Cole Shepard, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Rancho Cordova, California, United States

Sacramento County, California, United States

Travis Air Force Base, California

- Senior leader for 454 personnel specializing in construction, engineering, installation management operations, fire prevention and mitigation, explosive ordinance disposal services, emergency management, and installation security. Responsible for $3B infrastructure, 1,200 facilities, 6,400 acres, and 3 runways supporting 26,000 personnel.- Guide the Personnel Development team and peers to initiate leadership development sessions and leadership discussion panels for all levels of enlisted and officer personnel. Provided mentorship opportunities and real-life experience discussions to help mold 2,000 employees.- Help employees through their battles with severe depression, suicidal thoughts, drug and alcohol abuse, financial hardships, marital, and domestic violence life experiences. Acted as a first responder, and liaison to the resources they required to steer them in a healthy direction.

Travis Air Force Base, California

- Senior leader for 285 personnel specializing in flying operations, cargo and personnel loading, and training on the C-5M Galaxy cargo aircraft.- Team supported global COVID-19 emergency response. Flew 2 missions supporting India COVID aid mission delivering 6 oxygen generators, 286,000 test kits, and 1.3 million masks.- Lead coordinator for Gold Star Family event. Synchronized 2 Gold Star mothers' chapters across Northern California, 2 high school Jr Air Force ROTC programs, and 1 US Army company to have a dedication ruck march competition. The event honored 24 fallen US heroes and 98 of their family members with 230 participants.

Travis Air Force Base, California

- Senior Leader for 130 personnel who expertise in training international Air Forces and performing humanitarian missions across South America, and operational managers across 6 continents providing support to 24 countries. - Responsible with organizations COVID-19 response/mitigation process. Personally authored policy and tracked vaccination status and updates while coordinating the purchase of test kits for employee health and safety.- Led a working group to understand why 20 employees were lacking their special duty payments in their monthly salary. Discovered the inconsistency with the testing requirements, created new policy to ensure 100% compliance. The effort erased a 2-year default reimbursing the employees over $28,000.

Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

- Managed a team of 10 maintenance supervisors overseeing 276 technicians performing on and off equipment repair, refurbishing, scheduled maintenance, and flying and scheduling operations for 27 assigned F-16C/D aircraft.- Led a team of 65 technicians and the launch and recovery of 73 F-16C/D aircraft during a hurricane evacuation from home installation to a location 1,500 miles away. Safeguarded the $1.1 Billion fleet of aircraft.- Mentored 17 noncommissioned and commissioned officers in the importance of having personal and professional goals. Set timelines and ensure follow up to ensure they were staying motivated to go after what they wanted.

Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

- Managed 44 personnel across three different career fields in their daily operations. Trained and supervised personnel on electrical and environmental systems such as AC/DC power generation, lighting, oxygen, fire suppression, heating and cooling, pressurization, wheel brakes and bleed air control on the F-16C/D aircraft. - Directed the writing and submission of the awards and decorations program. Honored recognition through exceptional duty and beyond.- Led the work section training program across three different career fields. Ensured all personnel attended mandatory courses and their upgrade training timelines were met.

Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

- Directed, prioritized, and implemented daily work center tasks for three different career fields including on and off equipment repair on engine operation, avionics, power generation, communication, navigation, lighting, pressurization, oxygen, wheel breaks, and fire protection systems for 27 assigned aircraft. - Directed and tasked 44 personnel to schedule and complete 600+ scheduled maintenance tasks on the aircraft. - Ran the specialist flight production of fixing over 350 pilots reported discrepancies, scheduled maintenance, and 300-time change items while producing 3,000 flights and over 5,500 flying hours for the fiscal year.

Kadena Air Base, Japan

- Trained and supervised 28 personnel on electrical and environmental systems such as AC/DC power generation, lighting, oxygen, fire suppression, heating and cooling, pressurization, wheel brakes and bleed air control on 26 assigned F-15C/D aircraft.

Dyess Air Force Base, Texas

- In charge of inspecting electrical & environmental systems on and off equipment for 28 assigned C-130E/H aircraft. - Implemented new training plan and standard evaluation planning for career field and over 95 assigned personnel. - Point of contact for Major Command’s contracted aircraft inspection program that oversaw the safety of all troop movement on civilian contracted airliners over a 900 square mile jurisdiction.

Dyess Air Force Base, Texas

- Performed electrical and environmental systems on and off equipment repair on AC/DC power generation, lighting, oxygen, fire suppression, heating and cooling, pressurization, wheel brakes and bleed air control on 28 assigned C-130E/H aircraft.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), International Business

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Airframe Mechanics And Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician

Education record