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Eastern Europe

Worldwide

Providing business development, operation efficiency, and program management services focused on US Government compliance in overseas locations.

Global

Global

KVG is a non-standard mission support services and expeditionary project management Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business recognized for its innovative, creative, and cost efficient solutions. The KVG Team excels at dynamic project execution and support in rugged, austere, and challenging locations operating from program management offices at the front lines of U.S. Government activities in Europe, Africa, and Asia. KVG retains responsible, creative, and versatile operators from four continents who are respected for their total package approach across project and program life cycle. They are located where projects become challenging and success depends on flexibility, innovation, and cross-cultural communication. The KVG Team supports and delivers total package solutions where our customers need them from the edges of Eastern Europe to the islands of South East Asia and Central Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa. KVG is recognized as the go-to problem solving Team for mission and program support in complex operational environments.

ICRS ("Icarus") provides indigenous and American-made solutions to government organizations and international businesses operating in developing nations and conflict zones. Our primary goal is to fulfill government's and the government-support industry's needs with locally manufactured materials and products to generate sustainable jobs and a stable local economy. By providing the refugee populations with sustainable employment, they are able to provide for their families' needs while producing materials that are valued on the world market.

Nato Training Mission / Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan

Planned, executed, and managed US foreign military sales and local procurement efforts to equip and sustain the Afghan National Security Forces. Leveraged national security requirements to increase civilian-sector employment and industry stability. Provided executive-level briefings and mentoring to Afghan government ministers and military leaders on procurement processes, contract oversight, and logistics strategy. • Managed $3B acquisition program to develop local industry and support 365K Afghan forces• Developed 5-yr/$4 billion requirement forecasting model, utilized for budgetary testimony to Congress• Redesigned national medical supply system from quarterly orders and delivery to precision forecasting and timely delivery—eliminated medicine spoilage and unnecessary administrative processing• Converting $300M foreign import program into an estimated $200M local industry• Immediately saving an estimated $100M while providing new, sustainable employment to over 12K workers, directly reducing insurgency support• Saving US Government an additional $28M annually in transportation & administrative fees• Transferring operational and oversight authority of multiple procurement programs from US and Coalition authority to Afghan control

460Th Force Support Squadron, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado

(Commander, Sustainment Services Flight) Directed 250-staff organization providing lodging, fitness, and dining services to customer base of over 25,000. Supervised Honor Guard division, providing memorial services for the surrounding Denver-Metro area.• Saved USAF $300K per year by restructuring Fitness Center manning agreement• Fitness Center rated “5-Stars” & Air Force Space Command’s “Fitness Center of the Year,” 2009• Constructed & furnished $35M, 150-room “Great Plains Lodge,” AFSPC’s largest 09 Quality of Life project

Osan Ab, South Korea

Director of Equal OpportunityDirected the Equal Opportunity program for Osan Air Base and 48 geographically separated units at 18 sites throughout the northern region of Republic of Korea in addition to the equal employment opportunity program for all USAF civilian employees throughout the Republic of Korea (ROK) supporting a positive human relations climate and providing an environment free from sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination. Received and investigated discrimination-based complaints. Solicited subjective personnel inputs through computerized and in-person methods. Organized responses and compiled into quantifiable categories for report and presentation to executive-level leadership. Counseled supervisors and commanders in methods to refine workplace policies and processes improving labor relations and operational efficiencies. Designed and implemented first-ever ROK-wide Alternative Dispute Resolution process; provided USAF civilian employees clear and expeditious resolutions and improved labor/management relations.• Program rated “Excellent” during inspection• Awarded Pacific Air Forces’ large base “Military Equal Opportunity office of the Year,” 2007Deputy Director, Compliance & Organizational Efficiencies(Deputy Chief, Wing Combat Readiness & Assessments) Led a 220-person, cross-functional team ensuring the wartime capability and regulation compliance of the USAF’s most forward deployed, permanently stationed wing by planning, managing and evaluating operational readiness and emergency management exercises. Directed 50-person reception team coordinating support, travel and lodging throughout ROK for over 150-member inspection team.• Identified and corrected more than 1K findings• Garnered command an overall “Excellent” rating during inspection

(Chief, Administration and Executive Officer, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas)Directed the administrative, financial, facility and materiel programs establishing a new Fighter Training Squadron in accordance with Congressional Base Realignment and Closure directives. Designed organizational structure. Managed three financial accounts with a combined value of over $125K, oversaw a $75K building renovation and shrewdly acquired equipment, furniture and supplies valued over $500K at no cost to Department of Defense or tax payers. Established personnel processing and training curriculum procedures to graduate over 100 fighter pilots annually.

