James Bessel Email & Phone Number

Exeter, Rhode Island

Fall River, Ma

Operations Supervisor in Amazon's newest non-sortable Fulfillment Center, BOS7, a 1.2 Million Sq Ft facility with over 2 million pieces of inventory. Leading an outbound team of up to 300 Associates shipping 400,000 units per week during non-peak operations and up to a 1,000,000 during peak to Amazon customers throughout the Northeast US.

St Louis, Mo

Designed and participated in programs aimed at teaching aircrew the functions and capabilities of the Boeing F-15SA aircraft, weapons, weapons related equipment, delivery systems, tactics and employment concepts. Assisted in identifying weapon and/or tactical deficiencies and advising on necessary action to remedy problem areas. Developed weapons and tactics training standards for use in the Boeing Aircrew Trainer.

Bolling Afb, Dc

Civilian Contractor assisting the Air Force Program Element Monitor for advanced weapons and fire control sensors in the Special Programs Division. Provided the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) with objectively based information and analysis for making decisions on the policy and programmatic aspects of operations and management, as well as effectiveness and efficiency of operations, resources and programs. Conducted special reviews, worked sensitive projects and recommended options to the Assistant Secretary, senior military and civilian Air Force leadership. Worked with Congressional Staffers, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Air Staff, Major Commands, and applicable laboratories and program offices to plan, organize, direct and evaluate Air Force Special Program acquisition. Maintained a working knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution process with respect to acquisition programs; strategic planning, program planning, and budget cycles.

Arlington, Va

Block Manager for JSF Mission Systems Software. Foreign Disclosure analyst. Coordinated inputs and provided reports on those interagency coordinations having international and/or public release ramifications (i.e Technology Assistance Agreements, Export Licences and Requests for Information).Assessed and supported risk mitigation activities for the Program Management Advisory Board and the Risk and Issue Management Board.

Seymour Johnson Afb, Nc

Quality assurance evaluator for $9M contract involving academic courseware and device training for 5 formal USAF training courses. Formulated academic and flight training syllabus for 5 graduate-level USAF training courses; supervising evaluator for 27 courses, subject matter expert for 8; evaluator for all instructors. Authored courseware and instructed courses in basic and advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar, Forward Looking Infra Red systems, Fighter Data Link integration, Inertial Navigation Systems, Air-to-Air weapons, Air-to-Ground weapons, and precision weapon employment.

Various Locations Worldwide

4th Training Squadron, Chief of Courseware, Apr 08-Oct 09Quality assurance evaluator for $9M contract involving academic courseware and device training for 5 formal USAF training courses; reviewed and revised over 146 manuals and 1500 hours of instruction.334th Fighter Squadron, Assistant Director of Operations, Jul 07-Apr 08Directed and supervised annual training program for 55 instructors and 88 upgrading F-15E pilots and weapon systems officers: executed daily flying activities for a $70M annual program with over 3500 sorties. Instructed students in 5 formal course syllabi ranging from basic aircraft transition to surface attack missions.48th Fighter Wing, Chief of Wing Inspections, Exercises and Readiness, Apr 06-Jul 07Devised 15 annual wing level exercises and led 125 exercise evaluation team members inspecting all areas of aircraft generation, employment, full spectrum threat response and emergency management scenarios. Evaluated 48th Fighter Wing mission performance and combat readiness to encompass 4 groups, 20 squadrons and 83 F-15E/Cs totaling over $8 billion in assets.492nd Fighter Squadron, Assistant Director of Operations, Sep 03-Apr 06Directed 75 aircrew on a 7500 hour, 4900 sortie annual flying program; established training plans and priorities to maximize aircrew readiness throughout the program. Instructed, evaluated and executed strike, conventional, close air support and air superiority missions including numerous missions flown in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.HQ United States Air Forces in Europe, Chief F-15E Standardization Evaluation, Sep 00-Sep 03Prepared, planned, coordinated and executed Inspections for the Major Command on procedures and programs relating to compliance with US, NATO and National flight regulations with regard to six USAF Fighter, Airlift and Tanker Wings. Initial member of USAFE Crisis Action Team.

Masters, Systems Engineering, 3.7

Bachelors, Astronautical Engineering, 3.1