Damon Gooch, Mba Email & Phone Number

Greater Louisville Metro Area

• Served as Director, Planning and Zoning, an appointed local county position that reports directly to the County Judge Executive. Responsible official to maintain, enforce and make recommendations to our 20- year.
• Spearheaded a collaborative (County, Corporate, City, and Civic) community project; provided analysis, reviewed engineering estimates and prepared a Request for Proposal to construct an amphitheater structural.
• Principle advisor to the Fiscal Court and its legislative body of six (6) elected Magistrates. Coordinates county Planning Commission and Board of Adjustments for variance/conditional use.
• Adopt, research, analyze ordinance and zoning changes for all development in Meade County; most notable, recent and ongoing development is NUCOR Steel - $1.35B.

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

• Served as a sworn law enforcement officer and one of eighty-five School Resource Officer in Richland County’s Sheriff’s Department assigned to all schools in Columbia, SC.
• Conducted, maintained and updated comprehensive threat assessments for environmental, weather- related and active shooter scenarios for two elementary schools in excess of 1500 students/faculty.
• Selected as an SRO by a panel of Midlands’ educators and members of the Sheriff’s Department.

Former Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) RiderCoach

Augusta, Georgia, United States

• Directly supported manning changes through the mobilization of eleven (11) medical treatment facilities, twelve (12) Community-Based Warrior Transition facilities, nineteen (19) medical support facilities and three (3).
• Insured appropriate personnel/facility sourcing projects are assigned, scheduled and completed in a timely manner and to the highest standards while maintaining an operational budget $28M.
• Reviewed, staffed and integrated Joint Staff and Health and Human Services plans into crisis management documents and other national response plan (NRP) documents.
• Coordinated and tracked USTRANSCOM Global Patient Movement Requirements Center (GPMRC) of over 24,000 patients averaging over 2050 per month in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
• Participated in Homeland Security/DOD National Response Plan (NRP); provided collaborative comments for Emergency Support Function 8 (Public Health and Medical Service).
• Responsible for thirteen (13) operational and security programs including mobilization, security management, physical security, force medical protection, and Continuity of Government and Homeland Security.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

• Accountable official for ensuring successful deployment of Task Force Scorpion 200 plus man military and police training team to the Afghanistan Army.
• Synchronized Soldier pre deployment medical, logistics and personnel security data
• Directed weekly secure video teleconferences.
• Provided weekly in progress reports to the Commander, Army reserve and TRADOC
• Insured projects are assigned, scheduled and completed in a timely manner and to thehighest standards while maintaining an operational budget in excess of $5M.
• Oversaw short-term transition of pre-deployment training locations from Ft Polk, LA toJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Ft Dix, NJ.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Director of Operations for a multi-component deployable theater-level medical command and control headquarters of five medical brigades, ninety-six units totaling over 9000 Soldiers.
• Managed operational budget in excess of $27 M in overseas contingency operations for support, exercises and training.
• Enthusiastically supervised four (4) senior executives, three (3) mid-level and twelve (12) operations personnel.
• Responsible for thirteen (13) operational and security programs including mobilization, security management, physical security, force protection, COOP and COG and Homeland Support and DoD Support to Civil Authorities.
• Coordinated direct medical support to Civil Military Activities to US Army ARCENT
• Managed deliberate operational support during Operation Restore Hope (Haiti) andsupport to other contingency operations.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Univ of Texas, Austin, Institute for Advanced TechnologyStudent, one of sixty senior officers appointed to DoD Senior Service Fellowships; the only Medical Service Corps officer selected. Attended and coordinated.
• Performed academic course work in Global Intelligence and Strategic Policy, International Crisis Intervention, Corporate Governance and Effective Practices of Senior Leadership.
• Attended senior leader seminars and acted as senior mentors to Texas A&M graduate students in their CAPSTONE project in International Crisis Intervention and Management.
• Coordinated with the Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO), FEMA Region VI and volunteered during Hurricane Ike recovery actions in Galveston, TX.
• Published a thesis manuscript entitled, “Aeromedical Evacuation: Validating Civil Reserve Air Fleet which was directly coordinated through Air Mobility Command and the Surgeon General of the USAF – Lt Gen Bruce Green.

Scott AFB, Illinois, United States

• Joint Medical Planner for a supporting Combatant Command and six geographical Combatant Commands.
• Ensured thorough coordination through staff actions with the Joint Staff and the USTRANSCOM J3.
• Provided weekly reports to USCOMTRANSCOM, TRANSCOM J3 and The Joint Staff on Global Patient Movement Requirements in all current theaters of operations.
• Coordinated and participated in Defense to Civil Authority activities, planning and exercises.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining medical operations cell within the TRANSCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center through direct liaison with Air Mobility Command, Military Sealift Command, Army.
• Reviewed, staffed and integrated Joint Staff and Health and Human Services plans into crisis management and other national response plan documents.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

• Reported directly to the CEO, COO and board of directors on medical and dental readiness of over 12,000 soldiers in an eight (8) state-region and Puerto Rico. Provided executive reports on medical operations in support.
• Principal medical readiness advisor the CEO.
• Directs staff support functions for ongoing operations in support ofCONUS/OCONUS/OIF/OEF and Balkans.
• Manages a daily operations budget in excess of $500,000.00
• Direct, obligates and executes $5M Federal Strategic Health Alliance (FEDS_HEAL)medical readiness budget through the Automated Voucher System.
• Develop, mentor and lead 14 medical support personnel who conduct Soldier ReadinessProcessing of a command directed support team.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

• Served as Deputy Director Plan and Operations. Reported directly to Chief of Staff on medical readiness. Developed operational updates on National AMEDD Augmentation Detachment (NAAD) to validate and track over 200.
• Plans, coordinates and executes operations missions for Joint Staff and OCONUS exercise support.
• Antiterrorism/Force Protection Level II advisor.
• Developed and executed AT/FP plans, policies and procedures to nine tenant units.
• Managed personnel security program and coordinated with local police, fire, Departmentof Transportation and other federal agencies in support of programs and exercises.
• Information Security System manager and Army Global Command and Control System.

Senior Service Fellow, Military Strategic Studies, General

Senior Military Fellow at University, Institute for Advanced Technology, Texas, Austin

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Us Army Senior Service Fellow, Military And Strategic Leadership

Master'S Degree, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Military Science, Distinguished Military Graduate