Technical Support Company

Thomas Gamache

*** **** ******** **** **. Veteran, Operation Iraqi Freedom

Norfolk, VA 23517 Veterans Preferance: 10 pts

**.*******@*****.*** Mobile: 401-***-****

Objective:To obtain a professional position with a stable, growing company that will allow me to employ both my writing and

leadership skills to establish myself in a challenging, meaningful career.

Skills:

• Extensive supervisory background, a tested and proven leader.

• Capable of meeting professional communications needs across a wide variety of mediums.

• Solid understanding of social media and experience managing online corporate accounts.

• Exceptional communicator, effectively conveying information both verbally and in writing.

• Dedicated employee with a work ethic second to none.

Work Experience Highlights:

Writing and Communications

• Provided a diverse range of services including press releases, internal communications, ghostwriting and editing of scholarly

articles to be published, altering style to appeal to the individual client’s needs.

• Managed and maintained event listings and descriptions for twenty-eight websites, inputting and editing approximately 100

entries daily. Social media duties included writing, editing and selecting graphic material for content.

• Provided feedback and evaluations on written reports for peers, superiors and subordinates, contributing to both internal

communications and external publications.

• Well-experienced in drafting, proofreading and editing executive-level presentations and speeches.

Leadership

• As a Sergeant in the United States Army, led a detachment of support soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom (January-August,

2003).

• Trained, mentored and developed more than twenty soldiers between 2002 and 2007, fourteen of which later became

Noncommissioned officers.

• Chosen as Electronic Equipment Test Facility (EETF) Foreman in Illesheim, Germany, and increased overall work order

efficiency over 50% in less than four months.

• Served as the Battalion Hazmat NCO-in-charge, directly responsible for keeping the Battalion in compliance with all OSHA,

HAZMAT, and host nation laws and safety regulations.

Coordination and Planning

• As Battalion Hazmat NCO, coordinated regular inspections of hazardous materials, documentation and storage procedures for

four company-sized units. Also prepped and coordinated units for OSHA and host nation environmental inspection teams.

• Planned and prepared for VIP visits, managing not only incoming briefings and presentations but also recreational and

hospitality aspects of stay.

• Created and gave reintegration presentations to over 2,000 soldiers redeploying from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Accountability

• Assumed sole responsibility for and maintained 100% of the EETF, an automated test equipment system valued at more than

twenty-eight million dollars.

• Chosen to serve as the Battalion Hazmat NCO in charge, directly responsible for keeping the Company in compliance with all

OSHA, HAZMAT, and host nation laws and safety regulations.

• Provided technical support for more than two hundred AH64D Apache helicopters in Iraq/Kuwait, resulting in a cost avoidance

of more than $1.4 million dollars in less than seven months.

• Managed quarterly and monthly fiscal reports for multiple financial accounts on behalf of the Hanau Catholic Community

(Germany), flawlessly accounting for funds in excess of $100,000.

Education &Formal Military Training

Bachelor’s of Arts in English and Psychology, University of Connecticut December 2009

Technical Transportation of Hazardous Materials Course (80 hours) February 2005

Primary Leadership and Development Course (390 hours) November-December, 2002

Apache Helicopter Electronic Systems Repair Course (1,382hours) January-October, 2001

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