James Studer Email & Phone Number

Hickam Afb, Hawaii

Team Lead for Team of the Year 2014 #1/6: Design training programs, execute and manage training workflows, track and ensure completion of 3,000 plus individual continuity training events for 37 employees, ensure safe operational usage of 500 million in aircraft assets. Operated with students throughout the entire Pacific region and beyond. Oversaw the growth, development, and day to day work of five employees. Charged with; Process improvement of documentation flows, change management for newly implemented policies, program management of continuity training program and tactics program, systems thinking for upgrades of employees.

March Arb, California

Named #1/161 Company Grade Officers: Lead assistant and advisor to base CEO with over 8,000 employees. Managed CEO's delegations and completion of tasks. Developed budget for headquarters staff operations and maintenance fund. Responsable and accountable for daily usage of 200k dollars in computer assets. Led company fundraising campaign-managed over 100 volunteers over 4 months to raise 93k dollars for charity. Charged with solving high priority problems for the CEO, research and preparation for decisions to be made by the CEO, change management of new policies and procedure, and itinerary detail planning for VIP visitors. Lead Instructor pilot for flights involving senior managers.

Kyrgyzstan

Voted by Peers as #1/14 at Squadron Officer School; Operations Manager for scheduling and use of 700 million in assets daily. Worked and lived in a 3rd world environment, scheduled 60 aircrew members for work and time off limited by regulations, while meeting the demands of headquarters. Leader for adaptation of critical software update for maximum aircraft weight calculations. Charged with; problem solving in a dynamic environment, emergency management, delegation of duties, change management, critical thinking, and values-based decision making.

Southwest Asia

Earned 9 Air Medals and 2 Campaign Medals: Lived in a 10 X 10 mobile trailor with roomates and no running water off and on for a total of 14 months over this period. Operated the KC-135 on flights to and from Iraq and Afghanistan in temperatures of up to 140 degrees without air conditioning on the ground. Adapted to working schedule of 6 days a week, 16 hours a day. Flew 215 missions with 0 incidents, accidents, or issues.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Served as the home base for operating the KC-135 anywhere in the world on little notice. Took part in a multitude of demanding training including SERE, Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape course in the Mountains of Washington as well as Water Survival in the Gulf of Mexico. Operated in dozens of countries around the world. Part of a team of schedulers that filled crews for operational and training flights as well as ground training events. Completed semi-annual physical fitness tests that include running, pushups, sit-ups, and waist measurement.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Named Best Distance MBA program in the World (rated by "The Economist" 2009)Worked in a tight knit group of 5.

Bachelor’S Degree, Finance, 3.01

Activities and Societies: Delta Tau Delta, Ohio Mens Crew, Arnold Air Society, Reserve Officer Training Corps, The Business Cluster (Team.