Patrick Burbridge, Mba, Msm-Pm, Mscj, Ts/Sci Email & Phone Number

United States

Inspections Chief at U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), 4th Infantry Division, Senior Commander, Inspector General’s Office.

Fort Carson, Colorado, United States

Performance of the four Inspector General (IG) Functions - inspections, assistance, investigations and "teach and train" for purpose of enhancing the command's readiness and warfighting capability.Conduct investigative interviews with complainants to ensure relevant information is gathered.Serve as subject matter expert and primary trainer for Inspector General intelligence oversight issues.Provide advisory guidance to leadership and staff on standard base doctrine and command policy on adherence to law and regulation.Research and analyze information systematically to resolve conflicts, monitor efficiency, or locate potential improvements.Brief personnel within the organization on completing required duties and to keep management informed of progress of the cases.Conduct intelligence oversight inspections in accordance with intelligence oversight government regulations.Investigate or inquire into alleged or suspected instances of non-compliance of individuals or organizations concerning laws, rules, policies, regulations, executive orders, or other mandatory regulatory requirement.

Fort Carson, Colorado

• Accountable Officer for inventory valued at over $300M of the Installation Supply Support Activity (ISSA) and the Hazardous Material Control Center (HMCC). • Manage the Installation’s Stock Readiness and Care of Supplies in Storage (COSIS) Programs.• Serve as Supply Management Officer/Accountable Officer with responsibility for the operation of the ISSA and the HMCC.• Provide supply support services to division and non-division units and supported active and reserve organizations within the Fort Carson seven state area.• Determine the scope and application of operational policies, procedures, and objectives to insure adequate and effective supply support.• Review Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-A) supply performance data, metrics, costs, and reports; evaluate and make recommendations for action to the contractor, through the ISD Chief, for any modifications.• Maintain visibility of all incoming and out-going supplies, to include unit retrograde operations and advise the ISD Chief of any operational concerns.• Maintains close liaison with customer units and organizations concerning current and long-range plans relative to commodity management and the accomplishment of timely and accurate inventories to satisfy those plans.• Furnish technical advice and assistance and provides pertinent data on capabilities, limitations, statistics, etc. when request by the ISD Chief or Command.• Provide technical advice and supply recommendations to all customer units.• Keep the Chief, ISD informed of progress in meeting program goals and advise of controversial matters.

Fort Carson, Co

• Plan, develop, maintain, and implement Quality Assurance systems IAW policy, regulations and guidelines to provide adequate control of Installation Logistical base support products, services, and construction. • Work with functional managers to ensure quality assurance is understood and written into the performance work statements (PWS) and surveillance plans (SP) for all service contracts. • Recommend appropriate corrective actions to ensure conformance of PWS and SP with pertinent policies, procedures and regulations. • Provide formal or informal instruction in QA subject matter. Develop and apply effective, efficient procedures for Government contract quality assurance actions under the contracting officer. Ensure performance records of the contracts are correct. • Review contract quality control plan to ensure adequacy. Evaluate functional managers COR/QAE performance and provide written reports of observations to include recommendations for improvement or further training when necessary. • Review, evaluate and investigate monthly COR/QAE contract activities reports and recommend acceptance of the reports and any deficiency actions to the Contracting Officers. • Investigate disagreements between COR/QAE's and contractors, recommending appropriate action to the contracting officer. • Review, evaluate, and provide recommendations for functional managers' surveillance plans for Commercial Activities (CA) function. • Perform actions necessary to verify services or supplies conform to contract quality requirements. •Participate in contract pre and post award conferences to provide QA clarification and direction to the bidders or contractor. • Conduct research and prepare studies to obtain needed changes in QA policies or plans. • Draft local SOP for Director approval to implement QA policy issued by higher level authority.

Fort Carson, Co

• Hand receipt manager (HRM) for 65 customer agency property accounts, 4 government furnished property (GFP) accounts, and 21 government purchase accounts. • Perform property accountability, asset visibility, and equipment management functions using the Global Combat Support System (GCSS-A). • Manage sensitive items records for 3 customer agencies ensuring sensitive items, weapons, and explosives are inventoried as required. • Manage and process property book lateral transfers, turn-ins, requisitions, issues, and posting transactions to close out open documentation. • Provide customer service, reconcile hand-receipts, Identification Codes (IUID) implementation, catalog property using Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program (AESIP), and manage supply and inventory processes. • Provide support to the Supply and Services Department Manager and ensure government property is accounted for in accordance with contract specification and appropriate Army regulations and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) policies and procedures.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Studied and completed a Master of Science in Management - Project Management; 4.0 GPA in 18 months. Completed and served as the team lead of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Capstone. • Team lead for five (5) of the twelve (12) required management and project management courses; professional development based upon leadership skills, diverse aptitude, ability to communicate, and contribute to effortless cohort academic success. • Recommended by three (3) professors in the Colorado Technical Business Management Program to pursue a Doctorate in Management.• Expert with Microsoft Office 2013 programs such as Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.

