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Sacramento, California, United States, United States
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About Christopher Conlin
A proven senior management professional. Dynamic and innovative problem solver with a well-established history of improving organizational performance while consistently exceeding goals. Forty-one year career serving our nation at the international, federal, state and local levels including many of the world’s most hostile locations. Has led multiple large organizations with diverse missions as challenging as front line combat, as complex as Multinational/Interagency coalitions and as contentious as state and city public agencies. Subject matter expert in mission focused leadership, complex team/coalition building, crisis management, interagency collaboration, policy development, strategic planning, operational decision making, and standards based training. Translates strategic visions into concrete actions with measurable results.
Christopher Conlin's Current Company Details
Self-Employed
Retired Senior Government Executive
Christopher Conlin Work Experience Details
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Retired Senior Government ExecutiveSelf-Employed May 2022 - PresentSacramento, California, United States
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Assistant City Manager For Public SafetyCity Of Sacramento Jan 2018 - May 2022Sacramento, California AreaResponsible for oversight of Public Safety to to include the Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Community Response, Office of Emergency Services, Youth Development, and the Department of Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment. Successfully led departments through multiple overlapping critical events including the 2020/21 COVID Pandemic, Sacramento's largest civil unrest protests and riots, and the related increases in homelessness and crime. -
Interim Fire ChiefCity Of Sacramento Mar 2018 - Sep 2018Sacramento, California AreaLed a department of 109 Fire Officers and 52 civilians with a $108 million budget organized as 24 fire stations with 24 deployable engine companies, 9 truck companies, 15 ALS ambulances, a rescue company, 3 swift water rescue teams, and 2 hazmat response teams. Responsible for City’s timely response and mitigation of incidents involving fires, medical emergencies, hazardous materials, technical and water rescues as well as fire prevention and investigation.
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Director Of Parks And RecreationCity Of Sacramento Feb 2016 - Jan 2018City Hall, Sacramento, Ca• Led a department of 1700+ positions with an annual budget of approximately $36 million. • Responsible for more than 3,400 acres of parkland including 2,400 developed acres containing 228 parks with 74 miles of bike trails, 14 miles of jogging and walking paths, 27 aquatic facilities (including swimming pools, play pools, and wading pools), seven dog parks, eight skateboard parks, 4 municipal golf courses, and the Historic City Cemetery. • Responsible for 41 after school program sites, and 13 community centers and 8 neighborhood centers with numerous community programs including leisure enrichment classes and recreation and community services programs that serve, enhance, and enrich the lives of people of all ages and ability levels throughout the entire community.• Reorganized the department to focus on Youth Development in response to City Council direction. Developed and implemented a far reaching Strategic Plan to create the new Department of Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment.
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Deputy Director, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division And Division Of Boating And WaterwaysCalifornia Department Of Parks And Recreation Apr 2013 - Feb 2016Sacramento, CaliforniaAppointed by the Governor to lead the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division and concurrently (May 2014-Jan 2016) led the Division of Boating and Waterways for the State of California. • Led, mentored, and managed a permanent staff of 200 + in two different statewide programs overseeing nine State Vehicle Recreation Areas and 145,000 acres of Recreation areas on federal, state, and county public lands. • Oversaw a combined annual budget of over $170 million.• Responsible for safe, healthy, and customer-centric recreation across the state including waterways, beaches, ports, desert areas, coastal dunes, mountain forests, and urban parks. • Approved over $114 million in local assistance grants for projects throughout the state to local, state, and federal agencies and Native American tribes for law enforcement, operations, restoration, and education programs relating to authorized recreation. • Served as the Parks Department executive liaison to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Policy Group. -
Board President/Vice President, South West RegionCanine Companions For Independence Nov 2011 - Jan 2016Oceanside, CaAssisted the Executive Director in the management, strategic planning and fundraising operations for the Canine Companions Non-profit organization. Canine Companions empowers the disabled with highly trained assistance dogs. • Provided advice and support for regional fundraising goals, program management, policy development, and strategic planning.• Served as an ambassador and advocate for Canine Companions through strategic engagements with donors and volunteers.• Assisted in the planning and execution of fundraising events.• Selected to attend Canine Companions TEAM 2012 and 2013 National Volunteer Leadership Conference as the Southwest regional representative and guest speaker on Leadership. -
Vice President, West3D Global Solutions. Inc Oct 2011 - May 2012San Diego, Ca3D Global Solutions, Inc. is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business that provides professional program management services to governments, corporations and global organizations. As Vice President-West, managed all West Coast Operations. • Led regional initiative to open new business operations including developing a Cyber Security division and Energy Savings Performance Contracts for federal installations.• Identified new customer base by linking into multiple public and private sector organizations.• Executed an extensive regional Senior Executive engagement strategy to gain awareness of the specific energy needs of military installations in support of Federal Energy Management Program initiatives.
