Henry L. Velarde Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va

Senior consultant supporting the client, Aircraft Carrier Branch, Chief of Naval Operations, Air Warfare Division (OPNAV N98), as the Business and Finance Analyst. Active component in RGS' strategic planning process as a member of the corporate strategy team and IT Strategy Team.

Arlington, Va

Lead Financial Analyst for all Navy Aircraft Carrier and Navy and Marine Corps Air Traffic Control (ATC) programs. Head of Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) Development and budget formulation, supporting Director, Air Warfare, Chief of Naval Operations through the entire Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) federal budget cycle.

Pentagon

-- Assisted Director with developing, implementing, and executing a comprehensive manpower strategy to increase and streamline operations, reallocate resources, and realign personnel in order to adhere to future initiatives and surpass stakeholder requirements.-- Managed virtual team of five and collaborate with numerous government, civilian, and military personnel in order to formulate and develop budget submission to align with staffing level projections, procurements, and resource allocation.-- Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration to provide a priority of issues highlighting changes to existing staffing structure, resources, equipment, and program imbalances in order to streamline operations.-- Represented division as a voting member on more than 20 Boards/Committees annually in which occupational standards and curriculum are reviewed to determine areas pertinent to current and future operations and initiatives.-- Led team to successfully implement projected capabilities process improvement several months ahead of schedule, reducing approval process time and increasing efficiency.

Naples, Italy

-- Identified program improvement opportunities for European ordnance operations; authored and implemented plan to realign operations, relocate ordnance, and reapportion support personnel throughout the European theater, resulting in 23% improved efficiency.-- Performed budget preparation, portfolio management, and resource planning to develop and manage fiscal budgets required to support Business Plan.-- Optimized ordnance distribution among more than 30 regional warehouses, resulting in savings of $100 million.-- Established regional program by collaborating with various U.S. government and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies to develop and implement training plan and institute program protocol.-- Assisted with relocation of DoD organization from U.S. to Spain by coordinating negotiations between Spanish, U.S. Government, and DoD authorities from planning to implementation.-- Served as project lead for disestablishing Commander Naval Activities United Kingdom, London, U.K. by overseeing handover of installation to the U.K. government, realigning approximately 5,000 personnel, and coordinating subleasing agreement of U.S. Navy buildings to other DoD organizations and U.S. government agencies.

Milton, Fl

-- Directed international operations component of key training center responsible for training approximately 1,200 personnel an annual basis.-- Supervised four administrative personnel in the performance of training and tracking of twenty enrolled international flight students.-- Tailored training curriculum and developed performance reports for each international flight student; achieved 100% designation of students as Naval Aviator.-- Ensured compliance with policies, directives, and regulations received from international authorities.-- Operated unit aircraft on training flights and provided technical and administrative supervision of students.-- Served as liaison to Royal Saudi Naval Forces and Indian Navy by negotiating contracts and allocating resources. -- Coauthored Indian Naval Aviator training plan designed to provide India its first group of U.S. carrier-trained Naval Aviators.

-- Utilized analytical planning and forecasting skills to execute 99.95% of a $1.5 million flight hour budget while directing operations for Navy’s largest helicopter squadron.-- Ensured compliance with program guidance and directives to achieve 99% mission completion rate in 10,500 mishap-free flight hours.-- Wrote Guidance and Contingency Plans for providing search and rescue and humanitarian assistance procedures in support of civic disasters.-- Formulated and implemented plan to train and deploy seven H-46 detachments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.-- Oversaw 31 personnel and two aircraft while completing 100% mishap-free flight hours during seven-month deployment; unit performed unprecedented substantial volume of flight hours and associated mission completion rate.

Masters, Strategic Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology