William (Bill) O'Connor Email & Phone Number

Chesapeake, Va, Us

Chesapeake, Va

• Director of Morale Welfare and Recreation Activities: Over 6 years of experience as leader and project manager of all employee morale activities with an innovative vision and continuous process improvement.  Managed the staff of 10 volunteers to serve the needs of over 200 employees.  Interfaced with senior leadership and Human Resources representatives. Managed and administer an annual non-appropriated budget of over $20,000.  Organized, directed, and conducted over 50 employee morale activities annually.  Designed, directed, and conducted operational budget fundraising events for employee activities. Liaison with community organizers of charity events for company participation.821 Negotiated contracts and agreements as well as manage commercial vendors for services provided to employees.• Configuration Manager: Maintained configuration control of military Family of Special Operations Vehicles (FOSOV) program valued at over $43 million for custom communication suites contained within over 300 highly specialized exclusive vehicles of various variants.  Established baseline configuration via Physical Configuration Audits (PCA).  Managed equipment upgrades and change processes.  Tracked individual maintenance and reliability concerns.  Verified engineering drawings against product for accuracy.  Interact with engineers to update drawings for system upgrades or design changes.  Analysis and coordination of integrated logistics support activities designed to provide effective and efficient life cycle support to equipment and systems.• 1 of 20 selected from a field of over 10,000 employees to serve as a council member of the Presidents Great Work Place initiative.  Devised a new recognition program available for all employees that was both inexpensive and immediately deployable.  Interacted with employees in all areas of the business nationwide to develop workplace improvements.• Technical Writer: 

SONAR TECHNICIAN MASTER CHIEF, U.S. NAVY21 Years• Navy career specializing in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). Standout leader promoted to the Navy’s top 1% as a Master Chief Petty Officer (E9)• Stood up the U.S. Navy’s Surface Ship ASW Analysis Center. Managed over 50 employees in two operational analysis centers. • Operated within Naval Intelligence as an underwater acoustics subject matter expert in passive and active sonar operations.• Deployed as an independent special operations subject matter expert throughout the U.S. Navy.• Over 10 years of experience briefing senior officers as well as enlisted members of the military.• Managed over 3,500 Navy personnel’s training and duty assignments.• Coordinated operations between various elements of ASW participants (Surface, Submarine, and Air) both domestically and internationally

Organizational Leadership

Project Management, A

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Organizational Leadership And Management, A