James Tollefson, Mba Email & Phone Number

Anchorage, AK, US

Anchorage, Alaska Area

Manage the operations and training of a 40-50 Soldier recruiting operation responsible for handling the accession of roughly 200+ leaders and junior enlisted Soldiers annually. Use sophisticated people analytics tools to forecast future organizational workforce needs, understand and address causes of workforce attrition, and inform strategic organizational.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

Responsible for ensuring the readiness of all Alaska Army National Guard units to rapidly deploy to execute both national contingency operations and state emergency operations. Concurrently serve as the organizational planning chief, responsible for the full spectrum of planning from strategic visioning to operational and tactical implementation and.

Anchorage, AK

Organizational planner responsible for both short-term operational/tactical and long-term strategic planning. Major responsibilities included:- Coordinating and integrating a major organizational restructuring initiative that involved moving and retraining approximately 900 employees. This major organizational development effort involved the full range of.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Filled numerous positions of significant responsibility on senior organizational staff managing combined training and operational budgets in excess of $40 million. Received numerous commendations for excellence, to.
• Served as the Functional Administrator of a web-based scheduling program tracking the usage and maintenance needs of 14 facilities.
• Scheduled, resourced, and executed a two-month training event in cooperation with the German Army and the Air National Guard. Over one hundred and fifty soldiers were awarded the coveted German Schutzenshnur and Armed.
• Planned, resourced, publicized, and oversaw the execution of the Best Warrior competition, a multi-day training event that culminated in the identification of the AKARNG non-commissioned officer and soldier of the year.

4300 B St # 106 Anchorage, AK 99503

Patrolled assigned areas to ensure only authorized personnel gained access to facility; examined and monitored equipment during operation for faults or potential mechanical failures; handled money on behalf of US Customs and Border Protection; maintained accountability of pilots, passengers, and personal belongings between FedEx flights; monitored employee.

Fort Richardson, AK

• Operated in every infantry role from rifleman to platoon sergeant. Personally responsible for the training, welfare, safety, and employment of a platoon of forty Soldiers. Consistently promoted ahead of peers and.
• Participated as a key leader in the restructuring of a 38-man platoon halfway through a fourteen-month combat deployment. Planned, conducted, and evaluated training for a nine-man machine gun squad while simultaneously.
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating, resourcing, executing, and evaluating individual and collective training; reviewed training schedules, operational orders, and senior leadership’s guidance to ensure.
• Successfully operated across cultures with Iraqi, Afghan, Thai, and British soldiers and civilians. Conducted professional development training with Afghan border policemen despite language and cultural differences.
• Graduated the Army’s premier leadership school, the U.S. Army Ranger School, and was decorated three times for valor during combat operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Analyzed personnel data, historical data, and current training priorities. Assisted leadership in development and review of training directives, deployment planning, and readiness reporting; measured the effectiveness.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Human Resources Development, 3.92 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Society for Human Resources Management

Bachelor Of Applied Science, Business Administration, Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Society for Human Resources Management