Terry Menteer (Mba, Pmp) Email & Phone Number

United States

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Serve as the Executive Officer (#2 of 522 personnel) of an intensely complex, high-tempo helicopter flight training organization (Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two) with $1.48B in aircraft/equipment and a $72M+.
• Created a high-trust workplace, receiving the 2022 Retention Excellence Award with up to 85% retention rate.
• Identified lagging legacy processes, and created new data collection methods, tracking systems, key performance metrics, and status reports which ensured reaching production goals for 3 straight years.
• Oversaw final delivery and implementation of a $63M DoD project/program placing the first and second East Coast MH-60S Aircrew Virtual Environment Trainer (AVET) devices into service.
• Earned highest score of any East Coast aviation squadron on Commander Naval Air Forces FY23 Aviation Maintenance Inspection, achieving zero critical discrepancies and zero “off-track” programs.
• Designed and implemented the first MH-60S flight syllabus update in 7 years producing 150 students annually.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Served as Chief Staff Officer, orchestrated proper function of the Navy’s most diverse Rotary Wing operated by 4,000 cross-functional personnel. Led strategic-level change and established organizational vision within a.
• Manned, trained, and equipped 12 squadrons, operating 130+ aircraft valued at $4.6B.
• Completed final 93% of an off-track project in 14 months where prior PM completed only 7% in previous 3 years.
• Managed a 28% personnel shortage, meeting all operational goals by building a bi-coastal working group spanning 4 distinct levels of leadership and across stakeholders that redistributed tasking and recapitalized.
• Responded to 23% travel fund shortfall, a $6.2M deficit from the $27.2M required for FY20. Worked with action officers from 8 other organizations to build and prioritize a first-ever full-year budget.
• Provided detailed analysis that saved $2M to the budget baseline and identified tradeoffs that mitigated effects of a $4.2M reduction, allowing operations with 15.4% cutback without any impact on operational readiness.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Led team of 4 direct staff and around 100 indirect reports managing operations of the Navy's most diverse rotary wing, with 12 units operating 4 distinct aircraft. Collaborated with 12 subordinate operations managers.
• Orchestrated all Navy helicopter operations conducted in Mid-Atlantic US, Central/South America, Europe, Middle East, and Korea. Permanent international footprint in Italy, Bahrain, and Korea.
• Responded weekly to multifaceted requests for personnel forces and information on multiple organizational levels, up to and including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) staff.
• Built high-performance teams that implemented continuous improvement initiatives which ensured the organization met cost, productivity, accuracy, and timeliness targets.
• Reorganized staff directorates, roles, and functions to align with current organizational need through diligent review of guiding policy, task orders, and capabilities documents. Achieved greater impact without.
• Provided input, sourcing solutions, and, where necessary, tradeoff recommendations. Used deliberate planning, process improvement, and team building to achieve organizational objectives.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Led a team of 8 Senior Leaders (Officers), 4 Leaders (Chiefs), and 49 junior Sailors for the Served as the Training Manager and Helicopter trainer/instructor, overseeing training of 1,500 pilots/aircrew/support staff.
• Led a team of 87 instructors in curriculum development, designing and implementing 14 syllabi; qualified 1,500+ students annually in high and medium-risk training.
• Led a value chain analysis that reduced resources required for failure remediation process by 66%, reduced remediation time by 86%, and resulted in zero increase in repeat failure following remediation. Led a team of 8.
• Cultivated a positive team dynamic in one of the most difficult jobs on the ship with a up to a 75% turnover.
• Owned reconstruction of 36 ship spaces classified as “Secret” returning ship to operation after complex $4B overhaul.
• Built 13 programs from scratch and authored all aircraft carrier self-defense policies and procedure, protecting 4,000 personnel, with no prior aircraft carrier or combat direct experience.

• Served as the Training Manager and Helicopter trainer/instructor, overseeing training of 1,500 pilots/aircrew/support staff annually including 50% of all helicopter training on the East Coast, for up to 85 pilots and.
• Led a team of 87 instructors in curriculum development, designing and implementing 14 syllabi; qualified 1,500+ students annually in high and medium-risk training.
• Led a value chain analysis that reduced resources required for failure remediation process by 66%, reduced remediation time by 86%, and resulted in zero increase in repeat failure following remediation.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Master’S Degree, National Security Policy Studies

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: 1999 Zane Showker Entrepreneurship Award