Honor Society® member
Darryl McKinney
Senior Manager, Security Strategy & Intelligence at I am currently a senior manager, who is working in aviation security at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. My role includes liaising with law enforcement & corporate security teams to share information & gather intelligence, managing the compliance team responsible for the regulatory compliance of our security program, setting the security strategy for our department & airport, and ensuring on-time delivery of all security elements for capital projects tied to our security program.
- executive mba
- Class of 2024
- Renton, WA
Member since May 2023
About
Auburn’s Executive MBA is designed for mid- to late-career business professionals. I collaborate with my peers on team projects, and complete individual assignments as well. The diversity of the topics being studied, combined with the backgrounds of the other candidates and high quality instruction of the professors, is creating a unique & challenging classroom experience.
Education
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auburn university
executive mba
2022 – 2024
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Sterling College
business administration
1994 – 1996
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Scottsdale Community College
undeclared
1992 – 1994
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I am currently a senior manager in aviation security at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. My intended career path is to move into executive level leadership. I love to work with and serve people no matter where they are within the organization. I believe in treating people the way I want to be treated, which means straight forward answers, empathy, and focusing on what is best for the organization and its team.
- Graduate school interests
I am in the fourth of five semesters in my Executive MBA program at Auburn University. This has been a fantastic experience. I have learned so much through the program about business, time management, leadership, goals, and more. I am simultaneously working towards a cyber threat management certificate as a part of my program. I currently have a 4.0gpa and may graduation date will be May 2024.
- Outside the classroom
My hobbies include a lot of family time, working in our large backyard garden, and school work. I fully intend on finding something else to fill my time with once I graduate in May 2024.
Experience
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Senior Manager, Security Strategy & Intelligence
I am currently a senior manager, who is working in aviation security at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. My role includes liaising with law enforcement & corporate security teams to share information & gather intelligence, managing the compliance team responsible for the regulatory compliance of our security program, setting the security strategy for our department & airport, and ensuring on-time delivery of all security elements for capital projects tied to our security program.
Jan 2023 – Sep 2023
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police officer
As a police captain I was Primarily responsible for leading personnel, carrying our strategic communications, and managing projects. Other daily responsibilities included performance improvement, process improvement, risk mitigation, liability mitigation, liaising, relationship building, emergency management, community events, media relations, presentations, compliance auditing, policy review, and research.
Nov 1997 – Jan 2023
Volunteering
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I volunteered with the Kentridge High School boys swim team from 2017-2019. This included many small tasks, as well as responsibility as the organizer & director of a large swim meet that had participation from 46 high schools from all over Washington State. After my time as the volunteer director was complete, I continued to volunteer my time and resources by assisting the next director of the meet.
Kentridge High School
Aug 2017 – Nov 2019
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
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