Bryan Smylie Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

VISION: To be a world class leader in providing innovative storage solutions that allow people to better manage their time, space and security.Spacesaver owes its success to the innovative network character of The Spacesaver Group with the application engineering, sales, installation and service functions carried out by a network of independent small.

Greater San Diego Area

• Celebrating our 51st year this year, MARCOA Media is the nation’s most experienced civilian enterprise publisher. Through our print, web, and mobile products, MARCOA supports over 140 military installations, civilian.
• Ensure organizational relevancy; manage distribution, and customer satisfaction and communications for all MARCOA products, print, web and mobile.
• Responsible for all government contracts, a portfolio of 97 military and 8 civilian accounts worth $16M.
• Negotiated and retained accounts; responsible for the awarding of 17 contracts worth $2.7M revenue.
• Negotiated and won new accounts; led business development with 6 new contracts - $325K revenue.
• Lead Fraud Prevention Task Force protecting $1.5M in revenue; mitigated fraud in 10 major markets.

Greater San Diego Area

• My mission is to ensure The San Diego Union-Tribune provides maximum support, through indigenous resources and partnerships, to active-duty and reserve military members, veterans, Department of Defense civilians and.
• Developed the Military Liaison position and its Business Plan from scratch; executed the Business Plan for the premier newspaper serving the 5th largest county and reaching over 1 million customers weekly.
• Led business development and fundraising for the military sector encompassing 1.2 million people.
• Developed the Military Auto Buyers Guide which generated a 3-fold return on investment.
• Built and managed client public relationships through advocacy and broadcast, print and digital media.
• Ensured customer satisfaction and organizational relevancy through active participation in over 34 customer meetings and events monthly, covering over 200 key demographic-group organizations.

Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

• Responsibilities included: Providing strategic guidance on conference agenda items; assisting in procurement of distinguished and relevant presenters; presiding over conference execution, including opening and closing.
• Facilitated education, collaboration and innovation for 75 industry partners and senior military leaders.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego CA

• With an $840M annual organizational budget, over 17,000 personnel and 450 aircraft, promoted from the Deputy to Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans, responsible for managing the organization’s strategic and operating.
• With over $14B in assets supporting 64,000 operations annually, expertly led cross-functional teams of over 20 professionals responsible for development of the Fiscal Year 2012 through 2014 Business Plans, which.
• Saved 18%, $150M of an $850M budget; unit accomplished all operating goals and met requirements.
• Assessed the Business Plan’s progress quarterly, provided process improvement recommendations to the CEO, and managed the implementation of guidance across 5 major subordinate organizations.
• Analyzed strategic risks; developed risk mitigation measures and presentations for the CEO for 10 international conferences, where he presented the organization’s risks, mitigation steps and way ahead.
• Developed 395 cost-effective logistics solutions for all organizational assets, moving 11,095 personnel, 104 aircraft and 4,000 tons of equipment; met all budgets, customer deadlines and production goals.

Experienced helicopter pilot with 2950 hours of flight time in 4 different types of helicopters (TH-57B, CH-46E, VH-60N, and VH-3D). Flight time includes over 120 hours of flight time in the T-34 Turbo Mentor fixed-wing trainer. Fixed-wing and rotary-wing, commercial and instrument-rated pilot and a military Flight Instructor.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego CA

• During the period, promoted from Marine Wing Support Squadron 373’s Director of Operations to Marine Aircraft Group 16’s Deputy Director of Operations, then to Director of Operations.
• Managed the organization’s operating risks; balanced $4.5B in resources with customer requirements.
• With a $180M budget supporting 20,000 operations annually, managed daily operations for 3400 personnel in a matrix organization with 130 aircraft and tens of thousands of pieces of equipment.
• Managed the Naval Aviation Enterprise Program; utilized Continuous Process Improvement principles in a cross-functional environment to deliver timely, cost-effective and enduring solutions.
• Flight Hour Program Manager for 30,000 flight hours flown annually by $4.5B in assets; met all goals.
• Program Manager for the yearly training and operations management program for 8 organizations.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego CA

• Led a cross-functional team of 120 personnel; managed 20 diverse programs and countless projects.
• Maintenance Program Manager for over $90M in assets, including 15 helicopters.
• Improved maintenance and documentation procedures resulting in a sustained equipment readiness percentage of over 91%, a 15% increase in 4 months, facilitating a 4-fold monthly production increase.
• Expertly managed 27 aircraft refurbishments, 31,000 maintenance man hours, and 20,000 maintenance actions; managed quality control and aptly balanced operating risk with maintenance requirements.
• Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for professional performance.

Washington DC And Quantico, VA

• As a “Marine One” Pilot, provided reliable, timely, safe and secure helicopter transportation for the President and Vice President of the United States and their staffs, Foreign Heads of State, VIPs, Secret Service.
• Ensured the President and Vice President of the United States, VIPs, Heads of State, and all support elements arrived at events in the required order, and in strict adherence to their rigid schedules.
• As a hand-picked Presidential Helicopter Advance Officer, planned and managed the “event day” execution of helicopter support for the President on more than 32 trips, worldwide.
• Managed all aspects of Presidential helicopter support, including lodging and logistics to, from, and within the event area for up to 8 helicopters and 130 aircrew and support personnel; helicopter support equipment.
• Extensive experience working with VIPs, embassies and foreign governments at the highest levels.
• Coordinated closely with White House Staff, Medical, Press Corps, Transportation and Communication Agencies, Secret Service, Air Force One, VIP staffs, and state and local officials.

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Industrial Design With An Art Minor

Activities and Societies: Running, weightlifting, lacrosse

Education record

Trained in Continuous Process Improvement principles, including time tested techniques used for reducing waste, managing variation to.

Education record

Red-Team trained critical thinker, providing the capability to counter “group think” by fully exploring alternative solutions to problems.

Education record

Advanced-level examination of the organization, planning, and management of complex operations, including risk mitigation and.