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Mclean, Va, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Pinellas Park, Florida, United States

• Planned, initiated, and managed information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guided the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Planned project stages and assessed business implications for each stage. Monitored progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met. Directed all aspects of civil information management and collection of a civil affairs team. Responsible for certification, training and development of 20 Civil Affairs Soldiers. • Selected to deploy to Fort Irwin California in support of 1st Armored Division’s readiness exercise. Served as a Civil Affairs capability enhancement team; commended by assessment directorate as the top performance in 2020.• Completed two-year qualification through US Army Special Warfare and School to provide civil-military support during emergency and disaster relief operations. • Managed all personnel, equipment and logistics planning for team in order to maintain deploy-ability and readiness. Planned, directed, or coordinated transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable governmental laws and regulations.

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Deputy to the Logistics Chief for a 994 Sq. Mile area with approximately 1.5 million inhabitants. Areas of responsibility include Resource Management, Inventory Control and Procurement, as well as Critical Infrastructure Planning.• Analyzed operations to evaluate performance of Logistics in meeting objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change.• Planned and coordinated disaster response or crisis management activities, provided disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), technological or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.• Developed and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures. Managed the institution of inventory control programs, constructed the database and inventory organization protocols. Streamlined system processes and maximized accountability of organizational resources. Coached and mentored six other individuals on enterprises system management enabled program redundancy and emergency preparedness.• Coordinated daily logistical operations for Federal State and County COVID-19 vaccination sites within the county. Provided contract management oversight of $21M Vaccination and Services Contract. Directed on site logistics, resource request timelines and processes resulted in first rate logistics support for over 120,000 vaccinations. • Purchasing manager for department approved grant funding, developed and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures. Established cost reduction strategies and savings; controlled purchasing budgets. Organized tracking system for purchasing, conducted market research, executed procurements, and managed purchasing budget for multiple funding streams. Resulted in accountable and accurate procurement of over $565,000 in equipment.

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Planned, directed, or coordinated plant operations oversaw multiple departments or locations. Formulated policies, managed daily operations, and planned the use of materials. Managed human resources and multiple functional areas of management including purchasing and administrative services.• Maintained current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies. • Reviewed processed schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.• Developed or implemented production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.• Managed operations and ensures completion of daily production runs for a 20,000 SQFT manufacturing facility.• Directly supervised three managers and 59 production staff in effectively delivering $1.8M of product each month.• Oversees all aspects of glass production to include efficiencies, quality assurance, testing, material and labor costs. • Delivered a 12% reduction in annual labor and material costs by implementing Kaizen events and quality improvement initiatives. • Reviewed operations and conferred with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Directly managed a team of 25 employees completing daily laminating and insulating production safely and efficiently.• Coordinated and expedited the flow of work and materials within or between departments according to production schedule. Reviewed and distributed production, work, and shipment schedules; conferred with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiled reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems. • Inspected and monitored work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.• Increased production efficiencies by 20% by reducing process times while demonstrating and enforcing safe work practices and Quality Assurance testing. • Drove implementation of lean manufacturing principles and systems resulting in 8% decrease of internal rework. • Identified underutilized areas of production capacity, led and managed training of three machine operators in programming of nonstandard insulated units which generated 15% increase production capacity.

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Fort Bragg, Nc

Operations and project manager for all aspects of airborne operations for a 550 person artillery battalion. Directs forecasting, resourcing, planning and execution of the unit's airborne insertion projects. Key Contributions: ✯ Redefined the planning and resourcing procedures for heavy equipment airborne operations resulting in the 75% increase of operational success. ✯ Integrated operations calendar; providing commanders the ability to submit parachute requests for specific operations. Increased organization ability to meet mandatory training requirements by 40%. ✯ Directed project planning for artillery personnel and equipment integration into deployment readiness exercise. Successfully air dropped 75 personnel and six pieces of equipment into two separate drop zones simultaneously.

Iraq

Deputy director for all aspects of logistics, procurement, communications, contracting, distribution, ammunition management, property accountability, maintenance and movement for a 120 person organization. Key Contributions:✯ Collaborated between US, French and Iraqi military forces to develop and enforce 20 contracts in support of the unit's base life support and transportation operations.✯ Supervisor of the Unit Maintenance Program; maintained the combat serviceability and deployment readiness of over 30 military vehicles and 750 items of equipment. ✯ Implemented records management procedures that enforced monthly inventory requirements. Maintained 100 % accountability of $25,000,000 of equipment across 150 kilometers in Iraq. ✯ Directed daily operations for a cross functional team of 12 members in support of sustainment operations. Resulted in the daily streamlined reporting of mission critical data to command elements.

Iraq

Led and managed 39 paratroopers in a combat unit during prep/deployment into a nine month tour in Iraq. Team Leader for the professional development, training, certification, conduct, and task execution of all assigned personnel. Key Contributions: ✯ Certified as Fire Direction Officer for launch of over 3500 rounds to retake the 2d largest city in Iraq (Mosul). ✯ Led all combat convoys, troops movements, target management, and managed over $100,000 of material contracts. Proven supply and accountability officer for over $12,000,000 of combat equipment.

Fort Bragg, Nc

Served as the senior advisor to an Infantry Company Commander in the 82nd Airborne Division, responsible for all aspects of Artillery and Close Air Support Engagements. Responsible for the training, management and welfare of a 9 member observation team.