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San Francisco Bay Area

Creech Afb, Nv

I lead and manage 28 Contracting Officer Representatives and five deployed sites with contract responsibility of $208M. I maintain expert technical competency in areas of responsibility and provide for contract oversight requirements. As the Acquisition Manager I am responsible for developing contractor surveillance checklists and documenting performance and compliance to senior officers, ensuring 100% contract compliance. I am also responsible for selecting and staffing new employees. • Performed prescreening personnel interviews and enabled new hire processing in order to staff two new sites, meeting urgent deadlines.• Resolved a contractor access code problem, ensuring a timely resumption of mission operations.

Creech Afb, Nv

In this assignment I led 198 maintenance personnel across four facilities, supporting more than 500 test/training missions involving 3.2K flight hours. I oversaw the maintenance effort for 14 aircraft valued at $203M, planning and executing combat, training and test operational mission schedules. In addition, I managed manpower, accident prevention, individual mobility, morale, personnel administration, and self -inspection programs. I reviewed Quality Assurance reports, conducted root cause analysis and implemented corrective action.• Directed the unit’s maintenance repair efforts at four services facilities, enabling a 93% mission effectiveness rate, exceeding target requirements.• Managed a strict training compliance program completing 4K qualifications with a 97% passing rate and producing 23 Honor Roll Airmen.• Reversed the unit’s overdue training condition by establishing weekly training reviews and adopting new training procedures.

Aviano Air Base, Italy

I led 230+ personnel in eight Air Force specialties in support of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and logistics. This effort supported a fleet of 25 F-16C aircraft valued at $950M. I executed a maintenance effort to support a 3K hour annual flight schedule, balancing aircraft availability, major inspections, depot inputs and airfield upgrades.• Performed maintenance on 1.7K pilot discrepancies managing to a low 1.2% recurrence rate, well below the wing standard.• Supported operations for a major exercise, delivering aircraft for 117 flights with no maintenance cancellations.• Enforced high quality maintenance standards, directing more than 2K verifications and evaluations with a 92% pass rate.

Aviano Air Base, Italy

I led Maintenance personnel and managed resources for 26 F-16CM aircraft, supervising 54 Airmen in three sections, consisting of avionics, electrical/environmental and jet engine technicians. I provided technical expertise in solving technical issues and training technicians to generate aircraft for training and combat missions.• Identified the need for unit recognition programs, created an Airman/ NCO of the month program and instituted Hail and Farewell events, raising morale for 225 personnel.• Directed a maintenance surge to support 56 flights per day, launching 214 flights with no maintenance delays.• Developed new HAZCOM/Safety programs, correcting 54 records and passing a major inspection with no defects.

Misawa Air Base, Japan

I managed flight safety and mishap prevention programs for the F-16CJ win, performing annual and spot inspections, ensuring standardization and providing training for flight safety programs. I investigated aircraft mishaps and wrote incident reports. I reviewed and corrected aircraft maintenance safety concerns. • Oversaw the completion of a $60M airfield construction project completing 77 projects with zero safety mishaps..

Misawa Air Base, Japan

I prioritized, led, and supervised maintenance and repairs of avionics, electrical/environmental, and engine systems and personnel on assigned aircraft.

Numerous Locations

I maintained, F-16, MQ-1, MQ-9, and RQ-4 avionics and electrical & environmental (A&E) systems at the organizational level. This involved troubleshooting, inspections, installations, repairs, modifications, and operations of aircraft A&E systems, components, and associated support equipment. I performed and supervised general aircraft servicing and handling procedures.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Professional Management Certification

Aircraft Mishap Investigation Course

Associate'S Degree, Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician