I interview Juan Pablo Paredes—or JP, as he's known— a Colombian industrial engineer who's spent over 25 years navigating the intersection of security, business, and public service across multiple continents. JP brings a truly global perspective to security and risk management. JP's career has taken him from the oil fields of Indonesia as a field engineer with Schlumberger to the executive suites of Fortune 500 companies like Pfizer, Kraft Foods, and Cisco Systems, where he led security operations across Latin America, EMEA, and the Americas. But perhaps most remarkably, he stepped out of the corporate world to serve as Secretary of Security and Justice for the city of Cali, Colombia—bringing private sector expertise to one of the most challenging public safety environments in Latin America.

Today, based in Mexico, JP works as an independent risk management consultant and shares his expertise as an MBA professor teaching Business Continuity and Crisis Management. He's also contributed to the field at the international level as a member of the ASIS Technical Committee on Security and Resilience.Connect with JP on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpparedes/

Bryan Banta returns to the podcast for the third of a five-part series to dive deeper into his new book, "Leadership Uncomplicated". This episode is dedicated to Feedback and Recognition.

Here are the links to Part 1 and 2, in case you missed them:
https://youtu.be/mxmS28fwON8?si=l2zm4CnHTo9F_LZm
https://youtu.be/8X5rfjA-c3Q?si=qiX8VIcyJmiaCgg5

Bryan's book is now available on Amazon:
https://amzn.to/4lJ7S6g

Connect with Bryan on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanbanta/

Bryan Banta returns to the podcast for the second of a five part series to dive deeper into his new book, "Leadership Uncomplicated". This episode is dedicated to Delivering Results.

Bryan's book is now available on Amazon:

• ⁠https://amzn.to/4lJ7S6g⁠

Connect with Bryan on LinkedIn:

• ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanbanta/