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Arlington, Virginia

• Conduct budget planning, analysis, and assessment efforts in support of the Army and Air National Guard • Provide coordination and analysis to support the resource planning and operational mission execution• Manage SharePoint configuration, permissions, data input, and Access reports

Mitchellville, Iowa

• Directed five District Leads and work with eight subcontractors in staffing and managing over 140 field offices with 148 Benefits Advisors • Managed operations in western half of the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Japan and South Korea• Managed field staff activities to include briefing support, training, travel, resource scheduling, quality and administrative issues• Maintained continuous communications and interactions with Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program Managers in planning and executing Veteran Affairs Benefit Advisors’ support to Service Members• Collected and analyzed project data, providing weekly reports and assessments• Conducted site surveys to ensure all required logistics, facilities and support are in place prior to staffing of the field office• Established a strong working rapport with the eight subcontractors in support of TAP• Served as proposal member in planning, developing and submission of eight proposals for over $47 million

Kuwait And Afghanistan

• Conducted data analysis and provided executive briefings and recommendations for process improvements• Created a tool for computing and tracking Operation Enduring Freedom redistribution cost • Conducted cost analysis on support requirements of $3.5 trillion, with a cost avoidance of 12%• Developed cost benefit analysis for cost avoidance of over $87 million • Coordinated funding requests across the organization to meet fast-paced requirements

Des Moines, Iowa

• Received and processed policy requests from agents, policy owners and internal customers • Managed Tax Shelter Annuity Information Sharing Agreements for over 2800 groups across the U.S. • Coordinated with third party administrators to provide monthly reports for over 40,000 policies• Worked with supporting directorates to resolve policy issues • Led and trained team members on new process requirements, guidelines and account auditing

Arlington, Virginia

Assistant Director Medical Plans and Operations (2004-2006) Arlington, VA• Oversaw Medical Operations’ programs, policy and training • Led medical personnel, and managed equipment and contract support• Conducted, managed, and analyzed manpower staffing study for medical clinics in all 50 states to determine workload requirements, realignments and reorganization to provide optimal services • Directed supply operations to support national disaster recovery operations; distributed $6 million worth of medical supplies to support 40,000 personnel Regional Operations Officer (2002-2004) Washington, DC • Served as National Guard Advisor to the Commander, North Atlantic Regional Medical Command • Developed $28.8 million budget and staff projections to support additional 100,000 beneficiaries throughout the region• Recruited and contracted personnel to fill immediate staffing requirements• Coordinated medical operations with 11 Medical Treatment Facilities throughout northeastern U.S.• Supervised Homeland Defense Preparedness Training and Evaluation Team to ensure all Medical Treatment Facilities met JCAHO requirements Chief of Medical Recruiting (2000-2002) Arlington, VA• Directed the national medical recruiting program establishing policy, marketing and recruiting objectives• Provided new and continuing recruiter training for national recruiting force • Increased the Army National Guard net medical professional strength by more than 5%, while promoting retention programs to minimize attrition• Developed Microsoft Access database to track recruiting operations and improve processing time for accessions• Served as primary member of DoD Medical Working Group to develop strategic plans

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Animal Sciences