DERODRICK RHODES

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Monroe, GA 30656 acea86@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

MANAGEMENT / SUPERVISION: Logistics, Technical System Maintenance, Aviation Shop

Maintenance, Operations Supervision, Employee Development; open to new career fields

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

NORTHROP GRUMMAN, Afghanistan 08/2010 to 01/2014

A leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions to America and our allies.

Team Lead (Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar- C-RAM), at Asadabad (05/2012 to 01/2014)

Secret Clearance

SUBJECT-MATTER-EXPERT / OVERSEER operations of radar defense systems regarding planning,

surveillance, detection, destroy, and mass personnel alert systems, such as Air Missile Defense Work Station,

Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar, Forward Area Air Defense, and Wireless Audio Visual System.

Supervised, trained and mentored seven to eight Base Defense Operation Center Operators coming

from different contract employers with varying backgrounds, education, and skill sets.

Retrained each Operator according to Standard Operating Procedures and for a specific aspect of the

job. Results were that the Operators could perform effectively within a team or independently.

Reorganized the logistical procedures for the equipment to allow efficient operations, retrieval,

utilization, and related activities.

Organized all property, computers, navigation equipment and other components of radar systems

valued in the hundreds of thousands.

Created a Property Book system that included: inventory of existing property, division of sensitive

items, a sign-in and sign-out procedure for each piece of equipment and tool set, and a tracking and

status reporting procedure in order to account for all property at any given time.

C-RAM Senior Network Monitoring Analyst, at Bagram AFB (08/2010 to

04/2012)

MANAGED THE C-RAM System that alerted Forward Operating Bases of incoming threats in order for

personnel to take protection cover. Completed System Administrator tasks and Networking assignment that

managed the system intranet and inter-network.

Challenged to evaluate the existing situation and determine the strengths and weakness of position and

what steps needed to be taken.

Created Standard Operating Procedures for C-RAM network monitoring that allowed for systematic

operations with specified expectations.

Ordered critical parts that kept system at 98% Operating Rate.

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DERODRICK RHODES

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

US ARMY, various locations 09/1997 to 09/2010

Aviation Shops Maintenance Supervisor/Pneudraulics Repair Supervisor (02/2002 to 09/2010)

Fort Hood, TX/ Camp Taji, Iraq

AVIATION SHOPS MAINTENANCE MANAGER/SUPERVISOR with expertise in the areas of

aviation/aircraft maintenance, logistics, asset accountability, and technical personnel leadership development.

Management Overview

Technical management skills include the development, maintenance, troubleshooting, and monitoring

complex technical systems.

Interacted effectively with people at multiple levels, planned and organized various types operations,

and managed financial and property assets.

Implemented continuous improvement principles in work environment and manpower.

Possessed a technical professional attitude that resulted in effective time and resource management.

Excellent project and time management skills evidenced by the accomplishment of having attained a

Bachelor of Science Degree while holding full time employment.

Shop Operations/Maintenance/Repair

Planned and supervised the work flow maintenance support teams for fleets of up to 30 UH-60L

Blackhawk and up to 16 CH-47D Chinook helicopters a valued in the millions at any given time.

Basically, supervised, inspected and performed aviation unit intermediate and depot maintenance on

aircraft Pneudraulics systems. Removed, repaired and tested the systems, subsystems and assemblies;

diagnosed and repaired malfunctions; used and maintain common/special tools.

Supervised the serviceability and accountability of equipment valued in the millions.

Received numerous recognitions for maintaining 100% operational readiness.

Knowledge of communication equipment contributed greatly to success of convoy from Kuwait

to Iraq. Supervised the concrete barrier installation at Camp Taji.

EDUCATION / COMPUTERS

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, Lynchburg, VA

Bachelors of Science: Multidisciplinary Studies/Business and Accounting, 2008, GPA 3.0

Coursework: Management, Human Resources Management, Marketing, Business Law, Constitutional

Government & Free Enterprise, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Ethics, Non-Profit Management,

Intermediate Accounting I, Cost Accounting I, Accounting Principles I & II, Taxation, Business Introduction,

Personal Finance, Business Law, Economics I, Probability & Statistics, Information Technology

COMPUTERS: Linux, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Windows (Vista, 7 & 8)

Possess a Class A Commercial Driver’s License

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