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Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Government Banking Associate

Tampa, Florida, United States

Commercial Banking, Multinational Corporations

Tampa, Florida, United States

Managed the training, readiness, and manning requirements for NR CUSNC/5th fleet N3 Reserve unit of over 30 personnel including the control of all training orders, student class quotas and training requirements.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Operations department assistant for Navy Reserve U.S. Central Command IMA Detachment which includes the management of all unit administrative tasks such as the preparation of all designation and correspondence letters, and the supervision of all unit drill mustering and adjudication.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Operations manager for Navy Reserve Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two. Supports and supplements reserve assistance in training, qualification, administrative, and maintenance requirements for the littoral combat ship program located in Mayport, FL.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Strategic Operational Planner at United States Central Command, Operations Plans Division with a focus on Great Power Competition operations and activities in all twenty USCENTCOM countries. Supports the development of Globally integrated Base Plans for all National Defense Strategies. Leads and supports Operations Planning Teams (OPT) consisting of Representatives from across the staff and all military component commands to provide the Commander with response options to emerging contingencies and crisis response. Coordinates directly with representatives of the Joint Staff, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), National Intelligence Agencies, component commands and other Geographic and functional commands for Commanders estimates, plans, and orders developed within the Operations Directorate. Provides operational level expertise to the Joint Planning Group (JPG) and the Joint Planning Board (JPB). As required, supports USCENTCOM Operations Planning Element in support of crisis response.

Manama, Bahrain

Deployed overseas to Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) located at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain in support of Coalition Task Force Sentinel. Lead and supervise a diverse multi-country coalition watch team accountable directly to the Senior Commander in charge and leading the execution of daily tasking in support of mission requirements. Responsible for maintaining a high level of situational awareness such as monitoring material status of assigned forces, analyzing geopolitical factors, and maintaining constant communications with supporting forces to provide recommended courses of action in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment. • Selected as watch team supervisor after displaying great understanding of tactical knowledge and capabilities of ships and assets in the region and trusted by senior leadership for thorough judgment and decision making during incidents and events.• Recognized for demonstrating ability to quickly interpret information from various sources and providing quick and concise information during briefs and updates with senior executive and senior staff personnel regarding ongoing operations and events that affect task force operations.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Conduct background investigations on a full-time basis in support of national security, focusing on casework for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for the purpose of determining employment suitability of persons who require access to sensitive or classified U.S. government information. Conducted thousands of face-to-face interviews and record searches with personnel sources and agencies to include police stations, courthouses, educational centers, financial institutions, and medical/mental health facilities.• Was selected as a team mentor due to sustained stellar performance in production, quality, and timeliness metrics and conducted assessments of fieldwork, discussion, and report review for new and experienced investigators. • Handpicked by field supervisor to conduct integrity assurance oversight of flagged investigations to mitigate potential damages resulting from improperly conducted investigations.

Naval Operational Support Center Jacksonville, Florida

Supervised a staff of 12 personnel and oversaw and monitored all operations, medical, training, and logistical requirements for 67 Reserve Units and 2K reserve personnel in the Naval Operational Support Center with an annual $7M travel budget. Reviewed budget requests, reported on obligations and expenditures and verified all funding was coordinated and approved by regional comptroller ensuring over 4K tasks were in compliance with all travel regulations while supporting hundreds of military exercises worldwide.• As the government travel credit card program manager developed, established, and maintained a new operating procedure to analyze usage and delinquency data to ensure timely, complete and accurate reporting of current and overdue balances• Crafted and structured a strategic process improvement program increasing readiness metrics on average of 10% across operations department performance criteria; required yearly unit level training improved by average of 15%• Directed the execution and administrative requirements and oversight of reserve personnel deployments; ensuring over 190 personnel deployed on time to critical missions overseas• Oversaw over 200 individual legal cases as the unit’s legal manager and directed 15 administrative separation proceedings for personnel failing to meet satisfactory performance in the Navy reserves

Uss Taylor (Ffg 50) - Mayport, Fl

Managed the training, readiness, and manning requirements of over 200 personnel in five departments, and 20 divisions including the control of all training orders, student class quotas and training/travel budget. Coordinated a comprehensive training program that included the supervision of all department and division training coordinators. • Developed and implemented an integrated training plan and readiness tracking system to more effectively and efficiently streamline the organization’s training requirements; increasing overall performance and required school completion criteria by 15% and ensured the best personnel and qualifications were maintained onboard through 2014 operational commitments and 2015 decommissioning schedule. • During the 2013 “Basic Phase” certifications, successfully managed 18 critical assessment areas with 14 areas scoring above 92%• Served as the “visit, board, search, and seizure” team leader: led 20 personnel and all equipment thereof in maritime interception operations and sustainment training. During overseas operations conducted four merchant vessels boarding missions during support of NATO’s Operation Active Endeavour

Uss Roosevelt (Ddg 80) - Mayport, Fl

Led, trained and mentored a diverse team of 25 personnel in the operation, maintenance, quality assurance of all the ships deck facilities. Supervised three major task areas: aviation facilities, search and rescue, and all outside nautical systems which included over 5K individual pieces of equipment• Facilitated the organization’s re-fueling team that successfully received 6M gallons of fuel and over 1K pallets of cargo with zero mishaps• All task areas passed 2012 certification and inspection with an overall score 10% above class average; all task areas maintained through forward deployed operations with no major failures or degradation's• Steadily and relentlessly focused on improving the ships material condition and facilities which received praise for its impressive and clean condition during fleet week New York in 2012

Bachelor’S Degree, Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Psi Student Finance Association

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