Quentin Crank

Email: abp2j9@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ***** ******* ***

City: Brownstown

State: MI

Zip: 48183

Country: USA

Phone: 734-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $100,000

Willing to Relocate

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QUENTIN K. CRANK

20680 Indiana Avenue * Brownstown TWP, Michigan 48183-5020

734-***-**** * abp2j9@r.postjobfree.com

Highly skilled senior management professional with a career spanning more than 20 years of leadership in both military and civilian environments, acting as strategic program and project leader for planning and execution of highly complex initiatives. Adept at aligning personnel with key objectives to ensure achievement of operational and program goals. Proven ability of coordinating seamless operations across large-scale programs and divisions. Strong talent for identifying deficiencies in existing processes and restructuring them to improve efficiency, productivity, and cost control. Demonstrated track record of building process architectures from the ground up to ensure effective organization. Able to motivate personnel to outperform expectations.

Operational Leadership * Project & Program Management * Team Building & Leadership * Strategic Planning * Process & Procedure Development * Security Administration * Risk Management * Solutions Delivery * Staff Training & Development * Consensus Building * Client Consulting * Relationship Building * Cost Control * Budgeting * Business Alignment * Process Optimization * Inventory Management * Communications * P&L Responsibility

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNITED STATES ARMY, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. * 2003-2012

Chief, Detainee Operations Division, Office of the Provost Marshal General, Army Staff (2011-2012)

Orchestrated the corrections and internment branch, while simultaneously managing the national detainee-reporting center. Implemented and achieved goals for tracking, reporting and managing accurate information regarding detainees captured by U.S. and Allied Forces. Provided subject matter expertise to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Policy. Primary point of contact for government agencies and Congressional delegations, driving collaboration and discussion on improvements and deployment of Department of Defense policies and plans focused on overseas contingency operations.

* Directed a high-level government department. Conducted policy reviews and built consensus toward a course of action for effective policy and doctrine revision. Established an organization dedicated to achieving these goals.

* Managed the flow of information from sections, subordinate elements, other Federal operations and Military organizations.

* Communicated with Senior Executives in the Federal Government and the OPMG Staff to coordinate deliverables.

* Introduced a consistent, standardized, relevant training program for Military Police units, including a strategic leadership-training program that ensured awareness of current policy and fostered discussion among diverse senior personnel from numerous agencies.

Deputy Brigade Commander, Fort Bliss - El Paso, Texas (2010-2011)

Acted as second in command for Brigade training, logistics, and administration at the Fort Bliss headquarters. Managed more than 650 soldiers and civilians. Administered an annual operating budget surpassing $15 million. Oversaw a $22 million equipment inventory.

* Founded the Logistics Support Battalion, transforming a combat unit into a logistical support unit complete with equipment. Leveraged SMEs and strategic personnel allocation to assure smooth transition.

* Developed partnerships with the FT Bliss communities of interest for outreach and awareness, information sharing, protective action programs and to ensure critical infrastructures were considered in the formulation of a complete threat and vulnerability picture.

* Ensured all requests for information (RFl) were coordinated

and effectively acted upon.

* Positioned the brigade as a key resource to Fort Bliss's command staff by establishing a role in support of post expansion and development, with key involvement in training and soldier morale.

Battalion / Task Force Commander, Fort Bliss - El Paso, Texas (2007-2010)

Oversaw a battalion-sized task force focused on managing Military Police Operations training of active, reserve, and National Guard units of mobilized Army, Air Force, and Navy contingency support personnel. Directed training program development and management in alignment with senior command expectations. Designed training plans for battalion operations. Conducted training, provided support, and performed evaluations for over 210 soldiers.

* Introduced a $10 million realistic global training environment for contingency forces, leveraging analysis of training needs and resources to model requirements for doctrine, training, organizations, material and equipment, leadership, personnel, and facilities. This training environment currently remains in use.

* Ensured up-to-date monitoring and reporting of trends to the training platform through real-time contact with Commanders in theater, resulting in better information for military preparedness in training.

* Established multi functional training programs that focused on Military Police, Intelligence, and Medical operations that allowed training for over of 25,000 joint war fighters.

* Responded to all requests for information to include training plan development and evaluation process.

Commander, 494th MP DET, Fort Bliss - El Paso, Texas / APO Iraq (2006-2007)

Oversaw 3 Military Police companies in support of Iraq military operations, managing the only high value detainee facility in the theater. Enforced detainee treatment in alignment with the Geneva Convention, Multi-National Commander Iraq detention policies, and international laws and protocols. Provided support to TF 134 commanders in order to ensure safety and security for all detainees. Maintained 100% soldier and equipment readiness for mission success.

