Christopher Byard Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Louisiana Area

I review NRCS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and LA Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) reports to monitor expenditures and budgetary status of the programs for the state. I balance program activities and expenditures and resolve discrepancies. I work with the financial management staff on identifying problems and offer recommendations. I initiate reports and correspondence for use and review by the ASTC Water Resources to be used for program budgets and expenditures, cost share-agreements, and escrow letters.I am responsible for requesting obligations of funds through Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPR) to ensure timely funding of projects. I prepare MIPR for signature by the State Conservationist. I then route the MIPR through FPAC Grants & Agreements and the NRCS Accounts Receivable Tracker.I retrieve and work with comprehensive and detailed reports on the financial management activities of the programs which assist the ASTC Water Resources and the NRCS Water Resources program staff in Louisiana in determining and documenting program performance measurements and program standards used for quality assurance.I establish and maintain appropriate program codes in the Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) for fund tracking in WebTA. I maintain technical assistance (TA) budget reports for the various programs, analyze financial reports, and provides current status reports of TA funds used and available to ASTC Water Resources for managing the Water Resources program funds statewide. I manage and track all funding, financial obligations, expenditures, grants and agreements, schedules, and milestones for all NRCS sponsored CWPPRA projects.

Alexandria, Louisiana

I communicate orally and in writing with a variety of individuals including high-ranking government officials, managers, employees, and the general public. I prepare a variety of recurring and nonrecurring correspondence, and other documents from information obtained by the staff, files, and other resources. I independently compose and prepare nontechnical correspondence.I prepare, review, and edit correspondence and documents to ensure accuracy of copy, grammar, and punctuation. I review outgoing correspondence for proper format, conformance with procedural instructions, correctness of grammar, typographical accuracy, and necessary attachments. And I also review outgoing correspondence for clarity, consistency, completeness, and compliance to organizational policy.I use a variety of administrative procedures and a variety of computer software such as Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook Calendar, and others to maintain efficiency in the overall operation of the office. I collect and prepare data for various reports and notices (e.g. plans and operations, project status, farm bill programs, conservation districts, and area appraisals). I input Plans and Operation data, make monthly comparisons and provide this information to supervisor and staff. I provide analytical data not readily obtained from summaries, make comparative analysis using data obtained from query systems and progress summaries. I modify and devise methods and procedures that significantly and consistently affect the accomplishment of the mission of the office and resolve various problems and situations that affect the orderly and efficient flow of work.I maintain each Assistant State Conservationist’s calendar, arranging meetings and appointments. I arrange travel for staff to include requests for travel authorization, scheduling transportation, making hotel reservations, keeping in touch with staff, arranging itineraries and preparing and submitting travel vouchers.

I serve as a personal assistant to the Associate Director – Patient Care Services (AD-PCS) who directs Nursing for Long Term Care, Behavioral Health, Acute Inpatient Care, Ambulatory Health Clinics and four Community Based Outpatient Clinics. Nursing Service has an approved FTEE of 422.9. The facility is a 291 bed hospital that has a VA population of more than 100,000. AVAHCS has an active patient roster of more than 37,000. I also assist the Nurse Recruiter and the Executive Assistant to the AD-PCS.Maintains the strictest confidentiality of the AD-PCS Office, business and correspondence. Incumbent has regular access to printed and electronic files containing sensitive data, which must be protected under the provisions of the Privacy Act and other applicable policy and regulations.• Displays a comprehensive knowledge of Department of Veterans Affairs' organizational structure with the ability to recognize officials by position, title and name. Applies knowledge in interpreting the significance and relevance to medical center issues and activities and sets priorities.• Assist and help manage overall administrative operations and programs for the various services under the AD-PCS. Coordinate systematic review, internal management reporting programs and other assigned projects i.e. competency folder reviews, compliance reports, delinquency reports.• Assist the AD-PCS in carrying out comprehensive assignments designed to assist the AD-PCS and facility management in directing and evaluating the effectiveness of numerous programs and activities throughout the health care system.• Responds to inquiries and administrative clinical problems brought to the AD-PCS by members of the staff and officials of the agency's network office, state and local governments, other hospitals and organizations and other federal agencies.

