Christopher Parent Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Second in command for a 120+ Soldier organization.
• Established priorities, met deadlines, and applied judgment on decisions for short-term company operations.
• Oversaw the maintenance and service scheduling of 75 vehicles to ensure they were always mission capable.
• Spearheaded all forecasting and resourcing of land requests, food, fuel, and ammunition to ensure the company’s ability to conduct future operations and achieve the most effective training possible.
• Facilitated and tracked progression of three civil engineering projects for Fort Hood, resulted in saving the installation over $200,000.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Briefed weekly reports of all physical and personal security matters for a 500+ Soldier organization to the Battalion Commander.
• Refined and standardized the battalion’s in-processing procedure for all new Soldiers, enhancing the attendance to necessary training programs by 50%.
• Certified and entrusted to compile, brief leaders, and submit the battalion’s monthly Unit Status Reports on a secret network.
• Amplified the battalion’s physical security program by 25% through conducting monthly inspections and ensuring companies remained in compliance.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Directed engineer platoon squad leaders to provide complex obstacle breaches to tank companies for three separate combined live fire exercises synchronizing movement and breaches.
• Managed and mentored the health, education, welfare, morale, and discipline of 31 Soldiers.
• Planned, resourced, and executed over 30 training exercises and 10 weapons ranges.
• Utilized effective communication to provide clear tasks to subordinates.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Basic Training (Apr-Jun2018) Fort Jackson, SC
• Officer Candidate School (Jun-Oct2018) Fort Benning, GA
• Engineer Basic Officer Leader Course (Feb-Jun2019) Fort Leonard Wood, MO
• Assistant Staff Operations (Jul-Dec2019) Fort Hood, TX

Ferlach, Kärnten, AT

• Analyzed and refined assembly line and production processes using lean and six sigma practices
• Developed and implemented an assembly line training program for all new employees utilizing technical working instructions for key assembly processes
• Improved quality control by conducting 5Y and root cause corrective action reports
• Designed and prototyped a handheld tool, created to reduce imperfections during pistol assembly

Ferlach, Kärnten, AT

• Created technical working instructions for 10 different assembly stations
• Provided solutions that helped reduce human error and minimize re-work during assembly
• Worked rotational positions to quickly learn assembly and quality assurance positions

• Shadowed the design engineer learning about reverse engineering utilizing 3D scanners to develop Solid Works models.
• Created over 20 Solid Works drawings while being mentored by the design engineer.
• Assisted in holster production and shipping.