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New Port Richey, Florida, United States

The primary POC for all preventive, corrective and emergent maintenance of all west Pasco County buildings and facilities. Plans, directs and coordinates a staff of electrical, plumbing, HVAC, grounds, and general maintenance skilled trades / technicians. Performs a full range of budgeting, work-order and personnel management including all staffing, mentoring and training duties.https://www.pascocountyfl.net/services/facilities_management/index.php

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Director of Maintenance / Plant Maintenance & Facilities Manager• Plan, direct & oversee all facility & production equipment for an industrial donut manufacturing plant. Continually lead by example promoting and encouraging employees to commit to safety and Good Manufacturing Practices.• Developed & implemented a comprehensive Preventative Maintenance program, including an extensive inventory of $500K of critical electronic, mechanical and electrical components.• Manage personnel scheduling, payroll, interview/hire/terminate employees, maintain critical spare parts inventory, perform repairs as needed, train & mentor junior technicians.• Led continuous improvement initiatives in the flow of material and processing of products.• Monitor key performance indicators (KPI) of all major facility equipment to analyze critical failures thereby reducing and correcting trends which affect plant production down-time.

Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, Ca

Section Head, Mechanical Fabrication \ Machine Shop, Product Development Branch, Airborne Instrumentation Division• Led and managed Civil Service & government contractor machinists, sheet metal fabricators, welders, material control clerks and QA specialists in the design, development, fabrication, assembly, test & installation of prototype parts used in weapon & aircraft systems, missiles, targets & ships, following strict ISO 9000/9001 standards.• Practiced sound fiscal responsibility by observing and applying management and classification principles; analyzing, monitoring and reducing costs; forecasting budgets; and providing information to higher level management on future staffing, facility space, and equipment needs.• Identified, recommended and implemented short- and long-term business strategies for the phased replacement of industrial computer-numerically controlled metal fabrication equipment, facilities and supplies.SUPERVISORY DUTIES: I carry out the full range of combined technical and administrative direction of subordinates.ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES: Completing and/or approving timekeeping documents and leave requests, training requests, travel orders, and miscellaneous forms and/or correspondence (e.g., relating to workplace safety and on-the-job injuries, security-related access and clearance issues, employee separations, etc.). Grant and/or recommend Time-Off, Individual Cash, and other monetary awards. Initiate approval for Recruitment, Relocation, and Retention incentives. Participate in subordinate and/or main pay pool panels to help finalize performance ratings, Payout Points, and salary and bonus distributions for members of the organization. Talk with and assist employees in dealing with personal and work-related problems and may arrange for and/or participate in the Civilian Employee Assistance Program counseling process.

Sasebo, Japan

Fleet Technical Assistance (FTA) Senior Combat Systems Electronics Technician and MIW Subject Matter Expert (SME) accountable to the FTA Division Head for all matters related to MIW readiness in the 7th Fleet AOR. Provide Sonar Systems and equipment/component technical and training support to the Forward Deployed Naval Forces ships while providing comprehensive system and field engineering equipment support in the performance, operation, maintenance, Depot Level repair and modernization, system testing/certifications. Provide immediate authoritative technical assistance, training and field engineering leadership to ship's force personnel on urgent mission degrading casualty reports (CASREPs) or similar problems affecting the systems and sub-systems. Thorough and expert knowledge of U.S. Navy specifications, technical manuals, drawings and regulations pertaining to design, testing, maintenance and safety. Extremely proficient and familiar with reading and interpreting technical manuals, documents, schematics, sketches, and blueprints.SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE LEADING HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS: As the senior technician in the FTA branch, during absences of the division head, my experience, successful managing, supervising and leading 23 U.S. Civil Service technicians, active duty military and Japanese Master Labor Contract technicians has proven effective in maintaining Hull/Mechanical/Electrical and Combat Systems support for 1 LHD, 1 LPD, 2 LSD, 4 MCM class ships, numerous CG/DDG and other ships in the 7th Fleet AOR. ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SERVICES & OPERATIONS SUPPORT: Skills includes a broad range of knowledge of highly complex equipment, frequently involving multiple engineering disciplines. Rely on experience and sound electrical, electronic and technical judgment to analyze failures and develop sound technically correct solutions often times when problem definition is poor and technical documentation is not adequately updated to reflect equipment configuration.

