Meet the Team

The Executive Team

Kevin O'Brien

EVP Business Development

Kevin O'Brien

EVP Business Development

Kevin O'Brien is Executive Vice President Business Development for The Integritus Group, he is responsible for the overall business development across all business ventures.

Kevin is a seasoned retail professional drawing on over 30 years of loss prevention, safety, risk and operational experience, including executive leadership roles with The Home Depot, Bradlees Department Stores and Ames Department Stores.

Kevin’s extensive background in program development, shrink reduction, food cost improvements, investigations, audits/compliance, safety and security allow him to match clients’ goals and objectives with the correct custom programs and technology.

Prior to joining The Integritus Group, Kevin served as the Director Retail Solutions for LPI/DTiQ where he spent 20 years developing and executing cost savings, profit improving programs for the retail, grocery, convenience, hospitality and pharmacy markets.

Mark Simson

CFO

Mark Simson

CFO

Mark Simson, Chief Financial Officer and Board Member for the The Integritus Group. He is responsible for the overall financial management of the business along with providing operational oversight.

Mark Simson is a seasoned entrepreneurial executive that brings collaboration, teamwork and overall positive energy to the Company. Mark Simson has an extensive 20 year background in the security industry working across different offerings and verticals. Mark Simson has experience working in the education space, quick-service, hospitality, alarm monitoring, video auditing and interactive video monitoring sectors of the security industry.

Mark Simson has previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Intralogic Solutions, DTiQ, Worldwide Security and iVerify. Prior to joining the security space, Mark worked at Triax Capital handling capital raises, financial restructuring and acquisitions. Mark Simson is a CPA who began his career at PwC.

Ezri Silver

Senior Advisor-Board Member

Ezri Silver

Senior Advisor-Board Member

Ezri “E.M.” Silver serves as a Board Member and as President of The Integritus Group.

With over 18 years in multiple market sectors with experience managing all activities from origin to delivery through a robust supply chain, Ezri Silver has served as President at US Polo Assn. North America (“USPA”) along with his tenure as EVP of Operations at the conglomerate parent company of USPA - Jordache Enterprises, Inc. (“Jordache”). In his capacity at Jordache, Ezri was involved in the multiple business sectors and markets in which the company participates worldwide.

As a C-level executive, Ezri facilitated business operating actives in multiple consumer goods & service offerings – including Omnichannel Retail (Brick & Mortar, eCommerce, & Wholesale), Aviation, Hospitality, Maritime, and Commercial Real Estate.

As a clear communicator and encouraging collaborator fostering teamwork along with transparency, Ezri has managed a diverse set and size of projects and portfolio asset-based initiatives. Cumulatively, Mr. Silver has cooperatively managed multi-billion-dollar portfolios of a diverse set of income-generating assets, generating in excess of a several hundred million to billions in revenue year over year – with robust bottom-line EBIT “Net Profitability.”

With a deep background in retail from small-form local grocery/convenience stores to physical stores, to eCommerce, Ezri has expanded his participation in private equity to influencer to entrepreneur facilitation of varying consumer products as well as consumer services complimenting the dynamic omni-channel retail environment along with the maturing adult-use cannabis, wellness-related CBD, and alternative uses of hemp – among other diverse opportunities.

Ezri prides himself on the quality of his business relationships as a facilitator of reciprocal success, brand equity preservation, and a nurturer of scaling business concepts & products for mass market consumption.

As a provider of value, collaboration, and experience, Ezri will serve to support, guide, and promote the success of the divisions of The Integritus Group to expand the company’s proactive offerings to better not only the business leaders’ operations but consumer’s experience.

Mike Miller

VP Operations

Mike Miller

VP Operations

Mike Miller is the Vice President of Operations at the Integritus Group, where he leads initiatives on brand standards, loss prevention, safety, and compliance across all client sectors. With 26 years of industry experience, Mike has held leadership roles with national and international brands like IntelliShop, HS Brands Global, Kohl's, Target, Micro Electronics, and Tedeschi Food Shops. Over the last 16 years, Mike has been instrumental in developing and managing comprehensive programs in loss prevention, compliance, and safety for brands such as Forever 21, PacSun, Eddie Bauer, PUMA, Buffalo Wild Wings, Jiffy Lube International, 7-Eleven, Speedway, Café Rio, Smokey Bones, Dunkin' Brands, Friendly’s Ice Cream, Quiznos, Circle K, and many more. Mike’s deep expertise in program development, shrink reduction, food cost optimization, investigations, compliance audits, safety, and security empower him to consistently meet and exceed client goals through our tailored programs and technology.

Strategic Partners

Mike Mershimer

Business Development

Mike Mershimer

Business Development

For nearly 30 years, Mike has developed and implemented strategies to solve complex challenges for global foodservice, franchise, and retail brands. His expertise has helped brands enhance franchise sales reporting integrity, strengthen compliance, and minimize inventory shrinkage and other forms of loss. A recognized thought leader in the foodservice industry, Mike has held executive leadership roles in asset protection, internal audit, and contract retail services with some of the world’s most iconic and beloved foodservice brands. Mike is a globally recognized speaker and trusted advisor to brand executives. He is a past President and current Board Member of MSPA-Americas. He has also been actively involved with the National Restaurant Association’s Internal Audit and Loss Prevention Executive Study Groups—serving as past chairman of both—as well as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the National Food Service Security Council (RLPSA), where he previously served on the Board. His insights have been featured in Forbes Magazine, Nation’s Restaurant News, QSR Magazine, NBC Nightly News, ABC News Online, CNBC, and Money with Melissa Francis on Fox Business.