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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Hattiesburg, MS

Hattiesburg, MS

Lafayette, LA

• Coordinate response teams through partnerships with brokers, insurance teams, clients, and third-party labor and equipment vendors to facilitate onsite teams specific to client needs for emergency inventory cleanup.
• Analyze industry sales trends in order to maximize profitability for salvage goods based on type, transportation needs, and overall profitability based on regional market dynamics.
• Collaborate with freight and supply vendors to best determine logistical needs and timing, based on client’s facility size, type of damage, on-hand inventory, and type of freight, resulting in a 45% decrease in.

Lafayette, Louisiana Area

• Promoted to drive the performance and growth of IPT Global by providing senior-level operational oversight for a complex technical software testing program; consistently driving the delivery of exceptional products and.
• Co-manage a team of Field Service Quality Advisors responsible for conducting regular testing, software analysis, and technical troubleshooting on offshore drilling and production vessels.
• Partner with the Director of Operations to establish strategic short-, mid-, and long-term business plans in alignment with aggressive corporate growth objectives.
• Continually ensure that the proper systems and processes are in place to drive safety and environmental performance for three separate workgroups.
• Actively support the sales team by conducting intermittent customer needs analysis; offering tailored recommendations on appropriate and scalable software solutions.
• Maintain direct responsibility for service delivery processes and compliance within the scope of the ISO quality management system and industry regulations; ensuring customer requirements are met in accordance with ISO.

• Initially recruited to provide on-site, off-shore/on-shore technical advisement and expertise on IPT’s suite of pressure testing software solutions as a key client liaison.
• Partnered with client organizations and drilling contractors over the course of 2 to 5-week rotations; conducting on-site testing and analysis of governing mechanical components and well control equipment. Successfully.
• Monitored pressure tests, interpreted data, and offered expert product and service recommendations while concurrently troubleshooting any network connectivity issues or other unanticipated operational challenges on-site.
• Created detailed, technical schematics of mechanical components, prepared test reports, analyzed and aggregated data, and compiled findings for client review and regulatory records.

Afghanistan

• Selected to oversee the full project management lifecycle of mobile operations abroad requiring precise coordination with client stakeholders on logistics, route planning, mobility support, encrypted communications.
• Routinely briefed and trained client representatives on strategic mobile operations plans and expectations to ensure their objectives were met in an efficient and safe manner.

Afghanistan

• Coordinated collective operations between GIS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (client) in support of 10 separate personal security teams in Southern Afghanistan.
• Promoted to Communications Manager in 2012; directly overseeing a team of technical specialists tasked in installing, testing, and maintaining a multimillion-dollar communications infrastructure platform and personnel.
• Estimated resource requirements, recommended, and procured new communications and tracking assets to boost operational capabilities across Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

• Acted as the liaison between Global Strategies Group and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for all Global/USACE operations in southern Afghanistan.
• Maintained and operated communications and tracking equipment in the district operations center – Harris AN/PRC-117 base station, Codan NGT HF base station, Blue Force Tracker, and Track 24 software.
• Tracked and monitored theater-wide operations of 10 teams, both ground and air, which were the combined efforts of multinational civilian and military forces.
• Developed relations with adjacent military units to facilitate tactical and medical support for our protective services teams.
• Created products which were used to brief clients on past, present, and future operations in theater, utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and SharePoint.

• Graduated from the U.S. Special Forces Qualification Course and assigned to serve on an independently-operating team of 12 capable of deploying to some of the most challenging and geopolitically-complex environments.
• Provided specialized expertise in network, satellite, and field communications as well as tactical operations planning, and foreign force training strategies.
• Oversaw, maintained, and accounted for capital asset portfolios comprised of military-grade equipment and communication technologies.
• Enabled executive decision-making by providing strategic recommendations and advisement to the leadership on matters pertaining to communications, resource allocation, program budgeting, employee training and.
• Procured, installed, and maintained, tactical communications equipment in preparation for military training exercises and active deployments abroad; ensuring scalability based on both anticipated and contingent.
• Completed numerous executive-level courses through the U.S. Army to include: Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course, SERE High-Risk Course, Blackbird Technologies Tag, Track, and Locate Course, Warrior Leader.

Fort Bragg, NC

• Selected for Special Forces training in July 2007 in an assessment and selection course with a 27% selection rate among more than 100 candidates.
• Underwent rigorous and extensive training in AM, FM, HF, VHF, UHF/SHF and satellite communication systems.
• Attended and trained in various military courses with emphasis on communications, leadership, and teamwork, as well as individual ability to operate with limited to no supervision.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cloud Computing

An NWCCU-accredited program that focuses on core IT skills, cloud technologies, security, networking, scripting, emerging technologies.

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