Leads the most challenging and complex department of 12 senior staff and 200 junior personnel. Utilized extensive professional experience in building, leading, and developing teams comprised of 6 boat crews.Successfully trained, prepared, and planned 2 Amphibious Readiness Group deployments and a multi-national Large-Scale Exercise in 2021 for 100 personnel.

Senior advisor to the Commanding Officer to identify plans and priorities regarding policy, manning, resource allocation, performance evaluations, and discipline for a diverse staff of 26 Senior Enlisted, 119 junior staff and 4,500 students, daily.• Developed and managed COVID-19 mitigation policies, implementation, and enforcement resulting dramatically lower infection rate than local population. infection rate over 9 months, a rate far below the local population.• Used creative solutions to develop, vet, and led the implementation of a complete restructuring of organizational manning, resulting in 38% improvement in staff satisfaction ratings.

Led the development and implementation of an annual training plan for over 12,000 students and 300 staff members, and tracked all student security clearances and special duty screenings.

Led, mentored, and trained 10 Senior Enlisted and 30 junior staff members, and 2,500 accession level students at the largest technical training facility for the Navy, in Great Lakes, IL.

Reporting directly to the CO, managed deck operations, maintenance, preservation and combat readiness of all Deck Department equipment and 100 Department spaces onboard a San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock ship with ~800 personnel. Led, trained and mentored one Principal Assistant, two Division Officers, three Senior Enlisted personnel and 51 junior personnel. During ship’s extended shipyard overhaul period, reviewed thousands of work packages, identified numerous deficiencies, and implemented corrections to ensure proper and timely completion of millions of dollars in shipyard service work.

Led, managed the professional development of 1 Senior Enlisted leader and 35 junior Sailors.Search and Rescue Officer and On-Scene Commander for all SAR operations in Kaneohe Bay and Winward Oahu.

Exhibited superior managerial skills while directing the daily operations and management for 80 personnel through a successful Afloat Training Group inspection, resulting in a score of 100% Administrative review, 100% on Search and Rescue Operations, and 95.6% during an Amphibious Warfare Certification.Subject matter expert for all corrosion control efforts and coordinated 3 Corrosion Control Maintenance Availabilities, significantly improving the overall material condition of the ship. Acknowledged as the Commanding Officer’s best trainer, utilized my knowledge and experience as a Navigator to train and mentor 15 junior officers in qualifying as an underway Officer of the Deck.

Led a team of 27 personnel and 3 Navy hovercraft embarked in USS Bataan (LHD-5) by transporting over 1000 pallets humanitarian relief and transported 97 patients, following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in 2010. Successful facilities manager of 24 personnel in the daily maintenance operations, care and upkeep of 250 acres of tarmac and Traffic Control Tower resulting in 270 hovercraft launch and recovery and re-fueling operations.Effectively coordinated a $30,000 holiday party, which involved coordinating hotel reservations, menu planning and entertainment for 400 guests. Successfully managed the weapons certification process for all assigned personnel in small arms.

Displayed outstanding leadership and managerial skills while planning and coordinating all administrative, medical and military indoctrination requirements for 936 Navy recruitsInstructed 75 staff members in a physically demanding and intensive hands-on training course, which successfully prepared them as Drill Instructors.Served as Naval Service Training Command’s Protocol Officer and Lead Action Officer to coordinate 24 recruit graduation ceremonies for over 15,000 Sailors ready for duty in the fleet.

Recognized as a talented trainer and developed “Navigation University” which resulted in qualifying 9 junior Naval Officers as underway Officer of the Deck.A dynamic leader for the ships Seamanship and Navigation Training Team, implemented an aggressive cross training program to train 13 personnel in 50 various qualifications.Was voted by as the First Class Petty Officer Association President by demonstrating tremendous leadership and mentorship to over 300 junior personnel assigned to the ship.

Excelled in the most demanding out of rate assignment and was meritoriously promoted to E-6. Designated as the Recruiter-in-Charge of Navy Recruiting Station Rice Lake, WI, turned a failing station into a consistent winner by leading a team to attaining 100% of FY 2000 new contract objective and a Delayed Entry Program retention rate of 100%.Mastered the art and science of Navy recruiting and was selected as a Medium Station of the Year and Zone Recruiter of the Year for FY 2000.Personally recruited 21 applicants in FY 1998 and earned the recognition as the district Nuclear Accession Recruiter of the year. Provided a model of Navy awareness throughout 4 community colleges and 36 high schools in northwest Wisconsin. Utilized organization skills as the Delayed Entry Program Coordinator for 5 Navy Recruiting Stations.

Inventoried and procured nautical charts and publications.Used and corrected sailing directions, light lists, coastal pilots, and all related publications and chartsUsed basic course-plotting instruments, lead line, depth sounder, and compass.Identified aids to navigation, handled plain language radio communications and visual communication. Prepared quarterly schedules of preventative maintenance on all navigation equipment.