Teaching the fundamentals of welding to students Teaching blueprint symbols and blueprint reading to high school students enrolled in the Career Start Program

I have relocated to Colorado Springs and am seeking a new career opportunity. My recent oil and gas industry experience combined with my senior level military staff, operations, budget, and training experience makes me a great candidate for any organization that is mission oriented, team centric, and safety conscious. I have a recently expired (JAN15) TS/SCI and a current TS clearance.Training planner, Training evaluator, Training manager, Training developer, Project Manager, Budget, Excel, PowerPoint

● Project Manager for simultaneous facilities closures in nine districts across four states. - Planned and managed the closure of facilities identified for closure as a result of the oil business downcycle. - Developed and integrated a digital tracking system to inventory, deconflict and manage physical property valued in excess of $248MM, identifying over $3MM in hidden/lost assets. - Delivered final closure thirty-seven calendar days ahead of schedule, resulting in utility, man-hour and insurance savings of over $1.75MM - Coordinated and routinely communicated with multiple local and national vendors for goods and services to facilitate facility closures and solve on-site issues. - Coordinated with internal departments in order to conduct property exit surveys to include environmental and facilities serviceability surveys.● Project manager for operational vehicle and equipment reduction across 9 districts across 4 states - Restructured fleet management program and process to reduce monthly cost by 45% while maintaining operational integrity resulting in an annual savings of $850,000. - Systematically decreased number of vehicles across 9 districts from 362 to 100 30 days ahead of schedule resulting in $4MM in revenue and nearly $1MM in annual savings in expenditures. - Routinely communicated with all stakeholders to ensure project timeline and budget remained on the glide path to completion; provided advice and assistance when stakeholders fell behind schedule.

● Review resumes and conduct initial and follow up phone interviews for international hiring● Conduct review and analysis of SAP data and make corrections as necessary● Served as internal auditor for payroll, AP and AR to identify and resolve compensation inconsistencies and inconsistencies in the company’s AP and AR departments.● Created standardized, grade specific career progression path for production testing field personnel - Stayed on time and on budget by assigning specific duties to personnel and holding scheduled update meeting to ensure timeliness and quality control.● Update daily utilization rate calculation worksheet to more accurately reflect utilization rate of production testing field personnel● Conduct specialized pay audits to ensure accurate accounting for vendors and employees

● As Brigade Operations Sergeant Major routinely coordinated with internal and external stakeholders as well as outside organizations in order to maximize resources, review project progress, address challenges and reduce friction points resulting in successful project completion. ● Forecasted and managed an annual operations and training budget in excess of $5MM through detailed spending and requirements analysis and effective stakeholder engagement.● Ensured the success of concurrent domestic and international projects to include as many as 3500 personnel and multiple lines of budgeting in excess of $2MM through hands-on monitoring, adjusting, and active analysis of both timelines and budget.● Accurately forecasted and managed a budget more than $2MM for a multi-echelon training event that spanned 1000 external personnel, 31 subordinate organizations and three locations, executed over a period of six months. ● Co-authored CATS (Combined Arms Training Strategies) article published in the Infantry Journal - Covington, C (2013). CATS Provides Training Assistance, Infantry, 102(4), 36-40 - http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/magazine/issues/2013/oct-dec/Covington.html ● Develop, plan, resource, and evaluate training for more than 3500 personnel - Individual and collective Soldier skills and tasks - Support to civilian authorities emergency operations skills and tasks● Coordinate with local and state governmental and non-governmental agencies to plan and prepare for support to civilian authorities during emergencies - Planned and supervised the mobilization of Soldiers in support of natural disasters across multiple geographically separated locations on multiple occasions. ● Teach, coach, and mentor mid-level managers on prioritization, time management, operations processes and personnel management issues● Develop and deliver presentations to senior executive, director level personnel