Mike Skok Email & Phone Number

United States

• Responsible for coordinating daily and weekly vehicle design efforts of four integrated product teams and twenty sub-contractor companies working together to produce a revolutionary combat vehicle for the U.S. Army. Coordinated weekly execution activities and led working groups to design and assess the vehicle concept as part of the program’s Model Based Systems Engineering and Modular Open Systems Architecture approaches.• Developed processes and procedures for managing contract deliverables, to include a Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) process adopted for wide-spread use across the program. Successful implementation of the CDRL process resulted in acceptance of contract deliverables.• Collaborated with Keshik’s Chief Technology Officer to build a vehicle power model in MATLAB’s SIMULINK for use in demonstrating the unique design techniques of the vehicle’s power management and distribution system and predicting performance characteristics of the vehicle.

Fort Benning, Georgia, United States

Fort Benning, Georgia

Fort Carson, Colorado

• Planned, coordinated, synchronized, and executed training, exercises, and plans for an Army division and installation of over 21,000 personnel resulting in one of the highest readiness rates in the Army.• Created strategies to ensure unit readiness for short-notice and no-notice deployments globally. Developed standing operating procedures and trained units on procedures resulting in unified operations, adherence to the executives’ directives, and improved capabilities for rapid deployment. • Promoted senior leader and organizational strategies and programs by creating value propositions, briefing plans and results, and sharing best practices, resulting in 100% compliance with standards and recognition for excellence. • Regularly advised the senior leadership on readiness matters to enhance understanding and decision-making. Anticipated issues and executes solutions before they become problems for higher-level leadership.• Utilized operational, educational, and personal experience to build relationships critical to success in building cross-functional teams and synchronizing installation logistics, state and federal agencies, and other military services, such as Colorado State Patrol, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Air Force to respond to local and global contingencies.

Poznan, Greater Poland District, Poland

• Managed operations of nearly 16,000 personnel across 13 European countries by synchronizing the day-to-day activities of units’ logistics, training, and movement. Synchronized a 90-person multi-functional team in Poland to effectively balance infrastructure improvement, strategic and operational movements, and strategic goals.• Advised the U.S. Army Europe Commander daily, aiding him in making informed decisions to achieve strategic goals to enable, improve, and assure U.S. allies and deter adversaries.• Managed the first transition of four 4,000-person units with over 12,000 pieces of equipment in Europe during a period of heightened tensions with adversaries, significant resource constraints due to natural disasters, and budgetary uncertainty. Coordinated and synchronized troop and equipment movements across national borders which assured allied and partner nations and enabled training and deterrence operations. Established strong relationships with Polish Army personnel through personal interactions and transparency.

Fort Benning, Ga

• Directed and taught planning, management, doctrine, and tactics for military officers preparing for command, staff, and leadership positions. Utilized expertise in doctrine, experience, and innovative techniques to design new lessons that remedied gaps in course content resulting in improved comprehension and performance of students and instructors alike.• Led a team of eleven hand-picked instructors responsible for the education and training of over 400 personnel. Taught instructors and implemented development guidelines to integrate doctrinal lessons with information technology systems and executed the first vertically-integrated case analysis and planning program. Resulted in qualitatively improved processes, procedures, and products.• Developed and taught an elective class on the future of warfare and warfare theory resulting in one of the most sought-after electives offered and the development of new, innovative equipment concepts and multidomain operational and tactical concepts. • Awarded for mentoring instructors, revising curriculum, developing lesson plans, and implementing creative teaching techniques.

Afghanistan & Fort Drum, New York

• Directed the operational, training, logistical, and personnel actions of over 100 personnel in a foreign country with host-nation and interagency partners. Built strong relationships with resident population and provided for their needs resulting in improved security and governance of two government districts. • Delegated authority, employed creative solutions, and built trust to achieve increasing levels of success and morale while conducting distributed operations during dozens of missions in an otherwise complex and restrictive political atmosphere.• Provided security, projects, and jobs for a city of over 20,000 people and advised two district governors on security, political, and economic improvement. Oversaw multi-million dollar contracts to rebuild villages and implemented one city’s first coordinated sanitation program.• Completed construction and operated one of only two struggling, major projects along a foreign country’s most significant highway and implemented leading-edge imaging and detection systems.

Fort Drum, New York & Afghanistan

• Managed maintenance and accountability of a fleet of varying vehicles and equipment of a 90-person team resulting in over 90% operational rates.• Developed plans and strategy for a 400-person unit responsible for seventeen tactical infrastructure locations. Developed and implemented a successful plan to reduce the number of locations by 30% while increasing effectiveness and efficiency of tactical infrastructure. Achieved turnover of tactical infrastructure three months ahead of schedule and freed up the unit’s resource for use elsewhere.• Planned and resourced five certification exercises for military units resulting in increased preparedness for combat deployments.• Experienced operating with high levels of autonomy and responsibility for limited, valuable assets supporting a special operations task force.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Master Of Military Operational Art And Science, Military Operational Art And Science/Studies

Bachelor Of Science (History)