Clay Shropshire, MBA, CPP, PSP
Corporate Security Consultantcshropshire@corprisk.net Corporate Security Consultant
Clay Shropshire joined Corporate Risk Solutions in August 2004, as a Corporate Security Consultant. His responsibilities include: Physical Protection Systems Design and Engineering; Project Management for the installation of site-specific or enterprise-based, interfaced/integrated, holistic security systems and programs; Risk & Vulnerability Assessments; Physical Protection Assessments; Development and Implementation of Security Standards; Security Compliance to new and emerging laws; Security Training.
Prior to Corporate Risk Solutions, Mr. Shropshire worked for more than 20 years with several national systems integration companies. While employed with these firms, Mr. Shropshire provided high-end security consulting and system design services to Fortune 50, 100, and 500 clients across the U.S. These clients represented automobile manufacturers, financial firms, pharmaceutical companies, oil and gas companies, gas and electric utilities, municipal housing districts, international airports, world headquarters, multi-story multi-tenant buildings, real estate developers, hospitals, telecommunications companies, school districts, colleges and universities, government facilities, military installations, courthouses, juvenile detention facilities, jails, prisons, commercial companies, industrial complexes, refineries, race tracks, distribution centers, and retail and restaurant establishments.
Mr. Shropshire’s consulting service included: in-depth needs and security assessments; physical protection systems design using access control, biometrics, badging, CCTV, video recording, video display, intrusion detection, perimeter systems, fire alarm, life-safety, code blue, intercom, paging, and specialty electronics systems; systems engineering; security training; project management; account management.
Mr. Shropshire started his security career as a sales and design representative for a local systems integrator. There he learned the concepts of access control and CCTV and how to properly apply various types of electronic security products to detect wrongful behavior. Moving up to the second largest electronic security services company in the world, he worked as a systems design and engineering specialist designing security solutions for multi-million dollar projects across the U.S. After a successful period as a Branch Sales Manager, training new sales representatives in sales and product application, he returned to applications engineering and security consulting working with national accounts managers on large enterprise projects. During his tenure he earned multiple Circle of Excellence award trips.
He combines his 25 years of security experience and formal education with on-going extensive continuing professional development. A small sampling of his professional security training includes: Lenel Systems International, Software House, Pelco, Bosch, Panasonic, Vicon, International Fiber Systems, Andover, Westinghouse, and Stentofon factory product training, National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association Practical Fire Alarm Course, and Project Management.
Mr. Shropshire holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from Kansas State University and a Masters of Business Administration from Rockhurst University. He is presently working toward a Masters of Information Systems Management from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management with a concentration in Network and Database Security.
Mr. Shropshire is an active member of ASIS International and is among a very small, elite group of security professionals that has been awarded the designation of Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Physical Security Professional (PSP). He has also been NICET II certified in Fire Alarm Systems.
As the Physical Protection Consultant, Mr. Shropshire’s design consulting work and project management has been featured in several security magazines to include: Pinkerton’s Solution Magazine - Issue 3, 2000; Security Technology & Design - January 2006; and Access Control & Security Systems – November 2005.