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Assistant Chief Of Staff, Operations (G-3)Marine Corps Recruit Depot Jun 2008 - May 2011Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, CaPlanned, executed, and managed training and operations for a nationally dispersed permanent staff of 4000 charged with recruiting and indoctrinating over 20,000 initial accession Marine recruits per year.• Chaired a service wide Course Content Review Board that firmly linked recruit training standards to required resourcing and ensured full academic credentialing by the American Council of Education.• Developed all-encompassing force protection plan that protected our critical infrastructure, command personnel, and over 400,000 visitors from compromise due to natural or man made disasters.• Served as a principal advocate to our higher headquarters for over $200 million of new construction in support of our revised Program of Instruction and emergent force protection requirements.• Supported multiple major events to include weekly Recruit Graduations, open to the public concerts and ceremonies, fund raising runs (Boot Camp Challenge, Freedom Run, etc.), and major sporting events. • Served as a Leadership Subject Matter Expert and guest lecturer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (San Diego), the Homeland Security Fellows Program, and the International Association of Fire Chiefs. -
Commanding OfficerWeapons And Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Jun 2006 - May 2008Camp Pendleton, CaLed 500+ personnel in the execution of an intensive recruit training program and managed a 5200-acre multipurpose training facility.• Designed and instituted a completely new curriculum encompassing 846 hours of high risk training in less than 9 months to implement urgent service level policy changes.• Programmed over $75 million of new construction in support of a 15% increase in annual student throughput to support critical wartime requirements. • Hand selected by Commanding General I MEF to serve as the presiding officer for Article 32 Investigation (equivalent of Grand Jury) of the responsible Commanding Officer for the Haditha War Crimes Incident.• Responded to the effects of the 2007 California Wildfires, maintaining continuity of training operations for five days through the complete loss of power, water, telephone, and internet service.
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Deputy Director, Joint Experimentation (J-9)U.S. Joint Forces Command Jun 2005 - May 2006Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, VaAssisted the Commander in the execution of a $290 million Joint Experimentation Program. • Crafted the first Joint Experimentation Campaign Plan, fully integrating programs across the Armed Forces and our allies into a comprehensive roadmap, prioritizing all funding and matching resourcing to activities.• Hand-picked to lead development of a newly conceived Joint Futures Laboratory (JFL) designed to use cutting edge modeling and simulation to accelerate complex problem solving for operational forces.• Reorganized a diverse staff of 800+ senior military officers, academics, scientists, engineers, interagency representatives, and multinational liaisons along new functional lines to man the JFL.• Initiated Cooperative Research and Development Agreements to share intellectual property with private sector and Non-profit organizations and accelerate the development of promising solutions. -
Director, Multinational/Interagency ExperimentationU.S. Joint Forces Command Sep 2003 - May 2005Suffolk, VaLed a diverse team of representatives from the U.S. Government (Departments of State, Treasury, and Justice) and senior international military liaisons in the development of strategic coalition building processes.• Led Multinational Experiment involving over 900 participants from eight countries and all of NATO collaborating in real time across a classified virtual network that spanned four continents.• Hand-picked to be the senior liaison to Department of State Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization. • Facilitated creation of the first Joint/Interagency Planning Template linking the capabilities of the Department of Defense, federal agencies, Non-profit Organizations, private corporations, and multinational partners.• Represented command as an expert lecturer on stability and reconstruction operations in multiple forums to include: Defense Science Board, Quadrennial Defense Review, SECDEF Stability Operations Senior Mentor Group, Air War College, Army War College, Marine Corps University, and U.S. Institute for Peace.
