Andrew "Mac" Mcpherson Email & Phone Number

Orlando, FL, US

United States

Some side projects under my own disregarded entity LLC.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Develop career development training for world-wide Electronic Warfare pod maintenance personnel using the Instructional Systems Design Model (ADDIE). Provide additional support to improve and modernize initial skills.
• Built learning motivations survey with sub-scales of self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, personal control & task value. Results drove course changes & rewards methods to enhance student outcomes.
• Designed longitudinal experiment for statistical testing which showed significant increase in student retention of information both short & long-term for new learning methodology.
• Augmented another Career Development Manager and produced F-15 & F-16 augmented reality courses. Enabled a low-cost immersive maintenance training aid to the initial skills school for all Avionics career fields.

United States

• Senior organizational leader and Commander’s primary advisor on human capital, strategic workforce planning and succession planning. Senior liaison for organizational expansion planning and determining resource.
• Monitored trends and analyzed all organizational decisions and initiatives to mitigate risk and improve ROI while enforcing standards and driving development to eliminate skill gaps in the enlisted force.
• Standardized Master Training Plan for cross-functional evaluation teams comprised of six career specialties ranging from cyber, electronic warfare, and aircraft maintenance technicians. Ensured consistency of.
• Led the implementation of two new system evaluations for United States Air Force aircraft. Provided accurate fleet survivability forecasts to DoD & Air Force executives for planning.
• Collaborated with senior leadership and developed future personnel, funding & basing forecasts to support the 2024 expansion of the COMBAT SHIELD program to all combat airframes. Organization projected to grow by 400%.
• Senior leader guiding 54 personnel through standing up a new Air Force Squadron, the 87th Electronic Warfare Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Ensured uninterrupted operations while building a consensus for all.

United States

• Directed day-to-day operations including course scheduling, class assignments and instructor activities to conduct 29.5K hour of language training. Fulfilled 1500 training requests providing advanced foreign language.
• Managed school-house space utilization study which drove re-organization & optimization of course scheduling process that decreased student-to-teacher ratio & cemented projected annual savings of $74K.
• Led $90K technical overhaul project implementation. Equipped 30 classrooms with integrated technology for interactive course material which enabled student-centric learning & blended learning course development.
• Developed 29K hour course schedule for instruction of 15 languages & dialects to fulfill 1500 requirements from external customers. Aligned tasking of 86 military, DoD civilian & contractor instructors & course.

United States

• Managed squadron-level (420 personnel) human resources functions including performance management, recognition, promotion and development.
• Managed the evaluation & performance management achieving 96% on-time, 99% accuracy while reducing the evaluation review time for forced distribution of ratings by 2 weeks.
• Overhauled the employee recognition program with streamlined process & MS Access tracking database. Cleared a one-year backlog of military decorations in 3 months.

Defense Language Institute

Bratislava, Slovakia

• Special assignment with the Defense Intelligence Agency and Department of State responsible for the management and coordination of Department of Defense diplomatic mission in Slovakia.
• Information operations program manager leading inter and intra office strategy sessions. Coordinated information requests & requirements from multiple customers and produced action plans. Oversaw 180% increase in.
• Automated the aircraft overflight & landing tracking & reporting process with MS Access saving 40 hours/week.

Baghdad, Iraq

• Special assignment with the Defense Intelligence Agency and Department of State responsible for the management and coordination of Department of Defense diplomatic mission in Iraq.
• Negotiated with the Iraqi Civil Aviation Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Air Defense Command, in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, to acquire automatic clearance for U.S..
• Provided for & facilitated approximately 250 diplomatic visits of over 1,000 personnel, including senior officials, on behalf of the White House, Congress, the Department of State & the Department of Defense.

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Iraq

United States

United States

Master Of Data Science, Data Science, 4.0

Principles of Data Science, Quantitative Research Design for Technology Professionals, Databases & Business Intelligence, Data Mining.

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Resources Development, 3.97

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Farsi, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Won Command Sergeant Major’s Award

Bachelor'S Degree, Liberal Studies, Focus In Turkish

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Turkish Language And Literature

Associate In Applied Science, Avionic Systems Technology

Associate In Applied Science, Intelligence Studies And Technology

Associate In Applied Science, Information Management