Michael Forminski

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Shelby Township, Michigan 48316

United States

Home/Cell: 248-***-****

Work: Retired: 06/1/2013 after 35 years with DOD.

Email: ac6doc@r.postjobfree.com

Education: Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Master of Science - Business Management, GPA 3.9, 1999

Oakland University, Bachelor of Science in Management, 1981

Macomb Community College (South Campus), Associates of Arts, with honors 1977

Certificates: Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt, Mar 2011. Level III Life Cycle Management, Feb 2005. Level II Program Management, May 2001.

WORK EXPERIENCE: SEP 2016-May 2018 w/The Tolliver Group Inc. as Operations Officer (contractor) working for Product Manager (PdM) Self Propelled Howitzer Systems (SPHS), Supervisor: Mr. Robert Stovall, email: ac6doc@r.postjobfree.com telephone: 586-***-****

Provide services for various operation activities of the PdM and Deputy Product Manager (DPM). Services include supporting the creation and management of various complex management projects. Manages projects to assure priority actions are coordinated, staffed, and properly executed throughout SPHS to guarantee timely, cohesive and accurate execution of work.

Responds to informational request from, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and external oversight organizations. The requests may consist of both schedule requirements and ad hoc or short notice requirements, all of which must be drafted, properly coordinated, and completed in a timely fashion. Staffs Congressional Inquiries, tracks responses, and reports the outcome to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). Provides program information, analyses and recommendations to leadership for program actions and decisions.

Provides guidance and leadership to PM offices in effective methods of resolving questions from the PM to correct deficiencies in a timely manner. Review and responds to request for information (RFI) and Taskers from Program Executive Office, Ground Combat Support Command. Reviews the PM’s RFI daily correspondence with PEO GCS command, recommend courses of action, and provide PEO GCS taskers to the appropriate PM office and other business groups to insure the taskers are completed.

Joint Program Office (JPO) Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), May 2011-June 2013, Selfridge Air National Guard Base (SANGB) Logistic Management Specialist

Supervisor: Ms. Jennifer Beffrey, email: ac6doc@r.postjobfree.com telephone: 586-***-****

Project Management Office (PMO) Joint Combat Support Systems (JCSS), SANGB

March 2008- April 2011 ac6doc@r.postjobfree.com

Completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training (2011). Reviewed drawings of special tools finding out they were not special but a necessary requirement per the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Provide Black Belt Mentor for Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Special Tools weekly updates from PdM SKOT personnel pertaining to the Black Belt Project. Because of this LSS Special Tools project over $90M in cost savings incurred through using less special tools.

Mentored PM Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV) System Acquisition Manager (SAM) developmental assignment employee in the everyday operations within PM JCSS. Provided the intern with knowledge and skills required to successfully manage a programs acquisition process.

PM Stryker Long Term Sustainment (LTS) Group, 2007-2008, Logistic Management Specialist

Acquiring Level III certification in Life Cycle Logistics in 2005 from the Acquisition Corps I branched off into Long Term Sustainment of all nine Stryker variants. The key area of concern was all the Contract Delivery Requirements List (CDRL) that needed to be maintained so that the contractor would provide all parts, maintenance, and data requirements necessary to support the Stryker Family of Vehicles.

As part of LTS was key in regarding the purchasing of Government Furnish Equipment (GFE) oversight to support Stryker Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) personnel with transportation vehicles in country and at each Stryker Brigade training site.

Performance Based Logistics (PBL) coverage provided additional metrics and compliance determination and evaluation of the current comprehensive PBL effort and transition to organic Field Level Maintenance except for Contractor scheduled service teams.

401ST Army Field Support Brigade, Logistic Management Specialist Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 2007 - November 2007

Hours per week: 80. Duties: Worked the Theater Provided Equipment Refurbishment Program (TPER) for Medium, Heavy, and Line Haul Vehicles acquiring unserviceable vehicles from Iraq and Afghanistan in supporting the contractor’s refurbishment programs. Coordinated with the Redistribution Property Accountability Team (RPAT) to ensure the vehicles were picked up by in country units and their turn-in vehicle transported back to the contractor's refurbishment site.

PM STRYKER Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 2001 - 2006 Integrated Logistics Support Manager (ILSM) for Reconnaissance Vehicle & Fire Support Vehicles.

Acquired Level II certification in Program Management from the Acquisition Corps responsible for integrating the eleven Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) elements to achieve ILS coverage for the Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) and the Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV) platforms resulting in comprehensive ILS system coverage.

Assigned as core member of the FSV and RV Integrated Product Team (IPT) to articulate, based on efforts of the logistic development and sustainment functionalist, how the ILS elements are being integrated, and advised Assistant Program Manager (APM) on ILS impacts of proposed and approved system changes. As the Logistics lead and after conducting detailed analysis with all the provisioning provided necessary data to support this complex vehicle with Interim Materiel Release (IMR) in 2002 and follow up Conditional MR in 2003.

Heavy Tactical Vehicle Division CBU, 1997 - 2001

As Bridge Team Leader also remained Major Item Manager of the Palletized Load System (PLS) Engineering Mission Modules (EMMs) for new Fielding’s taking place.

Supervised six employees in managing of secondary spare parts. My experience with Depot Maintenance Work Requirements (DMWR) supported the team to create and provision depot workload with rebuild programs.

Heavy Tactical Vehicle Division CBU, 1994 – 1997 ILS Manager for the EMMs. As ILS Manager for Heavy Tactical Vehicle Division I created the Integrated Logistic Support Plan (ILSP) for the EMMs to successfully achieve the prescribed mission goals.

Material Handling Division CBU, 1992 – 1994: Major Item Manager for 6,000 lb., Rough Terrain Fork Lift (RTFL)

M60 Family of Vehicles 1988 – 1992: Weapon System Level II Manager for the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV)

Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 1983 – 1988: Secondary Item Manager for Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFV) secondary repair parts.

Military

The discipline and responsibility acquired while in the United States Marine Corps (June 1971-June 1975) molded me into a team player, and a team leader to this day. I am very organized which supports the logistical planning actions necessary to smoothly provision and sustain new and old weapon systems. Left with an Honorable Discharge as a Sgt. (E-5).

Clearance: Secret, original 1983, updated 2010 and 2016.

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