Mitch Gyger

I run a 650-person contract security company and lead its commercial and government sales — so I sign the contracts I then have to staff.

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Mitch Gyger, President & Chief Revenue Officer of OPS Security Group

I run the company

Roughly 650 officers across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, DC, New York, and Nevada.

I also sell it

I lead commercial and government sales — which means I sign the contracts I am then accountable for staffing.

And I’m rebuilding it

Contract security still runs on spreadsheets and text messages. I’m putting it on measurement and automation.

Recent writing

  • Values: Can they be Weaponized?

    The stage nobody warns you about: when people twist shared values to justify the comfortable decision. What I got wrong trying to argue them out of it.

  • Overcoming Challenges Between Values

    Shared values don't make the right decision obvious to everyone. Stop pretending they do — and face the disagreement openly instead.

  • The Tension Between Values

    Values are not a roadmap, they're guideposts — and the space between them is vast. On the conflict that arises inside your values, not outside them.

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