Chad Ward Email & Phone Number

United States

Heartland

• Directly led, supervised, managed, mentored, coached, and trained 260 personnel. Ensured qualification and training certification/compliance for all subordinates/employees. • Within the span of 36 months, increased company revenues by 400% due to the development and implementation of company retail marketing and human resources best practices.• Designed, developed, and implemented the company human capital policy/best practices for the hiring of personnel. Recruited, screened, and vetted 150-plus potential applicants for company employment. Researched job analysis requirements and determined core competencies to meet recruiting/hiring goals.• Provided strategic/tactical guidance and subject matter expertise to organizational leadership regarding corporate functional areas, including human capital management, fiscal/financial, learning and development, business compliance/transformation, and legal/compliance.• Intimately involved with company contracting vehicle duties, including the development and/or response to analyzing requirements, requests for proposals (RFP), statements of work (SOW), statements of objectives (SOO), and other contract-related duties. Responsible for review of pre-award and post-award policy and protocols. Liaised with contractors/vendors to implement contract modifications, correct potential issues of non-compliance, and contract termination, if necessary.• Program Manager of numerous concurrent projects. Served as project manager to ensure all phases of project deliverables were met with satisfactory results and that each project remained in scope, schedule, and cost throughout the life cycle of the project. Planned and provided oversight and guidance during project kick-off meetings, team meetings, and project close-out.

Camp Pendleton, Ca

• Operations Chief of a Marine Logistics Group (MLG), tasked with providing logistical operations to the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) commander, including the functional areas of motor transportation, supply coordination, maintenance, general engineering, explosive ordnance disposal, medical and dental services, food services, and legal support.• TOP SECRET security clearance. Responsible for the safeguard, security, storage, accountability, dissemination, and destruction of classified documents and electronic media with zero security discrepancies.• Provided oversight for all operational (G-3) activities to include real world combat support operations, training exercises, evaluation, certification, and equipment valued at $100M-plus.• Program/project manager of numerous concurrent logistical projects/operations that involved planning for the proper location, timing, and movement of personnel and equipment, domestically and internationally to austere, high-threat environments. • Infantry platoon sergeant & operations chief of a special operations-certified infantry battalion of 450-plus U.S. Marines and Navy personnel.• Served as platoon’s senior enlisted advisor to the commander. Provided 24/7 counsel/guidance on all matters pertaining to operations, human capital/personnel, administration, financial, deployments/logistics, technical training, and more.• Responsible for developing, implementing, and supervising the platoon annual training plan and daily training schedule, including mission-essential hard and soft technical skills training requirements. Ensured compliance with equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies.• Coordinated and supervised the organizational annual and semi-annual training and certification requirements, consisting of several formal training programs/requirements. Efforts resulted in 100% qualification rate of all personnel.

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