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Provisional Governor Of Najaf ProvinceFirst Marine Division May 2003 - Aug 2003Najaf, IraqGoverned Iraqi Province of Najaf with a population of 1.3 million over an area of 11,130 sqmi, the rough equivalent of the State of New Hampshire, following combat operations and years of benign neglect from the Saddam Regime.• Reconstituted critical infrastructure to reopen schools, hospitals, clinics, communications networks, nonpartisan media sources, stable electric power, and free market trading.• Realigned the local banks to a stable national currency through the agile management of a multimillion dollar city budget based in both U.S. dollars and revalued Iraqi dinars. • Revitalized agriculture and tourist industries to jump start self-sufficient economy.• Established post conflict security/stability while transforming the government to a fully representative system.• Agilely managed a constant stream of visiting foreign and domestic political leaders, as well as international media sources (CNN, FOX News, NBC, CBS “60” Minutes, NPR, Al Jazeera, etc.) and local news sources. • Achieved 90% public approval rating from Iraqi population for making Najaf Province one of the most stable and economically solvent regions in Iraq.
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Commanding Officer (President/Ceo)1St Battalion, 7Th Marines, 1St Marine Division Aug 2002 - Aug 2003Twentynine Palms, Ca And IraqLed 1000 man Marine Infantry Task Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom.• Built Task Force from 50% strength to full operational capability in six months.• With three weeks notice, deployed all personnel and equipment from California to Kuwait.• Personally led Task Force on a 400-mile campaign across Iraq conducting high intensity combat operations, special operations, counterinsurgency operations, and humanitarian relief operations.• Operated 24/7 under the scrutiny of embedded national international media teams (CNN, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune) requiring instantaneous strategic messaging. -
Director, Marine Corps TrainingExpeditionary Warfare Training Group Aug 1999 - May 2002Coronado, CaLed 50+ Marines, Sailors, and civilians in the execution of high risk training for over 1070 students a year. • Directly supervised the Program of Instruction for five courses in support of deploying Operating Forces. • Oversaw Course Content Review Boards revising all instruction to better support operational requirements.• Reduced attrition from a historic 40% annually to 12% with no loss in graduating standards.• Programmed construction of $9.4 million facility to enhance Amphibious Training.
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Executive Officer (Coo), Battalion Landing Team 3/115Th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable Jun 1997 - Jul 1999Camp Pendleton/West Pacific/MideastServed as the Executive Officer for a 1000 man Special Operations Capable Battalion Landing Team. • Hand selected to concurrently serve as the Commander for a Maritime Special Purpose Force composed of SEAL, Marine Force Reconnaissance and Counter-Intelligence units dedicated to special missions.• Deployed to Persian Gulf region as theater strategic reserve conducting contingency operations including Operations Southern Watch and Desert Thunder. • Participated in Embassy Security Surveys in Oman and Qatar, Bi-lateral training missions in Saudi Arabia and Oman, amphibious landings in Kuwait and Oman, and pre-operational planning for potential missions.