Sasebo, Japan

Provide Sonar Systems and equipment/component technical and training support to the Forward Deployed Naval Forces in the 7th Fleet AOR. Provide immediate authoritative technical assistance, training and field engineering leadership to ship's force personnel on urgent mission degrading casualty reports (CASREPs) or similar problems affecting the systems and sub-systems. Thorough and expert knowledge of U.S. Navy specifications, technical manuals, drawings and regulations pertaining to design, testing, maintenance and safety. Extremely proficient and familiar with reading and interpreting schematics, sketches, and blueprints.-Routinely called upon by shipboard Port Engineers to oversee and manage the implementation, reviewing, and enforcing of policy and providing guidance for engineering and planning processes and products for a various types of combatants and support ships.-Routinely called upon to provide operational capabilities and readiness evaluations of sonar systems during events including Total Ship Readiness Assessments (TSRA), Mid-cycle Inspections (MCI) and Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).-Skills includes a broad range of knowledge of highly complex equipment/systems, frequently involving multiple engineering disciplines. Rely on experience and sound electrical, electronic and technical judgment to analyze failures and develop sound technically correct solutions often times when problem definition is poor and technical documentation is not adequately updated to reflect equipment configuration.-Interface with different levels of Planning, Design, Testing and Work Control and Production Departments, and contractor personnel in order to complete high priority projects simultaneously or in rapid succession. Frequently engage peer technicians and end users to share problems and solutions for common and unusual faults whereby increasing shipyard and shipboard technicians' knowledge.

Mine Countermeasures Crew Fearless, Bahrain

SENIOR MANAGER: Managed all aspects of installation, integration, modification, repair, testing, maintenance and operation of the Combat Systems electronics suite onboard U.S. Navy Avenger class MCM ships ensuring the highest levels of readiness. TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR: In-depth experience in detecting, troubleshooting and executing/supervising solutions to critical equipment/system failures including the repair, modification and overhaul of AN/SQQ-32(V)3 and AN/SQQ-32(V)4 Mine-hunting and classification search and detection sonar and associated OK-520 Common Winch; AN/SLQ-48, Umbilical Cable Handling System (UCHS), High Voltage Transformer (HVT) and AN/SLQ-60 (SEAFOX) Mine Neutralization systems; AN/SSN-2(V)5 and AN/SSN-2(V)4 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), AN/SQH-4A Klein Side Scan Sonar (SSS), and AN/SQH-4B Battle Space Profiler (BSP), AN/UQN-4A SONAR Sounding Set, AN/WQC-2A Underwater communications sonar, AN/SSQ-94 MIW Simulator and AN/SPS-55 and AN/SPS-73 navigation radars. Extremely proficient and familiar with reading and interpreting technical manuals, schematics, sketches, and blueprints.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:PLANNED TECHNICAL WORK PROJECTS: Coordinated detailed technical plans with the In-service Engineering Activity (ISEA) representatives at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Panama City, FL for the removal of the AN/SQQ-32(V)3 Mine-hunting and classification search and detection sonar and replacement with the AN/SQQ-32(V)4 sonar on USS CHAMPION (MCM 4), USS DEXTROUS (MCM 13) and USS PIONEER (MCM 9) during extremely arduous shipyard maintenance periods completing weeks ahead of schedule and with zero safety mishaps during each availability.CONDUCTED ENGINEERING STUDY: Upon the installation of the AN/SQQ-32(V)4 sonar in USS DEXTROUS (MCM 13) worked extensively with ISEA representatives during weeks long underway periods in the Arabian Gulf evaluating the operational problems with the newly installed system.

Navy Munitions Command Unit Charleston, Sc

OPERATIONS OFFICER/MINE PRODUCTION OFFICER: Supported Maritime Pre-positioned Force (MPF) ships in support of (ISO) Marine Expeditionary Units forward deployed. Managed and oversaw maintenance, production and Quality Assurance utilizing various Lean Six Sigma processes for the Navy’s Continental United States (CONUS) pre-positioned war reserve stockpile of live and inert mines worth over $166 million. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:EXEMPLARY LEADER: Expertly led, trained and maintained three world-wide assignable Mine Assembly Teams, ensuring the capability to deploy on a 48 hour notice in support of CONUS/OCONUS MIW contingency operations and general war plans. Personally orchestrated six teams performing extensive inventories while simultaneously managing 11 programs during the 2009 Explosive Safety Inspection resulting in a 99 percent inventory accountability and 98 percent inventory accuracy score.ADEPT TRAINER: Produced a rigorous training regimen for 60 Sailors and Marines in the quarterly mine assembly upgrade of MK 62, MK 63, MK 65 Quickstrike and MK 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines producing a 98.5% reliability rate and zero safety mishaps during a biannual Mine Readiness Certification Inspection.

