Management Project

William James Jolly

Plymouth, NH

*******.*****.*****@*****.*** 603-***-****

Civilian Work Experience

****-*******: Self-employed business consultant and negotiator/mediator

● Develop and implement strategic plans for the turnaround of severely distressed small and mid-sized companies ($5MM - $100MM).

● Develop and implement information/influence programs.

● Mediate between clients with the goal of resolution of commercial disputes. Skills demonstrated: Business management, Marketing, Sales/business development, Strategic planning, Project management, Business analysis, Financial analysis, Risk management, Conflict analysis, Mediation, Facilitation, Negotiation, Communication

1988-1992: Financial Planner, John Hancock Financial, Waterbury, CT

● Series 7 and 63 (Securities), and Life, Health and Disability Insurance Licensed

● Sale of financial programs/products to high net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, and small businesses.

Skills demonstrated: S ales, Negotiation, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning, Organization, Communication

Military Work Experience

Army National Guard 1992-present, U.S. Navy Reserve 1986-1992 Range Operations Specialist, Sergeant First Class (2016-present)

● Coordinate, synchronize, and deconflict live-fire training activities of military, police, and civilian organizations on an 11,500 acre facility, ensuring the safety and security of up to >1,000 soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines as they train in a complex and potentially hazardous environment.

● Advise client-organization leadership on the capabilities, requirements, and employment of personnel in support of operational requirements.

● Manage personnel, ensuring they meet training and administrative requirements to support the organization’s mission.

● Provide training to fill knowledge and skill gaps. Correct identified deficiencies.

● Participate in formal and informal working groups to develop solutions to observed risks or capability gaps.

● Execute formal and informal briefings, training, and engagements. Skills demonstrated: Risk assessment, Management, Leadership, Team-building, Training, Communication, Public speaking

Information Operations (IO) Planner and Senior Instructor (2013-present) Information operations is defined as “t he integrated employment, during military operations, of information-related capabilities in concert with other lines of operation to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own.” (Joint Chiefs) I O is, essentially, diplomacy, marketing, and public relations. Responsibilities of the position include:

● Analyze the information environment (culture, media, infrastructure, socioeconomic conditions, etc.).

● Determine and develop a granular understanding of target audience.

● Determine potential second- and third-order effects of actions.

● Develop courses of action to inform and influence the cognitive-dimension of target audiences/population.

● Coordinate, synchronize, monitor, and deconflict lines of effort and subordinate activities.

● Monitor performance of prescribed actions, establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of tasks performed. Recommend adjustments to the plan to senior management.

● Train and mentor Army, Navy, and Marine Corps personnel (up to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel).

● Brief senior leadership (up to the rank of Brigadier General).

● Lead working groups.

● Managed and led an embedded team of U.S. military personnel, interfacing with soldiers and officers of allied nations, in assisting them in learning best practices for military operations.

● Liase between agencies of U.S and host-nation entities to deconflict and synchronize actions.

● Special projects as directed.

Skills demonstrated: Strategic planning, Target/socioeconomic/cultural analysis, Information environment analysis, Management, Leadership, Team-building, Training, Negotiating, Mediating, Writing, Risk-management, Communication, Public speaking, Employee counseling, Interagency coordination, Working through interpreters, Cross-cultural skills, Knowledge management. Infantryman/Military Mountain Guide/Senior Instructor (1992-2013)

● Trained and led mountain-teams of up to sixty personnel in hazardous, complex and austere conditions.

● Trained and led subordinate personnel (Team-Leader, Squad Leader).

● Participated in working groups, planning sessions.

● Served as employee-retention representative for a 120-soldier company. Skills demonstrated: Management, Leadership, Team-building, Training, Negotiating, Mediating, Writing, Communication, Public speaking, Employee counseling, Working through interpreters, Risk-management

Petty Officer 3rd-Class, U.S. Navy Seabees (Reserve) (1986-1992)

● Led four-person construction crews on numerous heavy-construction projects Skills demonstrated: Management, Leadership, Project management, Cost estimating Education

Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Alabama. Master in Business Administration. Norwich University, Northfield Vermont. Bachelor of Science in Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis, Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Harvard University, Certificate in Advanced Negotiation. Mendoza College, Notre Dame University, Graduate Certificate in Negotiation Affiliations

Member, New Hampshire farm Bureau, Volunteer with 4-H, Eagle Scout Interests/Hobbies

Mountaineering, Canoeing, Backcountry skiing, Small-scale farming

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