Developed organizational Procurement and Supply Chain Management strategies to reduce costs, mitigate risk, improve quality, shorten lead-times, and reduce inventories for LOGCAP and other Multiple Award Task Order Contracts across multiple USG Departments and Agencies. Active Secret Clearance, SSBI for Top Secret completed. • Led a team of 160 Procurement, Materials, Subcontractor, and Logistics professionals based in nine countries servicing a global customer base. Provided direct purchasing and transportation support (procure, ship, warehouse, inventory, kit, plus performance measurement and optimization) to a $1.5B business unit with a global footprint (Europe, Africa, Middle East, south Pacific, Indian Ocean, CONUS).• Provided oversight to three International Logistics Control Towers. Led a team that sourced product for USG clients from over 20,000 vendors worldwide.• Provided operational oversight to an annual transportation, materials, and subcontract spend that averaged in excess of $1B over the past three years.• Provided direct purchasing, logistics, and supply chain support to over 25 major projects worldwide through multiple USG contracting vehicles.• Generated $17M in spend optimization and cost avoidance over the past two fiscal years. CA was unmeasured before.• Improved Open PO tracking to target by 38%, tracking at ~80%; Improved On-Time delivery (OTD) by >40%, tracking at 80+% (Industry standard = 70%); Improved Average PR to PO Cycle time from 15 days to under nine days (Industry standard = 13 days); Drove Invoice Cycle time from 12 days to three days (Corporate standard = 5 days).• Managed 225 Master Agreements across 47 different service and commodity areas.• Operated some of the longest and most complex supply chains in the world. Strategic view of E2E support that vetted vendor, freight forwarder, and carrier, from source through final destination; whether supporting a planned exercise or protecting national strategies around the globe.

Government Contract Pursuit | Program Management | Operations Performance Enhancement | Cost Reduction through Network Design | Complex Network Optimization | LEAN applications to Logistics, Warehousing, Distribution and Transportation Networks>Katoen Natie (Polymers/Chemicals) 2015 | Smith & Asso. (Electronic Components) 2015 | Patricio Enterprises (Defense) 2019 | True North Logistics (Defense) 2019>Gerson & Associates Healthcare Consortium (Seegene Technologies, COVID Clinic, Medlab, Welfie, InnerHealth) 2021 as Chief Logistics Officer & Senior Vice President - Government Solutions.- Seegene Technologies. (Life Sciences research and development, multiplex molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, and CBRN threat response technology).- COVID Clinic & Medlab. (Molecular/ RT-PCR, Antigen, or Antibody testing for Federal, State, and Municipal programs, Universities, School Districts, congregant organizations, and travel. Validated in CLIA certified labs).

Healthcare supply chain manufacturing and distribution. Regulated medical waste collection, treatment, and disposition logistics management.

Petrochemicals & Agri-nutrients. Research, design and implement supply chain infrastructure design and plans that enhance global production positioning and facilitate the flow of petrochemical products to market. Mega-growth construction projects. Maritime/Ocean, Port access and design, Terminal, Pipeline, Rail, Truck, Warehousing - throughput modeling. $4.5M cost avoidance on pipeline project. $5M CAPEX cost reduction due to optimization of new plant SC design. $70M cost avoidance on greenfield plant construction SC design basis. Mitigation to SC interruptions.

Oversight to global supply chain solutions in chemicals, natural & synthetic rubber, agricultural products, mineral oils, and automotive. Administered $21M logistics and transportation spend annually over the movement of $2.1B of inventory. Directed a team of five managers providing oversight to 11 DC’s, Commercial Transportation Planning (international and domestic air, ocean, rail & truck), Regional Warehousing, Customer Experience, Global Inventory Positioning and Inventory Accountability (SAP).

Reshaped distribution strategy and pricing to maximize margin, optimize distribution plan and minimize expense for compressed gasses to wholesale, retail, commercial and residential markets. Raised regional performance metrics from #44 to #5 of 51. Safety from #42 to #2. Financial controls from #23 to #2.

Orchestrated best value for $602M in customer transportation spend by selective use of 1500+ 3PL, truck, rail and ocean carriers. Managed transportation for Oil, Chemical and Crop Science industries, upstream, mid-stream and downstream supply chains.

Logistics | Supply Chain | Transportation | Procurement | Inventory Strategy | Product Lifecycle Management | Maintenance Management; North Africa | Middle East | South Asia - Regional Area Specialist; Joint Officer Qualified; Company Command, Battalion Command, DLA Western Regional Distribution Hub Command | Base Commander; Combat Veteran (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan)

Colonel, Commanding Officer - Base Commander | Regional President | Distribution Hub Leader. Coordinated annual Operations budget of $112M and provided oversight of $35M spend carrier program. Optimized performance at best value of commercial and government air, ocean, intermodal, ground and rail carriers. Directed procurement and global inventory management program that controlled 803K SKUs with a net worth over $8B.

Colonel - Coordinated government and commercial industry procurement and support in Central Asia and the Middle East to lead logistics operations. Engineered delivery networks, warehousing, water production strategy, fuel terminal and pipeline networks, ordnance flow, repair parts flow and specialty commodity logistics infrastructure.

Colonel - Provided global distribution oversight for the movement of men and materiel in support of U.S. forces and allies. Controlled and coordinated daily, air, ocean, truck and rail distribution requirements. Navigated the complexities of international, interagency, multi-country distribution missions.