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• Manages and coordinates the instruction and qualification of National Incident Management System Incident Command System for over 60 personnel, ensuring emergency response mobilization readiness and increasedaugmentation capacity for national contingencies to satisfy operational needs.• Served as Lead Evaluator for HSEEP-complied Pollution Response Full Scale Exercise, a full day exercise that boasted over 40 federal, state, and local agencies and corporations.

Supervised daily planning, coordination of operations and administration for division of 20 members; including direction and coordination with federal, state, local and industry representatives, protection of public health and marine environmental response, and mitigation for oil and all hazard incidents, natural disasters and marine casualties in the Coast Guards busiest oil and gas port. • Annually supervised the management of over 900 pollution reports, which accounts for approximately 10% of Coast Guard reports.• Key player as unit Incident Management Team Marine Environmental Response Operations Section Chief during devastating Hurricane IDA response. Oversaw initial investigations and responses to over 100 pollution reports and assessment of over 800 pollution targets.• Unit Area Committee Manager; built and strengthened relationships with federal, state, local and industry representatives for effective planning and implementation of emergency response strategies in event of pollution event. Compiled recommendations from committee for development of new preparedness and response plans.• Consistently trained 90+ member unit on Incident Command System, providing trainings, ensuring exercise availability, and advocating for qualifications.• Confident speaker in formal and informal settings, delivered insightful overviews to leadership and provided task direction to subordinates in high and low stress environments.

• Built and strengthened relationships with over 40 federal, state, and local area governments, departments and agencies to manage effective planning and implementation of emergency preparedness and response strategies.• Developed, implemented, exercised and coordinated six port-wide contingency plans, including continuity of operations, hurricane, and mass evacuation plans.• Led teams of 20+ members to conduct and evaluate over 15 exercises and drills that tested protocols and procedures of area contingency plans; includes acting as co-director of active shooter full scale exercise with 200+ participants from 20+ agencies.• Coordinated Incident Command System training for over 1000 personnel, including conducting weekly trainings, coordinating courses, and facilitating qualification process.• Staunchly advocated for hurricane readiness and safety; conducted yearly hurricane preparedness training, re-wrote unit hurricane plan, tested plan yearly via exercise.• Key member in establishing Incident Management Team for unit COVID-19 response. Key developer of COVID-19 risk mitigation strategies for unit; also, strategically implemented and communicated safety precautions ensuring unity of effort for 1000+ personnel.

• Supervised 7 personnel, the ethical management of $15,000 department budget, and the safety/security of cutter.• Strong decision-making skills in high-stress environments lead to role as senior watch officer, managing watch schedules and upholding watch-standing standards of 24-member duty team.• Managed the training of 24-member crew, including training in the event of an onboard emergency such as fire or flooding. Led to exceptional readiness, and cutter passing major inspection with 99% compliance rating.• As Operations Officer, coordinated cutter schedule for over 600 operational hours, including reviewing and adapting due to forecasted weather changes. During severe weather, gathered hazard threat information, conducted briefs to leadership, and presented options for future actions based on threats and impacts, ensuring the safety of crew and cutter.