Ivan Murray Email & Phone Number

Mbabane, Swaziland

I am the General Services Officer at the United States Embassy in Mbabane, Swaziland. In this capacity, I am responsible for Housing, Travel, Shipping and Customs, Contracting/Procurement, Property, Supply & Warehouse and Motor-Pool. I supervise a staff of 22 local employees and one American.

Mumbai Area, India

Foreign Service General Services Officers (GSOs) serve at most of the approximately 265 United States embassies and consulates throughout the world. Their primary responsibilities include contracting, procurement, supply & warehouse management, property & space management, travel & transportation, customs & clearances, supervision of staff, and the run the.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Civil Engineering Student. Completed 11 of 30 required courses. GPA: 3.87 (4.0 scale)

Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas

• Led an office of 25 military, civilian and contractor personnel responsible for providing Information Technology technical/logistics support and higher headquarters guidance/direction to 12 subordinate United States.

Osan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

• Led an office of 10 people in supporting the highest ranking Air Force officer in Korea
• Assisted the Commander w/supporting 8000 military members at two main Air Force bases
• Prepared correspondence and assisted with event planning, speech writing, DV support, travel support, document review, and managing higher headquarters information requests

Osan Air Base, South Korea

• Hand-picked to be Deputy Support Group Commander for the largest AF Base in Korea
• Mgt oversight over 1500 military & 1000 US/Korean civilian employees/contractors
• Responsible for all facilities on the base, telecommunications, Morale & Recreation programs, Housing, Logistics & Law Enforcement. Oversight over a $20M + budget

Ankara, Turkey

• Hand-pick to be the installation Commander for an Air Force Base in Ankara, Turkey
• Provided services to US Embassy and DoD personnel living in Ankara, Turkey
• Responsibilities included:-- Led 100+ US and Turkish National workforce-- Provided oversight over the DoD School, Commissary, and the Base Store -- Health Care for all Dept of Defense members and families in Ankara.

Langley Air Force Base, Virginia

• Program Manager for all telecommunications support required for the USAF Joint Expeditionary Force eXperiment (JEFX) program
• JEFX is a $60M biennial Air Force experiment designed to test new technology
• Was lead planner responsible for all communications support required for JEFX
• Managed $4M budget and a cadre of 30+ engineers

Egypt

• In-country Program Manager for a dozen Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases the USAF was providing to the Egypt Air Force (EAF)
• Responsible for managing and assisting the EAF with cost, schedule and technical aspects associated with FMS programs
• Lead Project Officer for the most important military agreement between the Egyptian Government and the United States

United States, Turkey, United Kingdom, South Korea, Egypt

• Proven track record of excellence as a subject matter expert and manager of people
• Worked in USAF and Joint Systems Program Offices, NATO, the USAF primary Intelligence analysis center, and for a unified command warfighting headquarters
• Selected for numerous awards; stratified amongst my peers in almost every evaluation as being either the #1 or the hardest working person under the purview of my supervisor

Civil Engineering

Attended UTSA for three semesters. Withdrew January 2013 to re-enter the work force.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Social Sciences