Kam Gunther

Email: abqci6@r.postjobfree.com

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

City: New Orleans

State: LA

Zip: 70125

Country: USA

Phone: 703-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $70,000

Willing to Relocate

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Kam S. Gunther

3805 Nashville Ave, New Orleans LA 70115 Cell phone: 703-***-****

Email: abqci6@r.postjobfree.com

Top Secret Clearance - July 2006

Summary

Highly successful and talented US Army Officer skilled at providing direct support through the strategic level of operations within the United States Army and Department of Defense. My twenty two years' of experience provided for an exceptional breadth of experience in diverse disciplines to include Joint military and Army logistics, host nation support, supply chain management, tactical and strategic transportation operations, distribution management, human resource management, training, budget oversight, and educational instruction. Highly flexible and capable of quickly assimilating new processes and procedures coupled with the requisite interpersonal skills to effectively gain support for implementation within an organization. Noted throughout my career as an outstanding organizer with team-building management skills who will quickly becomes an asset within any team.

* Lieutenant Colonel with over 22 years of U.S. Army leadership and experience in Transportation, Logistics, Distribution Management, and Human Resource Management at all levels within the military; Top Secret clearance.

* Creatively plans, communicates and executes innovative logistics solutions to solve complex logistic problems, to include theater level and international logistics support requirements.

* Assigned as the lead transportation planner within United States Forces-Iraq in support of the Responsible Drawdown of Forces (RDoF) from Iraq in 2009-2010; restructured the entire commercial and military transportation allocation system, implemented Army use of new seaports in Jordan and Iraq, and initiated significantly expanded strategic airlift operations at austere airfields across Iraq.

* Consistently recognized as a top 5% performer throughout career and recognized for abilities in motivating diverse workforces.

Professional Experience

Department Chair for Military Science Department (Army ROTC) Tulane University, July 2010-present

Professor of Military Science responsible for the supervision and mission accomplishment of 12 civilians and 78 students.

* Responsible for the Department's internal management control program, cadet contract and pay entitlements, budget and unit funds.

* Primary advisor to Seniors teaching them leadership and officership to become Officers in the U.S. Army.

* Guides / mentors up to 78 Cadets annually, tracking their academics, physical fitness and leadership capabilities

* The educational efforts of my team resulted in the successful commissioning of 40 officers to date.

Transportation Chief for Multi-Corps- Iraq/United States Forces-Iraq, July 2008-July 2010

Recognized subject matter expert who developed strategic and operational level transportation policies, programs, plans and procedures to sustain the combat readiness of over 130,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines across the full spectrum of military operations throughout the 167,000 square mile Iraq Joint Operations Area.

* Responsible for the development, socialization and approval, and then execution of the Theater transportation plan to move over three million pieces of equipment out of the country in support of Responsible Drawdown of Forces from Iraq.

* Restructured the entire Theater commercial and military transportation allocation system which resulted in the US Army's innovative use of new seaports in Jordan and Iraq.

* Significantly expanded strategic airlift operations at austere airfields across Iraq.

* Synchronized the transportation efforts from the tactical unit level through the strategic level with Central Command (CENTCOM) and Transportation Command (TRANSCOM).

Wartime Host Nation Support Branch Chief, Korea, June 06 - June 08

Directed the United States Forces Korea (USFK) Wartime Host Nation Support Program (WHNS) which involved the entire Korean penisula.

* Directly supervised a staff of 10 which included US and Korean National employees.

* Responsible for conducting bilateral negotiations with representatives of the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense resulting in the acquisition of wartime host nation military and civilian resources to support the reception, staging, onward movement, and sustainment of all US Forces in times of crisis or hostilities.

* Served as Advisor to the Army Chief of Staff, Joint Logistics General on WHNS policies, procedures and capabilities, forging WHNS Memorandum of Agreements between Korea and the United States.

Logistics Staff Officer, Pentagon, June 05 - June 06

Headquarters Department of the Army, G4.

Served as Headquarters Department of the Army, G-4 Staff Action Officer responsible for assisting in the development and management of the deployment infrastructure program within Army Power Projection Program (AP3) to include serving as the manager for the Army Allocation of Funds for Deployment Infrastructure.

* Developed the FY 08-13 Program Objective Memorandum for the AP3 Strategic Deployment Outload Infrastructure by defining over $750 million work of infrastructure requirements across the US.

* Served as the G-4 lead on several highly visible strategic studies: Baseline Deployment Study Phase IV, Mobility Capabilities Study 2005 and the Intra-Theater Lift Capabilities Study that directly impacted all Forces of the United States.

* Assigned as the Army G-4's single point of contact for the new FORSCOM Power Generation Platform/Power Generation Support Platform concept, resulting in millions of dollars of deployment infrastructure construction being approved by congress.

Office of The Secretary of Defense (OSD) Fellowship / Executive Officer, Pentagon, June 2004- Jun 2005

OSD Fellow and Executive Officer for the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Transportation Policy).

* Coordinated with Joint Staff, Congressional staff members, the Military Services, Government Auditing Office, and other Federal Agencies to ensure professional and thorough vetting of all air, surface and ocean transportation policy issues.

* Active participate in the initial planning and coordination of the Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative (DTCI), a program that transformed DoD CONUS freight movements.

* Key member of the Active Performance Management (APM) implementation team. My work contributed to over 50% reduction in the time required for the expeditious clearing of DoD cargo frustrated at aerial ports of embarkation.

Battalion Executive Officer, June 2003-2004

Battalion Executive Officer for the 25th Transportation Battalion, South Korea

* Responsible for all support of the battalion with 181 US and Korean military and civilian personnel assigned to 19 operational locations covering 1000 miles throughout the peninsula.

* Responsible for all staff planning, coordination, and execution with special emphasis on personnel administration, maintenance, logistics readiness, and contract administration.

* Managed an annual unit budget in excess of $16 million, which included second destination transportation and logistics cost share funds.

Education

* Masters of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma

* Bachelor of Science Degree, Criminal Justice, University of North Dakota

* Graduate of the Transportation Officer's Basic, Combined Logistics Officer Advanced Course, Command and General Staff College, and Pre-Command Commanders Course.

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