Vincent Foster
Winthrop
Summary
Detailed-oriented professional with a focus on regulatory compliance and evidence gathering. Skilled in conducting thorough background checks and collaborating with law enforcement to enhance safety protocols. Committed to maintaining high standards in employee security and operational integrity.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Inspector
Department of Revenue (MA)
Chelsea
06.2025 - Current
- Implement, oversee, and control the process for conducting employment eligibility checks and educational degree verifications for job applicants, promotional applicants, and applicable vendor employees.
- Provide support in maintaining programs related to employee safety, security, and Continuity of Operations.
- Assist Inspectors In investigating allegations of misconduct.
- Assist Inspectors in gathering necessary evidence by conducting CORI and Extended Background Investigations, including but not limited to reviewing all information available to determine the necessary scope of investigative techniques to be used.
- Ensure the agency's compliance with IRS Pub. 1075 as it relates to background checks by tracking all current employees' fingerprinting status and coordinate reprinting, when necessary, along with all local criminal checks.
- Communicate with police departments and Court personnel to obtain all official records required in order to verify and confirm the accuracy of criminal records.
Coordination Center Officer
Department of Homeland Security
Boston
12.2023 - 06.2025
- Supports security from functions and operations such as Playbook, SPOT operations, TSS-Explosive operations, and Travel Document Check operations.
- Establishing and maintaining working relations with counterparts within TSA, as well as other Federal, state, and local agencies, airports, airlines, and other transportation sector modes.
- Reviews emergency call information and transferring information in accordance with local procedures.
- Reviews incident reports for accuracy and completeness to ensure proper reporting procedures have been followed.
- Inputting incident report data using various systems such as Salesforce, PARIS, and local systems.
- Assisting inspectors in preparing reports and briefings on issues related to significant security incidents such as bomb threats, on-board disturbances, security access control events, airport screening operations, airport statistical data, and inspection and law enforcement activities.
- Determines the significance of events, follows incidents reporting guidelines and ensuring the delivery of information to appropriate recipients.
- Ensuring that superiors are aware of ongoing activities. Providing guidance to supervisory and management officials such as immediate response to breaches of security and emergency situations.
- Reviewed and validated timecards at end of pay period to ensure accuracy before final approval.
Transportation Security Officer/Assessment Specialist
Department of Homeland Security
Boston
01.2019 - 12.2023
- Performed critical functions such as recruiting, test proctoring, interviews, and job offer outreaches to meet the Transportation Security Administration hiring needs of TSA Boston and its spoke airports
- Scheduled, planned, and participated in information sessions, job fairs and other recruiting events
- Make preliminary eligibility determinations on applicants applying for positions
- Reviewed candidate's biographic and demographic information and ensuring that all assignments and tasks are completed
- Decline cases or return submitted documents that do not satisfy onboarding requirements
- Monitor candidate status, gather data to create reports, exercise and track extensive follow-ups (ex: e-QIP forms and USAStaffing forms)
- Created, maintained, and explained multiple database functions and produced multiple reports at short notice
- Served as a point of contact to help candidates throughout the background screening process
- Liaised with recruiting contractors and stakeholders to create a healthy pool of prospective new-hires and to address candidate concerns
- Conducted presentations for thousands of applicants
- Captured over 500 on-site fingerprint scans and other biometric data
- Assisted with issuing PIV cards
- Proficient in the Candidate Management System application on the Salesforce platform
- Proficient in the USAStaffing application from the Office of Personnel Management
- Performed troubleshoot for USAStaffing issues, PIV issues, or any other technical problems
City Letter Carrier
United States Postal Service, USPS
Revere
09.2017 - 12.2018
- Delivered mail to residences and business establishments determined by specific route with on-time delivery of mail
- Routed all classes of mail in sequence of delivery along established route
- Sorted mail and packages for delivery, arranging mail in delivery sequence
- Handled undeliverable mail in accordance with established standard operating procedures
- Operated Government Owned Vehicles
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Salem State University
Salem, MA05-2016
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Bunker Hill Community College
Charlestown, MA05-2014
Skills
- On-the-job training instructor
- Background investigations
- Compliance tracking
- Evidence gathering
- Incident reporting
- Emergency response
- Security operations
- Regulatory compliance
- Database management
- Recruitment strategies
- Attention to detail
- Planning and organizing
- Multitasking
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Advanced in Microsoft Office
- Proficient in CMS and Salesforce
- Proficient in USA Staffing
Certification
- SAFIS Certified - July 2025
- iCORI Certified - July 2025
- CJIS Certified - September 2025
- CPR/AED Certified - October 2025
Timeline
Associate Inspector
Department of Revenue (MA)
06.2025 - Current
Coordination Center Officer
Department of Homeland Security
12.2023 - 06.2025
Transportation Security Officer/Assessment Specialist
Department of Homeland Security
01.2019 - 12.2023
City Letter Carrier
United States Postal Service, USPS
09.2017 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Salem State University
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Bunker Hill Community College