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Greater St. Louis Area

Deliver consulting services in mass transit, mobility innovation and management, operations, marketing, transit innovations, financial/budgets, performance management, organizational development and leadership

Memphis Metropolitan Area

• Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA), Memphis, TNChief Executive Officer, August 2014 - January 2017Restructured and managed mass transit enterprise including services to include the trolley system, fixed route bus.
• Increased on-time performance for buses from 44% to over 73% and paratransit from 46% to more than 93%.
• Spearheaded public-private partnership for Memphis Area Transit Authority's 17-acre Central Station site erasing nearly $3M dollars in debt, adding a new revenue stream and creating an innovative transit-oriented.
• Generated $6M in new operating funds and an additional $30M in capital funding for the authority.
• Reduced operating costs by more than eight percent.
• Forged strong relationships with MPO, Chamber of Commerce, Mayor’s Office, local leadership and developers, local and regional businesses, transit advocates, nonprofit organizations, FTA and TDOT resulting in new.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Directed national customer service programs related to preventive and warranty maintenance, warranty and service programs and parts inventory for electric buses and charging systems at plants and customer locations in.
• Increased fleet up time by 30%.
• Realized cost savings of $400K annually with creation of national inventory system.
• Contributed to safety culture, developing procedures which reduced accidents by 40%.

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

• Provided management and operational oversight of day-to-day activities for regional mass transit services.Established and carried out strategic transportation plan to modernize, rebrand and decentralize transit system.
• Decentralized entire transit system thereby leading to 15% increase in ridership, 35% reduction in travel time and rise in on-time performance from 40% to over 85%.
• Increased operating and capital funding by more than 14%.
• Acquired $990K dollars in funding for purchase of three simulators and new training facility, resulting in 17% fewer accidents.
• Served as chairperson of the Florida Public Transportation Association.

Washing DC Area

As Connex’s regional executive, provided leadership and direction for the area including coordination with Fairfax County officials, Department of Transportation, and local officials to provide transit services for Fairfax County, District of Columbia, Prince George County Maryland, and the surrounding area through the Fairfax Connector closely.

East St. Louis, IL

Began tenure as manager of paratransit operations supervising 145 union and management employees and assumed progressive responsibilities through roles as Division Director Illinois Service Area and Division Director Training & Development in which controlled entire Illinois operations and maintenance with an annual budget of $14M and created new division.

NCEP Hawaii

Naval intelligence work at High Frequency Direction Finding Division and at Net Control Division. Duties classified.

Bachelor Of Science, Business, Communications, Computer Science, 3.6 Gpa - Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Study groups, Project Leader, special projects...Completed bachelors degree with honors

23 Hours Toward Mba, Master Business Administration, 3.8 Gpa

Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Working full time in Navy while attending Roosevelt UniversityComputer Science

Finished Ba At Concordia University, Business, Psychology, Communications

Activities and Societies: Intramural sports, Iron Man Team, Campus Crusade for Christ, Lutheran Student Center, Resident Assistant, In His.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General