Choose us for our security services and its outstanding execution under the direction of our Management Team:

Sylvester O’kere
Exec. VP of Finance and Co-Owner
Ms. O’kere has more than 15 years of experience in accounting management with many successful private and public accounting firms worldwide. Helen is responsible for managing expense tracking, financial planning and other sensitive areas relating to the company’s accounts, payroll and tax matters. Ms. O’kere holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Finance from TVU in London, England.
Mr. Okere is the senior founding partner of Watchman Protective Services, Inc.
He has successfully demonstrated his distinctive leadership qualities in developing and tailoring Watchman Protective Services, Inc into a global private security corporation that has a reputation for providing expert security staffing and training solution to government and commercial clients.
Mr. Sylvester Okere has twelve five years of security experience combined with twelve years overseas Immigration service. Mr. Okere’s international experience expands, having positions with the Border Patrol divisions, Deportation division, Executive, Dignitary, and Diplomatic protection divisions. Amongst his accomplishments include a noted citation from the Governor of Maryland on the office of minority business affairs, and the top 500 Diversity Emerging business of 2010 / 2011award. Recipient of National Award from Nigerian Government (Nigerian in Diaspora, USA).
- Director – Continental African Leadership Council by the Maryland Democratic Party
- Member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) by the National Democratic Party
- Patron: Association of Nigerian Women in Diaspora
- Executive board member of Blackrock Corporation and ABOFI USA.
MR. SYLVESTER OKERE’S TRAININGS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILLIATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC)
- (IACSP) International Association for Counter Terrorism and Security Professionals
- *Private Security Guard Agency * Private Detective Agency * Security Systems Agency
- Maryland/District of Columbia Minority Supplier Development Council (MDDC/MSDC)
- Commonwealth of Virginia Small, Woman and Minority Enterprise (eVA/SWAM)
- (MBE) Minority Business Enterprise
- (SSI) Security Solution International Training/Certification
- American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA)
- World Association of Professional Investigators (WAPI)
- United States Association of Professional Investigators (USAPI)
- Criminal Justice Information System Provider (CJIS)
- Public Record Retriever Network ((PRRN)
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
- National Organization for Church Security & Safety Management (NOCSSM)
- African Business Owners Forum Inc., USA (ABOFI)
- American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS International)
- World Association of Detectives (WAD)
- British Body Guard Association (BBGA)
- Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)
- American Small Business Coalition (ASBC)
- Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM ll)
- (NCISS) National Council of Investigators & Security Services Member
- Washington Association of Legal Investigators (WALI)
- Professional Investigators Alliance of Maryland (PIAM)
- Maryland Washington Minority Contractors Association (MWMCA)
- Project Management Institute (PMI)
- International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection (IFCPP))
- International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO)
- Recipient of National Award from Nigerian Government (Nigerian in Diaspora, USA)
- E-Verify (Department of Homeland Security certified member)
- Maryland Democratic Party-Continental African Leadership Council
- Executive Committee, Maryland Democratic Party
- Mid-Atlantic Finance Committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)
