Gary Ricks Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Kabu, L Afghanistan

Mentor and train ANDSF on how to plan and execute multifunctional end-to-end logistics, focusing on Demand and Supply planning. Mentor and train ANDSF toward the development of policies and processes throughout the functional areas of logistics and sustainment to include Item Management and Program Management. Mentor and train ANDSF regarding research.

KEY Achievements

Provide acquisition and contracting expertise to the Afghan National Army Regional Corps contracting offices to coach advanced contracting techniques and contract pricing methodologies, including the treatment of cost and pricing data.Facilitate all contractual vehicles, from initiation through solicitation, bidding, and award. These may include contracts.

Managing a team of 5 logistics mentors to collectively influence improvements for all ANA logistics challenges while ensuring team accomplishment.Partnered with an afghan army colonel to source items through afghan army supply chain, improve maintenance, ammunition and weapons procedures for transition of a central issue facility from US Army into afghan.

Kabul Afghanistan

 Managing a team of 5 logistics mentors to collectively influence improvements for all ANA logistics challenges while ensuring team accomplishment. Partnered with an afghan army colonel to source items through afghan army supply chain, improve maintenance, ammunition and weapons procedures for transition of a central issue facility from US Army into.

Kabul Afghanistan

 Managing a team of 5 logistics mentors to collectively influence improvements for all ANA logistics challenges while ensuring team accomplishment. Partnered with an afghan army colonel to source items through afghan army supply chain, improve maintenance, ammunition and weapons procedures for transition of a central issue facility from US Army into.

G4 Mentor 201st CorpsMentored the Corps G4 in supply distribution, supply accountability, maintenance operations, transportation, field re-supply forecasting, supply operations and long-range planning for the 201st Corps.

• Perform maintenance of Private Line, DS1, DDS, Analog, and Multipoint DDS circuits at the physical layer level. Managed Access provider remote test & acceptance, end-to-end continuity testing, and input of overall.
• Manage Team of third party contractors for escalation and problem resolution of Private Line, DS1, DDS, Analog, and multipoint DDS Circuits’ customer issues.
• Report to Senior Managers and update status concerning repairs to circuits by major telephone companies.

Reported to senior managers and updated on repairs made to circuits by major telephone companies.Performed maintenance of private line, DS1, DDS, analog, and multipoint DDS circuits at the physical layer level.Managed access provider remote test and acceptance, end-to-end continuity testing, and overall circuit performance.Managed a team of third-party.

Served as project lead for Armor Humvee Program for troops in Southwest and Central Asia in support of “Operation Enduring Freedom.”Served as Senior G4 LOC Operations Officer in planning cross-leveling of equipment and supplies for units in and out of Southwest and Central Asia.Briefed senior staff on the movement of supplies in and out of Southwest and.

Worked with the Department of the Army Logistics and Operations staff to cross-level equipment and reopen manufacturing lines, as well as provide new equipment for shortages caused by wartime operations.Tracked and reported information to FORSCOM for new budgets, military systems, and personnel issues as approved by the Department of the Army.Served as.

Wrote operation orders for the movement of units, individual personnel, and equipment in support of “Operation Enduring Freedom.”Tracked and reported rotation and movement of units and equipment in Southwest and Central Asia.Conducted daily briefing for all staff sections to update Forces Command Commanding General on rotation of units and movement of.

Logistics operations officer of plans and operations section and FORSCOM augmentation unit (a USAR unit in direct support of DCSLOG (Forces Command)).Coordinated logistics support to FORSCOM forces deployed as part of joint task forces, multinational forces, and other contingency organizations.Responsible for identifying, clarifying, and resolving.

Bachelors Degree, Business Administration

Computer Science And Reading

None Military School, Engineering/Industrial Management

Command & General Staff College, (completed three phases), 75th Division (TS). Houston, TX and Fort Still, OK

Military, Military Logistics Operation

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.0

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Simga, Base BallTeam and Student GovernmentFellowship to North Texas State in 1981 •Microsoft System.