Joshua Planz Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and secure cloud services catering to diverse customers and stakeholders, including the Department of Defense (DoD).• Employed Test-Driven Development methodologies to identify and rectify code issues, thereby enhancing application performance.• Successfully addressed over 50 customer support tickets in the capacity of Direct Reporting Individual and Incident Manager, leading to improved customer satisfaction and reduced service downtime.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Led and managed complex operations for over 180 personnel, driving strategic initiatives, optimizing resources, and executing high-impact projects in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.Responsibilities include:• Oversaw multiple projects, balancing scope, budget, and timelines while effectively managing changes and mitigating risks, resulting in improved mission readiness and operational success.• Headed Operational Risk Management during the onset of COVID-19, which enabled 249 close air support training events, averting the loss of combat readiness.• Led 44 personnel to synchronize the intelligence, command and control, weapons and tactics, scheduling, and training programs that ensured a cohesive effort to build and sustain readiness for 181 Airmen.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Directed, coordinated, integrated, and managed daily operations functions supporting the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a $1.5M budget. Responsibilities and accomplishments include: • Oversaw and coordinated the execution of numerous high-profile U.S. government distinguished visitor visits to the United Arab Emirates, to include multiple visits from the Secretary of Defense and congressional delegations.• Instrumental in implementing the first-ever dental network for active-duty family members in the UAE. • Provided timely updates on events in the Middle East region, directly briefed to the U.S. Central Command Commander and the National Security Council.• Played a key role in establishing a 15-person fusion cell to increase support to the United Arab Emirates in their counter-extremist organization operations.• Coordinated multi-national weapons system transfer for exploitation and testing, creating a more secure environment. Awarded the National Intelligence Medal.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Squadron senior subject matter expert (SME), chief joint terminal attack controller (JTAC), chief evaluator (JTAC-E), and senior program manager. Responsibilities include:• Advising the unit commander on all matters related to Close Air Support (CAS).• Evaluating and recommending certification/decertification of JTAC qualification for all squadron personnel.• Maintaining all JTAC records for the squadron and collocated higher headquarters unit.• Managing all squadron notices, official training scenarios, and subordinate JTAC-Es.• Tracking, annotating, reporting, and resolving all negative and positive CAS trends within the unit.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Computer Programming boot camp focused on in-demand skills commonly used at Microsoft. The curriculum included: C#, Python, .NET MVC, Azure, HTML, CSS, SQL, Powershell, Bash, Data structures, Visual Studio, GitHub, and Algorithms.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Computer Science

Associate Of Science - As, Information Resources Management

Associate Of Science - As, Management Information Systems, General

Abitur

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General