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MajorUnited States Marine Corps Aug 1992 - Aug 19961St Marine Division/Headquarters Marine Corps/Chief Of Naval OperationsCommanding Officer, Headquarters & Service Company, Headquarters BnMarine Corps Liaison Officer, Naval Sea Systems CommandAction Officer, Marine Corps Security ForcesHead, Marine Corps Security Forces Branch, N09N
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CaptainUnited States Marine Corps Sep 1989 - Aug 1992Kaneohe, Hawaii/West Pacific/Saudi Arabia/Kuwait-Assistant Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines-Commanding Officer, Company "C", 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines (Operation Desert Shield/Storm)-Commanding Officer, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
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CaptainUnited States Marine Corps Feb 1986 - Sep 1989Quantico, Virginia/Mauritania, Africa/Ft Benning, Georgia-Tactics Instructor, Basic Officer Course-Instructor, Infantry Officer Course-Senior Instructor, USMC Mobile Training Team, Mauritania, Africa- Student, US Army Advanced Infantry Course
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First LieutenantUnited States Marine Corps Mar 1984 - Mar 1986San Diego, Ca/West Pacific/Persian Gulf-Executive Officer/Guard Officer (Special Weapons) , Marine Detachment, USS Constellation, CV-64
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Second LieutenantUnited States Marine Corps Feb 1982 - Mar 1984Camp Pendleton, Ca/West PacificRifle/Weapons Platoon Commander
Christopher Conlin Skills
Command
Interagency Coordination
Government
Counterinsurgency
Security Clearance
Tactics
Organizational Leadership
Counterterrorism
Military Operations
Operational Planning
Military Leadership
National Security
Military Experience
Defense
Crisis Management
International Relations
Leadership Development
Emergency Management
Strategic Planning
Team Building
Top Secret
Government Liaison
Dod
Operations Management
Weapons
Facilities Management
Change Management
Risk Assessment
Security
Leadership
Information Assurance
Homeland Security
Force Protection
Contingency Planning
Combat
Military
Intelligence
Intelligence Analysis
Christopher Conlin Education Details
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Political Science/International Relations -
Army Installation Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Level 4 SeminarMission Assurance -
Executive Level Introduction To Lean Six SigmaContinuous Process Improvement
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Federal Republic Of Germany Senior Staff And Commanders Course
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Joint Forces Staff CollegeJoint And Combined Warfare
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Marine Corps Commanders (Colonel) Course, Marine Corps UniversityLeadership
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Marine Corps Commanders (Ltcol) Course, Marine Corps UniversityLeadership
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Mc-5 Static Line Parachute Transition Course
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U.S. Marine Corps Command & Staff CourseMagtf Officer
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Military Justice Senior Officer CourseUniform Code Of Military Justice
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Countering Antiterrorism On Dod Installations
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Amphibious Warfare School, Marine Corps UniversityMagtf Operations
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Personal Reliability Program (Prp) Manager
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Marine Aviation Weapons And Tactics Squadron-1Combined Arms/Maneuver Warfare
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Basic AirbornePara-Marine
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Infantry Officer Advanced Course, U.S. Army Infantry SchoolHonors: Commandant'S List
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Tactical Air Control Party (Tacp) CourseAssault And Attack Close Air Support
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Fire Support In Magtf OperationsCombined Arms
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Deep Water Escape And Survival Training
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Nuclear Weapons Security Tactics
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U.S. Marine Corps Basic School And Infantry Officer CourseBasic Marine Infantry Officer
Frequently Asked Questions about Christopher Conlin
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Christopher Conlin works for Self-Employed
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Christopher Conlin's current role is Retired Senior Government Executive.
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What schools did Christopher Conlin attend?
Christopher Conlin attended University Of Rochester, Army Installation Anti-Terrorism/force Protection Level 4 Seminar, Executive Level Introduction To Lean Six Sigma, Federal Republic Of Germany Senior Staff And Commanders Course, Joint Forces Staff College, Marine Corps Commanders (Colonel) Course, Marine Corps University, Marine Corps Commanders (Ltcol) Course, Marine Corps University, Mc-5 Static Line Parachute Transition Course, U.s. Marine Corps Command & Staff Course, Military Justice Senior Officer Course, Countering Antiterrorism On Dod Installations, Amphibious Warfare School, Marine Corps University, Personal Reliability Program (Prp) Manager, Marine Aviation Weapons And Tactics Squadron-1, Basic Airborne, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, U.s. Army Infantry School, Tactical Air Control Party (Tacp) Course, Fire Support In Magtf Operations, Deep Water Escape And Survival Training, Nuclear Weapons Security Tactics, U.s. Marine Corps Basic School And Infantry Officer Course.
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Christopher Conlin has skills like Command, Interagency Coordination, Government, Counterinsurgency, Security Clearance, Tactics, Organizational Leadership, Counterterrorism, Military Operations, Operational Planning, Military Leadership, National Security.
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