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Hayden Idaho

Honolulu, Hawaii

Spokane International Airport

Spokane International Airport

Sheppard Afb, Texas

• Authored upgrade training materials for 4 career fields, maintained 21 course volumes impacting over 2,300 personnel worldwide.• Subject-matter expert for avionic equipment and technical content. • Advised course development requirements at Utilization & Training Workshops.• Developed End of Course examinations, ensured trainees achieved learning objectives.

Fairchild Afb, Washington

• Focal point for large scale strategic force, air base operability, natural disaster, hazmat & terrorist WMD exercises• Develops and executes a comprehensive long-range exercise schedule to assess all facets of the readiness mission• Organizes, trains, and directs efforts of 200+ Exercise Evaluation Team members assigned to Fairchild AFB• Reports, tracks, validates & trends discrepancy items & corrective actions.• Provides oversight for the Defense Readiness Reporting System

Fairchild Afb, Washington

• Managed shift manpower distribution and made necessary adjustments.• Performed scheduling, record keeping and document handling.• Equitably distributed all levels of supervision based on manning and workload to supervise all duty periods.• Managed additional duties, leaves, ancillary training, and assigned personnel to balance workload and minimize negative impacts on the work force.• Enforced strict adherence to technical data and management procedures.

Fairchild Afb, Washington

• Subject matter expert for all avionic issues within the organization.• Represented all avionics maintenance personnel to unit leadership.• Monitored repair processes to ensure safe, effective repair of unit assets.• Evaluated trends and indicators of troubleshooting effectiveness and efficiency.• Ensured tools and special equipment utilized by personnel was serviceable and met requirements.• Enforced strict adherence to technical data and repair procedures.• Standardized equipment inspection process within unit to increase efficiency.• Planned, conducted, and evaluated all subordinate training programs

Fairchild Afb, Washington

• Assessed personnel proficiency and adherence to directives of over 650 technicians • Supervised training of 15 Inspectors, managed over 500 items with 99% training efficiency.• Developed inspection trends spread sheets for the Maintenance Group Commander.• Instituted new assessment data base, streamlined tracking and reduced user input time.• Served as the Office of Primary Responsibility for wing maintenance policy, advising supervisors and employees on both general policy and specific maintenance matters.• Utilized data collection techniques and procedures for evaluation, inspection, and audit programs, evaluated the results and determined the appropriate and effective method and format for presentation to higher-level management.• Served as the authority for determining applicability of Time Compliance Technical Orders and One-Time Inspections.

Fairchild Afb, Washington

• Inspects, maintains, repairs, operates, modifies, and analyzes malfunctions of analog and digital guidance systems and components, electronic and electro-mechanical instrument systems, automatic flight control systems and components, inertial navigation systems and components and associated test equipment.• Successfully led a team of 6 people to isolate and repair a malfunction that caused unsafe rudder movement on an aircraft.• Performed and supervised avionics maintenance and general aircraft servicing and handling.• Diagnosed malfunctions using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, integrated test systems and other test equipment.• Removed, replaced, and repaired faulty system wiring, electrical connectors, antennas, transmission lines, and multi-conductor cables.• Planned, organized and directed aircraft maintenance activities.

Elmendorf Afb, Alaska

• Performed organizational-level maintenance on avionics systems.• Maintained aircraft avionics and associated support equipment.• Maintained inspection and data records.• Diagnosed malfunctions using schematics and wiring diagrams.• Planned, organized and directed aircraft maintenance activities.

Offutt A F B, Nebraska