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I am responsible for supporting all safety and security operations of Lee’s Family Forum, including providing facility security and assisting with overseeing all risk management efforts while maintaining the highest level of guest service.

Accountable for day-to-day operations for multiple accounts, including the Seattle Mariners, Seattle Kraken, Seattle Seahawks and the University of Washington. Focused on hiring, training, and ensuring staff master the fundamentals of event security services. Building, maintaining, and sustaining relationships with clients and employees: coordinating needed support services and solving problems to run these accounts effectively. Meet or exceed financial and operational goals; provide quality customer service. Handled any escalating event security issues and emergencies appropriately, coordinated/collaborated with Seattle Police and Campus Police to maximize training opportunities and organizational policy enforcement.

Acting in an Event Management oversight capacity to ensure the effectiveness of event staff to ensure they are meeting vendor and client expectations; develop and implement quality assurance programs; provide expert advice regarding resolution of any shortcomings.

I was charged with the development, implementation, and execution of talent acquisition for the 201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade who provides deployable all-source intelligence analysis, human intelligence (humint), electronic warfare intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance, target acquisition, battle damage assessment, and command and control warfare for America's First Corps.Major accomplishments in this role include:● Developed department-level recruiting strategy including branding, marketing tour, and installation-wide training initiative for 23 of human capital managers ● Spearheaded the unit’s talent acquisition and retention bonus incentive program for most critical positions drastically improving qualified applicant pool and installation wide awareness within first 30 days● Improved candidate selection rate by over 30% through synchronizing screening and assessment efforts with unit leaders and Army human resource professionals

I served as the Director of Human Capital Management / Senior Career Counselor for over 2,300 Soldiers within the 5th Recruiting Brigade. Known as the "Alamo Warriors", it is one of six brigades under the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), and has seven battalions spread across a geographical area of 14 states. The area of operation ranges as far north as Wyoming to as far south as Rio Grande River in Texas and as far east as the Mississippi River to our western boarder of California. I served as the senior policy analyst, compliance manager, primary developer, and implementer of Command wide military onboarding and talent management strategies and policies and represented the leadership on all Department of Defense and US Army level task forces, workgroups, and meetings. I expertly managed officer and enlisted staffing requirements to include, recruiting, selection, compliance, career planning and development, retention, and attrition.Major accomplishments in this role include:● Selected as the 2015 United States Recruiting Command Career Counselor of the year (1 of 61)● Top Career Counselor for Training and Doctrine Command for 2016 (1 of 104)● Advanced command-level recruiting strategy including branding, marketing tour, and Midwest-wide training initiative for 36 of human capital managers● Created a ground-level professional development initiative allowing leaders opportunities to more effectively interact with subordinates while increasing readiness through retention

I was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the human capital workforce development, planning, training, operations, employee compliance, relations, and risk management programs for more than 12,000 people in 8 locations overseas with fiscal responsibility for $3M annually. While the office (G1, Retention) had 6 employees, I accomplished this by providing direction and oversight to 29 retention operation managers, 318 dedicated full-time human capital managers and thousands more part-time human capital managers.● Managed over 5,000 Post 9/11 GI Bill Transferability of Education Benefits requests ensuring families received benefits on schedule, as promised● Conducted operational oversight on and quality control for $11 million in annual retention bonuses● Supervised the automation of United States Army Europe command's staff assistance and inspection program for over 300 human capital managers; reducing checklist and write-ups time in half● Automated strategic-level Career Counselor of the Year competition's results providing instant feedback and analysis● Mentorship enabled 2 subordinates to become United States Army Europe Career Counselor of the year for 2012, 2014

A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability. During my tenure I was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the human capital workforce development, planning, training, operations, employee compliance, relations, and risk management programs for more than 1,300 people in 3 locations throughout the United States with fiscal responsibility for $1M annually. I accomplished this by providing direction and oversight to 12 Combatant Commanders, and 25 dedicated full-time human capital managers.● Increased Brigade-level training which accelerated professional development ultimately leading to being recognized as #1 Brigade for Retention within the 1st Infantry Division from Jul-Sep 2008 ● Mentored a Soldier to become the 2009 United States Army Warrior of the Year ● Accomplished yearly retention mission in 42 days (2010) enabling the Army to meet its law required force structure numbers and retain quality Soldiers● Established compliance-based inspection program for departing human capital managers generating more effective and sustainable retention programs during transitions

As a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Specialist, I helped protect the country against the threat of CBRN weapons of mass destruction, and decontaminate hazardous material spills or accidents. I employed the most advanced equipment and coordinate defense systems against these weapons of mass destruction in support of joint and combined arms operations.

As a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic, I supervised and performed maintenance, repair, and recovery operations on wheeled vehicles and select armored vehicles that serve the Army in a variety of mission-critical roles. I would inspect, service, maintain, repair, replace, adjust, and test wheeled vehicles, material handling equipment systems, subsystems and components, and automotive electrical systems, including wiring harnesses and starting and charging systems.

As a Construction Equipment Repairer, I kept the Army’s engineer equipment safe and operational by repairing and maintaining trucks, bulldozers, power shovels, and other heavy equipment that is needed for construction. You'll replace and perform tune-ups on brakes, motors, engines, drive pumps, water pumps, transmissions, and high-pressure hydraulic systems.

To deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt and sustained land dominance by Army forces across the full spectrum of conflict as part of the joint force.The Army mission is vital to the Nation because we are the service capable of defeating enemy ground forces and indefinitely seizing and controlling those things an adversary prizes most – its land, its resources and its population.