Shannon Goad Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas Area

Shannon is a leading financial expert who provides his clients with an unparalleled combination of national reach and small-town service. Shannon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration. He maintains both Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses. He is a retired U.S Army Infantry Officer, honorably serving our country for over 20 years. Shannon is a family man, whose strong faith teaches and guides him in all aspects of his life. From military leadership to the world of financial service, Shannon has developed superior abilities to strategically and tactically plan, to navigate the complexities of a constantly changing financial world, to use a highly communicative team concept to approach problem-solving, and to be unquestionably loyal to those who put their trust in him.

Austin, Texas Area

Shannon founded The Goad Group (TGG) Consulting located in Austin, Texas. TGG is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business focused on providing a 360-degree approach to business solutions, strategic and tactical planning, and maximizing client profitability by use of a wide array of emerging opportunities. Throughout his career, he has been credited with delivering reliable tactical planning and strategic solutions, formulating C-level decisions, and achieving excellence in execution. Shannon gained extensive hands-on experience in streamlining operations, resulting in multimillion-dollar savings and boosting effectiveness in training, reporting, and quality assurance, while tackling logistics and building consensus to move decisions forward.

Newberry, Sc

Develop, oversee, and evaluate the overall training programs, while managing all daily operations for the unit. Manage inventory, and plan and direct property management, logistics movement, and supply for over $50 million in equipment and procurement of supply. Formulate recommendations to senior leadership on strategy, mission accomplishment, goal setting, unit status reporting, policies, and procedures. Direct scheduling and coordination for training. Lead a team of 21 managers and Department of Army civilian employees, ensuring all operational requirements are consistently met. - Noteworthy Accomplishments -• Responsible for the strategic planning and execution of the unit consisting of over 700 personnel and over $50 million of equipment, performing an “outstanding job” in the unit’s successful phase-out and transition.• Enhanced the operations and intelligence units across the board in areas of training, logistics, and administrative functional areas by developing, implementing, and maintaining standards, policies and procedures.• Designed and implemented a strategic roadmap, ensuring seamless and optimal training, applying “outside-the-box thinking” to establish and launch successful, meaningful, and quality training programs.• Improved plans for the division’s integrations, unit capabilities, staff estimate, and resource utilization by initiating review of base defense plans and formulating recommendations to the division director.• Reduced discharge rate 10% to 90% overall, eliminated excess equipment, and increased the Duty Military Occupational Specialty Qualification (DMOSQ) rate 15% to 95% overall by leading the division‘s readiness.• Recognized by senior leadership as a “tremendous value” to the US Army and the South Carolina Army National Guard who “can be counted on to accomplish any mission” and meet individual and unit training objectives.

Columbia, Sc

Served as division training and operations leader for up to 225 students and 19-member task force in six geographically dispersed campuses. Coordinated the integration of distant campuses into the division training. Managed and supervised procurement of classes of supply, General Services Administration vehicles, and personnel.- Noteworthy Accomplishments -• Played key role in the division’s exceeding mission requirements 30%, increasing enrollment over 50%, and receiving the highest performance standards by enlisted personnel in seven previous years.• Achieved its highest performance in the preceding five years in every aspect of the Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC); “exceeded every expectation” under leadership.• Ensured seamless coordination with multiple agencies throughout the state of South Carolina, which ensured the students consistently trained with the best equipment and on the finest facilities in the Southeast.• Directly contributed to division’s exceeding its goals for 2010 and 2011 due to “superior performance,” resulting in unprecedented support for the division.

Afghanistan

Served as Team Leader of 15-person team of embedded U.S. trainers. Developed and maintained trusting relationships, and advised the Afghan leadership and chain of command during combat operations. - Noteworthy Accomplishments -• Built and aligned successful cross-functional and multicultural teams on global mission; planned, coordinated, and executed operations with NATO for the Afghan National Security Forces.• Built the first Afghan National Civil Order Police unit; chosen to lead, train, mentor, and operate with elite team.• Organized more than 10 health and humanitarian missions with non-governmental organizations for civilian population.

Fort Jackson

Led the formulation and enforcement of policies and standard operating procedures for a security task force. Ensured efficiency and improved administration flow of information for 9,800+ personnel throughout First U.S. Army. - Noteworthy Accomplishments -• Planned, developed, and directed personnel systems and personnel movement, which supported and implemented programs concerning strength accounting and management of personnel.• Promoted efficient use of resources to provide high-quality healthcare by helping design the Community Based Health Care Organization (CBHCO) program, which is now being implemented Army-wide.• Completed 100% of the tactical challenges, receiving the highest performance assessments and reviews.• Lowered No Validated (No-Val) Pay rate by over 50% and reduced division’s late evaluations by 68%.

Bs, Accounting

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Staff, Leadership, And Management, Infantry

Numerous military schools and certificates