CHARLES I. MILLER, CPP, CSP
Mr. Charles I. (Chuck) Miller retired in 2002 as vice president
of Food Marketing Institute’s Loss Prevention Services
Department, a post he held for 15 years. He was responsible
for coordinating the Institute’s initiatives pertaining
to loss prevention in supermarkets and warehouses including
customer and employee safety, fire prevention, disaster and
damage control, product tampering, security, crisis management,
insurance and substance abuse. He also developed FMI’s
regulatory compliance programs relating to loss prevention,
hazardous substances and other areas. Since retiring, Chuck
serves as a food industry consultant to various companies
and associations, including National Food Processors Association
(NFPA) and National Retail Federation (NRF).
Prior to joining FMI, Miller was president and owner of
Loss Prevention Systems, Inc. a management consulting firm
he founded in 1970. His firm’s services included loss
prevention seminars, designing and implementing security
and safety programs, conducting security and loss prevention
surveys and internal investigations for management, and training
management and supervisory personnel is loss prevention principles.
Earlier in his career, he served as manger of loss prevention
for The Kroger Co., and as director of security and training
for The Tappan Company.
Mr. Miller has authored numerous loss prevention articles
for national, retail and wholesale trade magazines, as well
as many books and manuals. His monthly publication, Loss
Prevention Letter for Supermarket Executives, was published
and distributed by FMI throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
He is listed in the Directory of Consulting Specialists and
holds professional membership in the American Society of
Safety Engineers, and the American Society of Industrial
Security.
He currently serves as a Board Director on the Food and
Agriculture Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC).
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) headquartered
in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, selected Mr. Miller
to serve on its prestigious Food Security Focus Group. Mr.
Miller represents NFPA on food security issues and cargo
theft concerns with the FDA, USDA, FSIS and the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS). He also represents NFPA on the
National Defense Transportation Association Security Best
Practices Committee.
His study and report, Organized Retail Theft, which examines
how highly skilled theft rings operate in the retail industry,
is widely acclaimed by retailers, manufacturers and law enforcement.
He was asked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
headquarters to organize the FBI Ad Hoc Committee on Organized
Retail Theft, which is hosted by the National Retail Federation.
Mr. Miller is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
and Certified Safety Professional (CSP). |
