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Poway, Ca, Us

Poway, Ca, Us

Hand-selected to lead a team to manage the Capital Fleet of over 30 aircraft and manage costs for three supporting pool rates. Manage a capital budget of $200M+.• Created objective readiness standards to meet contractual objectives and control costs; all budgets executing 28% below plan, one budget almost 60% below plan.• Avoided $5M+ of costs using historical data to determine required sparing levels.• Meeting schedule on 50+ projects while underrunning budget by 2%+ year to date.

Poway, Ca, Us

Establishing the newly formed Field Support Group. The group leads departmental strategy, continuous process improvement, standardization and training. Includes creation of a company operations center and application to improve responsiveness to customer needs, reduced costs, and create data streams for follow-on analytics.

Poway, Ca, Us

Led a group responsible for managing the day-to-day operations at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) company owned and company operated (COCO) globally deployed locations.Responsibilities include logistics and maintenance support, flight operations, manning and administrative oversight, and contractual and programmatic execution.

Poway, Ca, Us

Field Operations is responsible for the full range of sustainment and operational support at deployed sites for customers of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI). Aircrew Operations is responsible for successful aviation operations at these sites through proper aircrew manning and training, accurate and timely procedures, and oversight.Created an aircrew demand and capacity model and company wide training standardization board to provide sufficient and qualified aircrew from three aircrew providers and two training organizations.Ensured all operations in compliance with government and military regulations. Created site specific flight and ground operations procedures to meet contractual and regulatory requirements.

Washington, Dc, Us

Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command (COMMARFORCOM), directs deployment planning and execution in support of global requirements.Led a statutory corporation-wide working group that creates and implements strategy for all Marine Corps aviation units, comprising over 70 business units and 40K people.Using data analytics create options for corporate senior leadership to improve the readiness and efficiency of operations with no increase of resources.As a program manager oversee implementation of multiple projects to implement senior leadership decisions.Active security clearance

Washington, Dc, Us

Director of Strategy and Plans Division for an organization of over 50 subordinate business units composed of nearly 17K people. Responsible for developing and implementing long-term strategy.Led a cross-department team to manage multiple programs and projects. I developed plans to address emerging requirements, provided recommendations to Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (COO) and the Commanding General (CEO), and as a program manager oversaw execution of those plans.

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for creating the strategy for an organization consisting of over 1400 people and 7 subordinate divisions. Key focus was to balance operational requirements with phased reduction of resources. Worked with all stakeholders to meet their needs and increase their understanding; resulted in smooth and successful execution.Led two multi-functional teams to create strategy and long-range planning. Worked with multi-national partners to balance requirements and resources to meet overlapping needs with limited resources. Key adviser to the Commander (CEO) and Operations Officer (COO).

Washington, Dc, Us

Headed operational planning functions to include: requirements analysis, sourcing and deployment of forces in support of global operations. Regularly briefed C-suite.

Washington, Dc, Us

Coordinated and planned all future operations for a 4K+ person organization in a multi-national coalition. Led a department of 7 people. Reported directly to COO.Led two cross-functional teams to develop and execute personnel and equipment reductions to maintain 90% operational efficiency with a mandated 30% reduction in personnel.Managed multiple simultaneous projects worth over $12M USD to realign infrastructure to the new operational model.

Newport, Ri, Us

Graduate of Maritime Advanced Warfighting School – Mastered strategy and operational planning, execution, and assessment at the corporate and business unit level. 1 of approximately 26 produced corporation wide annually.

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for the day to day operations of eight subordinate organizations of over 90 aircraft and 2000 people. Responsible for ensuring adequate training infrastructure and support to meet mission requirements.As a project manager, I created new training infrastructure in coordination with the Bureau of Land Management to reduce transit time for sustainment training by 50%.Rewrote organization standard operating procedures to be in compliance with current regulations and increase efficiencies.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervised the Quality Assurance Division of 10 people to ensure all aircraft maintenance was safely conducted in accordance with all applicable publications and regulations for a maintenance department with over 200 people and 16 aircraft worth over $500 million.I improved maintenance department oversight procedures resulting in a 90% reduction of mishaps.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led the Operations Department of nine people to plan and execute of daily operations for a organization of over 300 people and 16 aircraft. Managed training and scheduling of over 100 aircrew to meet operational requirements. Reduced training timeline by over 15% to improve readiness.

Washington, Dc, Us

- Naval Aviator, 1700+ flight hours, senior tactical and instructor qualifications- Multiple regional and local awards for operational excellence- Graduated Naval Flight School, 2000, Graduate in the top 5% academically for Primary and Advanced flight training earning Commodore's list for both courses

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Data Analytics And Decision Making, Consulting And Strategy

Master Of Arts (M.A.), National Security And Strategic Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Literature