Craig A. Steiner Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California

Southern California Offshore Range (Score)

Directly responsible for the effective scheduling, management, and safe application of classified, multi-million dollar Department of Defense assets while ensuring the highest quality training possible for U.S Navy surface, sub-surface and aviation units in all aspects of undersea warfare.

Naval Air Station North Island, Ca (San Diego)

Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing U.S. Pacific FleetHand-picked by the Commodore of Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing U.S. Pacific Fleet to be the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Project Team Lead to overhaul all aspects of pre-deployment planning guidance for U.S. Pacific Fleet helicopter squadrons. Expertly assembled and led a cross-functional team of maintenance, operations, training, safety and administration subject matter experts, completing the project in only 6 months. The project achieved success by removing hundreds of outdated or wasteful processes, improved operational readiness by allowing for increased training time, and standardized procedures for multiple aviation capable ships while still maintaining adaptability and flexibility for unique and future requirements. Designed and executed a beta test of online instructional materials for helicopter maintenance personnel, uncovering multiple user interface issues, all of which were fixed by the contracted software company before release to fleet users. Served as a statistical analyst and member of the Naval Aviation Enterprise Corrosion Prevention Team tasked by Congress to significantly reduce the $2.6 billion annual corrosion problem for naval aircraft.

Naval Air Station North Island, Ca (San Diego)

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Eight (HSM-78)Selected to be part of the initial cadre of department heads tasked to establish a brand new 11 helicopter MH-60R Seahawk helicopter squadron.Facilitated in the ground up creation of Squadron policies and standard operating procedures concerning operations, training, administration, safety and maintenance.Managed the fiscally constrained flying hour program to ensure all training and proficiency requirements were met for all assigned and newly arriving flight crews with zero deviations from the assigned allowance.Implemented a scenario based training approach to efficiently meet multiple complex training objectives in the least amount of time while improving squadron preparedness for unique and advanced level training opportunities such as the Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative Exercise (DESI EX).Qualified as a Helicopter Aircraft Commander (HAC) and Airborne Tactical Officer (ATO) in the MH-60R Seahawk, overall responsible for the combat effectiveness and safety for a team of 3 to 4 pilots and aircrew.

Naval Station San Diego, Ca

Destroyer Squadron Two One (DESRON 21)"Vital to Pacific Partnership 2010 Mission Success!"Multinational Mission Planning Lead - USNS MERCY Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise (Pacific Partnership 2010) island of Ambon, Indonesia. Selected by the Commodore of Destroyer Squadron Two One as the Advance Team Officer-in-Charge and Lead Exercise Planner for an intensive three island, weeklong exercise in the remote Maluku Islands of central Indonesia, culminating in a celebration attended by the President of Indonesia. Successfully led the coordination of ship, aviation, medical, dental, veterinary and various logistical assets from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and all branches of the United States military allowing for free medical and dental care for over 37,000 island residents at 10 carefully selected medical outposts. Delicately balanced regional religious and political tensions with force protection concerns despite having limited U.S. Embassy support, a compressed timeline and continually expanding mission requirements.Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Surface Combatant Commander Tactical Action Officer (TAO) - USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74) - Western Pacific and South China Sea deployment 2009.Lead aviation planner for defensive anti-submarine (ASW), surface surveillance (SSC) and maritime interdiction operation (MIO) plans during a 6 month aircraft carrier strike group deployment. Obtained fixed-wing and rotary-wing carrier based assets to meet defensive requirements dependent upon strike group location, briefed assigned aircrews on mission requirements, and updated warfare commanders on current status and post-mission results.

8Th Flying Training Squadron, Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Ok

Over 846.3 hours of complex, high-performance, fixed-wing military flight instruction given in visual and instrument navigation, basic aerobatic, and military formation flying.Assistant Director of Operations, A & B FLIGHTFlight Commander - C FLIGHTAwarded Flight Instructor of the Month and Flight Instructor of the Quarter, Third Quarter, 2007.Awarded “Outstanding Safety Performer” for calmly implementing crew resource management and risk management skills in the safe recovery of a critically disabled aircraft during poor weather conditions.Routinely sought out by fellow instructors to assist with students experiencing training difficulties.Selected well ahead of peers to become a Check Pilot.Consistently in the top 10% for number of instructional flight hours flown. Expertly supervised the execution of over 1200 student flight events with zero syllabus deviations.

Naval Station Mayport, Fl

Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light Four Two (HSL-42) Detachment Five Operations Officer - USS HAWES (FFG-53)Squadron Aircrew Combat Training Continuum (ACTC) OfficerLead flight scheduler, mission planner and pilot proficiency supervisor for two 6-month independent deployments.Qualified as SH-60B Seahawk Helicopter Aircraft Commander (HAC) and Airborne Tactical Officer (ATO).

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aeronautical Science (Professional Pilot), Minor In Aviation Safety And Accident Investigation, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Embry-Riddle Golden Eagles Flight Team (1998-2000) - NIFA National Champions 1999

Airframe And Powerplant Certificate, Aircraft Airframe And Powerplant Maintenance Technology/Technician

Certificate, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Certificate, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - Information Technology