Management Customer Service

Senior Transportation and Logistics Strategic Planner

Work Summary: Senior Transportation and Logistics Strategic Planner/Program

Manager with multi-functional executive level responsibilities. Over 20

years of military and DOD experience in traffic management, land, sea and

air transportation & logistics, strategic and deliberate planning,

administration, team and organization building, supervisory experience,

policy formulation and implementation, research and development,

operational control and training.

Employment History

Senior Transportation and Logistics Analyst/Senior Policy Analyst 2002-

Present: Provides transportation and logistical management, operational

support, subject matter expertise and policy guidance to the Defense Threat

Reduction (DTRA) in meeting core mission support to the National Military

Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (NMS-CWMD).

. Senior Transportation Analyst and senior mobility advisor to the Director

of DTRA Combat Support, Consequence Management Division and the DTRA

Deployment Readiness Cell (DRC).

. Serves as the expert technical advisor responsible for implementing

transportation policies, systems and programs concerning commercial

transportation, traffic management, logistics, movement control, and

supply movement.

. Evaluates agency level policies and directives and participates fully

with HQ DTRA in the establishment of command policies, programs, and

objectives for assigned programs and provides advice on the formulation

of policies and procedures.

. Provides centralized management of DTRA transportation and traffic

management programs.

. Exercises managerial and supervisory responsibility over a variety of

administrative, personnel and staff functions.

. Directs in-depth studies and investigations to analyze and resolve

critical transportation problems such as supply chain performance,

carrier service issues, integration of military service strategic

planning efforts with depot operations and the affect of technological

changes.

. Develops command policies and plans, integrates and coordinates the

execution of all functions, operations and activities involved in

accomplishing transportation and traffic management functions.

. Knowledgeable of supervisory/managerial competencies including

professionalism, leadership, teamwork, oral and written communication,

strategic focus, responsibility and accountability, innovation and

initiative, customer service and resource stewardship.

. Supervises a team of deliberate planners in the collection of Force Flow

Data requirements to the Geographic Combatant Commander's

Operation/Contingency plans to determine strategic lift requirements

using Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES).

. Coordinates and manages reception, staging, onward movement and

integration (RSO&I) of deploying forces/teams.

. Coordinates and synchronizes unit arrival at the Tactical Assembly Area

of the gaining command, and the integration into its command and control

structure.

. Coordinates with Theater Area of Operations Support Group for

transportation, supply, billeting, and facilities support for agency

deploying teams.

. Manages day to day transportation and logistical requirements, oversees

sustainment and operational functions through supervision and mentoring

junior staff personnel.

. Assess logistics requirements in the areas of supply, maintenance,

transportation, and services for deployed personnel in order to manage

the deployment, sustainment, and redeployment/reconstitution of all DTRA

Teams.

. Coordinates surface and air transportation requirements for personnel and

equipment through commercial and military logistical assets.

. Managed a 24/7 arrival/departure airfield control group (A/DACG) of 50

personnel, coordinated with Air Force Tanker Airlift Control Element

(TALCE) for airframe loading/discharge, staging and airfield cargo

clearance.

. Manages the coordination of packaging, labeling, marking of general

freight and hazardous cargo in accordance with current DOD regulations.

. Manages advanced cargo documentation, cross checks for accuracy and

coordinates all aerial and surface incoming cargo/freight for special

handling, staging and final destination movement.

. Coordinates custom clearance and cargo disposition.

. Develops transportation and logistics support programs and concepts in

support of combatant commands policy and regulations.

Senior Policy Analyst:

. Reviews and updates logistics, policy and procedures, contingency plans,

intelligence, doctrine, and policies in support of the Office of the

Secretary of Defense (OSD) Nuclear Matters; The Joint Staff, Geographic

Combatant Commands, Military Services and the Service components of

Geographic Combatant Commands.

. Provides program management for policy planning, coordination, liaison,

and operational support; including training and exercise evaluation

support to designated National Level, OSD, DOD, Combatant Commands, and

other Federal Continuity of Operations (COOP) and continuity of

government (COG) exercise programs.

. Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with OSD, The

Joint Staff, DTRA, USTRANSCOM, the Geographic Combatant Commands, the

Services, and other governmental agencies.

. Develops transportation and traffic policies, establishes standards,

implements procedures, and provides technical expertise through data

collection, in-depth analysis, research and organizational staffing.

Develops recommendations and alternatives for system-wide improvements

which involve changing in planning, policies, or procedures.

. Provides interpretation and guidance on transportation, logistics and

traffic management policies. Serves as the senior specialist in an

increasingly complex environment providing guidance and direction to

other specialists.

