Lawrence Smith Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Regional Maintenance Manager (Amazon Account) Support the Amazon Operations team by working in a safe, customer-focused manner; and must be highly self-motivated and customer-centric.Develop and design innovative solutions to difficult maintenance problems, manage outside contractors and be on call for emergencies.Handle multiple internal and externally sponsored projects and daily activities, manage to and meet deadlines, and develop & track plans on how to accomplish departmental and distribution goals.Work with local site Safety department leadership to understand, implement, and audit safety programs. Ensure that all safety programs and procedures are followed.Develop and maintain preventative maintenance programs and good working relationships with operations leadership.Facilitate technical and safety training, as well as help to develop professional development of departmental facilities associates.Mentor all maintenance associates by motivating and providing direction to help them achieve their goals and make a consistent effort to go above and beyond.Develop Maintenance department business plans and provide guidance and direction for the successful implementation of those plans.Work with site Finance team to develop, set and track budgets.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Us

I served as the Chief of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Regional Cooperative Engagement Office (RCEO), located at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. In this capacity I directly support DTRA's objectives in south, east and central Africa, by working together with interagency partners, U.S. Africa Command, international organizations and partner nations governments to counter the threats posed by the full spectrum of weapons of mass destruction. • Advised foreign government partners and continental unions (i.e. African Union) on WMD-related events, emerging transnational threats, law enforcement strategies, military capabilities/gaps, global health security matters and other nonproliferation security issues to aid them in identifying, mitigating and countering the WMD threats in their areas of responsibility. • Facilitated connectivity between DTRA Programs and the U.S. Embassy Country Teams, to ensure effective communication, coordination and alignment of DTRA’s threat reduction activities with the objectives identified in the Embassies’ Integrated Country Strategies.• Served as DTRA’s Senior Official on the Interagency COVID-19 Task Forces in Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa and Ethiopia; significantly improved the coordination of several COVID-19 support request, and resulted in the Biological Threat Reduction Program’s (BTRP) execution of $19M USD in COVID-19 technical assistance. • In Nov 2019, served as senior DTRA official at the US/South African bilateral defense conference; resulted in BTRP establishing requirements for the first engagement with the South African Military Health Services in the areas of biosurveillance and biosecurity -- satisfying an AFRICOM request for increased DoD cooperation with the South African Military.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Us

International Project Manager - DTRA Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP).In this role I was responsible for planning, leading, managing and coordinating the integration and implementation of capacity-building activities performed by contractors, U.S. Government agencies, and international organizaitons working in the Former Soviet Union (Armenia) and Africa (Uganda & Ethiopia) to enhance their national and regional-level capability and capacity to secure, detect, diagnose, report and surveil dangerous pathogens. Accomplishments: • As the Senior project manager, led efforts with laboratory leadership and facility operations staff to develop and implement new facility maintenance plans that incorporated preventive maintenance, critical asset monitoring and enhanced technical training for staff; resulted in fewer user errors in operation of equipment, reduced critical equipment downtimes, and improved reliability and life of laboratory equipment donated by the United States. • Developed and implemented multi-year program plans and budgets for the BTRP’s capacity building programs in Armenia, Uganda and Ethiopia; resulted in construction of 11 state-of-the-art biocontainment laboratories with enhanced capacity to detect and respond to disease outbreaks of international concern. • Utilized earned value management principals, program evaluation metrics, and performance incentives to meet/exceed cost, schedule and performance objectives on contracts and interagency orders with a combined value of $89M USD. • Organized, developed and led cross-functional multidisciplinary teams consisting of engineers, technical experts and data analyst to develop and implement new standard operating procedures at national reference laboratories in Armenia and Uganda; resulted in the optimization of laboratory workflows, reduction of safety and security incidents, and increased laboratory testing throughput by 40%.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Us

• Provided acquisition expertise to Program Managers and Project Officers resulting in the award of five Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contracts totaling $900 million.• As Lead Advisor to Enterprise Information System (EIS) Metrics IPT, I assisted SharePoint Developers in building the first automated EIS metrics capability allowing for streamlined data collection and effective management of the EIS program.• Provided critical acquisition expertise and consultancy support to Project Officers, DTRA Executives, and Program Mangers to award contracts. • Conduced necessary critical research and requirements analysis to develop a management tool used to deploy contractors into semi-permissive environments.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Us

Duties:•Content Manager for SharePoint 2007 & Enterprise Information Systems (EIS)•Records Administrator for DTRA Chief of Staff Office•Develop new policies, instructions, and directives for new agency programs•Analyze business processes to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement •Oversee multiple Chief of Staff special initiatives and programs •Develop information papers, briefings, and reports for DTRA senior leadership•Develop requirements, procedures, and policy for the Agency’s Master Events List•Assist in organizational change measures and enterprise wide program implementation•Complete the Agency’s weekly Significant Activity Report for pentagon leadership•Assist Knowledge Management team in performing requirements analysis for various Chief of Staff projects.