* Fostered better relationships with the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marshal Services by developing a working environment and providing personal attention to operational concerns, questions, and proposed courses of action for joint operations, movement of detainees, and the conditions involved.

* Reviewed information and assessments to ensure 100% accuracy prior to all movements, using planning and rehearsals to assure success, anticipate resource needs, and predict potential risks.

* Monitored developing situations until decisions were made to stand-down or elevate the level of incident response, minimizing duplication of effort and preventing contradictory information.

SSCG MANAGEMENT CONSULTING GROUP, Eden Prairie, Minnesota * 2005-2006

Consultant

Led a key engagement for a global giant in retail electronics and home entertainment, focused on renovating, relocating, automating, and launching a new distribution facility. Liaised with client management to identify resource requirements. Established project plans focused on scope, budget, resources, deliverables, and overlapping schedules. Coordinated with vendors to define renovation, architectural design, and inventory layout. Restructured operational and inventory management processes, including guiding development and adoption of new processes. Collaborated between business and technical teams to implement automated equipment, product flow racking, and IT connectivity. Resolved conflicts, risks, and problems identified throughout the process. Implemented change orders. Conducted daily meetings to track progress.

* Centralized multiple disparate systems into a single system capable of reporting inventories, product flow, picked / packed, and shipped items, resulting in greater productivity and more accurate information.

* Provided exceptional staff training on the new system through demonstrations of the systems effective capabilities and benefits.

* Enabled the company to hire new staff while retaining 100% of current staff throughout the transition.

* Orchestrated a successful ISO 9001 audit of the new facility.

ADDITIONAL ROLES:

* Executive Officer, 300th Military Police Brigade (2003-2005): Directed Brigade operations for 80 Reserve and active component soldiers and civilians. Defined plans and courses of action in alignment with command directives. Reviewed and reported on approved plans. Aided in development of training and mobilization contingency plans. Handled seamless on-call management of 4 units in a 4-state region for the mobilization of the Brigade. Deployed and assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay to support counter-terrorism operations, managing 1,250 service members and security personnel. Executed complex mission assignments. Managed emergency preparedness, including creation of a coordinated emergency action plan for facilities and service members in hurricane season. Provided mission support to multiple and diverse units.

* Field Operations Manager, Warner Brothers Studios (2000-2003): Supervised packaging and custom packaging project operations for a contracted facility, with authority over distribution and inventory control for Warner Home Video assets. Managed inventory control and electronic tracking, with accurate real-time reporting. Managed relationships with vendors and logistics companies, evaluating external logistics partner

capabilities as needed. Versed in electronic warehousing management systems and just in time inventory management. Introduced accountability procedures for inventory comprised of over 125 million units. Coordinated cost reduction and operational improvement initiatives.

* Manager/Senior Supervisor Warehouse Operations, Technicolor (1989-1999): Managed the shipping and receiving of goods and materials used in product manufacturing that held anti-copy writes affiliations as outlined by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Motion Picture Association. Served in a collaborative role with executive management to establish budget / capital expenditure authorizations for departments and planned projects. Oversaw the internal distribution network utilizing contracts for short and long haul assets. Defined project plans to move the organization into a more cost effective and lean distribution environment. Managed the expansion of a 160,000-square-foot facility to 480,000 square feet. Wrote ISO 9000 procedures for responsible areas, enabling the company to become fully certified on an international scale. Supervised the use of the electronic warehousing systems to manage the inventory control of goods and materials.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Master's in Emergency Management (in progress)

American Military University, Charlestown, West Virginia

Bachelor of Arts, Communications

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

TRAINING COURSES

Command and General Staff Officer School - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. Army

Antiterrorism Program Manager Course - Fort Leonard Wood, U.S. Army

Antiterrorism Level II Course - Fort McPherson, U.S. Army

Commanders Safety Course - Fort Rucker, U.S. Army

FORSCOM Commanders Course - Fort. McCoy, U.S. Army

Army Accident Avoidance Course - Fort. Rucker, U.S. Army

Combined Arms and Service Staff School (CAS3) - Fort. Leavenworth, U.S. Army

ISO 9000 Internal Auditor Course - Eastern Michigan University

ISO 9000 Course - Eastern Michigan University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Military Police Regimental Association (Lifetime Member)

Veterans of Foreign Wars (Lifetime Member)

PADI Diving Society Member

PADI Dive Master Certified

Emergency First Response Instructor Certified

CURRENT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret with SCI

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