Douglas J. Henry

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Senior Executive director

Personable, analytical, and innovative Senior-Level Executive offering 20+

years of broad-based experience providing excellence in business

development, talent management, human resource leadership, logistics and

supply chain management.

Innate ability to build vital relationships, provide advice/counsel to

Higher HQs, Senior Management Staff, Inter/Intra Agencies and other

Stakeholders on Talent Management, Employee Relations; Management and

Organizational Development and Policy Administration on equal opportunity,

workplace diversity, hiring and sexual harassment.

Considerable expertise creating and executing Strategic Vision and Goals,

developing leading-edge training programs and continuous process

improvement initiatives for high operational tempo organizations.

Proven ability to investigate and resolve highly complex and sensitive

workforce issues and ensure internal and regulatory compliance.

Professional Experience

Vice Wing Commander (Colonel) 10/2013 - Present

Vice Commander of approximately 925 personnel with oversight of

represented and non-represented personnel in an Operations

Group, Mission Support Group, Air Operations Group and a Medical

Group. Provide executive and technical leadership for a wide

variety of federal, state, and local authorities on all aspects of

operations, personnel, equipment, funds and real property. Execute

the full range of human resources to include talent management,

performance management and fiscal responsibilities. Manage long

and short range planning and changes; review and evaluate operations;

assess program status, milestone reports, higher level

programs review and make recommendations concerning logistics,

planning, ground and air operations. Establish standards and

frame strategic plans based on broad organizational assessments and

implement pragmatic evaluation of long-term organizational objectives.

Establish organizational vision and implementation plans in a

continuously changing environment and determine the

financial and personnel resources needed to support mission

operations. Promote an inclusive workplace that fosters the

development

of others, facilitates cooperation, teamwork, and supports

constructive resolution of conflicts. Represent the Air National

Guard and

the State of Michigan to foreign political and military dignitaries,

including heads of state. Coordinate policies, plans, programs, and

requirements with senior leadership levels of the Higher HQs, war-time

gaining commands, National Guard Bureau, and the Adjutant General's

Office. Responsible for the formulation, presentation, justification,

and execution of an allocated multi-million dollar budget involving

federal, several major force elements and state funds. Chair,

Integrated Delivery System (IDS) ensuring base "helping

agencies" provide the right help at the right time to active duty

military, family members, DOD civilians and retirees. Partners

include Federal Occupational Health Employee Assistance Program,

Chaplain Corps, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment

Program, Family Readiness Center, Mental Health Program, Equal

Opportunity, and Personal Financial Assistance Program. Oversee

the Sexual Assault Response Program. Member, Michigan Joint Diversity

Executive Council; Chair, Southwest Michigan Threat

Working Group (TWG) consisting of representatives from the FBI, Local

and State Law Enforcement Agencies, Emergency Managers

from several communities as well as Anti-terrorism/Force Protection

Officers from several Federal Agencies and Military Units.

Oversaw the development of the Wings first Disaster Assistance

Response Team (DART) in support of U.S. Domestic Operations.

Commander / Chief of Staff (Colonel) 9/2008 - 10/2013

Provide strategic vision to develop and implement strategies,

operational plans and objectives for activities in the U.S., Europe

and

Africa. Direct, coordinate and guide senior leadership on talent

management, business requirements development, recruiting,

assignments, disciplinary actions and impacts of administrative and

regulatory requirements. Lead workforce development efforts to

include functional training programs; build and lead teams in cross-

functional organizational cooperation. Develop continuous process

improvement initiatives to evaluate, measure and improve processes and

procedures. Market the organization's capability and

capacity to internal and external customers. Lead a diverse group of

professionals in Strategic and Contingency Operational Planning

and Programming, Manpower & Personnel, Services & Mortuary Affairs,

Intelligence, Pilots & Navigators, Logistics, IT and Communications,

Civil Engineering, Contracting/Procurement, Security, Finance/Budget,

Attorneys, Public Relations and Chaplains. Oversee the execution of

quality assurance and internal control programs.

