Years Experience Management

EDUCATION:

. Master Degree in Homeland Security Leadership from the University of

Connecticut UCONN 2011. Bachelor of Science Degree in Business

Management from State University of New York 1998. Associates Degree

Fire Technology and Administration Thames Valley State Technical

College 1983.

. Graduate Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor relations

2001. Graduate Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs

Colorado

. Completed Fire Academy Programs for Fire Officer IV, Instructor II,

Safety and numerous advanced fire service courses.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

. Fire Chief, Mashantucket Connecticut. Duties include planning,

organizing, directing, and controlling a department of 36 employees

and an annual budget of $2,000,000. Duties also include serving as

the Director of Emergency Management.

. Prior to these assignments, I served as the Fire Training Instructor

for the Nuclear Power Stations of Northeast Utilities Nuclear

throughout New England, and as a Shift Commander for the Electric Boat

Fire Department and served in the Waterford Fire Department advancing

to Fire Commissioner.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

. Management experience in design and execution - 10 Emergency

Management exercises.

. Designated Chief Fire Officer (CFO) in 2003 by the National Commission

on Chief Fire Officer Designation

. Designated Homeland Security Level II, American College Forensic

Examiners Institute

. Instituted various programs to upgrade the effectiveness and

efficiency of fire departments, including Water Rescue Team, Hazardous

Materials Technician Team, a Master Department Training program, Fire

Prevention Program and Apparatus Replacement program

. Instituted professional development and succession planning programs

that resulted in 100% of Command Officers at Mashantucket successfully

completing the State Fire Marshal and Fire Academy Officer

certification programs

. Planned and implemented cost cutting measures in Mashantucket Ct that

resulted in a reduced staffing of 8 positions. This action was based

on consolidating two responder organizations into one professional

fire department.

. Helped establish the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Emergency

Planning Team (SCREPT) that includes the Connecticut Eastern Region

Haz Mat Team (CERRIT) and composed of 22 municipalities and 2 Tribal

Nations, with approximately 2 million people in 500 square miles.

CERRIT has over 60 agencies working together in a collaborative

regional organization to respond to and mitigate major emergency

incidents eliminating duplication of resources and equipment.

. Affirmative action programs increased utilization of minorities and

females by over 12%.

. Designed several operational training programs for dispatchers and

responders.

. As SCEPT chairperson, I indirectly managed $4 million in homeland

security grants, implemented Citizen Corps Councils, rewrote community

emergency plans and involved local private industries into these

plans.

QUALIFICATIONS:

. I offer the ability to lead participatory management initiatives, to

grasp new concepts readily and deal with abstract ideas, think

objectively and critically, and initiate change.

. Four years experience as an appointee to the Connecticut Emergency

Management and Homeland Security Advisory Council.

. Extensive experience in decision-making, leadership, public relations

and problem solving in high stress work environments. Demonstrated

ability to assess fire, homeland security, emergency management,

hazardous materials and emergency medical problems demonstrating the

capability to focus effectively on high priority issues.

. Thirty-five years experience in personnel and administrative functions

of operating various size fire departments, including demonstrated

expertise in the use of teams and other collaborative approaches to

maximize the involvement of participants in a high performance

environment.

. Thirty-five years experience in emergency response and using the

Incident Command System. I have taught this subject to Fire Officers

at the Connecticut Fire Academy for ten years and have over twenty-

five years experience as an instructor and adjunct Connecticut Fire

Academy faculty member.

. Twenty-five years experience in system and expenditure analysis and

control, the analysis of statistical data, and management of

informational systems.

. Thirty-five years experience in a collaborative labor environment

. Twenty years experience implementing Strategic Planning concepts.

AFFILIATIONS:

. International Association of Fire Chiefs

. New London County Fire Chiefs

. American Board for Certification in Homeland Security

. Commission on Chief Fire Officer Designation

SALARY REQUIREMENTS: Negotiable

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