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Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Hand-selected to lead 25 personnel in managing a 24-hour operations center responsible for monitoring the maintenance and readiness of $25 billion worth of system assets.
• Saved $1.1 million in annual manpower costs by identifying work overlaps, cross-training existing employees, and reducing overall manpower by 20% with zero loss in unit efficiency.
• Planned and led a $1.2 million project to upgrade the command’s operation center information technology footprint and… Show more
• Planned and led a $1.2 million project to upgrade the command’s operation center information technology footprint and communications systems, delivering the project with zero cost or time over runs. Show less

Parker, CO

• Worked with small, Denver-area, business analytics software startup to develop tailored agile development methodologies to move local and offshore developers beyond minimum viable product.
• Developed tailored, low cost solutions based on scrum and kanban. Evaluated use of several tools including Trello, Screenful, Scrum for Trello, Slack, Office 365 SharePoint, GitHub, and Dropbox.
• Provided recommendations on development roles & responsibilities and options for managing and… Show more
• Provided recommendations on development roles & responsibilities and options for managing and tracking costs with different offshore developers using Trello Power-ups and browser extensions. Show less

San Diego, CA

• CEO and COO equivalent roles with semi-autonomous authority in leading operations, maintenance, training, resource allocation and safety of $2 billion in assets, over 300 employees, and $40 million operational budget.
• Transformed 13 of 15 failing functional areas into 15 passing areas in 4 months overcoming a 25% personnel shortage and 60% funding shortage compared to equivalent business units.
• Led the organization in earning the “2012 Efficiency Award,” received for the first time… Show more
• Led the organization in earning the “2012 Efficiency Award,” received for the first time in 10 years – by improving efficiency of over 30 specific functional programs from less than 80% to greater than 98%.
• Managed 8-month re-location of the organization to the Middle East requiring 5 months of training prior to movement, high-visibility international relations events, supply chain sustainment and systems maintenance.
• Project Leader, developed business case and convinced senior leadership to allocate an additional $34 million to the project for critical deferred repairs required to extend the assessed service life from 25 to 35.

Millington, TN

• Highly commended for providing career coaching and professional development to over 6,000 mid to senior-level managers. Directed re-locations for over 300 managers into graduate education programs and/or executive.
• Increased customer satisfaction from 63% to over 80% by re-developing the customer website and establishing the organization’s first social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, and community blogs.
• Created communications project team and focus… Show more
• Created communications project team and focus group resulting in the development and implementation of a strategic communications plan for 12,000 employees. Show less

Yokosuka, Japan

• Honored with #1 of 14 peer ranking resulting from success in managing partnerships with 22 countries in South Asia and Oceania, including over 50 port visits and 10 multi-national training events.
• Directed high level planning of the first multi-national exercise between the United States, India, Australia, Japan and Singapore involving 20 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 personnel.
• Improved U.S Navy and Indian Navy bi-lateral relations as the designated manager of the senior staff… Show more
• Improved U.S Navy and Indian Navy bi-lateral relations as the designated manager of the senior staff talks, including event planning and coordination of action items with multiple entities. Efforts resulted in 30%.
• Conceived and development the first of its kind Partnership Plan, aligning all lower business units and departments with forecasted annual requirements, facilitating resource allocation and budget planning.
• Created, facilitated a 15-person cross-functional working group to plan and assess over 600 international partnership activities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Pascagoula, MS And Pearl Harbor, HI

Executive VP equivalent position with authority in leading operations, maintenance, training, resource allocation and safety of a functional vertical including $1 billion in assets, over 120 employees, and $12 million operational budget. Systems under control included radars, LAN, weapon systems, command & control systems, interior communications, &.

Salinas, California

• Voted "Most Inspirational"instructor for Spring 2002 semester.
• Taught 60 adult students beginning, intermediate, and advanced Visual Basic programming, A+ Certification, and Basic Computer Repair.

Pearl Harbor, HI And Yokosuka, Japan

Led 10 employees in highly technical missile planning functions, including intelligence analysis, imagery processing, software mission planning, and launch operations. Directly advised Battle Group Commander (CEO) on planning requirements and operational efficiency. Hand-selected to serve as test evaluator for R&D systems and requirements developer for new.

Yokosuka, Japan

Led 20 employees in managing all aspects of emergency preparedness and response including training of 320 employees, certification of 6 special response teams, and management of $8 million of emergency systems and equipment. Improved employee level of knowledge by over 40% through development of an improved training program. Achieved 98% equipment.

Bs, Ocean Engineering

Activities and Societies: Varsity Waterpolo Team; Varsity Offshore Sailing Team

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Business

Ms, Computer Science With Software Engineering Emphasis

Activities and Societies: Club Sailing Team, Adventure Racing, Surface Navy Association