. Developed and marketed new training approach to Air Force senior

leadership; Chartered to validate and train newly restructured 1500

member higher headquarters organization for Europe and Africa operations

. Hand selected to help stand up new organization; Created a

recruitment/selection team that hired a culturally diverse work force in

94 Classifications for represented and non-represented employees

. Successfully coordinated and resolved numerous Base Realignment and

Closure/Total Force Integration issues affecting over 3000 personnel;

Pivotal in resolving new mission staffing and organizational issues

. Oversaw a $14.1M, 62,000sf facilities construction project and

acquisition of over $2M of essential IT assets; Project came in on time

and $3M under budget

. Awarded Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2nd) for Chief of Staff role

in enforcing the Libya No-Fly Zone

Douglas J. Henry

Professional Experience Continued

Liaison Officer 4/2008 - 9/2008

Developed and implemented contingency and emergency plans,

policies/procedures for Defense Logistics Agency support to the

Department of Defense (DOD) Southern Command (Central and South

America) and Central Command (Middle East). Created

and executed five year budget plan for all DOD excess property

disposal operations. Directed, coordinated and balanced workloads,

prepared resource justifications and recommendations for personnel

awards. Developed and maintained working relationships with

DOD and contractor contacts. Provided personnel, logistical, resource

and technical expertise in support of property management

and property disposal operations. Managed purchases and coordinated

contractual actions.

. Developed and presented briefings to the Marine Corp that provided

baseline for property disposal requirements in Afghanistan

. Enabled stand up of additional Disposal Field Offices in Afghanistan

supporting Marine Corp surge operations

. Awarded the "Above and Beyond" Team Award for the New Normal

Requirements Team

Air Force New Mission Transition Team

11/2007 - 04/2008

Developed the organizational, operational and training structure for the

new Air Force Service Component to US Africa Command (AFRICOM). Identified

organizational relationships required for forces in support of Air Force

missions on the African continent.

. Hand selected as one of only six US Air Force officers to stand up a new

Air Force organization in Europe

. Travelled to Djibouti, Africa; Identified all Air Force missions, plans

and programs required to support 53 African nations

. Successfully established Battle Creek, MI Air Guard unit as the primary

force provider for augmentation and distributed operations to United

States Air Forces in Europe supporting missions in Africa

Management Analyst / Military Reserve Coordinator 10/2005

- 11/2007

Oversaw all deployment activities for six Reserve units in six states

and emergency essential civilians to support military

operations in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. Developed, formalized and

certified training requirements. Coordinated and tracked

all deployment functions. Directed the merging of training

requirements into the Defense Logistics Agency's centralized Learning

Management System. Prepared and justified budget estimates for

contingency operations, training and organization activity funding.

. Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in training costs

. Enabled reserve teams to operate in all overseas areas as qualified

specialists

. Training platform used for special war time support surge teams for

increased requirements

Chief, Combatant Command Support 04/2004 - 10/2005

Principal advisor to the Agency Head for contingency operations. Provided

the strategic focus, implementation and execution of enterprise policy,

plans and procedures for worldwide operations. Wrote and coordinated DOD

Property Disposal and Sales Plans for Iraq and Afghanistan. Recommended

and coordinated changes to governing regulations, highlighted any

conflicting departmental and higher headquarters directives and outlined

corrective measures. Managed the activities of geographically dispersed

employees in multiple states and in Europe. Deployed to Kuwait, Iraq and

Afghanistan garnering critical life support for the first ever agency

operations in a war zone.

. By name requested as DLA disposal representative to Iraqi Freedom Joint

Combat Service Support Reduction Team

. Reduced Forward Operating Bases - 130 to 4; Pipeline analysis reduced

convoy requirements by 72 trucks/crews per day

. Coordinated and negotiated first ever DOD Excess Property Field Office

and DOD sales authority in Afghanistan

. Awarded Defense Meritorious Service Medal for efforts

Director, Command Security and Public Safety

08/2001 - 04/2004

Handpicked - oversaw protection of 3500 personnel, $13B in DOD assets at 95

locations in 15 countries. Established command policy, programs/procedures

for investigations, information security, information assurance, personnel

and physical security and oversight on investigations for fraud, waste and

abuse of government property and sexual harassment of personnel.