Headquarters, Military Surface Deployment Distribution Command (MSDDC)

Alexandria, VA

Dec 97 - Dec 02

Senior Transportation and Logistics Management Specialist/Strategic

Planner: Plans, directs and executes multiple marine cargo operations to

include vessel loading and offloading, port staging, railhead operations

and line haul requirements for support of JCS exercises, contingencies and

operations for military cargo deploying/redeploying through worldwide

military and commercial ports. Supervises and leads terminal port

operations, stevedore gang supervision, hazardous/ammunition cargo

operations, directs a documentation team in automated data processing

utilizing worldwide port system (WPS), Transportation Coordinators

Automated Information Management System (TC-AIMS), and logistics

application of automated marking and reading symbology (LOGMARS).

Coordinate with unit movement representatives for unit deployment lists in

preparation of documentation activities for the deployment and redeployment

of military units.

. Supervised Water Terminal Operations to ensure stevedore personnel

performed all vessel operations in compliance with approved pre-stowage

plans, maritime practices, Codes of Federal Regulation 49, International

Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, U.S. Coast Guard Regulations, and local

Port Regulations and Laws, as applicable. Reviews pre-stowage plans,

determines heavy lift, specialized equipment, and stevedore gang

requirements.

. Oversees loading, stowage, and discharge operations to ensure conformity

to preliminary plans, authorizes necessary changes and prepares final

plans as necessary.

. Extensive knowledge of all types/classes of commercial and Military

Sealift Command (MSC) cargo vessels in breakbulk, container, and roll on-

roll off (RORO) configurations.

. Comprehensive knowledge of marine rules and regulations and the ability

to plan, direct, organize, and coordinate cargo handling activities;

interpret and apply policies; investigate operations and practices and

resolve problems; and to establish and maintain effective work

relationships.

. Set operations policies and standards, including determination of safety

procedures for the handling of dangerous goods.

. Responsible for identifying, coordinating and resolving movement and

throughput problems at seaport of embarkation/debarkation during U.S.

Forces deployments.

. Provided assistance and technical advice to management in

modeling/simulation Force Flow analysis of operations plans related to

cargo loading and offloading at designated seaports.

. Responsible for the accountability, sustainability, and adherence to the

required policies/procedures of handing all general cargo and warehouse

distribution, and business processes supporting logistics automated

information technology/systems (AIT/AIS) (GTN, GCCS, TC-AIMS, WPS, GATES)

for safe, secure and efficient cargo transport movements.

. Collected and conducted force flow data analysis requirements to the

COCOM's operation/contingency plans to determine strategic lift

requirements using JOPES and throughput capabilities using Joint Flow

Analysis System for Transportation.

. Provided technical advice of existing and emerging distribution and

deployment practices within DOD and the private sector; to include

Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) products for transportation and

distribution related functional areas.

. Independently supervised and advised a team of military and DOD civilians

in effectively managing and executing all phases of the movement of

passengers, personal property (household goods), freight and the

negotiations for traffic and procurement of transportation services.

. Advised military and DOD civilians of their entitlement for shipment of

personal property and passenger travel; prepared all the necessary

documentation.

. Resolved conflicts or issues that might involve repayment or crediting of

travel funds advanced, disputes between carrier and customers, or

emergency situations, such as those involving extremely short lead times,

problems in transit, inadequate paperwork for foreign entry, or similar

situations.

. Managed the procurement objectives to use in the preparation of

solicitation agreements. Analyzed elements of cost in

contracts/agreements and made competitive range determinations.

. Develops strategy, and participates as a negotiations team lead to

develop operational processes, rates and terms.

. Responsible for all general supply and warehouse distribution operation

for all military services which included distribution, accountability,

inventory, documentation, tracking, training, and reports.

U.S. Army, Airborne Infantry/Transportation and Logistics Management:

Successful twenty year military career culminating in the award of the U.S.

Army Legion of Merit.

EDUCATION

Project Management, SAIC University

Advanced Management and Leadership, U.S. Army

Mid-level Management and Leadership, U.S. Army

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Course (IMDG), U.S. Army

Automated Worldwide Port System (WPS), U.S. Army

Transportation Coordinators Automated Information Management System (TC-

AIMS), U.S. Army

CERTIFICATES

Strategic Deployment Planning Course, Global Network Users Course, U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Air Deployment Planning Course, U.S. Military Customs Course, U.S. Army

Army

Joint Planning Orientation Course, U.S. Worldwide Port System Course, U.S. Army

Army

Mobilization / Deployment Planning Automated Information Management System

Course, U.S. Army U.S. Army

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