Russ Schmidt Email and Phone Number

Retired from USAR

Directs and supervises 105 subordinate team members who are responsible for developing and emplacing highly engaging curriculum for clients focusing on improving leadership skills from strategic to granular levels. Effectively coordinates and plans support operations to ensure personnel readiness, realistic decision making courses, and leader development for clients.Supervises a cross functional support team focused on providing subject matter experts and effective support of all operations.

Directed and supervised 10 subordinate team members who were responsible for trainingassigned units in leadership skills both strategic and tactical. Effectively coordinated andplanned operations to facilitate training and mentorship of subordinates.Provided mentorship, training, and systematic process guidance for the operations of a Combat Support Hospital.Experienced in supervising a training team focused on providing subject matter experts for Army Reserve units.Effectively supervised team members on leadership skills, mission planning and combat tactics.Successfully trained and coached subordinates in career management and organizational culture.

• Supervises six subordinate units totaling approx. 300 Soldiers• Provides mentorship, training, and systematic process guidance for the operations of the Combat Support Hospital

Supervised 30 Soldiers in a live fire training unit of which trained Soldiers in leadership skills and combat tacticsProvided training, leadership, and direction for development of leadership and combat training programs for deploying units

Acts as an Executive Team Leader and Asset Protection Manager that oversees the entire operations of the store on a periodic basis from HR issues to customer service issues, food safety issues, inventory controls, loss prevention and other key operation responsibilities. Trains and mentors employees while identifying areas of improvement in staff and personnel. Effectively gathered intelligence to identify internal and external asset protection to prevent or minimize losses.Research reports and journals to determine whether or not additional follow up or action needs to be implemented to retrain personnel or mentor staff. Report findings to the corporate office in the event there is something else materializing on a larger scale.Work closely with law enforcement to ensure violators would be apprehended and prosecuted as determined by specific evidence.Successfully met or exceeded sales quotas while ensuring asset protection resulting in significant asset recovery.

Demonstrated ability to conduct cross functional meetings and briefings to update progress andinform senior staff of findings. Efficiently generated bids to reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction.Assisted with the execution of a Kanban manufacturing plant.

• Provided skills in framing, layout, exterior trim, cedar siding, roof, backout, window/door setting, and interior trim.• Erected prefabricated and pre-engineered metal structures.

• Managed crew and 1 to 2 additional crews building semi-custom residential homes• Provided skills in framing, layout, exterior trim, cedar siding, roof, backout, window/door setting, and interior trim.• Erected prefabricated and pre-engineered metal structures.