Aaron M Hotard Email & Phone Number

Morgan Hill, CA, US

United States

As a key liaison for my company, I represent our brand to seven key clients, overseeing the management of 25 projects totaling $30 million in value. I took over halfway completed and projected to lose $400K. Through strategic interventions, I transformed it into a $100K profit. Building upon this success, the subsequent iteration of the project yielded a.

Sunnyvale, California, Unites States

When my satellite program had a shortage of electrical testing equipment that could extend the schedule by weeks and cost millions of dollars, I turned the risk into a schedule catalyst saving millions. I searched through dozens of other programs and found a similar program with available equipment and adjusted both programs allowing faster completion.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

Led a multidisciplinary team of eight personnel, including electrical, structural, mechanical, civil, environmental, and geospatial engineers that deployed worldwide and created engineering solutions to resolve complex operational problems.

Wiesbaden Area, Germany

• Provided engineer leadership and management skills for a team of six security professionals.
• Planned and executed site inspections of forward locations across Europe (including Turkey, Israel, Kosovo). During inspections worked closely with site leadership and ensured the locations adhered to proper security.
• Maintained responsibility of product baselines with seven security program managers across Europe, resulting in improved security programs, and created a digital database.
• Performed administrative duties for team by processing and confirming $100K in travel pay was correct.

Wiesbaden Area, Germany

• For the first time in U.S. history, planned $40M in US Army construction across Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
• Managed three employees and focused on providing guidance to staff members to meet critical schedules for contract payment and international construction permits. Team maintained project cost and critical-path schedule.
• Attained U.S. funding, negotiated permits from the host nations and confirmed construction contractors performed to standard.
• While planning construction, established and maintained successful relationships with United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), NATO Support Agency (NSPA), Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) and four US.

Fort Hood, Texas

• Operations manager and supervisor of 13 personnel. Planned daily operations for an organization of 400 employees. Forecasted resources and developed the training strategy for six junior units.
• Planned and executed a shooting qualification for 14 Bradley fighting vehicle crews, resulting in all crews qualifying during the first round.
• Maintained training and operations while the organization changed its structure and added 200 personnel and $20M in equipment.

Fort Hood, Texas And Bagram, Afghanistan

• Managed over 350 separate facilities that supported 16,700 personnel. Managed the utilization, occupancy, renovation and repair within the division. Served as the acting Division Engineer for five months. Regularly.
• In Bagram, Afghanistan, second in charge of $3B in construction projects that provided working and living facilities for 30,000 U.S. and coalition soldiers.
• Transferred and closed 14 U.S. bases across Afghanistan. Senior officer in charge of a six-person base closure team that moved across austere locations. Ensured base closure procedures were followed and guaranteed $80M.
• The Division Chief of Staff rated me in the top 15% of 112 peers. Managed over 350 separate facilities that supported 16,700 personnel. Managed the utilization, occupancy, renovation and repair within the division..
• The Division Chief of Staff rated me in the top 15% of 112 peers.

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Graduated from the US Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). CSGC is a senior leadership graduate school that teaches US and international officers leadership, military history, and the military planning and decision making process.

Basra, Iraq And Fort Carson, Colorado

Executed plans and training for a 600-person organization. Completed plans for combined exercises between US and Iraqi Security Forces.

Basra, Iraq And Fort Carson, Colorado

• Program manager responsible for professional development, training, caring and leading of 150 personnel; accountable for $100M in equipment and an annual budget of $80K.
• Took command of a 150-person brand new unit that had never worked together before. Transformed the unit into a well-disciplined, technically competent organization that produced outstanding results when conducting.
• Completed over 100 resupply missions across southern Iraq, ensuring personnel in forward locations had all resources (e.g. ammunition, food, fuel) to execute their mission.

Bagram, Afghanistan

• Tracked over 25 operations daily for 1,700 U.S. and coalition special operations forces. Provided critical information so commanders could make timely decisions.
• Synchronized 100 successful medical evacuations.
• Directed unskilled Afghan laborers to construct security improvements on a U.S. base, resulting in safer living conditions for U.S. Soldiers.
• Developed a tracking system so the special forces headquarters could instantly identify the closest medical, artillery and close air support asset for each operational team, increasing efficiency across Afghanistan.

Fort Carson, Colorado

Responsible for training oversight and support for over 15,000 active duty soldiers. Assisted in management of maneuver areas, ammunition supply, and military schools.

Camp Humphreys, Korea

Led a team of four U.S. and two Korean employees that managed exercises, military schools, maneuver areas, ammunition accountability and readiness briefings for an organization of 900 personnel that provided multifunctional logistics to 63 units across South Korea. Briefed the brigade commander every week, updating him on all training events.

Senior Military Leadership School

Bachelor’S Degree, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: ROTC, Tau Kappa Epsilon

Master’S Degree, Public Administration