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United States

Directs, drives, and participates in all processes, materials, and training aspects for 150+ employees at 19 locations across North America. Manages teams of remote workers dispersed across North America, maintains current safety standards, creates a world-class safety program based on best in class processes and procedures…driving a culture of safety across BHS Corrugated.

Hampton, Va

Managed, directed, and guided a headquarters staff of 300 strategic leaders across eight different functional areas to include: logistics, financial management, civil engineering, supply, munitions, security, technical engineering, and aircraft maintenance. The director’s, a two-star general officer, voice for internal/external interactions at all management levels to include joint agencies and the Pentagon; implemented day-to-day executive activities; led the behind-the scenes organizational programs & special projects. Orchestrated operations and priorities of a $5.5B budget throughout 87 global locations with a combined total of 42K personnel. Recognized as the 2nd highest performer out of 24 direct peers within the organization.• Led a 12-person cross-functional collaboration team in developing, authoring, and implementing organizational standard operating procedures. Improved task operations by 60% and directly increased the staffs availability & productivity with operational support of both peace and wartime objectives across the world.• Selected as equal opportunity organizational climate survey improvement process team lead. Guided analysis of 15 areas and identified & implemented 14 rapid improvement events in fewer than 30 days resulting in a 21% improvement on the following employee survey.

Hampton, Va

Developed, analyzed, and led a $2.5M training program budget & policy team of six responsible for 54 functional departments, across 34 locations, spanning 44K personnel. Managed the Air Force’s largest maintenance training program determining curriculum requirements, instructor work force amounts, training site locations, and forecasting future developments. Recognized as the 3rd highest performer out of 26 direct peers within the organization.• Assumed responsibility & lead a 14-person cross-functional deficiency analysis team that resolved a 5-year performance gap. The team created a production & operations manager course, which authored 26 content areas, secured a $130K budget & staffing levels to deliver 324 graduates annually.• Selected for a logistics three-person process improvement team. Integrated 36 managers while identifying critical operational gaps with locations, equipment, and personnel. Established direct lines of communication with Headquarters at the Pentagon to validate & prioritize 1.1K line items eliminating $25M in wasted expenditures.

Hampton, Va

Led logistics, maintenance, sustainment, and modernization projects on a $444M program consisting of a 62 aircraft fleet ($21B total value) across seven global locations. Established & coordinated policy, procedures, and directives for maintenance management. Prepared & presented program correspondence and informational/decisional packages for senior executive leaders. Recognized as maintenance manager of the year & quarter on two separate occasions. • Managed aircraft requirements review board, scrutinized 994 tasks to reflow depot portfolio plan. Keen attention to detail, accurate project analysis, and improvement recommendations created an annually savings of $5M & improved aircraft availability by 15%.• Revitalized supply chain management, collaborated with project managers, manufacturing companies, and contracting officials to produce 1.3K items, valued at $135M, and improve aircraft operational production by 16%...directly leading to the execution of over 6.4K combat flight hours.

Abilene, Texas Area

Administered quality assurance program aimed to evaluate, inspect, and certify maintenance on 33 aircraft, valued over $10.6B, with a 1.5K person workforce. Analyzed workforce trends, developed improvement initiatives, and authored auditing criteria (2.5K monthly/300 data points) across 6 organizations and an annual production contract valuing $67M. Recognized as the 11th highest performer out of 292 direct peers within the organization.• Led 22 inspectors representing 19 functional areas of expertise to accomplish 21K assessments based on my monthly-authored inspection plans…zero mishaps occurred, 12% improvement from predecessor, and an overall 9% increase in organizational contract production.• Developed first ever aircraft hot pit refueling operations, coordinated with 14 organizations in varying locations to gain certification approval; ultimately integrated safety and overcome shortfalls other’s had succumbed…directly increased aircraft availability by 25%.

Abilene, Texas Area

Led 500 personnel from 15 different functional areas, managed and prioritized flight & maintenance operations across 4 organizations; delivered 4.5K flights with 36 aircraft. I was the key technical advisor to senior leaders on sustainment, reliability, and maintainability initiatives. Recognized as the 6th highest performer out of 167 direct peers within the organization.• Directed maintenance & prioritized 22.6K aircraft repair actions which led to the operational flying contract being met 8 months straight…longest stretch in history for the organization.• Keen analytics and problem-solving; identified 11 operational deficiencies, I applied lean six sigma concepts across 35 processes, directly increased capabilities by 10% and saved $950K annually.

Wichita Falls, Texas Area

Supervised, mentored, and counseled 41 civilian & military instructors while training 2.1K maintenance apprentice students. Independently delivered over 3.5K teaching hours in a classroom environment. Scheduled course dates, forecasted faculty availability, ensured resources and support equipment functionality. Administered corrective counseling and evaluations to both students and instructors. Audited faculty folders to ensure regional accreditations requirements remained fulfilled.

Taught electrical, data-bus, communication, navigation, and computational systems theory of operations, integration, troubleshooting, and the fabrication/repair of wiring, cables, and multiple pin connectors. Performed annual audits of curriculum to develop/revise course material to remain aligned with industry standards.

Abilene, Texas Area

Performed aircraft maintenance, enforced strict adherence to safety procedures, identified & initiated improvement opportunities, annotated automated systems, administered on-the-job training. Selected to fill supervisory role ahead of 10 peers with more longevity. Handpicked as 1 of 2 craftsman to cover 3 different deployments where the organization had over 15 peers with same experience to choose.

Texas & Virginia

Executed over 3.1K tax returns through web-based information systems, researched and analyzed complex tax issues/laws, directly saved $550K in tax prep fees for local elderly, veterans and community members in less fortunate financial situations.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Finance, Gpa 3.86

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting, Gpa 3.82

Associate Of Science - As, Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science And Technology, General

Associate Of Science - As, Educational/Instructional Technology