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United States Air Force (Ellsworth AFB) June 2020 – PresentLogistics Readiness Officer (Installation Deployment Officer)• Serves as Installation Deployment Officer, leading 28th Bomb wing deployment operations and ensuring combat readiness of 4,000 personnel and 27 B-1B Lancers • Directs wing’s War Reserve Materiel program overseeing 38 assets worth $10 millionJoint Task Force Southeast April 2020 – June 2020Logistics Readiness Officer for COVID-19• Led night shift operations center team of six members for planning in support of JTF-SE in FEMA Regions III & IV during Covid-19 response to conduct joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration• Planned 38 alternate care facilities for bed down of 90 personnel title 10 Army medical team in 13 states to support a total population of 97 million to combat Covid-19• Coordinated with medical logistics at Joint Base McGuire to acquire PPE from FEMA Region II in order to support the Philadelphia metro hospitalsUnited States Air Force (Ellsworth AFB) January 2018 – June 2020Logistics Readiness Officer (Flight Commander, Materiel Management)• Directed and led 90 personnel that operated four warehouses and oversaw a supply inventory account worth $1.3 billion• Regulated the repair cycle process for assets worth $966 million while supporting 16 maintenance repair shops for 4 Air Force Installations• Directed asset receipt, storage, and shipment operations of four warehouses that encompassed 155,000 assets consisting of aircraft, shelf-life, electrostatic discharge, high theft items• Oversaw Surveillance Assistance Visit program, tracked 194 organizational visits/validated 112,000 line items• Set benchmark for Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) inspection• Managed annual and periodic warehouse validations of 544,000 assets • Managed and hired civilian employees.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Manages entire Occupational Health program to include: industrial hygiene program, respiratory protection program, hazard communication (HAZCOM) program, radiological protection program, ionizing radiation program, potable water quality program, hearing conservation program and quantitative/qualitative fit test program • Formulates and interprets policy based on regulatory requirements and provides policy guidance and interpretation to senior management officials to ensure compliance• Directs work to be accomplished of the base industrial hygiene and occupational health and safety programs, ensuring compliance of each program• Manages risk, provides consultation services related to OSHA, Environmental Protection Agency• Plans, investigates, and analyzes mishaps and hazardous conditions to determine origin, causes, and contributing factors and prepared written reports to meet state, federal, and Air Force regulations. • Management of multiple projects directed toward strategic and organizational objectives and advised staff of issues due to resource availability • Management and supervision of three team members• Implements and develops standards for personnel and tracking system to monitor outcomes• Develops programs, working procedures, and training to assist front line supervisors • Prepares written technical reports with recommendations for corrective actions to alleviate hazards • Develops and maintain department budget of over $73,000 of operations and maintenance• Audits workplaces to ensure all injuries are properly reported and workers are complying with standards• Leads Occupational Health and Safety committee

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Conducted workplace inspections to ensure safety goals are being met by all employees at a chemical manufacturing plant• Conducted daily safety briefing to over 300 personnel• Investigated accidents, incidents, near misses, and environmental spills to find the root causes and recommends corrective actions• Expert in hazard identification, risk analysis, risk assessment and job safety analysis to create safety awareness by promoting safety meetings, presentations, and by implementing safety training• Sole Safety Advisor to an electrical and excavation company of projects of up to $25 million • Conducted safe work practice audits to ensure all work permits are 100% accuracy and compliance

Milwaukee, Wi

• Managed risk, provided consultation services related to OSHA, Environmental Protection Agency• Planned, investigated, and analyzed mishaps and hazardous conditions to determine origin, causes, and contributing factors and prepared written reports to meet state, federal, and Air Force regulations. • Management of multiple projects directed toward strategic and organizational objectives and advised staff of issues due to resource availability • Program manager of: base industrial hygiene program, drinking water program, unit security manager, safety officer, radiation safety officer, and building manager• Tracked installation projects through the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System (DOEHRS) data base system. • Management and supervision of three team members• Responsible for account management, prioritization, forecasting and budgeting of equipment inventory of $2,000,000.• Implemented and developed standards for personnel and tracking system to monitor outcomes• Prepared written technical reports with recommendations for corrective actions to alleviate hazards• Supports Administrative Officer with additional duties such as: budgeting and manpower.

St. Paul,Mn

• Migrated information into electronic medical records• Member of the 2010 Operational Readiness Inspection • Performed Health Risk Assessments on industrial shop surveys

Minot Afb, Nd

• Contact liaison for emergency preparedness and response activities for military operations• Base representative for emergency response exercises that included the Federal Bureau of Investigation, State of North Dakota, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission• Managed base water program ensuring safe drinking water for more than 12,000 personnel• Managed base Respiratory Protection Program including monitoring, training, assessment and auditing of operational centers and staff personnel for regulatory compliance • Audited 45 departments and delegated 750 task improvements correlating to OSHA, EPA, and Air Force policies• Monitored project activities, advised staff on issues due to resource availability• Analyzed health and safety risk on a $450 million missile silo project; informed and reported on my findings to supervisors and executive staff• Assured compliance with state and federal laws • Provided technical safety training to personnel

B.S., Business Management, 3.34 Gpa

Degree awarded August 2012

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Six Sigma

Associate'S Degree, Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology

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