Kenneth Burkman Email & Phone Number

Leads process improvement projects at the agency's service center that adjudicates humanitarian cases.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Burlington, Vermont Area

Program Manager for Engineering Management and Senior Lecturer at the University of Vermont's College of Engineering and Mathematical SciencesCourses Taught: Engineering Economics, Mathematical Optimization, Industrial Systems Modeling & Simulation, and Project Management. Co-Instructor of Senior Engineering Design capstone course.

Fort Knox, KY

• Managed 23 researchers and operations research analysts to support multimillion-dollar resource decisions with quantitative analysis. Retired from the Army at the rank of Colonel after 25 years of service.
• Optimally distributed the Army’s 9,800 recruiters throughout the US and assigned their recruitment goals, resulting in the Army meeting its objective of 62,000 enlistments in 2016—the first time in five years—and.
• Reformed market analysis tools, expanding insights derived from customer segmentation data, helping increase recruiter productivity by more than 20%.
• Conducted gap analysis to identify capability shortfalls, resulting in a validated list of study topics, prioritization of $2M in annual study funding, and improved implementation of results.

Pentagon, DC

• Senior Analyst and Advisor to the Army Vice Chief of Staff, the second highest ranking general in the Army.
• Advised the Vice Chief of Staff on the impact of federal budget sequestration on Army programs to minimize adverse consequences to Army readiness.
• Recommended which major Army organizations should get full or partial relief from internally directed manpower reductions, so that targets could be met without undue risk.
• Provided weekly insights and analysis to inform decisions on Army budgeting, resource programming, and enterprise business transformation.

Pentagon, DC

• Provided independent analysis and policy recommendations on budgeting and resource planning for Army logistics.
• Identified and conducted a business case analysis, resulting in a $20M annual net reduction in operating costs, that established vehicle fleets at the Army’s two national training facilities, rather than rail them.
• Ensured the Army allocated its $30B logistics budget and resource program with minimal risk and waste.
• Led a cost analysis of the Army’s equipping strategy, prompting the decision to seek a more cost-effective equipping means once combat deployments to Afghanistan subsided. Earned the directorate’s 2012 Payne Award.
• Led cost analysis of emerging strategy to rotate Army units through Korea.

Santa Monica, CA

• One of six Army officers annually selected to serve at the Army’s policy analysis Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).
• Applied and verified business rules to optimize supply quantities at depots in Korea.
• Conducted analysis to determine the optimal allocation of wheel repair facilities across the US.
• Co-authored a published, Congressionally-directed study exploring ways to reduce weight in body armor.

Pentagon, DC

• Developed policy and provided guidance for analysis of multibillion dollar Army acquisition programs.
• Led a cross-functional team using Six Sigma DMEDI methodology to validate $80M in annual Army organic industrial base funding.
• Ensured Army acquisition programs complied with federal law and Defense guidance.

Baghdad, Iraq

Led a two-person team to review, edit, administer and analyze surveys and interviews on rapidly-issued, nonstandard equipment that Army agencies had provided units in combat to meet an urgent warfighting need. Our assessments of each item’s suitability, usability, reliability and maintainability were the basis for multimillion dollar Department of the Army.

Newport, RI

• The first Army officer ever to join the Navy’s strategic think tank.
• Identified emerging, revolutionary technologies and conducted scenario-based planning to forecast naval roles and missions for 2035-2050.

West Point, NY

Course Director of Basic German, responsible for course design, grading, scheduling and oversight of 207 cadets and five instructors. Supported cadet activities with the USMA Cycling Team, German Club, International Activities Committee, Values Education Team program, and Eastern European round-table of the Student Conference on US Affairs.

Various

Served in a variety of leadership and staff officer positions in Army construction and combat engineer units in Germany, Washington State, Louisiana and Nicaragua.

Ms, Operations Research

Activities and Societies: Experience tour at Directorate, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), Office of the Secretary of.

Ms, Engineering Management

Bs, French And German

Activities and Societies: Cycling Team, Cadet Honor CommitteeSystems Engineering minor; Superintendent's Award for Achievement (gold wreath)

Ma, German

Activities and Societies: Semester study abroad in Austria, Spring 2001. Middlebury Language School (German), Summer 2000.Thesis title.