Mine Countermeasures Squadron One, Ingleside, Tx

SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER: Senior Enlisted Leader to the Fleet Operational Commander for Surface, Air and Explosive Ordnance Disposal MCM assets in the Pacific Area of Responsibility and the Immediate Superior in Command for two Western Pacific forward deployed MCM vessels, USS GUARDIAN (MCM 5) and USS PATRIOT (MCM 7), home ported in Sasebo, Japan.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:TACTICAL EXPERT: Deployed nine months conducting expert liaison and training both underway and ashore during numerous Fleet exercises such as WESTERN PACIFIC MCMEX, RIMPAC, COBRA GOLD, FOAL EAGLE and ULCHI FREEDOM GUARDIAN with various Pacific region partner countries resulting in enhanced readiness of Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF). Implemented a Weapons Proficiency Assessment gauging the accuracy of mine warfare sensors and watch teams, further enhancing the operational abilities and readiness. VERSATILE LEADER: As the Equal Opportunity Officer for over 180 personnel, actively promoted cultural diversity and ensured a climate free from stress, bias, or harassment. STAFF TACTICAL WATCH OFFICER: Set the standard as the staff’s recognized MIW expert by qualifying as the only enlisted Tactical Watch Officer, a position normally filled by a senior commissioned officer, whereby planning and directing operations and activities of large scope and size, increasing interoperability between the USA and Pacific partner nations. Supervised watch standers operating the Mine Warfare Decision Aids Library (MEDAL) in tactical decision making.EXPERIENCED EXERCISE PLANNER: As the lead planner for exercise MERCURY 10-08, expertly planned and executed a successful exercise and served as the staff’s ambassador to the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Mine Countermeasures Crew Fearless

COMMAND SENIOR CHIEF / SENIOR TECHNICIAN: Managed an 80-person crew during heightened Maritime Security Operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM while deployed in the Arabian Gulf. Worked closely with numerous PC ships deployed in company with. Provided SME guidance to Fleet Commanders while deployed in support of Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina and Rita, surveying the Louisiana Offshore Oil Production shipping lanes, ensuring safe passage in reopening for commercial traffic. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:CAPABLE TECHNICIAN: Senior AN/SLQ-48 Mine Neutralization System Technician training junior technicians to evaluate shipboard electrical properties including 60HZ, 400HZ, 125VAC and 440VAC to correct deficiencies in the HVT and UCHS sub-systems. COMBAT SYSTEMS / WEAPONS EXPERT: Led the Combat Systems watch team through the highly successful operational testing of and training with four live Mission Package ordnance war shots, two of which were the first of their kind in CONUS (Mission Package 3).CHIEF MASTER AT ARMS / SMALL ARMS MARKSMANSHIP INSTRUCTOR: Maintained order and discipline for a crew of 80 Sailors. Managed the small arms qualifications by training and certifying over 300 pistol and rifle operators over a 4 year period with zero safety mishaps.ADEPT OPERATOR: Demonstrated keen leadership, judgment, tactical acumen and peerless war fighting skill as recognized by the 2004 Commander Naval Surface Forces Unit Tactics Award.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Fl

Expertly trained over 400 DOD, security and active duty personnel in Small Arms Marksmanship, Hazardous/Explosive materials and forklift operations. As ordnance logistics database administrator, flawlessly processed over 1,100 Ammunition Transaction, information and reclassification reports while also preparing, tracking and managing over 1500 shipping documents with zero discrepancies. Led teams of 20 security personnel in building and vehicle safety searches in THREATCON DELTA during the Terrorist Attacks.

Ingleside, Texas | Sasebo, Japan | Charleston, South Carolina

US Navy Petty Officer (paygrades E-2 thru E-6)Performed, managed/scheduled and supervised preventive and corrective maintenance on a myriad of electronic, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Performed preventive and corrective maintenance on various underwater mine cases and components (explosive and inert).

Master Of Arts, Public Administration

Pursuing Master's Degree in Communication & Leadership

Bachelor Of Science, Summa Cum Laude, Management, 4.0 Gpa

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE, 2020 Management/Human Resources, 4.0 GPA Summa Cum Laude Park University, Parkville, MO Honorary member, Alpha.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies, 4.0 Gpa

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