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• Manage maintenance and repair programs for U.S. Government-owned cargo vessels in the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) • Serve as Program Manager for (8) steam-turbine Fast Sealift ships, ensuring all configuration management, scheduled maintenance and all ABS and USCG regulatory and safety compliance programs are properly executed• Develop and guide annual business plan budget submissions, and work with stakeholders to optimize targeting of limited availability funding against identified vital repairs, operational requirements and forecasted lifecycle events• Draft policy guidance and procedures for maintenance and repair functions within the RRF, including the execution and documentation of dock trials, sea trials and mission activations• Control divisional information management systems, including writing and implementing usage policy and procedures for shared servers and governmental Sharepoint sites• Fleet Water Chemistry Contract (COR) – manage all ordering, delivery, testing, invoicing and contract management for a $400k shipboard chemistry program

• Serve as relief master for historical interpretation voyages on 60-ton Bermuda Sloop; responsible for all underway operations, crew assignments and emergency procedures • Draft, coordinate and implement policies and standard operating procedures to train and manage crew during standard and emergency evolutions• Designed Watch Quarter Station Bill, which standardizes, streamlines and provides versatility of crew assignments and responsibilities

• Managed all systems engineering activities for the 47’ Motor Lifeboat (MLB) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP)• Performed Systems Engineering Life Cycle tailoring and stage reviews for a Level 2 Major Acquisition project• Served as primary systems engineering liaison between operational representatives, Coast Guard directorates, and other government agencies, including Navy Engineering Test and Evaluation agencies and the Department of Homeland Security major acquisition approval authorities• Acted in a technical advisory capacity to other stakeholders and organizations for all engineering, logistics, testing and configuration management documentation throughout the acquisition life cycle • Provided guidance for technical or equipment problems, and adjudication and resolution of multiple planning documents and acquisition presentations for senior level management.• Implemented project management principles to monitor project activities and resources, recorded results and presented them to senior managers, who were then able to apply corrective or improvement actions as a result of the analysis• Created the 47’ MLB SLEP Integrated Master Schedule, linking hundreds of time critical and inter-dependent acquisition life cycle events, providing a centralized scheduling, procurement and logistics planning tool to help guide the decade-long project to extend the service life of the USCG’s sole surf rescue-capable asset for another 20 years

• Administer the $1.6 million Maritime Administration’s Ready Reserve Force (RRF) Management System contract• Provide direct IT support to 56 Ready Reserve vessels and maritime academy training ships located in over twenty ports nationwide• Responsible for all aspects of technical, contractual, administrative and financial project performance on the contract• Establish and direct daily operations and multi-disciplinary staffing for all project phases to ensure timely delivery of contractual deliverable items, including weekly, monthly and annual status reports, scheduling, budgeting and site visit documentation • Supervise and assist seven local and remote network and software engineers to analyze risk, develop plans and manage workload • Exercise independent judgment and analytic skill to solve complex technical, administrative and managerial issues• Liaise between government and commercial stakeholders to ensure compliance with all Service Level Agreements• Implement project management tools to monitor project activities and resources, record results and present them to senior managers, and apply corrective or improvement actions as a result of the analysis• Develop long-range program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for evaluating and measuring the overall effectiveness of the RMS program, measuring cost effectiveness, attainment of program goals and objectives, and ensuring compliance with regulations• Manage a comprehensive vessel logistics and maintenance database, and facilitate the replication of hundreds of daily transactions across a nationwide virtual network, accessible to 200+ users with a complex makeup of user rights / restrictions• Utilize American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Nautical Systems 5 (NS5) expertise to create and implement a standardized methodology for recording and managing IT part inventories aboard all RRF ships and warehouses, and trained others to systematically enter data and generate reports

• Provided project management, design development and construction administration services for secure government buildings • Leveraged TOP SECRET / SCI clearance to provide expert and timely issue coordination and compliance as a liaison between government, engineering, construction and developer partners• Served as project manager for 40 separate, and sometimes simultaneously active, government interior renovation projects • Coordinated interdisciplinary information between government representatives and consulting engineering partners to track and ensure timely and efficient completion of work in compliance with established protocols and procedures, including state and federal building codes

• Commanded commercial passenger vessels on the Potomac River in accordance with all federal regulations• Worked within a company-wide coordinated maritime security action plan to assess and implement vessel security methods• Leveraged prior Coast Guard experience to provide advice on maritime security policies and procedures, and provide guidance to ensure vigilant commercial vessel operations within the National Capitol Region.• Led training evolutions to improve safety, security, and operational efficiency, and trained crew members in emergency response procedures, which included basic shipboard firefighting, dewatering, abandon ship and first aid

