Training Management

George A. Jackson

*** *. ****** ****** *** *** Arlington, VA 843-***-**** ********.****@*****.***

Clearance:

• Active Secret Clearance

Work Experience:

Department of the Army G-3/5/7, Training Simulations Washington, DC (Pentagon)

Program Manager (Manpower) 02/11-Present

Responsibilities of previous position continue with advancement.

• Decrease budget development time (25%) by actively optimizing and developing an excel-based

financial model; Create and present yearly budget submissions for 35 training sites worldwide during

the Department of Defense budget process (PPBE) to validate training needs ($369M/yr); Successfully

defended three annual budget submission to have 97% of requirements validated by senior leadership;

• Responsible for continual review of multiple contracting functions across the Army; Consolidate

duplicate efforts across sites to create $5M/yr in savings;

• Lead the Division effort as part of the Army’s Database Consolidation Program to ensure 35 Mission

Training Complexes are leveraging cloud computing and distributed simulations to maximize

efficiencies ($7M/yr); Develop and implement a change management strategy to ensure all assets are

aligned and all affected parties are compliant in order to gain efficiencies;

• Manage policy, oversight, and resources for operations at 35 Army Mission Training Complexes to

support simulation based training across the Army ($288M/yr); Manage funding portfolios across 11

Army Commands to maintain directed training levels in support of Operation Enduring Freedom during

initial sequestration funding reduction (20%);

• Spearhead annual working groups by facilitating and coordinating the continuous development and

adjustment of manpower models to maintain Army validation; Successfully achieved re-validation for

two manpower models updates;

• Develop and communicate reports and charts to Congressional, Joint, and Industry related inquiries

and Senior Army Leadership to seek approval for change in Army training strategies, realignment of

funding based on fiscal uncertainties, and reprioritization of efforts to better support deploying Army

units; Produce information papers for the Chief of Staff of the Army’s travel book;

• Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple related projects directed

toward training Army units and other organizational objectives;

• Lead semi-annual program reviews to provide strategies and present manning and funding levels to

150 participants;

• Develop and implement training plans for new employees (officers and civilians).

Department of the Army G-3/5/7, Training Simulations Washington, DC (Pentagon)

Program Analyst (Procurement) 11/09-02/11

• Automated processes to improve rigor and speed in the processing of critical information to determine

requirements necessary to program and budget resources through the DoD budget process; Reduced

budget development time by 15%;

• Lead for multiple special projects working directly with cross organizational collaborative teams;

Provided recommendations at all levels of the organization to maximizes resources and time;

George A. Jackson

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• Conducted analysis to determine the health of each program and establish business practices to ensure

production and efficiency remains at acceptable levels; Provided asset management strategies to

Senior Army for underutilized training devices;

• Managed policy, oversight, and resources for 6 Army major acquisition programs that procured and

maintained virtual simulations ($122M/y); Worked with multiple Project Managers to accurately scope

contract performance criteria prior to government acceptance; Ensure all programs are 100% in

compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR);

• Lead semi-annual program modernization reviews to integrate all Army training simulations

requirements to ensure customer needs are satisfied;

• Manage the development of cost benefit analysis to determine the best area of investment for Army

emerging training capabilities versus Army legacy training capabilities;

• Researched and resolved problems that require immediate actions by gathering and analyzing

qualitative and quantitative information.

Department of the Army G8, Modeling & Simulations Arlington, VA

Fellowship, Modeling & Simulation 11/07- 11/09

• Completed all required training to graduate from the Army's Modeling and Simulation Civilian Career

Fellowship Program (CP36);

• Assisted in preparing multiple budget submissions to the DoD annual budget process;

• Participated in semi-annual program and modernization reviews;

• Participated in on-the-job training at multiple organizations which provided a broad exposure to vital

Army functions;

• Conducted ad hoc analysis based on management request with short suspense to inform Senior Army

Leadership;

• Developed an all encompassing Army simulation handbook, "How the Army uses Modeling and

Simulations";

• Completed multiple distant learning classes focusing on Army simulation, defense acquisition,

program management and earned value management;

• Developed valuable skills and assisted with managing procurement of simulations.

Education: University of South Carolina Columbia, SC

Bachelors of Business Administration Double Major: Management / Marketing

May 2007

Defense Acquisition University Distance Learning

Acquisition: Program Management Level 1

11 of 13 Classes Completed

Graduate School USA Washington, DC

Management and Analysis Certificate Program

September 2009

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