Christopher Gundersen, Mba Email & Phone Number

Fort Belvoir, VA

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• District of Columbia Army National Guard (DCARNG)Commander, Officer Candidate School (OCS), Fort Belvoir, VA, 11/09- 2/12Led a staff of three Army Captains and one Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) to select, train.
• Selected from among four applicants for the position by the commanding officer of DCARNG Regional Training Institute.
• Planned, organized and synchronized the efforts of four regional state program staffs to execute two joint training exercises, successfully training over 50 Officer Candidates.
• Revived state OCS program by recruiting and training two successive OCS Candidate classes to successfully negotiate the rigors of the program.
• Streamlined unit level administrative actions and logistical acquisition efforts by implementing standard operating procedures.
• Successfully prepared and led staff to negotiate a Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC) unit level assessment in November 2011, earning an ‘Institution of Excellence’ rating.Deployed in support of Operation Enduring.

Reston, Virginia

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

• Responsible for all actions associated with the transition and sustainment of 150+ projects provided to U.S. Army personnel through the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) while assigned to the REF Transition &.
• Coordinated with government leads and internal staff to generate and publish the TST Work Flow Chart, a product capturing the TST’s key functions throughout the REF equipping process.
• Synchronized and teamed with REF project officers and government program executive offices to transition three projects to become programs of record.

Alexandria, Virginia

• Responsible for all hiring and staffing actions related to seven international contracts consisting of over 150+ employees with annual revenue totals exceeding ten million dollars within L3 MPRI’s Military Services.
• Selected from among peers to assist the Senior Vice President (VP) for Human Resources to provide recruiting expertise to new employee compensation system.
• Successfully negotiated an increase in workload from three to seven contracts in a two year time period while maintaining contract personnel strength of 90% or higher at all times.
• Supervised weekly employee in-processing, ensures all personnel receives required training and complete administrative actions in a fluid and timely manner.
• Single handedly recruited for company’s flagship contract in Africa (Maritime Security Enhancement Program) valued over 175 million dollars.

Alexandria, Virginia

• Responsible for providing operational, logistical, and administrative support to the 25+ government contracts and 1500+ employees of MPRI’s International Group (IG).
• Conducted weekly employee operational training to provide new employees with familiarity of IG policies and systems.
• Synchronized and led IG staff to provide new Program Managers with familiarity of IG policies and systems.
• Coordinated with MPRI staff to provide timely administrative and logistical support to the field.
• Conducted leadership inquiries at the request of Senior Program Manager; engaged industry leading organizations in field of base construction and produced findings to leadership on the financial and logistical.
• Oversaw the establishment of 18 person Civil Information Management (CIM) contract to support of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan; coordinated with Human Resources personnel and industry leading CIM subject.

Springfield, Virginia

• Oversaw the planning and execution of the Chief of Staff, Army’s (CSA) Army Strategic Leadership Program (ASLDP): a professional development program that instills the CSA’s vision of the Army to his most senior.
• Planned, coordinated and facilitated interaction of course participants with CEOs from Disney, Google, Sony Pictures and government officials.
• Contributed to the relevancy of the course by researching and incorporating current events that shape the Army strategic vision.
• Implemented effective time schedules and maintained accountability of program equipment valued over thousands of dollars.
• Improved the professional climate of the ASLDP team by overseeing quarterly/annual training requirements.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resources Management And Services

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History