Fort Carson, Colorado

Evaluated and assisted Army units instructing the importance of coordinating comprehensive logistical functions of Arms, Ammunition, & Explosives (AA&E). Instructed physical security programs while ensuring compliance with physical security, key control, weapons issue and turn-in procedures, inventory procedures, ammunition procedures, maintenance of sensitive items, and arms room property. • Assisted the Inspector General (IG) Team with logistics compliance inspections, writing inspection reports, and out-briefing senior leadership. • Evaluated over 120 arms rooms, trained over 150 armorers / Army officers, and instructed over 30 logistics and physical security operations courses in a 20 month period. • Designed, developed, and administered new course content, reviewed and updated existing curriculum utilizing performance metrics and organization standards enhancing training / instructional methods and procedures enabling military personnel to learn and grow within respective organizations.

Fort Carson, Colorado / Iraq

Led teams of 20 to 345 personnel by identifying developmental needs, coaching, mentoring, and counseling to improve team member knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). Responsible for two Army company level organizations. Appraised over 50 subordinate logistics specialists and provided strengths, weaknesses and recommended short and long-term goals. • Managed risk upon multiple lines to protect and account for government property valued over $96M.• Managed deployment and redeployment of 195 logisticians to international locations globally, with little guidance or supervision, contributing directly to 100% operational success rate.• Directed and assigned employees to positions according to employee skill set and created employee work schedules; defined priorities, and set deadlines. • Resolved problems concerning logistics systems and customer issues by planning organizing and implementing logistics operations, maintaining consistent mission tracking, and communication with senior managers.• Provided expert logistical advice to senior management and customer supported organizations saving operational costs of over $5M, and engaging productivity, accuracy, and timeliness of logistic sustainment processes.• Planned mission accomplishment by implementing over 2,500 tasks mitigating resource constraints and analyzing financial impacts of unexpected logistics changes encompassing routing, product volumes, transportation modes, and distribution material handling. • Negotiated with suppliers, vendors, and customers supported organizations on a quarterly basis to improve supply chain efficiency and sustainability.

Fort Carson, Colorado

Supervised, evaluated, trained, advised, and counseled 46 logisticians. Directed and tracked logistic replenishment operations and supervised daily operations of management functions comprised of food service, medical logistics, fuel, ammunition, maintenance, transportation, general supply, and automated support services. • Established environmental and safety requirements for receipt, storage, and issue, transportation, and maintenance of assigned equipment and supply items. • Reviewed, analyzed, and briefed daily reports such as the management update assessments and management operations summaries to senior management and managed, prioritized, and scheduled all battalion protocols, training, missions, special events, ceremonies, and operations. • Planned, coordinated, and led two (2) Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) organization deployments and one (1) Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) organization redeployment involving over 600 military personnel. • Planned and developed the architecture of the management operations center; trained 20 staff members on operational setup procedures; synchronization staff operations and functions. • Oversaw processing and distribution of over 750 mission support orders (MSOs), 700 operations orders (OPORDs), and 200 school enrollments.

United States Army Europe (Usareur), Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Developed, prepared, analyzed, and reported supply performance data, trends, and contract information to the Division Chief of Supply and Services Directorate and supervised, evaluated, trained, advised, and counseled 8 logisticians. • Managed over 2,000 procurement acquisition processes and planned and implemented program management plans. • Managed all classes of supplies and inspected over 20 customer supported organizations Command Supply Discipline Programs (CSDP) and assurance programs. • Reduced inventory stocks on-hand by 20%; saving USAREUR over $1.7 million and led USAREUR’s Excess Campaign; developed and executed a plan effectively reducing product excess by turning in over $92.4M; 28% inventory excess of government property. • Identified reasons for supply transaction errors and failures; revised a pre-order requisition form for supply items which reduced hiatus time and increased overall customer satisfaction by 35%. • Managed Supply Support Activity (SSA) Warehouse inventories enhancing supply transactions processing rate to 98% while maintaining 96% of stock on hand; increased supply availability to customers from 62% to 95%. • Identified and applied concepts, policies, and practices of logistics management in coordination of comprehensive logistical or reverse-logistical functions for product lifecycles, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, recycling, reuse, and final disposal of resources. • Generated, maintained, and analyzed technical documents, transactions, issue reports, distributions, metrics, process documentation, service logs, and training and safety records to support logistics planning. • Instituted inventory management control systems for durable and non-durable government supplies, including controlled equipment items, shelf life items, durable hand tools, expendable items, and hazardous materials.