Work as the clerical to the dentist, hygienist, and assistants. Also I am the secretary to the Chief of Dental Services. Along with that I check patients in for their appointments, answer phones, and handle any administrative needs for Dental Service. Below is some additional duties that I do here at the Departmen fo Veterans Affairs:•Takes notes in longhand and transcribes correspondence and meeting minutes, preparing them in their final form for mailing•Carries out duties of service timekeeper, insuring there is no conflict with leave and other assignments. •Greets visitors and receives telephone calls from patients, house staff, employees, company representatives, and etc., determines the nature of the injury and uses judgment to supply requested information or refer the calls•Makes telephone calls from the service to patients or other individuals or firms in order to make, cancel, or change appointments or relay information of and administrative nature•Types forms, lists, medical record entries, memoranda, letters, patient appointments, and other items as required•Responsible for procuring all forms and office supplies needed in Dental Service•Makes computer entries of patient appointments and discharges from the various dental clinics•Responsible for receiving, sorting, and distributing daily mail for the Dental Service•Transcribes and maintains information concerning treatment procedures for the monthly input to the Dental Activity System and Dental Record Manager Program•Maintains ongoing log of Class I - VI pre-op patients and coordinates treatment dates with appropriate service to ensure continuity of patient care•Runs management reports and enters DRM appointments for all patients seen each day.•Runs management reports at the end of the day to insure that all patients with appointments had DRM encounter information entered

•Keller Graduate School of Management, Downers Grove, IL •Studied fundamental economic principles and general management competencies such as managing conflict and managerial communication. I studied a range of essential topics in decision-making, establishing evaluation criteria, determining trade-offs, and estimating probabilities and risk. Courses taken while in the MBA program are managerial decision making, career success strategies, managerial communication, and managing conflict in the workplace, operations management, managing quality, and leadership in the 21st Century. •Graduated October 2013.

• DeVry University Online, Oak Brooke, IL• Studied Bachelors of Science in Technical Management majoring in Project Management• Completed 127 of 123 credit hours• Honor’s status – Magna Cum Laude• Dean’s List since November 2008

Langley Afb, Va

Warehouse, inventory, cargo build up and breakdown, operations, load planning, and uploaded and downloaded various aircraft.• Distributes cargo in such a manner that space is maximized.• Calculated load for different aircraft (C-5, C-17, C-130, B-747) using charts and computers• Determined the quantity and orientation of cargo and computed the aircraft’s center of gravity• Directs ground crews in the loading, unloading, securing, and staging of aircraft cargo or baggage• Monitored the arrivals, parking, refueling, loading and unloading, and departure of aircraft• Relayed departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status to down line controlling agencies• Assembled and issued required documentation, such as tickets and schedules• Determined whether space is available on travel dates for customers, assigning requested spaces when available• Confer with customers to determine their service requirements and travel preferences• Examined passenger documentation to determine destinations and to assign boarding passes

Norfolk, Va

Inspected and planned cargo for shipment to destinations around the world.• Maintained the schedule of the arrival and departure of aircraft• Maintained cargo backlogs at the terminal and cargo en route to terminals• Assigned cargo to aircraft to fully utilize the capacity of the aircraft for down line terminals• Determined the quantity and orientation of cargo and computed the aircraft’s center of gravity• Selected and assigned aircraft for specific flights and routes to accomplish specific purposes• Clerical processing of flight clearances for aircraft carrying hazardous materials• Maintained passenger and cargo manifest records• Planned, directed, and supervised cargo movements on aircraft loading and unloading• Trained the Armed Forces reservist and employees in all aspects of air transportation

Norfolk, Va

• Installed and connected electrical components such as transformers, terminal boards, and transistors following blueprints• Built wiring harnesses to meet component / product specifications• Costumed bent stainless steel tubing following blueprints• Installed and aligned compressors and motors• Provided hands-on technical assistance to repair of breathing air, CNG and Nitrogen compression systems• Inspected warranty parts• Maintained proper repair standards

Yorktown, Va

• Maintained the MK 48 ADCAP and MK 48 torpedo used to destroy vessels• Tested, inspected, and stored the MK 48 ADCAP and MK 48 torpedoes• Tested, inspected , and stored the Fleet Exercise Section (FES), Torpedo Instrumentation Exercise Section (TIES), and the MK 660 warhead• Conducted preventive and routine maintenance on the MK 48 ADCAP and MK 48 torpedoes

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), General Management, 3.47

Focused on fundamental economic principles and general management competencies such as managing conflict and managerial communication.

Bachelor Of Science In Technical Management, Project Management, Honor Status - Magna Cum Laude

Prepared me to create and manage company assignments by building budgets, assigning tasks, and scheduling workflow. Along with: •Working.