Jonathan Ayres is a seasoned public safety professional with 20 years of experience in Emergency Services. Currently, Jon is in the private sector as the owner of Public Safety Solutions Missouri, LLC. Jon has not forgotten his background, and still serves in volunteer positions as a COML for the Southwest Missouri Incident Management Team; and Lead Administrator for the Missouri Region D WebEOC System. Ayres holds additional professional certifications in Hazardous Materials, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency Communications. Jon previously served as Systems Administrator for the Springfield / Greene County (MO) Office of Emergency Management; designing and maintaining a state of the art Emergency Operations Center in a FEMA-361 rated facility; and also for 10 years as the Director of the Laclede County (MO) Office of Emergency Management, where he transformed the operation from a $5,000 annual budget and no staff to a $150,000 annual budget and 2 full time staff Jonathan has also served as the Secretary for the Missouri Emergency Preparedness Association, the Past Chairman of the Region I Homeland Security Oversight Committee, Chairman of the Region I Interoperable Communications Committee, and as a voting member of the State Interoperability Executive Committee. Specialties: Missouri Certified Emergency Manager, Level 2 EMT-B Firefighter I/II Hazardous Materials Technician Communications Unit Leader and Instructor Communications Unit Technician and Instructor

Presenting:

• Central States CommEx - Largest Public Safety Communications Exercise in the US