Anthony R. Thomas Jr., Ed.D Email and Phone Number

Labor Relations Specialist working appeals and Investigations: Represent management in unfair labor practices. Conduct investigations review settlement negotiations. Employee Relations:Provide guidance on conduct and performance related issues. Certified Mediator for workplace and EEO disputes.

Equal Employment Opportunity Manager and DoN Certified Mediator for the Office of Civilian Human Resources. Oversees the Disability Program, Reasonable Accommodations request and coordinates monthly Special Emphasis observances. Mediate workplace and EEO disputes and schedule ADR events.

Scheduled training for DoN civilians. Contracted with vendors to support training request. Implemented, hosted and directed video teleconferencing (VTC) training supporting multiply training sites simultaneously. Developed and delivered training material for in house training and skills building.

Performed civilian recruitment actions for DoN Southeast Region. Announced position openings, performed priority placement procedures, evaluated applicant qualifications and made job offers. Processed, tracked, and filed recruit actions.

Provide services including assistance, support, and advocacy to designated affected military families. Point of contact for an individual Sailor or family for transition assistance services. Liaison with other military community agencies. Provide feedback and information to leadership regarding family needs. Coordinate family services and referrals with on/off installation resources, state, intra-state, and federal services as necessary. Administer standardized customer survey.

Assistant to the director, managed staff and volunteers. Provided resource management for the flight and financial, and transition management to the Keesler Air Force base Department of Defense community and Inspection Team Leader. Created fiscal year financial plans flawlessly managed $63k budget. Provided budget and financial counseling 30% decrease in financial hardships. Identified process improvements- garnered an outstanding inspection rating. Conducted community assessments, 100% feedback- increased on/off base agency referrals.

Drafted, edited and published technical qualification standards, training packages and handbooks, used by 59,000 DoD communications-electronics personnel. Developed task evaluations and surveys. Identified training products for development, revision or recession- provided accurate updated information to users. Professional communicator- identified Major Commands training requirements. Reviewed and prioritized career field taskings-100% unit training satisfaction. Analyzed existing products and conducted surveys- rescinded obsolete material. Identified text or electronic training format and developed products for $50 billion technical, electronic and intelligence equipment.

Developed/managed instructional programs for seven courses in three technical career fields. Provided expert guidance to trainers/educators in instructional program development. Coordinated training schedules with military branches- 100% training requirements met. Managed program actions and developed data for funding and manpower requirements. Identified support requirements and training plan for personnel, equipment, and facilities. Skilled writer- prepared accurate Statement of Work and evaluation criteria packages. Prepared technical/economic data to acquire equipment utilized by over 20K trainees. Professionally hosted Telecommunications training workshops/conference representative for Head Quarters 2nd Air Force and Air Education Training Command.

Lectured/demonstrated technical course material to career and entry level students. Responded to graduate assessment surveys. Developed and revised study guides, workbooks, progress checks, and test materials Validated instructional and testing material, Compiled test results and filed reports. Trained over 4000 recruits newly assigned to the military 100% pass rate. Safeguarded and maintained $500K inventory of classroom equipment and materials. Mentored and counseled students on academic and nonacademic performance. Performed student test and measurements with 100% accuracy. Provided direct written and oral feedback to field units.