Fort Carson, Colorado

Received, processed, and recorded over 1,200 Inspector General Action Requests (IGARs) involving a variety of assistance and formal cases and addressed complaints and allegations pertaining to all facets of inquiry and served a population of some 80,000 Soldiers, reservists, family members, civilians, and retirees. • As a team leader, planned and conducted inspections and investigations. Inspections conducted consisted of four (4) physical security compliance inspections, four (4) CSDP inspections, and four (4) SSA Warehouse inspections, respectively achieving superior results. • Prepared objectivity reports and reported the results, findings, and recommendations along with any other non-compliance, readiness or morale impacting issues to the Inspector General and briefed senior leaders on problematic areas, standards violated, and recommended courses of action (COAs) for implementation by staff proponents and subordinate leaders. • Conducted interviews, received testimonial evidence, collected data, resolved questions, and listened to and evaluated complaints, grievances, inquiries to determine the appropriate action to be taken. Preformed quality review of investigations into allegations to ensure thoroughness, impartiality, and appropriateness of any action recommended. • Accountable and responsible for government property valued at over $425,000; attention to detail and knowledge of property accountability enabled the IG Office to be the first agency on Fort Carson to be in compliance with the Commanding General’s (CG) guidance on installation property accountability. Managed the IG’s government purchase card account with an $80,000 budget.

Fort Carson, Colorado

Served as a Materiel Maintenance Manager. Managed Operational Readiness (OR) by implementing a plan to enhance tracking and maintaining a fleet of vehicles and reported materiel and maintenance status to the Regimental Materiel Management Center (RMMC) Chief. • Organized, coordinated, and reported equipment status and repair parts acquisition for Direct Support (DS) plus and Operational Readiness Float (ORF) assets valued at over $98M and tracked Modification Work Order (MWOs) applications for the Regiment. • Processed daily Standard Army Maintenance System – Electronic (SAMS-E) transactions and provided accurate maintenance status of equipment daily and weekly during maintenance meetings. • Streamlined ORF and DS repair parts management and improved efficiency by 64%; revamped the existing internal ORF and DS Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) making them more user friendly and easily understood. • Invested initiative to formulate procedural solutions for alternate repair procedures and local parts suppliers to reduce acquisition costs and expedite delivery times by 83%. • Selected by the RMMC Chief as the most productive Maintenance Manager in the Section due to effectiveness and efficiency of having Class IX repair parts expedited from Wholesale Item Managers for pacing items.

Fort Carson, Colorado / Camp Casey, Korea

Managed two SSAs consisting of 6 sections and authorized stockage list (ASL) valued at over $2M. Provided technical guidance, training, assistance and explained performance standards for strict adherence, document control, hazardous material, and compliance through counsel of 74 logisticians. • Promoted a positive work environment by allowing employees to participate and contribute to effective mission accomplishment. • Scheduled and conducted quarterly ASL review boards with customer supported organizations to determine stock levels needed for non-cyclical items on-hand, inventory needs, project and seasonal demands, culminating with customer support requirements and project depletion. • Conducted monthly face-to-face reconciliations with customer supported organizations to coordinate transportation, production, and funding limitations. Created a one-stop-shop atmosphere for customer supported units to requisition and receive supplies and treated customers in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner with customer satisfaction being forthright. • Successfully lowered automated supply system order-ship-time of supplies from 5.0 to 3.8 days and managed property accountability by inventorying and reconciling stocks (5,200 lines) monthly, maintaining 99.8%; almost 2% above Department of the Army’s (DA) goal of 98%. • Managed and processed property record discrepancies by receiving, screening, reviewing, and verifying shipping, receiving, storing and inventory discrepancies, and conducting all-encompassing researches for evidence and to reconstruct supply records.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations And Supply Chain Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Delta Mu DeltaPi Gamma Chapter Colorado, International Honor Society in Business, Colorado Technical University

Master’S Degree, Project Management, 4.0 Gpa

Master’S Degree, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration, 4.0 Gpa

Bachelor’S Degree, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration, 3.7 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude

Associate’S Degree, General Studies, 3.7 Gpa

Activities and Societies: President's Honor Roll and Honor Society

High School, General Education, 3.5 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Football, Baseball, and Honor Society

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Delta Mu Delta, Pi Gamma Chapter, International Honor Society of Business