David P. Eldridge Email & Phone Number

Charleston, West Virginia Area

A state-wide high school program emphasizing leadership, citizenship, and life skills. FLP focuses on the life skills needed by today's youth for success in life and the workplace. We've built the program from scratch since August 2019. Each year has been marked by growth.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Arlington, Va

Results: Developed a high school leadership curriculum for National Guard use that promotes leadership, citizenship, important life skills, and volunteerism (military and non-military). Designed for schools nation-wide who are unable to afford or to receive a JROTC program. Summary: Briefly coordinated the efforts of seven departments with a work force of 100+ to achieve national-level goals before transitioning to special projects with senior leadership visibility (1-3 star level) and national application. Provided advice to senior leaders and mentored subordinates

Arlington, Va

Results: Created and executed systemic inspections at National Guard HQ, expedited screening process for state fiscal officers, crafted and implemented state assistance programs, and created visual aids for senior leaders reporting critical inspection information. Required organizational-level awareness to maximize very limited joint staff inspection resources. Selected to serve NG Subject Matter Expert for the Department of the Army IG. Summary: The Inspections and Analysis Division Chief of the National Guard Bureau Inspector General is responsible for the direction and coordination of all inspections within the NGB IG office, which has oversight over 54 National Guards, consisting of 440,000 soldiers and airmen. Provides timely, accurate, and high quality inspections products and publications identifying systemic issues within NGB to ensure efficient and effective support to Chief, NGB (4-star general), and NGB Inspector General. Annually crafts and executes CNGB's two-year inspection plan, ensuring the plan, program, and execution in coordinated with the 54 State IGs, DA IG, and other governmental agency IG staffs. Directly briefs CNGB, Army Guard Director, and ARNG Chief of Staff on inspection results and recommendations. Liaison skills are critical in effectively including states in national inspections. Manages, coordinates, and supervises projects, assessments, and tasks using continuous process improvement techniques and practices, which improves and enhances the inspection and staff assistance processes. Was instrumental in creating and implementing the first few NGB IG Staff Assistance Visits with the 54 Command Inspector Generals. Given the absence of a staff (one assistant), relied heavily on persuasion, excellent staffing skills, knowledge of regulatory guidance, and people skills to effectively liaison with non-subordinate entities to garner additional manpower and resources to complete mission.

Arlington, Va

Results: National-level oversight and guidance of recruiting operations for the 54 States and Territories with a direct staff of 49 people, resulting in National Guard meeting its recruiting goals. Served as Contract Officer Representative while managing $1.5 million contracts resulting in close oversight of unique accession programs, including personnel contracts, store fronts (commercial rental), and temporary employees (ADOS). Summary: Accessions (Recruiting) Branch Chief, Recruiting Division. Monitors, reports, and assists the 54 States and Territories in recruiting the ARNG force (Officers, Warrant Officers, Enlisted). Supervises the daily operations of a Staff of 49 active duty ARNG troops, Army Civilians, and contractors engaged in all aspects of ARNG recruiting and Active Component transition. Responsible for management of contracts worth $1.5 million, provides management, guidance, and oversight of all unique ARNG accessions programs to include AC transition, Low Density jobs, Specialty Recruiters, and Store Front Recruiting Office program. Supervised the largest branch in division. Constantly reviewing, editing, and presenting executive summaries, reports, presentation, training, trends, analysis, articles, and commenting on regulatory guidance and publications. Also provided direct support to 54 state recruiting and retention commands. Involved in the rebirth of the AC to RC transition program where NG officers worked on Army installations to assist transitioning officers and officer recruits into the reserve forces. Personally coordinated with each installation’s Reserve Component Career Councilor’s office. Serves as principle advisor to the Recruiting Division Chief on all issues relating to accessions and served as a Special Actions Officer for NGB-GSS (recruiting) during the latter part of his assignment in GSS while awaiting reassignment to the ARNG Inspector General’s office.

Alexandria, Va

Results: Managed 51 full-time staff and provided guidance for 1,200 volunteers in 13 states resulting in #1 or #2 in all metrics. Contracting Officer Technical Representative and first-line contact for administering $1.45 million contract. Required situational awareness in states while serving as the senior Department of Defense representative. Summary: Regional Deputy Director, SE Region, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). Managed activities of 51 full-time staff and 1,200 volunteers in 13 state committees. A liaison officer to the state staff and the face of the national office for 1,200 volunteers. Provided direct oversight for SE 13 states, working with peers from all services. Adept at learning and understanding the culture and business practices of other services and implement the best while managing SE region. Duties included processing and tracking event requests, disbursement of approximately $708,000 yearly budget, reviewing state reports, providing “best practices,” and provides administrative support at the national level. Ensures state committees are achieving the ESGR mission of gaining support from employers of the Reserve Component (RC) military service members. Collects and analyzes metrics from his 13 states to determine trends and make forecasts regarding end-of-year goals. Routinely interacts with civilian centers of influence to include law enforcement (i.e. sheriffs, state law enforcement), judges, attorneys, prominent business men, public university department heads, active duty and retired flag officers from all uniformed services, and politicians (local and state level). Serves as the Contract Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) for a support staff contract executing approximately $1.45 million annually and has never had accounting irregularities or questions regarding execution or management of funds.

