HUMAN RESOURCES Specialist
Knowledgeable, hard working and well-qualified former Military Executive
Officer aspiring to focus specifically on the Human Resources aspect of my
former position and provide a positive and lasting contribution by
utilizing my tested and proven skills and expertise in personnel
management, adaptive problem solving and team building leadership.
Possess a high degree of ethical integrity and personal drive as a
Military Officer. Detail oriented with a unique global perspective having
independently lived, worked and studied overseas for a number of years.
Offer a well rounded background with disparate experience in the fields of
intelligence analysis, administrative support, physical security and
education.
EDUCATION
Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course III - April 2009
Fort Huachuca, AZ
Basic Officer Leadership Course II - December 2008
Fort Sill, OK
Army Officer Candidate School - July 2008
Fort Benning, GA
o Graduated With Honors, top ten percent
Arizona State University - December 2002
Tempe, AZ
o Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Religious Studies
o Emphasis - Japanese Language, East Asian Cultural Studies and Religion
U.S. Marine Corps Administration School - December 1997
Camp Johnson, NC
o Trained to handle payroll, organize and upkeep directives issued from
Headquarters, provided information to personnel regarding pay and
benefits.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer - Fort Lewis, WA
Executive Officer - Rear Detachment Battalion (September 2009 - May 2010)
Supervise all daily operations with a flexible leadership style, managing
entry level personnel and training new officers and prospective leaders.
Utilize interagency communication software and schedule and track
personnel to ensure that all daily directives are met and that personnel
information is kept up to date.
Encourage open and honest communication at daily meetings to accomplish
project goals. Advise new officers individually, addressing each of their
unique challenges and recommending possible resolutions.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Executive Officer - Rear Detachment Battalion (September 2009 - May 2010)
Manage many tasks simultaneously, with priorities and objectives changing
from minute to minute, often times learning a concentrated amount of
information while meeting challenging deadlines.
Ensure compliance with regulations on everything from legal procedures to
personnel management.
Skill in prioritizing work with continually changing priorities and
pressures.
Knowledge of staffing activities balancing specific job needs with
personnel qualifications.
All Source Intelligence Analyst (May 2008 - July 2010)
Maintain and Utilize a Current Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented
Information (TS / SCI) clearance to collect, validate, analyze and brief
classified information according to the highest standards and strictest
procedures. Routinely and successfully present research and make
recommendations accordingly.
Design and implement data management systems to facilitate organization of
information and continually refine existing data collection and analysis
techniques. Routinely and successfully brief research via video
conference, teleconference and Power Point presentations and make
recommendations accordingly, often with very little time to prepare.
o Commended by entire command staff up to the rank of Colonel for
meticulousness of research and confidence of presentations.
Train, mentor and supervise a support staff of a minimum of seven
personnel at any given time. Oversee the process of obtaining and
confirming security clearances for individual soldiers via the
Installation Security Office and the Joint Personnel Adjudication System
(JPAS) in order to qualify them for classified tasks.
Unit Movement and Supply Officer (December 2009 - May 2010)
Successful in resolving a $2.5 million dollar shortage of equipment by
carefully conducting and cross-referencing inventory in logbooks,
identifying mistakes line by line in the Army computer accountability
system, and relentlessly tracking down missing equipment.
Directed monthly annexes and inventories of highly sensitive, classified
items and supervised and performed numerous investigations of lost or
missing individual soldier equipment in order to ascertain financial
liability. Relied upon meticulous and detail oriented work skills in
auditing and repairing Organizational Equipment Lists to ensure proper
coding of thousands of lines of data.
NCLN20/QUEST Intelligence Bureau
Physical Security Officer (September 2006 -April 2008)
Performed armed physical security at federal building locations such as
the FBI, U.S. Attorney's Office (Phoenix, AZ location) and the Federal
Courthouse. Insured that daily operations ran smoothly by providing
security and performing threat analysis of different federal locations.
Detained problem individuals for police apprehension and provided an
official presence for visitors throughout the work day. Trained in over
40 hours initial pistol qualification, baton and unarmed control
techniques.
Japan English Teacher (JET) Program -
Sawauchi, Japan
English Language Instructor (August 2003 - August 2006)
International representative for the village of Sawauchi in Northern
Japan where I taught English and performed internationalization roles for
a host of students ranging in age from five to seventy years old.
Planned many diverse lessons for English instruction and cultural
familiarization, assisted in organizing community events, helped teachers
and staff with English related activities and provided constructive
feedback at school administration meetings.
Triple R / Tri-City Behavioral Health - Mesa,
AZ
Behavioral Health Technician (June 2001 - August 2003)
Gained deep insight of mental health and its specific pharmacological set
while having the unique opportunity to personally assist patients in
need. Implemented psychiatric treatment plans of patients suffering from
extreme mental illness in a group home environment. Carefully documented
patient activities on an hourly basis; monitored, disbursed, and
inventoried daily medications.
Aerobic Life Industries - Phoenix,
AZ
Laboratory Assistant (May 1999 - June 2001)
Assisted in laboratory operations including research and product testing
assistance, timing experiments, and product manufacturing oversight.
Played an integral role in all aspects of this fast paced commercial
environment including lab experiment assistance, sales, off-site bottling
facility inspections and commercial shipping procedures.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Japan English Teacher (JET) Program - Sawauchi, Japan
English Language Instructor (August 2003 - August 2006)
Lectured at teaching conferences throughout Japan on the subject of
effective lesson planning to Japanese teachers of English. Instructed
both youth and adult students and provided cultural exchange. Single
handedly prepared and taught up to seven classes a day as well as
instructing adult English conversation courses in the evenings.
Exhibited linguistic skills by translating a speech given by the Mayor of
Moscow, Pennsylvania for my Japanese students.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND INFORMATION
Martial Arts Skills
Kodokan Judo - Obtained a shodan (1st degree black belt) ranking in Japan
with the All Japan Judo Federation.
Kendo (Japanese sword fencing) - Proficient as I practiced for five years
(1998 - 2003) at Phoenix Kendo Kai in Phoenix, AZ under Mr. Tami
Wollaston.
Computer Skills
o Proficiency with both Windows and Mac platforms; familiar with Ubuntu
and Open SUSE distributions of Linux Operational Systems in both KDE and
GNOME desktop environments.
o Over a decade of experience utilizing Word, Excel, Outlook and Power
Point, extensive use for the past two years as a Military Intelligence
Officer. Currently increasing proficiency with OpenOffice open source
applications for Linux and Windows platforms.
o Possess a Defense Security Service Joint Personnel Adjudication System
(JPAS) Level 3 account to view and edit personnel security clearance
information within a specialized computer software system.
o Certified user of TC-AIMS II, a specialized data management suite
designed to facilitate the movement of military unit personnel and
equipment between different posts or theatres of engagement; used in the
maintenance and repair of the battalion's Organizational Equipment List
consisting of more than 7000 lines of coded data.
Language Skills
o Competent in speaking, reading and writing Japanese