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Fort Worth, TX, US

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for aligning Technology Services assets and large scale detector data with business needs to develop data-driven capital and maintenance plans totaling over $1B; Responsible for challenging current maintenance and capital replacement practices to maintain the track both better and at lower cost; Responsible for developing use cases for ways to.

Peoria, Illinois Area

Responsible for the command and control of over 400 employees performing over $190M of rail, tie, and ballast replacement projects across 2,000+ miles of the Chicago Division between 2015-2016; Directly responsible for the performance, growth, development, and accountability of 8 Production Roadmasters each leading capital gangs performing replacement.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Responsible for developing a capital maintenance plan for the BNSF Southwest Division totaling $265M over 2.5 years that would maximize the safety, velocity, and asset life of the various components spanning over 2,000 miles of track; Utilized various automated sensor data from track geometry car, ultrasonic rail test car, automated tie inspection, ground.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for analyzing and providing reliability engineering data in support of $1B annual capital expenditure across a privately-owned rail network spanning more than 25,000 miles; Responsible for developing Track Stability Training and maintaining a CWR Plan in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49, §213.118-119 for Continuously.

Sherman/Denison, Texas Area

Responsible for maintaining track structure in accordance with FRA and BNSF standards in order to allow safe and timely passage of freight trains. Led a team of 30 with an operating budget of $1.6M on a 275 mile territory through 2 different union seniority districts. Responsible for operation in accordance with BNSF, DOT, and Hazmat rules; ordering.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for supporting engineering work on the Texas Division. Supported area Roadmasters by relieving them on vacations; supported capital projects by supervising tie unloading; developed slides and supporting materials for updates to the executive teams; chosen ahead of peers to be responsible for the Vehicle Track Interaction system installed on a.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the command, control and safety of 50+ Spanish language crew members, trucks, equipment and trailers performing $2M of contractual landscape maintenance and irrigation services and landscape improvements. Maintained customer service relationship with property managers. Responsible for tracking and purchasing plant material, chemicals.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the command, control and safety of 20+ Spanish language crew members, trucks, equipment and trailers performing $1M of contractual landscape maintenance and irrigation services and landscape improvements. Maintained customer service relationship with property managers. Responsible for tracking and purchasing plant material, chemicals.

Ft. Sill, OK

Responsible for contributing to the development of a counter rocket, artillery, and mortar defense system utilizing both legacy army systems and current off the shelf technologies for forward operating bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Conceptualized overall system architecture, coordinated contractor participation and payment, and coordinated system.

Baghdad, Iraq

Responsible for developing battle plans, tracking the battle, and assisting the senior leadership in the decision making processes during battle. Cleared artillery fires for the battalion’s 1500 km2 area of responsibility. Conducted daily update briefs to the senior commander in the battalion. Handpicked to serve as the Operations Center Battle Captain in.

Baghdad, Iraq

Responsible for the command and control of combat operations, training, deployment, readiness, health and welfare of two platoons totaling 70 soldiers. Responsible for the maintenance and accountability of all organizational property assigned to the battery worth in excess of $20 million.  Responsible for platoon operations that brought safety, security.

Baumholder, Germany - Baghdad, Iraq

Responsible for all artillery fires in support of the company’s maneuver. Responsible for the training, welfare, deployment, and performance of an 8 man fire support team with vehicle and related equipment totaling over $1.5 million in the Jadria and Babil areas of Baghdad. Conducted elections to select both neighborhood and district council-members for.

Baumholder, Germany

Led an 8 member section responsible for providing timely and accurate firing instructions to a 3-gun platoon of howitzers with equipment totaling over $600,000.  Planned the battery’s training program to prepare it for high-intensity combat as the training officer for the battery

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bs, Spanish, German, Mech Eng