Dr. Roderick C. Cunningham Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Fl, Us

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Empowerment Coach | Transformational Speaker | Author• Driven leader whose purpose and passion lies with building and uplifting the inner-city community and the youth with an emphasis in emotional wellness, mental health and poverty• Authored three books for young adults and parents 1. CLIMB: Face Your Past, Own Your Future (www.chooseCLIMB.com | Amazon | Kindle) 2. CLIMB II: Time To SOAR (www.chooseCLIMB.com | Amazon | Kindle) 3. Top Secrets to Raising Extraordinary Children (FREE @ www.topsecretcoach.com)• The books inspire youth, teachers, parents and mentors to overcome negative emotions of sadness or anger. Young people report better focus, healthier relationships, and higher test scores• Developed marketing strategies to include social media campaigns through Facebook Ads• Executed multiple contracts for Hillsborough County Public Schools and Pinellas County Schools for Social Emotional Learning of students• Keynote speaker for multiple school graduation and community events• Empowered 600+ teenagers from 2016-Present as facilitator, mentor, counselor, and/or keynote speaker for the Urban League’s youth program, 5 elementary schools, and Boley Center’s Teen Work Programs• Designed and taught a behavioral health program at Pinellas County Job Corp--2K+ volunteer hours • Veterans Affairs: Facilitated a veteran’s town hall meeting with U.S. Congressman Charlie Crist• Military Service Academies: Member of the selection committee for 5 military service academies

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Pinellas County Urban League works to provide economic empowerment, educational opportunities, and the guarantee of civil rights for the underserved in America.Our Goals:- Every American child is ready for school, college, work, and life.- Every American has access to jobs with a living wage and good benefits- Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable, and energy efficient housing on fair terms.- Every American has access to quality and affordable health care solutions.• Report to President: Designed/implemented a comprehensive program to build agency financial support• Board Member Engagement: Developed program to engage board members in fundraising efforts• Government Affairs: Consistently met with U.S. Congressman and his staff on issues affecting the community; represented 7 state agencies at State Capitol to push a bill through house/senate; met with mayor, deputy mayor and city manager of St. Petersburg, Largo, and Clearwater to support issues• Corporate Liaison: Developed new donor relationships with 40+ new companies and developed partnerships to fill high-level job vacancies with inner-city candidates• Community Liaison: Sat on multiple community panels; attended St. Pete Chamber Board Meetings monthly; member of Pinellas County Job Corps Board as Vice Chair; and partnered w/local elementary school to coach/mentor boys • Project Management: Developed youth program to confront youth crimes that was funded by county government and developed/directed agency poverty reduction program to empower 30 families • Public Affairs: Participated in multiple speaking engagements and radio appearances• Co-Operatives/Partnerships: Developed partnerships w/St. Pete Housing Authority and other agencies• Event Director: Oversaw planning/execution of annual Gala, golf tournament, and fundraising luncheon• Gifts/Donations: Oversaw acknowledgement of all gifts and ensured the accuracy of giving histories

Keesler Afb, Ms

Director of Organization Development (Biloxi, MS)• Led 500 personnel, to include 50 managers/senior managers, in five different business units (security, communications, civil engineering, logistics, and human resource/information management) who provided peacetime and wartime mission support for 1700 personnel • Acted as an objective resource and escalation path for unresolved employee relation issues• Dealt w/ambiguity, worked as teams, and identified systematic approaches to problem solving• Enforced organizational policies/procedures as articulated in regulations to fulfill business objectives• Built strong relationship/partnerships throughout organization to leverage synergies and best practices • Assessed talent management strategies to include training and development, talent assessment and identification, succession planning and career pathways• Provided strong leadership w/excellent operational/strategic vision, instilled confidence in colleagues

Keesler Afb, Ms (Biloxi)

Dean of Students• Managed 5,000 training students annually at 22 sites, overseeing $95 million in human capital• Developed a student mentorship program that decreased academic attrition rate by 60% in three years, saving $600,000• Provided student statistical analysis to headquarters as the site leader • Delivered over 150 speeches to arriving students, student graduating classes, leadership course graduations, community college graduations, etc.• Counseled students regarding academic success, personal issues, training, personnel, finances, housing, provided emotional support, and helped students integrate into Air Force & academic culture • Developed strong relationships with senior leaders and fostered a climate of academic excellence and student success• Liaison between faculty, senior leaders and students and provided briefings to all assigned leaders • Developed the first ever Force Development Team Roadshow—coached and mentored 445 personnel concerned about the effects of the 2014 Air Force personnel cuts• Recruited, hired, and trained student-centered staff who understand the diversity of student needs

Macdill Afb, Fl (Tampa)

• Responsible for planning and coordinating teams, conducting briefings and conferences, and planning training scenarios as it relates to immediate efforts involving actions in the Middle East • Managed information flow between executive leadership to ensure creation of exceptional products• Provided leadership to 622 assigned personnel

Macdill Afb, Fl (Tampa)

IT Manager (Contractor with Lockheed Martin Corp)- Manage over $85M Data Center, 400 servers/6,000 workstations (on 5 different networks) - Leads 21 Tier-2, 3, and 4 Network Engineers in providing 24x7 support to USCENTCOM customers locally and in the Middle East- Managed schedules, budgeting, purchasing, and provided mentorship and leadership - Defined/communicated project milestones, SLAs, and resource allocation to leadership- Reviewed performance of IT systems to determine operating costs, productivity levels, and upgrades- Authorized systems deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and development- Developed IT policies and procedures for architecture, security, disaster recovery, standards, purchasing, and service provisioning- Reviewed and monitored IT staffing including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation, and disciplinary actions- Team responsible for SAN, Exchange, AD, WSUS, Unicenter-DSM/NSM, System Monitoring, SMTP Gateway, Anti-Virus, Blackberry, SQL, Web, PKI, VMWare 3.0, Clustering, etc. Sr. Network Engineer (Contractor with APPTIS, Inc)• Responsible for network management of all WAN routers, communications circuits, and satellite links• Managed/monitored 140+ Cisco routers, firewalls, and Cisco Secure IDS equipment in the Middle East

Tampa, Fl

- Lead eight high-tech instructors in providing on-site systems engineering training to U.S. Special Operations Command personnel stationed around the world- Developed schedules, budgeting, purchasing, and provided mentorship and leadership- Developed policies, procedures, plans, and overall guidance- Works closely with upper-management, production, engineering, configuration management, and technical support to research new technology and consistently participates in Action Team Meetings - Developed student curriculum: Student Manuals, Student Guides, Install Manuals, Program of Inst, etc.- Expert knowledge in Win 2003 Domains, AD, DNS, DHCP, IIS, Exch 2003, Outlook, Cisco Routers/Switches, Backup/Restore, Ghosting, etc.- Responsible for training on deployable secure and non-secure networks using Dell 1650 Servers- Managed application configuration, security procedures, system integrity, efficiency and capabilities

Macdill Afb (Tampa), Fl

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Project Management

B.S. In Computer Information Systems, Information Technology

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