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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Oversee staff of 45, in Emergency Management, Aviation Security, Security Badging, 9-1-1 Communication Center, Maintenance Operations Center and Paging and Information.
• Redesigned and implemented the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) program recruiting 80 staff.
• Managed EOC response for a variety of disasters including an active shooting event, winter snow and ice storm, wildfire smoke, planned events, emergency repatriation and the COVID-19 pandemic response, Build Back.
• Lead the design, implementation, and operation of the PDX Red Economy Lot mass vaccination site.
• Currently managing the move to a new facility, co-location, and consolidation of 3 disparate call centers and integration of Response Operations.
• Reorganized the 9-1-1 center for better span of control and technical efficiencies.

Various

• Instructed AWR: 356 Community Planning for Disaster Recovery and AWR: 347 Climate Adaptation Planning for Emergency Management at various locations throughout United States.

Oregon City, Oregon, United States

• Developed overall program and curriculum for Clackamas County EOC.
• Developed, planned and executed programs such as the EOC Academy, Evacuation/Re-Entry Planning, Incident Command System (ICS), Continuity of Operations (COOP), and National Incident Management System (NIMS).
• Recruited, trained and managed a leadership team with staff of up to 115 paid and volunteer emergency response staff.
• Developed and implemented plans such as Dam Failure, Evacuation, Seismic Bridge Priorities, Emergency Transportation Routes, Emergency Operations Plans (EOP), Mass Fatality, Employee Disaster Reporting (EDR) and.
• Maintained, tracked, analyzed, forecasted budgets related to special projects and grants.

Oregon City, Oregon, United States

• Worked as 9-1-1 fire and medical dispatcher.
• Researched working cases for the District Attorney's office, as well as other investigators, law and fire agencies, media, and citizens.
• Trained staff and produced evidence requests for ongoing investigations and media events.
• Performed payroll, budgeting, billing, and other duties.

Various

• Oversaw all areas of ground operations, FAA regulations, contract negotiations, security, FIS (Immigration, Customs and Agriculture), control center at LAS, ORD and MSP.
• Managed a staff of 70-130, daily operations with various vendors and governmental agencies.
• Operational control of KLM-Dutch Airlines, KAC-Kuwait Airways and FI-Iceland Air.
• Developed new reporting and auditing procedures to better understand and improve performance and delay factors.
• Audited airline passenger, cargo, and security screening procedures to ensure compliance.
• Worked at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP)

Las Vegas, NV

• Project coordination including survey, mapping, excavation, plotting, recording, charting, analysis and inventory management.
• Contracted under the DOE at the Nevada Test Site in Mercury, NV.