for the company and works directly on a one-on-one level with the clients daily.