Joel S. Lee
Tyndall AFB, Florida 32403
Voice: 850-***-**** 29 July 2013
Email: ************@*******.***
Thank you for considering me for your Administrative Assistant position. I am presently in the process of separating from the United States Air Force after amassing 30 years of experience in Administrative Support, Personnel Management, Budgeting and the Intelligence Collection environments. I am looking forward to continuing to serve our country in a civilian capacity.
I feel my experience as the Operations Coordinator of Defense Attaché Offices within multiple U.S. embassies since 2006, a position incredibly similar to the position you are looking to fill, is the perfect precursor to employment with your organization. As the Operations Coordinator I ran a diverse office of U.S. and foreign national personnel in accomplishing a critical intelligence collection mission that was very successful. More importantly, I was the right hand to the Senior Defense Official in each country, serving as his/her “gate keeper”. I was responsible for ensuring the office operated within guidelines stipulated in Defense Intelligence Agency directives. This required me to provide assistance, both up and down the chain, to clarify policy. I also wrote, edited, and generated hundreds of correspondence annually while managing the performance of seven staff members and supporting the efforts of four military attachés. In addition, I was responsible for overseeing and implementing the security and safety programs, controlling $2Mil in inventory, executing the annual budget and assisting with the direction of the intelligence collection mission. It was also my job to represent the Senior Defense Official on the embassy country team meeting with the Ambassador if his schedule didn’t allow his attendance. I arranged all of the team’s travel requirements, managed seven government property leases, oversaw the Government Purchase Card program and managed the Senior Defense Officials calendar while providing him a copy of his daily appointments. I was responsible for coordinating the logistical support for visiting dignitaries to include numerous General Officers, Congressional Delegations, Service Secretaries, and assisted our state department counterparts with a visit by VPOTUS. A review of my program by the Inspector General in both 2009 and 2012 resulted in no discrepancies being noted, and my budget execution was identified as the most effective in the Latin American Region, with a 99.75% budget execution effectiveness rate. I understand the group dynamic. Loyalty, both up and down the chain, is my greatest asset, and I enjoy collaboration which maximizes team effectiveness, understanding this is the key which guarantees an organization’s success.
My education has had a heavy emphasis on program management and my Air Force career has been broad, with a strong emphasis on administration, resource management, and security, strengths I feel transfer readily into this position. I have completed 133 semester hours towards a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with Thomas Edison State College. I have held a Top Secret Security Clearance (TS/SCI w/polygraph) that was adjudicated 19 April 2013, and am fluent in Spanish and German, and competent in Serbo-Croatian.
Please feel free to contact me at 850-***-**** if I can be of assistance, at your convenience.
Respectfully
Joel S. Lee
JOEL S. LEE
************@*******.***
730 Suwannee Road Box 5000 Tyndall AFB, FL 32403
OBJECTIVE
To secure a challenging employment opportunity in an established, team-oriented company where my experience, skills, and education will contribute to the organization and provide opportunity
CAREER PROFILE
Senior manager with 30 years of experience as an office administrator in a fast-paced, results oriented environments, with last six years spent working with state department in the intelligence arena. Articulate communicator and mentor, able to elicit outstanding performance from a diverse array of professionals. Proven ability to plan, direct, and control a wide range of activities. Proven track record of translating technical ability and leadership know-how into bottom line results.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
B.A. Business Administration Thomas Edison State College (16 semester hrs) grad: May 2013
A.A.S. Aerospace Technology Community College Air Force - 1990
High School Irvin High School, El Paso Texas 1983
Fluency German 3+/3+ Spanish 2+/2+ Serbo-Croatian 2/1+ Defense Language Institute 2006/2009
Currently possess Top Secret/SCI security clearance adjudication date 19 Apr 2013
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE May 1977 to Oct 2004
Operations Coordinator-Chief Administrator / Command Functional Manager / Chief Enlisted Manager / Production Superintendent / Resource Advisor / Postmaster / Maintenance Supervisor /
Fast-track career promotion to highest enlisted rank through a series of increasingly responsible administrative, intelligence, logistics and maintenance management positions leading large-scale operations worldwide. Honored with numerous commendations and awards for outstanding leadership, program management and logistics operations.
Chief Enlisted Manager, 325 Maintenance Operations Squadron, Tyndall AFB, FL 2012-Present
Commander’s chief advisor for 155 employees supporting the F-22 flying mission, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Provide leadership, mentorship and management of personnel and logistical resources. Provided technical expertise on broad-based logistics issues. Resolve issues between squadron and outside agencies.
