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Kirtland, Ohio, US

Talent Consultant for multiple Fortune 500 and Non-Profit organizations, including International Paper, Parker Hannifin, Oshkosh Defense, Land O'Lakes, Rolls Royce, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Stanford University.

Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, US

Serves as a Knowledge Management Specialist and Military Planner responsibilities of no-notice deployments in support of world-wide clients. Maintain readiness to rapidly deploy to any Combatant Command and participate in Knowledge Management contingency and crisis action planning to achieve unified action by multiple military forces in all domains across.

Washington, DC, US

• Managed government contracts with combined values of over $500m. Worked directly with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense to develop their Army’s Aviation and Artillery capabilities. Served as an intermediary between the.
• Evaluated Iraqi requirements and conducted planning to provide U.S. resources and other engagements for the improvement or expansion of Iraq’s capabilities within U.S. interest.
• Assisted Iraq in documenting its requirements and articulating its requests for presentation to U.S. organizations.
• Assist the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in obtaining information on defense articles and services from both the U.S. and other partnered nations.
• Managed and implemented Iraqi Army Aviation and Artillery portfolios valued in excess of $500m.
• Developed and implemented an Iraqi drone program. Iraq is on course to field, maintain, and train operators for several squadrons of unmanned ISR platforms.

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Act as the Human Resources Partner for 2 manufacturing facilities in the Pittsburgh and Tampa areas representing 480 employees, including 160 union employees.
• Built and implemented a contract negotiation plan for labor negotiations. Successfully led contract negotiations which led to a favorable labor contract for both parties.
• Responsible for settling all union grievances- no grievance has gone to arbitration.
• Completly reorganized the hourly career progression – developed Machine Operator, Material Handler, Maintenance Technician, Quality Technician, and Lab Technician job categories, each with 4 tiers and pay ranges, which.
• Installed locker room facilities for female employees.
• Identified enormous security gap- I contracted 24/7 site security.

Lake Forest, IL, US

• Worked as the principal recruiter, human resources generalist, payroll coordinator, EH&S specialist, and training specialist for two food packaging manufacturing facilities in North Carolina.
• Trained all supervisors and managers on using SAP for all hourly employee time keeping. Implemented SAP Time and Attendance for both facilities in order to more accurately account for hours worked and payroll metrics.
• Negotiated two new contracts for Labor Vendors, one for each facility, bringing the total number of labor vendors to four.
• Responsible for all Safety and Human Resources related metrics for both facilities.
• Trained all labor vendors in the use of SAP and entered their employees in order to more accurately account for Human Resources metrics.
• Reduced Temp turnover from 56% to 6% over 3 months.

Wilmington, NC, US

• Served as the principal recruiter, human resources generalist, and advisor to the Site Directors for three separate cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in North and South Carolina. Created, developed, and.
• Developed sourcing strategies for all vacant and newly created positions, to include writing job descriptions and posting positions internally, on professional career web pages, and on various social media websites.
• Worked closely with Hiring Managers to develop candidate profiles. Screened candidates and coordinated candidate logistics for on-site interviews.
• Independently sourced, screened, hired, and on-boarded 25 candidates over a 6 month period, ranging from entry level technicians to senior directors.
• Implemented a performance management system for each facility including a forced ranking for all employees and trained managers to formalize immediate performance feedback to their reports.
• Worked with each site leader and corporate finance to create individualized site organizational structures to support projected production increases.

• Responsible for the integration, synchronization, and employment of all lethal effects for a Special Forces Battalion. Served as the primary adviser to the Battalion Commander in all aspects of fire support and fire.
• Coordinated and de-conflicted fire support for a Special Operations Task Force during the highly kinetic 2014 Fighting Season in Afghanistan.
• Responsible for controlling multiple aircraft in a fixed airspace while simultaneously coordinating lethal effects during combat operations.
• Coordinated with aircraft from the U.S, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the Afghanistan Air Force during operations throughout Afghanistan.

East Lansing, MI, US

• Served as the Assistant Professor of Military Science at Michigan State University with the primary responsibility of instructing and teaching Junior Level cadets prior to their attendance to the Leadership Development.
• Successfully commissioned 37 Cadets into the Army in 2012, the largest commissioning class at Michigan State in 42 years.
• Established a program which led to a 100% graduation rate for Cadets from Michigan State University at LDAC.
• Developed a comprehensive three week long training program which led to 22% of Michigan State Cadets selected as Platoon Honor Graduates (Top 5 out of 40) during LDAC, the highest rate for any ROTC program in the.

Fort Bragg, NC, US

• Commanded a Field Artillery Headquarters Battery and a 155mm Field Artillery Line Battery over a 27 month period; commanded one of only three airborne 155mm artillery batteries in the Army with the mission of no-notice.
• Deployed the battery to combat in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with personnel located at nine different operating bases.
• Coached and mentored Soldiers to consistently exceed performance objectives set by higher organizational headquarters.
• Accountable for addressing and mitigating Soldier grievances under existing policies and regulations.
• Developed Standard Operating Procedures for conducting drop zone missions with the Army's newest artillery piece; the standards are still in use today.
• Duties included conducting Soldier performance reviews and implementing career strategies to enable them succeed in the Army.

Fort Bragg, NC, US

• Responsible for the tactical and technical fire direction of a task force as well as battalion level artillery fires. Responsible for the training and certification of six subordinate fire direction centers in three.
• Responsible for preparing all subordinate fire direction centers to operate independently in Afghanistan.
• Developed a pre-deployment training plan for the battalion's firing platoons which included meticulously planning every fire mission over a two week period which resulted in successfully firing over 15,000 rounds in.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, US

• Firing Battery Platoon Leader in the Army's only airborne 155mm howitzer battalion supporting the XVIII Airborne Corps, ready to deploy within 18 hours' notice in support of world-wide contingency operations..
• Deployed platoon to West Point to support their annual Cadet Summer Training, recognized by the Department of Military Instruction for excellence in training West Point Cadets.
• Executed more than two dozen drop zone missions which consisted of parachuting one or two howitzers and platoon members then readying the platoon to fire in under 30 minutes.
• Created culture of friendly competitiveness which led to the platoon frequently outperforming other teams.

• Project Officer, Land Manager, and Billeting Officer for FOB Marez, Iraq. Responsible for the billeting of all US and Coalition personnel and accountable for all the physical structures on the base. Coordinated with.
• Worked with numerous U.S., Turkish and Iraqi construction companies to award construction contracts for numerous projects throughout the Greater Mosul area which totaled over $1,500,000.
• Developed plans and solutions for numerous force protection issues and quality of life problems to ensure the safety and welfare of more than 11,500 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, U.S. Contractors, and Coalition personnel.

Ba, History

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Resources Development