Responsible for the DLA Safety and Occupational Health Program, Industrial

Hygiene Program, Radiation Protection Program and Fire Prevention and

Protection Program. Managed and supervised activities of geographically

dispersed represented employees in multiple states and Europe. Recommended

disciplinary actions up to and including termination of government service.

. Spearheaded plan for increased liaison with Federal, State and

Local Law Enforcement

. Identified buyers of DOD excess property on the FBIs Terrorist

Watch List

. Established first ever DLA direct access to National Crime

Information Center

. Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal following 9/11 terrorist

attacks

Douglas J. Henry

Professional Experience Continued

Program Manager, Automatic Identification Technology (AIT)

04/1995 - 08/2001

Automated business processes through bar coding and radio frequency

technology. Created a system to track the $24B

inventory of excess and surplus DOD property. Built a team of

government and contractor technology and business experts.

Gathered data on procedures and performed process review analysis for

automated and manual systems. Conducted business

case studies to determine the feasibility, cost benefit and business

result of current and future automation projects. Planned,

forecasted and scheduled disbursements for all AIT projects.

Negotiated and approved all expenditures for contractor expenses

and payments related to the AIT Program while adhering to Federal

Property Management rules and regulations.

. Developed and fielded $8M AIT system and training program to 172

field offices in 22 countries

. Performed oversight on worldwide AIT contracts with an annual

budget of $1M

. Increased inventory accuracy by 250,000 line items and property

accountability by $1.7B

. Reduced inventory adjustments by 21% and increased receiving

productivity by 50%

Michigan Air National Guard / Drill Status Guardsman

Deputy Commander, Mission Support Group

11/2007 - 09/2008

Oversight of all Mission Support Group functions to include Force

Management and Personnel, Logistics Readiness, Supply Chain

Management, Fuels, Transportation, Contracting, Contingency

Operations/Logistics Plans, Security Forces, Anti-Terrorism and Force

Protection, Civil Engineering, Food Service, Billeting, Mortuary

Affairs and Morale Welfare and Recreation programs.

Commander, Services Flight / Logistics Plans & Operations

02/2006 - 11/2007

Responsible for providing lodging, food service, mortuary affairs and

morale, welfare and recreational qualify of life to over

900 personnel at deployed locations and at home station. Performed

logistics and contingency operational planning functions

for the Wing. Developed, coordinated contingency planning identifying

support capabilities to include Force Protection, Intelligence,

Air Base Operations, Food Service, Safety, Supplies, Fuels,

Warehousing, Transportation and Munitions. Led logistics and

contingency operational planning functions for the Wing. Developed,

coordinated and executed contingency planning functions to

to identify support capabilities for deploying units to include Force

Protection, Intelligence, Air Base Operations, Billeting, Food

Service, Safety, Logistics, Supply/Fuels, Warehousing, Transportation,

Munitions, Vehicle and Aircraft Maintenance.

Chief of Logistics / Supply Chain Management 01/1987 -

08/2001

Directed, planned and managed logistics/supply policy and procedures

in support of $13.5 million supply account. Supported

multiple military services and agencies to include Funds Management,

Stock Control, Training, Procedures and Analysis,

Inventory, Receiving, Warehousing for Wing supply support activities

and Fuels for aviation and ground transportation functions

Performed logistics and contingency operational planning functions for

the Wing. Developed training programs for Command and

Control personnel in support of natural disasters and contingency

operations.

Education & Continuing Development Coursework

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Kellogg School of Management Executive Education - Kellogg on Branding

American Military University, Charles Town, WV

Pursuing Master of Arts in National Security Studies, (3 classes remaining)

Spring Arbor College, Spring Arbor, MI

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration - Majored in Management and

Marketing

Air University, Montgomery, AL

Air War College: Strategic National Security Leadership in Joint,

Interagency and Multinational Environments - 27 Grad Credits

Air University, Montgomery, AL

Air Command & Staff College: Develop, employ, and command air, space and

cyberspace power in Joint, Multinational and Interagency Operations

Air University, Montgomery, AL

Associates in Inventory Management and Logistics

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