Arlington, Va

Served as the "G1 Mobilization Section Chief" for the Army National Guard G1 (Human Resources) at the National Guard Bureau. Responsibilities included supervising current operations, developing strategies focusing on bringing National Guard units to 100% strength prior to deploying overseas to places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. The section facilitated and monitored the cross-leveling of personnel during unit mobilizations and synchronizing processes that allowed units to increase personnel strength more rapidly and efficiently.

Fort Leavenworth, Ks

Selected to attend year-long residence training at the highly competitive United States Army Command and General Staff College, the Army's premier field grade staff college. Graduated as fully qualified for "Intermediate Level Education 4" and earning additional certifications as an Army Historian (5X), Joint Planner (3H), and Homeland Security Studies.

U.S. Army Cadet Commant, Fort Monroe Va

Results: Highly successful management of a $21 million, national-level program critical to meeting the yearly Army National Guard officer accession mission. Superb management of the program and keen awareness of ROTC and State Cadre needs resulted in scholarship usage increase by ~320% in two years. Successfully fought to increase resources from the initial $7 million budget (year one) to $21 million (year 2.5). Summary: Served as Army National Guard Program Manager for National Guard Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships. Duties include policy development, implementation, and dissemination to all ROTC programs and the recruiting staff at the Army National Guard headquarters and the 54 states and territories with a National Guard force. Instrumental in the training of ROTC scholarship benefits and the process, and training about the Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP). He systematically trained ROTC cadre, ARNG recruiting and retention staff, and the Army National Guard education personnel regarding this program. As a result, in just under two years ARNG ROTC scholarship use tripled, from approximately $7 million dollars to over $21 million dollars. Become the subject matter expert for the program and train the Army’s ROTC and educational workforce resulted in this stupendous growth. Outstanding performance as a program manager, received the additional duty of managing the Educational Assistance Program for Military Junior Colleges and assisting the Assistant Chief of Staff (ARNG) with staffing actions. Great people skillsets and extensive knowledge of the Army National Guard, served as the liaison officer between US Army Cadet Command (USACC) and the National Guard Bureau, Senior ROTC Battalions, Military Junior Colleges, and the Army’s Human Resource Command (HRC) in St. Louis, MO.

Fort Hood, Tx And Columbia, Sc

Served as a Transition Officer ("Silver Siege Officer") at FT Hood, TX for approximately five months, assisting Active Duty officers transition to the Army National Guard and Army Reserve. Provided information and assistance to Soldiers wanting to earn a commission or receive ROTC scholarships while attending college after active duty transition. Responsible for almost half of the "Silver Siege" program's active duty officer accessions into the Reserve Component, and promoted to Silver Siege program manager (coordinator) by the Army National Guard Bureau's recruiting division.

Iraq

Served as the Communications Officer for a ~380-man battalion while deployed to Iraq. Was the principle adviser to the Battalion Commander, his staff, and subordinate commanders for all things relating to communications and information technology. Supervised the Communications Section and served as the point of contact with outside organizations and units. Responsible for improving the capability, reliability, and redundancy for twelve outposts critical to the emergency communications along the major military supply route (MSR Tampa) between Kuwait and Iraq.

Florence, Sc

Results: Created, implemented, and monitored critical technical and soft training for 450 employees that exceeded governmental healthcare contractual requirements for 450 employees. Performed a critical role in procuring equipment, data, and resources to target deficiencies and common errors that risked breach of contract. Summary: Five years as corporate trainer for government healthcare contract; exceeded contract requirements for up to 450 employees. Responsible for providing the contractual training obligations for a directorate (~150 employees). David was responsible for researching and analyzing error rates for the purpose of creating, preparing, and providing training services to improve quality and reduce error rates. He crafted reports and briefings for leadership identifying the most common errors and actions took to reduce error rates and mitigate lapses in employee performance. David performed a critical role in procuring equipment, data, and resources to target deficiencies and common errors that risked breach of contract.

Starkville, Ms

Graduate Instructor for history survey courses. Responsible for the creation, presentation, and evaluation of college-level classes. Duties include preparing lectures, presenting information using multimedia sources, determining assignments, evaluating course work, formulating methods for course responses, and issuing final grades. Complete authority given to instructors by department head provided instructors remain within broad guidelines established by the University.

Orange Park, Fl

Results: Created a small business from scratch, slowly expanding it while attending college for a bachelor and master’s degree before selling it to pursue a career in academia. Responsible for all business operations, such as quality control, customer service, and government regulatory compliance (state and local regulations0). Excellent customer service skills required in a highly competitive market. Responsible for all HR-related tasks (i.e. hiring, payroll, disciplinary actions) and quality control mechanisms. Summary: Established a swimming pool service and maintenance company. Responsible for all aspects of small business operations, including field work (services & maintenance), quality control, customer service, employee training & management, bookkeeping, and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. Business growth resulted in the division of the company into two departments, field operation and accounting. Responsible for all revenue aspects for the business, to include quality of service, customer relations & education, training & management of all employees, and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

Master'S Degree, History

Earned a BA, then MA, in History.

Phd (Abd), American History (United States)

Enrolled in doctoral program, History. Completed course work, comprehensive finals, but not the dissertation (yet). Taught undergraduate.