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Provide the planning and leadership to the Marketing Department by ensuring that the appropriate structures, systems, competencies and values are developed in order to meet and exceed the goals of the Marketing plan.Assume overall responsibility for developing the annual marketing plan for the organisation; for strategic market planning; market research programmes; field force activities, and control of the marketing budget

Fort Gordon, Ga, Us

Responsible for the training, mentorship, and professional development of 24 senior staff, over 90 instructors responsible for training over 2475 students annually.Cultivated atmosphere of harmony and trust; facilitated regional wide climate improvement and training impacting 9 branches.; won the CCoE Sexual Harassment Assault Response Program of the year over 17 tenant organizations on FOrt Eisenhower in FY22. Shaped the regional organization realignment for the FY23 TDA implementing the Army people strategy objectives; created the first individual Development plans for instructors.Enhanced the Facilitator development program for over 90 instructors; 32 earned Basic Instructor Badge, 11 Senior instructor Badge and the only 3 on Fort Eisenhower earning the Master Instructor Badge.Built volunteer programs to support the local CSRA Youth Challenge, Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC), and Fort Eisenhower STEM Fair impacting over 3500 High School Students totaling over 7500 hours of volunteer service.Selected as a guest speaker for numerous Army Senior Leader Development courses and Graduation Ceremony at various Military Installations. Lectured college students at intro to Black Studies course at Cal Poly Humboldt University.

Fort Eisenhower, Georgia, Us

Advised the Signal School Director on matters affecting personnel systems and communicated the changes to the Signal Regiment managing over 25K personnel; provided oversight of all worldwide operational and strategic matters related to acquisition, distribution, Development, Deployment, Compensation and sustainment.Spearheaded two Strategic Army Level Projects the new Credentialing assistance (CA) validation system and the CMF 25 Professional Development Model. Tracking and Managed the success of these two projects revising a 6 year CMF management document and collecting data for the new Army ignite education portal and the DOD Credentialing Opportunities On-Line database.Incorporated new initiatives for the Career Management Field 25 MOS Convergence training; worked with key stakeholders and SCRUM leaders to create a 300 hour Asynchronous Distance Learning course curriculum 1.5M under budget.Revitalized Visual Information force structure, coordinated proponent function with Office Chief of Public Affairs; increased operational functionality by 67%Selected over 23 Senior Technical Experts to judge the DoD Joint Communication Awards Competition for FY 20. Major General Keith L. Ware award recognizes the most talented Visual Information personnel. Established policies pertaining to Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership Education, Facilities and Policy for the Department of Defense, Joint Service Command and all Reserve Components.

Responsible for worldwide assignment and professional development of over 1200 personnel in four Military occupation classification in a full scale military HR system.Traveled to speak during a 11 day, three country roadshow focused on readiness and mentorship. Briefed over 4000 Soldiers at various army locations overseas on the implementation of new Army HR systems and assignment process.Recognized by the HRC Leadership for tremendous Visual Information support of the Gold Vault Chapter AG committee. Used Lean Six Sigma for process improvement of the Department of the Army Drill Sergeant selection process for over 25K personnel; achieved over 100% on approved applicants and improved by 15% from last year's mission.Facilitated 12 annual Equal Opportunity training sessions for over 800 personnel spread throughout 27 directorates to ensure compliance and reporting procedures were known. Held listening sessions for two sections to eliminate counter productive leadership habits from the workplace.Meticulously screened 1000s of files to find the most qualified candidates in a non biased process. Staffed and tracked over 400 nominative packets for Inspector General, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institution, White House Communications,Joint Special Operations Management, and Secretary of Defense. Built Talent Management Senior Leader slating board to improve the quality of leaders selected for positions within United States Army Special Operation Command (USASOC); increase CMF 25 retention rating by 20%

Advised Army acquisitions and accessions on updates to Army Visual Information (VI) capabilities and created the first VI technical manual; this document served as justification for new equipment fielding for the CMF.Trained communication teams to lead high profile missions supporting the 58th Presidential Inauguration, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve. Sought out as guest speaker for numerous Defense Media Agency events and ceremonies due to his superior public speaking skills and experience.Led regular development sessions on professional writing, regulation interpretation, and VI operation to 100s of leaders. Developed a rigorous physical fitness program improved the overall performance of 50 personnel. Built and ran the fitness challenge event for the 2017 Department of Defense Best Combat Camera Competition

Tampa, Fla., Us

Exhibited technical proficiency managing the selection of over 500 released combat images depicting the Combined Joint Task Force mission to a global media outlet distribution exceeding 30k.Implemented the first use of USCENTCOM secure drop box media sharing into COMCAM operations reducing the product delivery time by 35% and increasing ease of access to produce SECDEF reports.Managed the operation of four COMCAM teams dispersed across five cities in Iraq collecting over 35k FOUO images and 1000 hours of B-roll for USCENTCOMPlanned and coordinated the movement of 1.5M of organic and tether provided equipment with zero losses.

Fort Meade, Maryland, Us

Planned and supervised personnel performing visual information support for Fort Gordon; managed documentation/production, multimedia design, television production for Signal and Cyber School Training. Ran the Fort Gordon Multimedia and Visual Information Center taking Department of Army Photo for over 2000 personnel for official board use with a 99% first time acceptance rate into DAPMIS.Expertly managed all VI operation and support fundraisers collecting over 13K for the Signal Ball Committee, 25K for the CFC and 15K for the AER program. Unit received a platinum star contribution award. Maintained accountability of installation level multimedia equipment valued over 3.2M; managed the lifecycle and logistical inventories.Covered high profile events for the Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort and Subordinate units meeting 100% work order requests with limited staffing available due to furlough.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Design And Visual Communications, General

Six Sigma Green Belt, Certificate