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Miami, Florida

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Operations Manager overseeing the production and distribution of 25,000 packaged gas cylinders a month totaling $1.5 M a month in sales. Directs the production, inventory management, distribution, Quality Management System, and Safety programs. Direct supervisor to 22 personnel.

Expert on Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process, Security Assistance Programs, International Education and Training Programs and Humanitarian Assistance.• “Reachback” support for Security Cooperation Offices (SCO) throughout Latin America in order to serve as the conduit between State Department officials, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, other government organizations and SCOs.• Hand-selected to manage, schedule and plan an international and interagency Security Assistance Workshop involving every Security Cooperation Office in Latin America and 7 different government agencies; lauded as the best seen to date.• Orders Production Chief for the international training exercise PANAMAX involving of 40,000 international participants; created all Standard Operating Procedures and ensured 100% on-time results in an information and resource limited environment.

Managua Nicaragua

Led operations for a 17 member joint security cooperation organization; planned and completed over 50 security assistance events. Managed a local budget of $3M, 7 tactical and non-tactical vehicles, the Security Cooperation Office’s media plan and the strategic plan for Nicaraguan Security Assistance until 2017.• Planned and carried out over 20 public relations events for security cooperation activities which led to President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega’s first public endorsement of the US Government’s involvement in assisting Nicaragua security forces. • Oversaw and executed five US-funded humanitarian projects for destitute Nicaraguans helping 1000s in need.• Created and executed all strategic planning for security assistance in Nicaragua from 2014-2017

Lima, Peru, Rio De Janiero, Brazil, Brazilia Brazil

Travelled to Lima, Peru, Rio de Janiero Brazil, and Brasilia, Brazil for language and cultural immersion.Lived with local families to fully immerse in the culture and language.

Santiago, Chile, Quito, Ecuador

Travelled to Santiago, Chile and Quito, Ecuador for language and cultural immersion

Monterey, Ca

• Completed Master of Arts in Security Studies with a specialty in Latin America in 1 year• Interviewed Director of Communications from the Federation of Chilean Students during violent national-wide protests for thesis paper.• 3.75 on 4.0 scale.

Monterey, Ca

• In a 26 week program developed Spanish fluency from limited knowledge to fluent.• Recognized as Distinguished Graduate.

Various

Operations • Directed over 50 administrative programs to support a squadron of over 600 airmen and civilian employees across 6 geographically separated locations and $57M in capital assets.• Project manager for 120-day $1.38M entry gate for facility, project completed ahead of schedule.• Developed and implemented personnel security plan for over 4,000 personnel, program lauded as “best seen to date.” • Managed human resources functions for 7 geographically separated units consisting of over 1,000 personnel, 100s of aircraft and capital assets of over $500M reporting directly to the director of the organization.• Identified and reengineered redundant training requirements saving international organization over $75M and 420K+ man-hours over 10 years. Administration / Human Resources • Reduced hiring time for elite training instructors from 180 days to 60 days preventing a complete shutdown of training and the loss of thousands of dollars.• Administered new bonus program for 3,500 personnel organization, trained 9 sub-organizations and paid out $2.1M in bonuses. • Directed the human resources function that prepared over 1,700 personnel to deploy to various locations around the world, function recognized as a “Benchmark Program.” • Sole personnel advisor for the director of a 25K personnel organization administering all human resource actions for over 400 senior leaders in the organization; earned the honor of being named #1 of 54 among peers.Leadership / Coaching & Mentoring• Day to day leadership and preparation for inspection led to human resources unit being named the “best” of 15 in an organization of 100K personnel.• Managed the discipline and conflict resolution program for over 600 personnel, advising 16 managers on adverse action processes and prevention techniques. • Named as the top human resources manager 5 times in 7 years including top human resources manager in an organization of over 100K personnel.

Executive Mba For The Americas, Business Administration And Management, General

Delivered in Miami - at the crossroads of the Americas - this innovative weekend MBA program uniquely focuses on the challenges.

Legal Studies, Law

Activities and Societies: Division I football Member of Division I Football Team and Dean's List

Ma Latin American Studies, Latin American Studies

1 year Master's of Arts specializing in the politics, culture, economics and security of Latin America.

Ma International Relations And Conflict Resolution, International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: None