William Garrick Email & Phone Number

Eglin Afb, Florida

In this role I lead a team of Inspector General (IG) personnel managing a diverse array of complaints from civilian, Air Force, Army, Navy EOD school, retirees, and dependents. I ensure prompt and accurate analysis of concerns, directing investigations as necessary, and collaborate closely with key wing offices including EEO, OSI, SFS, PA, and integrated resilience teams. Additionally, I mentor and train military enlisted, officers, and DAF civilians in conducting IG-directed investigations, emphasizing objectivity and standard report processes to resolve allegations based on preponderance of evidence.As a principal advisor to senior leaders, I address negative personnel issues and morale trends while identifying opportunities for continuous process improvement. I play a pivotal role in detecting fraud, waste, and abuse, highlighting instances of gross mismanagement and wrongdoing. I am responsible for directing and conducting interviews and investigative inquiries across multiple channels, including DoD/SAF/IG hotlines, and delivering concise written and verbal communications for investigative reports, replies, referrals, and case transfers.I am recognized for my expertise in ensuring impartial and thorough fact-finding investigations, analyzing evidence, and briefing case summaries to key leaders. Notably, I developed a risk-based data sharing process for IGQ and IGI. My commitment extends to assisting military and civilian complainants with allegations of reprisal, ensuring compliance with primary elements qualifying as reprisal or abuse of authority. These efforts were acknowledged with the Major Command 2021 Lt Gen Flynn Award for the best wing-level complaints resolution program.

• Managed over 100 WIT assigned across 12 Groups, providing training, inspection scheduling and oversight to all aspects of the wing inspection plan.• Developed and implemented Wing Commanders inspection management board. Briefed and represented a variety of IG specific meetings at Wing and MAJCOM levels.• Develops inspection plans to ensures all faucets of the Wings mission are inspected to uncover undetected non-compliance.

• Services, repairs, and overhauls F-35 aircraft systems to ensure airworthiness. Repairs, replaces, and rebuilds aircraft vehicle and missions systems. Incorporate engineering changes. Replaces and repairs worn or damaged components. Adjusts, repairs, and replaces electrical wiring system and aircraft accessories. • Participates in maintenance and logistics scheduling and execution. Develops solutions to complex problems concerning support to multiple sites and all F-35 variants.• Performs Low observable coating applications and removals, liaises with engineers to ensure acceptable signature limits are met.

Eglin Afb, Florida/Al Udeid Ab, Qatar

• Provides training to wing Senior Leadership to Detects Fraud Waste and Abuse and promote economy, efficiency, and integrity within the wing.• Conducts, evaluations, investigations and special reviews of all wing personnel. Creates and manages all inspections and exercises within Inspector General Evaluation Management System (IGEMS)• Principle advisor to Senior leaders for negative Personnel Issues/morale trends and highlights continual process improvement areas• Wing Self-Assessment Program Manager (SAPM), manages and trains all unit SAPM’s and oversees all aspects of the wings Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT).• Served as deployed Complaints Resolution Superintendent for areas largest deployed region. Provided intake and oversight for over one hundred contacts• Responded to multiple congressional inquiries, developed clear concise documentation for senior leaders to brief congressional delegates. • Processed multiple fraud waste and abuse cases related to contractor support for multiple areas of responsibilities. • Conducted multiple Reprisal and Restriction Investigations from intake to DOD IG quality oversight

Eglin Afb, Florida

• Led 21 personnel providing quality oversight of all F-35 maintenance and sustainment tasks to include: Tool Control, FOD, Supply, HAZMAT, Training, and Security programs.• Directed multiple aircraft maintenance incident investigations identified root cause, recommended process improvements to key decision makers.• Utilized Access database to track all inspections and trending data and Microsoft utilities to managed all personnel performance reports and personal/professional feedback. • Provided oversight and customer training for submitting all wing action requests. coordinated with appropriate agencies to ensure timely aircraft fixes.• Performed trending analysis on maintenance issues, produced technical cross tell reports for Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps F-35 units.• Merged multiple inputs from Air Force and Navy developed wings first standard operating procedures for ALIS documentation.• Led multiple Activity and management inspections• Provided subject matter expertise for reviews of Joint Program Office (JPO) sustainment operating instructions.• Hand Selected as Wing Inspection Team lead for multiple wing wide Vertical/Horizontal Inspections• Acted as single point validation for wings Time Compliance Technical Data (TCTD)• Led Quality Assurance evaluation of 500 personnel maintaining 24 F-35 aircraft.

Multiple

• Plans, schedules, and executes daily flying operations for 23 F-22 at Elmendorf AFB and 26 F-35s at Eglin AFB.• Certified aircraft for flight after heavy maintenance and is the technical expert on all repairs in systems such as: Electronic, integrated avionics, engine, pneudraulic, power generation, and airframe systems.• Employed maintenance data collection systems to review equipment history, failure rates, and trending data, initiated multiple ARs.• Participated in multiple temporary location exercises and theatre support packages, to both stateside and oversees austere locations. • Led trained and equipped 260 maintenance personnel from four different career fields in maintenance of 20 F-22A aircraft valued at over $3.1B.• Processed and analyzed aircraft engineering data to provide diagnostic health monitoring information to ensure aircraft availability.• Hand selected to augment PACAF Inspector General for Kadena AB, Operational Readiness Exercise.• Tracked complex repairs through Lockheed Martin FIN data base and briefed status to senior leaders.• Certified to impound aircraft for abnormal incidents and certify aircraft for flight after repair actions.

Multiple

• Avionics Technical Lead managing 40 avionics technicians conducting mission systems operations on 20 F-22 aircraft.• Planned, organized, coordinated, and directed numerous Contractor Integrated Product Teams to resolve aircraft discrepancies.• Lead multiple avionics time change modifications, to include vehicle and mission systems modifications• Provided troubleshooting expertise for F-22 electrical systems. Liaised with engineering to ensure solid aircraft corrective actions. • Certified to impound aircraft for abnormal incidents and certify aircraft for flight after repair actions.• Planed use of 50 workers, equipment, facilities and materials on a weekly basis to support aircraft operations.• Collected, analyzed and corrected performance metrics using expert knowledge of aircraft maintenance operations processes, procedures and human performance to improve multiple aircraft performance indicators.

Tyndall, Afb Fl

• Wing Weight and Balance manager, Utilized Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS) to manage 22 F-22s, and 48 F-15s.• Served as wing IMIS maintenance Template manager and approving official for all F-22 TODCRs. • Attended multiple engineering conferences for development of F-22 systems software.• Conducted inspections on all F-15/F-22 crew chief, avionics, and weapons maintenance tasks assuring compliance with standard operation procedures.• Augmented MAJCOM Inspector General on three separate occasions. Named to conduct initial ACC F-22 Operational Readiness exercise, creating original inspection criteria.

Multiple

Master'S Degree, Organizational Leadership

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Professional Aeronautics

Associate Of Applied Science, Aviation Maintenance Technology