Michael CantrellVice President, Operations & Business DevelopmentMichael Cantrell joined Andrews International in September of 2001. He is responsible for operations of Andrews International’s entertainment industry accounts, overseeing the personnel assigned to Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver Studios, KTLA, Sunset Gower, Fox Entertainment and Warner Brothers Studios. Prior to joining Andrews International, Michael held a number of high profile executive management positions, both in the motion picture entertainment field and the defense industry. Michael's executive management experience began with TRW Space & Defense Division as manager, physical security. In this capacity, Michael managed a physical security department of 18,000 employees located in fifty-six facilities in the Los Angeles area, and seven other facilities nationwide, with over 400 personnel under his direct control. After nearly eight years working with classified government programs, Michael moved to the entertainment security sector, accepting a position with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. at the Sony Pictures Entertainment world headquarters in Culver City, California. During his 11-year stay, Michael attained the position of vice president, corporate security & fire/life safety, with global responsibilities. In this capacity he managed a number of multi-million dollar budgets, developed a staff of over 200 personnel, and had direct responsibility of investigations, executive protection, threat management, uniformed division, traffic division, special event logistics, technical security services, command central, emergency operations center and emergency preparedness department. Concurrent with his executive management position at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Michael reinstated his active status with the Culver City Police Department in 1995, and is a licensed firearms instructor with the police department. His expertise and involvement with the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services as a security/firearms expert, garnered him a position with the BSIS Special Expertise Committee tasked with the responsibility of revising and implementing a statewide improved firearms manual and training program for the security industry. Michael began his career as a graduate of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy and served as a police officer for the city of Culver City, California, where he worked in the patrol division and served as a field training officer. He has utilized his many years within the entertainment industry to help provide Andrews International's growing list of high-profile motion picture clients with unparalleled entertainment security consulting, on-site management, and staffing.
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