Provides fleet health management for 32 F22 aircraft valued at $5.3 billion
Manage Maintenance Operations Center controlling daily F-22 maintenance actions
Manages flying hour program responsible for generating 3,100 F-22 launces annually
Operations Coordinator, Defense Attaché Office (DAO), US Embassy Lima, Peru 2009-2012
Operations Coordinator, DAO, US Embassy Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina 2006-2009
Senior enlisted advisor military affairs to U.S. Ambassador and Defense Attaché; responsible for managing a specialized joint staff of five U.S. military members and three civilians supporting four attaches.
Directed the efforts of the administrative staff to include coordinating commanders schedule,
overseeing safety, security, intelligence collection, travel management, and budgetary execution
Planned/implemented operation budget of $1.7Mil, maintaining 99.75% effective rate of execution
Managed technical support equipment and other support resources valued at $2Mil
Managed government leased property valued at $3.5Mil while executing leasing budget of $384K
Represented DoD on embassy Counter Intelligence Working Group, briefing, “country team”
Drafted,/reviewed, and maintained master suspense file for over 700 formal correspondence
entering//leaving attaché office often in response to taskings levied by Higher Headquarters
Coordinated all U.S. dignitary visits to include Secretary of Defense, Secretaries of all services,
Major Command commanders and assisted State Department w/VPOTUS, CODELs
Coordinated Travel orders for all personnel, to include establishing itinerary, budgeting and flights
2 Inspector General inspections 2009/2012 both resulted in zero discrepancies noted
Postal Superintendent, Kaiserslautern Military Community, Ramstein, Germany 2002-2006
Led 5 postal operations/131 personnel in US Air Forces Europe’s largest military postal operation in the Kaiserslautern Germany military community. Led processing of 9.8Mil pounds of mail annually while deploying 25 personnel to combat operations. Augmented headquarters Inspector General staff assessing missions theater wide. Team recognized Best in Air Force 2004, 2005 and best in Europe 2003, 2004, 2005
Postal Logistics Superintendent, HQ, U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein, Germany 1999-2002
Responsible for plans, programs, contracting and funding for 6 Aerial Mail Terminals and 42 Air Post Offices located throughout Europe, Africa the Middle East serving 350,000 patrons. Served as Command Functional Manager/War Planner for low density/high demand field during OEF/OIF ops--Iraqi/Afghanistan.
Developed all operational and exercise plan responses and coordinated theater/worldwide deployments
Maintained accountability of 126 deployment kits and 145 personnel taskings per deployment cycle
Established 92 contingency post offices/oversaw movement of 21Mil pounds of mail during war effort
Negotiated relocation of 3 Aerial Mail Terminals in Spain, Greece and Turkey; coordinated leases, co-
wrote support agreements, and secured funding
Outsourced DoDs Largest Aerial Mail Terminal in Frankfurt, Germany (A-76 outsourcing initiative);
wrote statement of work for 5.5Million contract; reduced 62 military positions
Served as US Forces Europe Command Action Officer for Force Protection Working Group
Authored Command guidance for anthrax awareness, response procedures; adopted Air Force wide
Developed concept of operations/procured equipment to detect mail explosives; implemented AF wide
Resource Advisor, 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Spangdahlem AFB, GE 1996-1999
Planned and executed budget of $4.5Mil in support of 400 equipment maintainers providing maintenance support to two squadrons of F-16s and one squadron of A-10s. Tracked and maintained daily status on cost per flying hour program, war reserve material program, precious metals recovery program and tools program.
Developed, submitted and defended requirements to financial management board to secure funds
Advised commander on financial matters to establish priorities and prioritize unfunded requirements
Determined funding targets and executed distributions monitored over 500 financial transactions mthly
Managed government travel card, IMPAC purchase card, fraud, waste and abuse and reports of survey
TRAINING
Special Security Representative for Sensitive Compartment Information Facility Training, Miami, Florida 2012, Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) training, Bolling AFB, D.C. 2007, Joint Military Attaché School, Defense Intelligence Agency, (20 weeks) Bolling Air Force Base 2006, Instinctive and Evasive Driver and weapons Training, (80 hours), G4S Intl Training Richmond, Va 2006/2009, Senior Leadership Management Academy (7 weeks), Gunter Air Force Base, AL, 2002 (Honor Graduate), OMB Circular A-76 “Performance of Commercial Activities” Traning, Kapaun Air Station, Germany 2001, Leadership Management Academy (6 weeks), Kapaun Air Station, Germany 1997 (Honor graduate), Leadership School (5 weeks), Lindsey Air Force Base, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1987 (Honor Graduate)