Eric Gates Email & Phone Number

United States

Media centered and values driven

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

As a certified NAMI In Our Own Voice presenter I am committed to relating my story to others and using hope & encouragment to empower and strengthen; I am a critical part of a team that strives to impact and change the social understanding and stigma of mental illness. Through my learned experiences I am able to share a unique perspective and insight of a.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Functioned as an interdisciplinary team member, assisting physicians and other professional/non-professional personnel in a rehabilitation treatment program, performing a variety of therapeutic and supportive tasks.
• Program “linchpin” assisting both Veterans and staff with duties and activities; praised as being team player and valuable resource in training and certification.
• Rounded provider – dedicated to training and education; constantly striving to grow and learn new techniques: WRAP, ABCs of Recovery, QPR (Question. Persuade. Refer), Mental Health First Aide

• Provides consumers support in their recovery by modeling coping skills, and other skills necessary to enable independence. Interviews consumers to develop a comprehensive understanding of their recovery requirements..
• Administered Psychosocial Interview to ODMHSAS consumers facilitating social worker and therapist treatment advancement
• Crucial consumer rights advocate dedicated to educating and empowering through groups and individual counselling
• Responsible provider entrusted with consumer safety and security; lauded for employing Therapeutic Options training during intense situations

Tinker AFB, OK

Prepares wartime and contingency response plans. Conducts research and assists in developing disaster preparedness plans, including measures to minimize casualties and damage from natural disasters, major accidents, wartime operations, and military operations other than war. Coordinates actions to ensure prompt response during disaster operations.

• Performs as a mission aircrew member employing manual and computer-assisted active and passive airborne-based sensor systems to acquire and track airborne, maritime, and ground objects. Uses operational procedures in.
• Flew as primary aircrew on-board a wide variety of aircraft to identify, acquire, record, analyze and report targets
• Expert Airborne Sensor Operator; accumulated more than 1000 Combat/500 Instructor hours in two year period. Leveraged advanced tracking of 100 high value targets.
• Lead 50 personnel in the successful initiation of Project Liberty in Southern Afghanistan; Engineered detection equipment critical to ISR exploitation cell
• Exploited 150+ hours FMV focusing on C-IED, Route Scan, Insurgent activity: Identified 8 command wire IEDs and 20 enemy em-placers
• Processed 300 hours FMV footage, aided in 55 objectives/49 actionable targets development; Created 65 Post Mission Products supporting OEF Intelligence operations

• Inspects and Operates airborne communications, sensors, computers, and electronic systems. Plans, organizes, and coordinates mission activities and materials. Determine aircraft status and coordinates link.
• Operated computer, airborne sensors and electronic countermeasures equipment, to establish communication and RADAR control with ground, air and sea surface units
• Dedicated Worker; Nearly 3000 total hours of aviation within multiple aircraft; Oversaw the mentorship, training, and evaluations of over 300 aircrew members
• Experience in peacetime and combat environments supporting multi-mission roles
• 552 Air Control Wing Safety Day Facilitator; coordinated six stations/five agencies--provided focused training to 300 personnel
• Diagnosed/fixed faulty Computer networking card while airborne during dynamic troops in contact--prevented US casualties