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Remember the days when downtown bouncers were inked-up men wearing reflective security jackets?
So does Joe Mackey. To create a new look, the owner of XL Staffing and Excell Security sat down with nightlife impresario Mike Viscuso about seven years ago.
Now, well-dressed hosts in suits and ear pieces guard the doors of hot spots like On Broadway, setting a model for other bars and night clubs in San Diego. Mackey was also one of the first security staffing companies to employ women - a move that earned him and his mainly family-run business a reality television show currently being pitched to different networks.
Mackey refers to both companies as Team XL - XL Staffing is a leading temporary staffing service for the industrial and manufacturing and tourism and hospitality industries; Excell Security is a full-service professional security firm with clients throughout Southern California, according to the...