(Commander, Squadron Section, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina)Administratively commanded a 410-person logistics squadron. Directed all personnel actions (evaluations, separations, promotions, classification, career enhancement and upgrade training). Supervised Financial Officer, Training Officer, Facility Manager and administrative support staff. Administered/enforced good order and discipline within unit. Served as unit security manager, public affairs officer and anti-terrorism monitor.

(Officer in Charge, Personnel Employments, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina)Functional Manager for base-wide military personnel classification, duty status, specialized nuclear qualification, and career retraining. Liaison for all personnel policy and “best practices” to unit support staffs. Redesigned base-wide Human Resource and Information Technology staff structure servicing over 5,000 Active Duty military members and 3,000 retirees. Designed, managed and instructed Personnel Support for Contingency Operations training program.• Awarded Air Combat Command’s small base Gerrit. D. Foster, Jr. “Outstanding Military Personnel Flight,” 2006Deployed as:Director, Human Resources(Chief, Personnel Support for Contingency Operations [PERSCO], Ali Base, Tallil, Iraq) Led specialized, 14-person team of Army & Air Force members to manage personnel actions and account for over 4,000 United States and Coalition forces throughout four separate locations in Southern Iraq. Traveled throughout combat zone and coordinated with various stateside personnel offices to manage deployed members’ duty and classification information.• Built joint reception control center and redesigned travel routes; streamlined movement of U.S. Department of Defense personnel and increased accuracy and oversight of tracking. • Designed post-attack accountability procedures for Air Force & Army operations at Ali Base & Camp Adder, Iraq. • Developed casualty tracking, notification and replacement system. Processed over 150 casualty messages, tracked 10 medical evaluations and requisitioned 15 replacement personnel. • Removed and destroyed 565 enemy ordinances with combined explosive weight of over 3,000 pounds• Selected by name to brief Iraq PERSCO operations to the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of the Air Force

(Officer in Charge, Commander Support Staff, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina)Supervised staff of personnel and computer-systems specialist to meet all personnel, logistical, and administrative needs of nuclear capable, combat fighter-aircraft squadron. Reviewed and managed security, medical, and personnel rosters and reports to determine qualification of trust with nuclear weaponry. Staffed and tracked internal and external unit correspondence.Deployed as:Chief of Staff, Fighter Operations(Officer in Charge, Fighter Operations Support Staff, Al Udeid, Qatar)Managed support staff of two fighter squadrons employing combat power from F-15E and F-16C aircraft during Operations IRAQI & ENDURING FREEDOM. Coordinated travel of personnel throughout Middle Eastern areas of operations and designed seamless, time-phased return travel of over 400 personnel.

(Assistant Unit Admissions Officer, Air Force ROTC North-West Region, University of Iowa, Iowa) Assisted operation and management of dynamic officer procurement process at two college institutions whose combined enrollment exceeding 50,000 students. Recruited, selected and retained officer candidates to meet Air Force officer accession goals. Monitored and provided analysis of mission critical unit metrics.• Increased overall enrollment by 20% during a period of program-wide reductions• Doubled enrollment of targeted career fields

enlisted reservist while completing a university degree; competed and selected for a commission as an Active Duty Officer in the United States Air Force

Certificate, Project Management

Completed multiple formal certification programs related to defense acquisition

Masters Of, Human Relations

Activities and Societies: Practicum in Congressional budget planning and authorization

Certification, International Relations And National Security Studies

B.A., Political Science & History; Emphasis In International Relations

Activities and Societies: Air Force ROTC, Student Government - Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 255, University.