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● Led management and operations with high standards of customer service and maintenance.● Implemented marketing strategies to attract visitors and maximize occupancy rates.● Guided financial planning, budgeting, and reporting to ensure profitability.● Coordinated with contractors and vendors for resort improvements and maintenance projects.● Fostered strong relationships with guests and addressed issues and concerns promptly.

● Oversaw operations of a diverse portfolio of commercial multi-family properties.● Developed and implemented leasing strategies to attract and retain high-quality tenants.● Conducted property inspections to ensure compliance with safety and maintenance standards.● Coordinated property showings, negotiated lease terms, and responded to tenant inquiries.● Collaborated with contractors and vendors to oversee property renovations and repairs.● Conducted market research and analysis to stay updated on market trends.● Prepared and presented financial reports, budgets, and forecasts to upper management.● Cultivated tenant relations and ensured high tenant satisfaction.● Conducted regular rent and lease agreement reviews to identify opportunities for rent growth and property optimization.

● Designed and implemented business strategies, plans, and procedures.● Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth.● Established policies that promoted company culture and vision.● Oversaw daily operations of the company (IT, Marketing, Sales, Finance, etc.).● Led employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication.● Evaluated performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics.● Prepared and submitted reports to the CEO.● Assisted the CEO in fundraising ventures.● Participated in expansion activities (investments, acquisitions, corporate alliances, etc.).● Enhanced relationships with partners and vendors.

Promoted in 2011 as the senior administrator for the command with the expectation of continuing to find and resolve administrative problems around the command. Report to the Commander and directly supervises five personnel for this premier military medical research lab with global sites (Bangkok, Thailand; Nairobi, Kenya; Tbilisi, Georgia), 2000 staff. Oversee additional objectives of vaccine development, psychiatry and provision of neurological products/recommendations to support the warfighter. Streamline processes, take on special projects, and mentor and grow the bench. ► AMEDD Civilian Board of Advisors — As a result of experience and respected history with the Army Medical Command, selected as one of three civilians to the Army Medical Command Civilian Board of Advisors serving the AMEDD (over 42,000 strong). Tasked with helping to shape the future of the AMEDD Civilian workforce as changes arise with the new Army Operating Concept and Force 2025 and beyond. ► Operational Clinical Infectious Diseases (OCID) course — Initially tasked with overseeing performance of a single inexperienced administrator and guiding course expansion. Within two years, expanded the role and grew the course into 15 states and 3 OCONUS sites.► Budget Creation and Management — Hold leadership responsibility for six department budgets totaling $8M.► Contracts Administration — Became the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) on three administrative support contracts with total value of approximately $4.5M per year. ► Quick Guides (Special Project Support) — Created and published two institutional level quick guides to executing transactions in the GFEBS automated accounting system. ► Renovations (Special Project Support) — Currently overseeing a $100K project to renovate space for 40 individuals in three support departments. ► Mentorship — Selected as one of 15 Mentors during the Mentorship Month of January to assist in growing the MEDCOM Mentorship Pilot Program.

Helped to derive requirements from high-level DoD requirements documents to provide combat medics with a tool to document health care given at the point of injury (often on the battlefield). Frequently met with medics around the country before and after deployments to help create better tools. Utilized extensive IT Systems knowledge and detailed knowledge gained as a combat medic in the U.S. Army. ► Documented and recommended dozens of software interface changes that transferred to the battlefield (such as electronically sending files from the mobile device to the next level of military care system) and some that did not (such as voice enabling the devices or using smart pens that recorded and wrote on special paper).► Developed extensive coordination through the military joint requirements community (Pentagon type) to ensure that these high-level requirements documents navigated a complex, regulated landscape.► Broad efforts to refine the interface and data set and related electronic transmission resulted in the combat medic mobile device (AHLTA-Mobile) automatically capturing and transmitting data about battlefield injuries and subsequent care into the longitudinal health record of a Soldier the moment that bandwidth became available.

Fort Lewis,WA ▬ Ft Sam Houston, TX ▬ Rock Island, IL ▬ Fort Wainwright, AK ▬ Fort Devens, MA ▬ Saudi Arabia ▬ Iraq ▬ Airborne school ▬ Advanced Individual Training ▬ Basic Training_________________________________________________________Honorably discharged after 20 years as a combat medic, retiring as an E-7 (SFC). Rated 30% and greater disabled by the VA for service-connected disabilities. ▬ Student: Army Basic Training, Fort Bliss, Texas, El Paso, Texas ◆ 9/87 – 11/87▬ Student: Advanced Individual Training (Combat Medic), Fort Sam Houston, Texas ◆ 11/87 – 2/88▬ Student: Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia ◆ 2/88 – 3/88▬ Squad Leader: 514th Ambulance Company, Fort Devens, Massachusetts ◆ 3/88 – 1/92▬ Platoon Sergeant: 4th Division/9th Infantry "Manchu", Fort Wainwright, Alaska ◆ 1/92 – 9/95 ▬ Clinic Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC): US Army Health Clinic, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois ◆ 9/95 – 8/98▬ Small Group Instructor/Operations NCOIC: B Company, Officer Basic Course, Fort Sam Houston, Texas ◆ 8/98 – 10/02▬ Stryker Brigade Liaison (NCOIC): A Company, Battle Lab (Forward), I Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington ◆ 10/02 – 12/05▬ Informatics NCOIC: Informatics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington ◆ 1/05 – 9/07______________________________________________________☛ NCOIC of Informatics department at Madigan Army Medical Center☛ Provided SME support to development of the AMEDD while the Stryker Medical Evacuation Variant was designed and created☛ Certified Army trainer and trained young officers during Officer Basic Course (OBC)☛ Served as NCOIC of clinic that deployed a very early version of the Army’s networked electronic health record (EHR)☛ Selected by leadership to support in several key roles in every assignment — deployed to Japan to provide training, ran medical training and certification programs for combat troops, deployed to National Training Center in support of war game simulations.