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Summerville, South Carolina, United States

Responsible for the leadership and management of a highly decorated and dynamic AFJROTC program in Summerville, South Carolina. Employ engaging educational techniques to educate and train high school cadets in citizenship; promote community service; instill responsibility, character and self-discipline; and provide instruction in air and space fundamentals.

Frankfort, Kentucky

Executive officer responsible to assist the Adjutant General in providing leadership and management of a diverse air national guard unit including tactical airlift, special operations and contingency response units. Accountable for all aspects of operations, personnel, equipment and funding matters, ensuring the state is ready to perform its wartime mission and support the state during domestic operations.- 1st ever Special Warfare general officer in Air National Guard; pivotal engagement with 3-, 4-star military leadership, Congressional Delegates, and state leadership resulting in new C-130 J-model acquisition.- Pivotal leadership for pandemic response; Governor’s turnkey solution for testing, vaccination and long term care; resolute Joint Task Force response to Louisville civil disturbances under national limelight- Established first ever Kentucky Joint Air Operations Center supporting rescue and disaster response operations for eight counties following record setting 200 mile long tornado event. Critical coordination center point for state Emergency Management, FAA, FEMA and civil-military aviation assets.

Hurlburt Field, Florida, United States

Key advisor for AFSOC gained Air National Guard capabilities to inform and facilitate decisions meeting AFSOC Commander strategic objectives and operational contingency and readiness requirements across 10 units consisting of three wings and 7 squadrons with specialized advanced special operations capabilities.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Compliance Lead for Humana Military, responsible for development and implementation of compliance policies and procedures that assure regulatory and contract obligations. Advise executives on functional strategies for compliance matters. Conduct proactive, independent compliance assessments of policies, process, and procedures. Document issues and opportunities, monitor progress, coordinate implementation and compliance with corrective action plans, and contribute content and materials for inclusion in corporate risk oversight mechanisms.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Deputy to the senior executive leading and directing 1,200 personnel in an eight aircraft C-130 mobility airlift wing, with nationally unique rapid global rescue and recovery, airfield setup and operation, critical care ambulatory transport, and explosive ordnance disposal capabilities. Lead oversight for hiring practices, union relations, dispute resolution, process improvement, community relations, and all by-law and cross organizational programs. Lead integrator and representative to state and federal agencies for plans development and contingency execution supporting national objectives and disaster response operations.• Led direction of $75.2M budget and closure of $4.1M contracts annually, executing within 0.12% of target to guarantee organizational readiness and support to 5 worldwide geographic commands• Direct supervisor of 22 subordinate leaders; chair 11 working groups; representative on 8 councils, oversight to 13 programs• Skillful FAA engagement critical to at risk collaborative $2.1M roadway construction project resulted in permanent fix to longstanding safety issue and provided needed growth ability for space constrained base.• Built strategy and coalition of senior Air Force Special Operations Command, National Guard, and state leaders to program Air National Guard special operations growth in two states—50% capability increase• Led hiring revamp to mitigate bias risk, resulted in significant quality increase and addressed top culture climate issue• Identified and led cross-organizational team to solve salary cap allocation process-50% backlog reduction• Engaged national Ebola experts to alleviate rampant civilian fears, enabled welcome home of deployed personnel and reintegration into community with zero issues

Louisville, Kentucky

Senior executive leading and directing 1,200 personnel in an eight aircraft C-130 mobility airlift wing, with nationally unique rapid global rescue and recovery, airfield setup and operation, critical care ambulatory transport, and explosive ordnance disposal capabilities. Lead oversight for hiring practices, union relations, dispute resolution, process improvement, community relations, and all by-law and cross organizational programs. Lead integrator and representative to state and federal agencies for plans development and contingency execution supporting national objectives and disaster response operations.

Kentucky Air National Guard

Ensures organization, training and equipping for 84 person special operations unit to provide rapidly deployable force to establish airfields and positive control of air to ground control, rescue and recovery in any environment, battlefield trauma care, precision air to ground strike, and special operations weather capabilities.• Leadership and vision drove immeasurable unit success across 120 combat and contingency deployments and sixteen domestic disaster response operations resulting in Gallant Unit Citation and Meritorious Unit Awards for excellence• Producer of 7 outstanding Airmen of the Year award recipients—most from any single unit within the wing.• Drove fiscally compliant and efficient execution of $4.6M operations and maintenance budget, accountability and care for $8.5M in specialized technical and operational equipment• Handpicked to command 146 Kentucky Air National Guardsmen providing rescue support immediately following a state-wide ice storm disaster resulting in two confirmed lives saved • Two command compliance and readiness inspections resulted in EXCELLENT; superior to peer units

Kyang

Combat Rescue Officer March 2006 - June 2008Special Tactics Officer March 2000 - March 2006• Deployed as watch supervisor to the Joint Personnel Recovery Center within the Combined Air and Space Operations Center supporting Afghanistan, Iraq, and Horn of Africa; personally led the center through 11 personnel recovery missions resulting in the safe rescue of 34 isolated personnel and recovery of 10 servicemen who were killed in action• Key expertise and coordination to KY headquarters, TX Emergency Operations Center, and National Guard Bureau to enable unique and rapid responsive Special Tactics teams for Hurricane Gustav and Ike • Deployed as expeditionary Special Tactics squadron operations officer to initial combat phases in Afghanistan and Iraq; led planning, execution, sustainment and redeployment of Airmen conducting close air support, assault zone operations, and combat search and rescue in support combat campaigns

Quality Process Improvement engineer focused on entire distribution and warehousing network. Applied Six Sigma statistical methodology and problem analyses to prove significant and sustainable improvements to processes. Leader for 3 concurrent projects at all times. Led and leveraged expertise of 4 to 10 person cross functional teams to identify solutions to problems and to implement controllable and sustainable improvements. Facility leader providing mentoring to 30 salaried employees for their part time Six Sigma projects. Key liaison to senior leadership providing guidance on Six Sigma implementation, facility project tracking and project identification to meet operational productivity and budget goals. • Led ten projects yielding more than $250K in real savings to GE across diverse functional areas within manufacturing and their international distribution network. • Collaborated with GE Louisville Appliance Park warehouse General Manager and Operations Manager to apply Six Sigma to improve long standing workforce productivity problems. Resulted in better cooperation between union officers with warehouse management and yielded productivity improvements.