James Gates
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** ****** **** ***
City: Brundidge
State: AL
Zip: 36010
Country: USA
Phone: 334-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $70,000
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RESUME
James D. Gates (Jim)
1365 County Road 104
Brundidge, AL 36010
Home: 334-***-****, Office: 334-***-****
Email: *********@********.***
Career Objective. Seek senior-level, executive leadership opportunities in a challenging, highly-competitive business environment, or government organization, worldwide.
Professional Accomplishments. Extensive leadership experience managing and directing complex, multi-faceted organizational activities while leading and mentoring large numbers of subordinate personnel in the accomplishment of short-term and strategic objectives in resource-constrained environments. Extensive and diverse working background in the construction engineering, and logistics career fields, including maintenance, supply and services, and transportation functional areas.
Employment History
August 2012 - Present Business Development, Ranger Land Systems, Incorporated
Program Management responsibility for Ranger Land Systems OCONUS maintenance programs located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and service as the companys Business Development Officer. Responsible for seeking new and/or additional business opportunities within the logistics services career fields, including the review of solicitations for bid proposals, analyzing mission requirements, evaluation of staffing requirements, costing, and proposal writing.
November 2009 " July 2012 Program Manager, Ranger Land Systems, Incorporated
Served as RLS OCONUS Program Manager in support of the Joint Programs Offices Joint Logistics Integration MRAP Maintenance Program, with theater-level leadership responsibility for logistics and maintenance programs exceeding $100 million in value. Responsible for over 300 Senior Heavy Equipment Mechanics in the completion of TM 10/20 and FMC maintenance and repairs to all models/variants of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles at remote operating bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Responsible for the performance of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and services to all variants of MRAP vehicles, as well as performing battle damage repairs, structural modifications, upgrades, and complete rebuilds and overhauls.
August 2002 "October 2009 Headquarters, 926th Engineer Brigade Montgomery AL
Supervisory Staff Administrator (GS12/13) DA Civilian Military Technician Program with leadership responsibility for over 4,200 US Army Reserve Soldiers, and 300 active duty military personnel and career civilian employees located throughout an eight (8) state geographical area of the Southeastern US, directing the accomplishment of personnel, security, operations & training, and logistical work requirements while providing deployable, ready (trained and equipped) combat forces in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
January 2008 " December 2008 Colonel (USAR), US Army Corps of Engineers
Deputy G3/5/7 Plans (Strategic Planner). Senior US military staff officer responsible for strategic planning and future operations for the US Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division (GRD), Baghdad Iraq, and the management of full-spectrum engineering and construction contracts valued in excess of $4 billion dollars. Published quarterly updates and re-writes to the Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) Joint Campaign Plan (JCP), prepared quarterly, congressionally-mandated 9010 reports depicting the overall status of the JCP, conducted strategic basing operations, and Command & Control (C2) alignments associated with the organizational structuring and restructuring of units.
February 2003 " March 2004 Lieutenant Colonel (USAR), US Army
Deputy Commander, 926th Engineer Group (Construction). Exercised command responsibility in the wartime deployment of over 1,750 US Army Engineer Soldiers, vehicles, munitions, and equipment, overseeing the conduct and completion of over 1,200 engineer construction missions throughout a hostile enemy territory in Northern Iraq exceeding 20,000 square miles.
January 1999 " May 2000 Major (USAR), US Army
Served as both the Joint Task Force Sante Fe Operations Officer, and US Embassy Liaison Officer with leadership responsibility for the overseas deployment of over 6,000 US military personnel, including members of the US Army, US Air Force, US Marines, and US Navy. Completed over 100 complex engineering construction projects, and medical readiness training missions in a 17-month period, and in response to hurricane Mitch disaster relief efforts in the country of El Salvador, Central America.
Education
B.S, Business Management, 1984
US Army Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
US Army Command & General Staff College