28/08/2025
From the door to the boardroom: my 30-year security journey...
In 1994, I was breaking up fights all night at Colours nightclub in St Mary's - Sydney's most dangerous venue - for twelve dollars fifty an hour. While my mates were out drinking, I was the bloke keeping the peace in absolute chaos.
Then in 2000, everything went mental. Suddenly, I'm Operations Manager for 1,500 security staff across 65 Olympic sites with just three months to build a world-class team from scratch. Absolute hell on earth - and the best bloody education I never paid for. Running security for the world's biggest sporting event taught me what real pressure looks like. That experience forged everything Secureguard Corporate Services would become.
For years afterwards, I watched companies reap profits through dodgy subcontractors while guards got shortchanged. After running ops for Armourguard and others, I'd had enough. The industry said I was mad to go out on my own. Twenty years later, we're still here.
We break every "smart" business rule on purpose. While others subcontract for bigger margins, we hire every guard directly. My managers and I know all 100 staff by name - their strengths, their best fit. When problems arise, we fix them NOW, not later. We'd rather have the right clients than more clients.
Here's the unglamorous truth: it's taken twenty years to build Secureguard's reputation. No overnight success story, just pure, stubborn persistence and being there every single time our clients needed us.
After 30 years, I'm still hungry. From that first security certificate in '95 to fi****ms training, defensive tactics, business admin - I'm still learning. Because the moment you think you know it all in security, someone gets hurt.
We're not perfect. But that's the point. The challenge keeps us sharp, keeps the team motivated, and keeps me loving this mad industry after three decades.
To everyone who's been part of this wild ride - from that first shift at Colours to the clients who trust us today... cheers! 🍻
Jason Muir
