Our Leadership Team

Kevin brings nearly 35 years of military and DoD contractor experience in security operations, training, risks assessment, and methodology development and implementation. Upon retirement as a Chief Master Sergeant/E-9 from the Air Force, Kevin has been involved in security assessment, security system design projects, major security master planning efforts, and business development and growth strategies for clients and Watermark. He led research and development teams responsible for developing unmanned systems and remote weapons for security forces and explosive ordnance operations in high-threat environments. Kevin co-authored the U.S. Air Force effects-based security doctrine and was a co-developer and program manager of the Integrated Defense Risk Management Process (IDRMP) and supporting software tool, ForcePRO. In additional to being President of Watermark, Kevin continues to support clients in developing cost-effective, risk-based security solutions by leading security risk and vulnerability assessment teams examining processes in security, emergency management, communications, and resiliency programs.

Angela Hodges is Watermark’s Vice President of Operations. She is responsible for the program management of several of our contracts with both commercial and government clients. As part of the leadership team, she is responsible for developing and refining business processes and procedures to assist in the management and execution of daily operations. Her primary focus is ensuring contract compliance and streamlining business operations to prepare Watermark for future growth.

When Angela joined Watermark in 2012, she fulfilled the roles of Facility Security Officer (FSO), Security Analyst, and later as Director of Operations. She was responsible for managing the company security program, executing security and risk assessments, and managing contracts for our DoD contracts.

In August 2014, Angela took a brief sabbatical from Watermark to work for a large security guard force company, Akal Security. While there, she held different positions supporting Akal operations and the executive team. Those positions included: Quality Assurance Specialist, Deputy Program Manager for the TSA screening support at Kansas City Airport, Chief of Staff to the CEO and President, and lastly Director for Detention Services.

While serving as the Director for Detention Services, Angela oversaw the Program Management and execution of Akal’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) portfolio containing ICE Detention Facilities, Krome and Batavia Processing Centers and ICE Air Operations. These operations encompassed approximately 300 personnel and $20M in annual revenue.

Prior to joining Watermark, Angela worked for Applied Research Associates, Inc. and Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3). Angela’s operations experience began in January 2007, supporting risk and vulnerability assessment teams evaluating security/defense operations that supported various DoD clients including the Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Central Command. Her work environments included military installations both stateside and overseas including, Europe, the Middle-East (Iraq and Kuwait), and Central Asia.

Angela has Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Grantham University, which she earned in 2012 graduating with magna cum laude. Angela is a certified Program Management Professional.

Dr. Tony Limato serves as the Human Resources Director for Watermark and provides institutional support for our information technology platforms. In addition, he processes payroll as part of Watermark’s Organizational Optimization Services. He brings a unique background to Watermark that includes over a decade of experience as a small business owner and nearly two decades of experience as an Associate Professor.

As a small business owner, Dr. Limato gained much of his experience in human resources, payroll, and financial data analysis while running the day to day operations of his healthcare facility. Excellent interpersonal and time management skills were paramount with several employees and hundreds of clients to manage.

As an Associate Professor, Dr. Limato was the Director of Biology, Human Biology, and Cadaver Studies at the College of Saint Mary. He gained experience with budget management, curriculum development and implementation, and has trained hundreds of students to become healthcare professionals.

Dr. Limato holds a Doctoral Degree in Chiropractic and a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology from the National University of Health Sciences.

As Vice President of Organizational Optimization Services, Denise consults with physical security and building services contractors to optimize their business processes.  With clients in both the commercial and government sectors, Denise listens to clients’ needs and tailors solutions to meet their specific goals and requirements.  With her team, her group provides payroll and other back office support to clients.  As part of Watermark’s leadership team, Denise develops and refines business processes, increases software adoption and utilization, and assists in the daily management and direction of the organization.

Denise has expertise in several organizational areas including finance, payroll, benefits, compliance, quality assurance, logistics/equipment and operations. Her background includes management oversight of WinTeam (an Enterprise Resource Planning system customized for security and building service contractors), document management systems, timekeeping, learning management systems, and reporting and analytics tools.  She also developed and led a Contract Operations Support Center, which provided significant cost-effective operational and administrative support to contracts. As a result, the organization reduced manpower by 10 percent, saved approximately $300k annually and increased productivity by 30 percent. She has also experience in software requirements identification, design and product management.

Denise’s clients have realized several impactful results including:

• Discovery and recovery of over $100,000 in unbilled revenue.
• Discovery and recovery of over $40,000 in overpaid sales taxes.
• Reduced weekly payroll processing time by 1.5 days with no increase in discrepancies.
• Standardized systems and automated reporting, realizing a time savings of 16+ hours per month.
• Developed key metrics that drove reductions in overtime and increased training compliance.
• Improved utilization of WinTeam functionality, typically taking clients from less than 20 percent system utilization to over 75 percent.

In addition to her ten-plus years’ tenure in the security and building service contracting industries, Denise’s experience includes healthcare, construction project management, resort management, training and curriculum design, public speaking, and as an editor/writer.  Denise has worked with and for organizations of all sizes and has been a successful small business owner.

Denise holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. She is a member of The American Society of Industrial Security and the Project Management Institute.

Emily has over twelve years of experience providing highly technical recruiting and staffing solutions to organizations in the private and public sectors. With over a decade of experience specifically inside of the federal government marketplace, Emily is specialized at crafting and executing large scale recruitment strategies in support of the DOD special access and intelligence communities, where she has a built an expansive professional network and has a solid track record of performance. She has a proactive and consultative approach to talent acquisition with a focus on customer service and candidate experience. At Watermark, Emily is responsible for the development and delivery of a customer centric recruiting program.

Emily has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services from Elon University and maintains a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification through Human Resources Certification Institute.

Jenni retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Her last assignment was Vice Commander at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, where she led installation security, force support, and the 1st Helicopter Squadron. She regularly escorted the U.S. president and other heads of state on the ramp.

After retiring in 2007, she started work as a private contractor in Washington, DC, studying international and domestic terrorist organizations, transnational threats, organized crime and the terrorist and criminal exploitation of the Internet. She is senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University, a member of the Board of Directors for the International Foundation for Protection Officers, and advises the Homeland Security Training Institute at the College of DuPage in Chicago.

She holds a doctoral degree from Benedictine University, Master of Science degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Air University, and a Bachelor of Science from Penn State University. In 2003, she was a National Defense Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. where she studied the terror-crime nexus. She is a 2006 alumnus of the Harvard Senior Executive Fellows program.

An award-winning writer, her book Soft Target Hardening: Protecting People from Attack was the ASIS Security Book of the Year for 2015 and the second edition of the book won the same award in 2019. She also authored Soft Target Crisis Management (2016) and The Terrorist-Criminal Nexus (2013). Jenni is dynamic and sought-after public speaker for ASIS, FBI, DHS, ASIS, DoD, state and local law enforcement agencies, Major League Baseball and others.