Robert Irvin Email & Phone Number

United States Army Warrant Officer Career College

INSTRUCTOR AND WRITER for Leadership and Professional Development Warrant Officer Career College, specifically preparing, coordinating, supervising, teaching, and lecturing Warrant Officer Senior Staff Course, Warrant Officer Staff Course and Warrant Officer Candidate Course programs. PROVIDE POST SECONDARY TO GRADUATE LEVEL CLASSES in case studies related to ethics, critical thinking, creative thinking, Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN), holistic leadership, and other assigned topics. Provide professional, personal, and technical developmental guidance to assigned instructors, staff, faculty, and managers.

Fort Rucker, Al

SERVED AS PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, AND LEADER of Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS) curriculum. Provided instruction to more than 1,500 students annually. Provided advisory services to students relative to career progression, leadership development, evaluations, education, problem solving, and writing assignments within context of small group instruction.

Ansbach, Germany

PROGRAM MANAGER for Battalion Field Level Maintenance Programs consisting of up to 620 pieces of equipment. Deployed extensive knowledge of automated supply systems to maintain accountability of property and equipment. DEPLOYMENT PROJECT MANAGER. Provided direct leadership, technical assistance, coaching, teaching and mentorship 100+ soldiers from six maintenance support teams consisting of ground equipment team, recovery section, communication and electronic section, armament section, administrative section, and a ten civilian mechanics. DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING BUSINESS ACUMEN related to management of human, financial, and technology resources. Managed budgets up to $2.5 million. Provided contractor oversight for up to15 contractors. CONDUCTED STUDIES AND ANALYSIS (both quantitatively and qualitatively) related to maintenance requirement, facility capabilities, personnel and logistical support. DEVELOPED, WROTE, AND ADMINISTERED LOGISTICS PLANS, policies, and procedures for 128 pieces of ground support equipment resulting in a 95% operational readiness rate. IMPLEMENTED QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL (QA/QC) Program increasing battalion equipment readiness rate by 15%.PROJECT MANAGER for full scale deployment planning and implementation; i.e., Operation Enduring Freedom VI, Victory Strike III in Poland, and Operation Iraqi Freedom and Victory Strike.DEPLOYED TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 07-09. Maintained a 97% Operational Readiness Rate while managing a split base maintenance operation at three separate locations.PLANNED AND EXECUTED COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICEABLE AND UNSERVICEABLE TURN-IN PROGRAM saving the Army and unit over $200,000 in excess and unmatched recoverable items.

Hanau, Germany

SERVED AS MAINTENANCE OFFICER for a Quartermaster Supply Company. Deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom VI and Victory Strike III in Poland. PLANNED, DEVELOPED, AND EXECUTED COMPANY MAINTENANCE PRE-DEPLOYMENT PLAND AND EQUIPMENT READINESS for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Victory Strike. DEVELOPED, WROTE, AND ADMINISTERED LOGISTICS PLANS, policies, and procedures for 128 pieces of ground support equipment resulting in a 95% operational readiness rate. APPOINTED AS CONTINGENCY QUALITY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE over Kellogg, Brown and Root’s (KBR) organizational and direct support maintenance for Logistical Task Force 191, Bagram Airfield for seven task forces within the Combined Joint Operations Area (CJOA). IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH KBR through persistent oversight, maintenance operation inspections, and provided equipment necessary to augment the direct support maintenance operations. PLANNED, PROGRAMMED, BUDGETED, AND DISTRIBUTED quarterly class IX repair parts reports, conducted scheduling, and cost research to eliminate over spending.

Fort Hood, Texas

SERVED AS BATTALION MAINTENANCE OFFICER, Armor Battalion. Analyzed, planned, and executed maintenance concepts, principals, practices essential for repair, overhaul, equipment modification, alignments, troubleshooting of systems and subsystems. Managed budget and excess parts and equipment in excess of $5 million.SUPERVISED AND MANAGED OPERATIONS and control of daily maintenance operations. CONDUCTED INVENTORY MANAGEMENT for equipment valued over $7.5 million. MANAGED AND PERFORMED INVENTORY ACQUISITION FUNCTIONHUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER for a platoon of 105 soldiers and six senior non-commission officers.PRESENTED MAINTENANCE BRIEFINGS to Brigade Commander and Company Commanders of battalion’s 95% maintenance readiness posture.

Dual Degree, Mba / Master Of Science In Management (Acquisition And Supply Chain Management)

Bachelors, Management Studies

Associates, Liberal Arts