• District External Affairs Officer; responsible for establishing and executing Coast Guard policy for U.S. and Canadian government engagement, media and public relations and community outreach • As a District Department Head, directly managed a staff of five public affairs specialists, and provided oversight and centralized message coordination for 79 field units and 27 collateral duty public affairs officers throughout the Great Lakes region• Concurrently served as Military Aide to the District Commander for the Ninth Coast Guard District • Prepared correspondence and conducted briefings for higher level management and maritime industry organizations on maritime security issues and requirements • Drafted and released talking point documents and public safety announcements (PSA’s) on the broad portfolio of Coast Guard mission responsibilities• Utilized and maintained a web-based portal to directly engage with the public and all external media partners, highlighting Coast Guard missions and people while simultaneously ensuring cohesive messaging with Coast Guard Headquarters• Operated within the National Incident Management System (NIMS) by serving as aide to the Incident Commander for both the MLB All-Star Game in 2005 and SuperBowl XL in 2006 in Detroit, • Facilitated negotiations between the Coast Guard and its counterpart agencies in Canada to enact an international cooperative maritime security agreement that reduced drug trafficking and illegal immigration activities in the Detroit/Windsor area• Recognized the regional impact of the Coast Guard’s 2006 Live Fire Exercise plan and quickly promulgated unified messaging and coordinated additional assistance from command units to staff public town halls and congressional visits • Managed and allocated the $65,000 annual budget for the External Affairs department

• Officer of the Deck / Conning Officer on a 2000-ton aids-to-navigation and ice-breaking vessel, and ensured its safe navigation and operation throughout the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway • Qualified Officer of the Day (inport); responsible for the daily operation and security of the vessel while moored• Led the ship’s Communications Division, and as the Communications Security Officer and Classified Material Control Officer, was directly responsible for all shipboard radio telecommunications systems and SECRET information and equipment• Made recommendations to the Commanding Officer regarding compliance with secure information system protocols, and reviewed policies and procedures regarding proper documentation of, and access to, classified information and equipment• Conducted security assessments and evaluations and provided guidance to the Commanding Officer to improve security through operational and physical improvements to the vessel security during heightened MARSEC (Maritime Security) levels• Served as Law Enforcement Training Officer, and coordinated, executed and documented use of force, weapons and law enforcement training for all LE qualified crewmembers • Provided eyewitness testimony and made recommendations to senior maritime security regulatory officials regarding marine transportation incidents• Managed the ship’s Administrative Division and directly supervised staff maintenance of all personnel records, travel, finance documentation and shipboard supply procurement• Attended Naval Shipboard Firefighting School, and advanced to Damage Control Plotter billet: during General Quarters, worked in Damage Control Central, taking investigator reports and directing firefighting and dewatering response teams

• Non-commissioned officer at a Great Lakes search and rescue station tasked with carrying out all Coast Guard missions on western Lake Erie• Commanded Coast Guard small boats as a qualified 41’ UTB Boat Coxswain, and held direct responsibility for coordinating and executing homeland security, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and boating safety missions• Immediately following the 9-11 attacks, assessed maritime security risks and implemented security policies, including enforcing security perimeters around the Davis-Besse and Enrico Fermi nuclear power plants in the western Lake Erie basin, and providing armed escort for tank vessels operating in and out of the port of Toledo• Served as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer in the capacity of Boarding Team Member on duty boat crews• Partnered with USCG Auxiliary personnel to increase public involvement in the Waterway Watch program, designed to heighten Maritime Domain Awareness along the Maumee River and throughout western Lake Erie • Qualified Radio Communications Watchstander / SAR dispatcher, responsible for coordinating assets in maritime emergencies• Trained new personnel in area familiarity, small boat operations, and law enforcement procedures• Proficient in basic small boat firefighting and dewatering operations and systems, including installed CO2 and Halon fire suppression systems, fire monitors, portable fire pumps and eductors• Trained in ice rescue methods and equipment (ice sleds / helicopter hoists)

• Unlicensed crew member on Great Lakes self-unloading bulk freighters in both deck and galley departments• Gained a comprehensive awareness of commercial shipboard operations, multiple port facilities, union policies, and an understanding of how the U.S. domestic bulk cargo fleets on the Great Lakes contribute to the worldwide economy• Basic shipboard emergency procedures, including fire fighting, lifeboat operations and watertight integrity maintenance