Engineer Manager

Mark E. Booth

***** ****** ******* ****, **** City, FL 33525

(H) 352-***-****/ (C) 352-***-****

************@*****.***

Executive Summary

A proven leader in the fields of Executive Management and Leadership, Occupational Safety and Health, Emergency

Management/Planning, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear

(CBRN) issues. An Air Force veteran with 28 years of ever-increasing responsibility and experience in building

successful high-performance teams and leading sophisticated enterprise-level programs in operational

Bioenvironmental Engineering. A strategic visionary with a clear sense of purpose and urgency when faced with

diverse situational challenges during periods of world conflict and changing national defense strategy. Skilled at

establishing operational excellence within culturally diverse environments: translating conceptual models into specific

tactics, techniques and procedures; and planning/executing innovative solutions designed to improve effectiveness and

efficiency.

Key qualifications include:

• Executive Management/Leadership • Response Training

• Training and Development • Environmental Management

• Organizational Change • Emergency Response Planning

• Project Management • Product Research and Development

• Strategic Planning • Occupational Safety and Health

Management

Professional Experience

Transportation Security Administration, Orlando, Florida 2011 to Present

Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Responsible for coordinating, monitoring, and developing the programs and processes concerned with safety and

occupational health functions at Orlando International Airport including the coordination of safety functions performed

at the associated spoke airport (Sanford International Airport). Work performed minimizes human injury and property

losses due to harmful incidents incurred by designing of management policies, programs and practices. Applies

experience and advanced knowledge of environmental, safety and occupational health program principles, concepts,

regulations, practices, analytical methods and techniques to perform multiple and varying assignments.

US Air Force, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany 2008 to 2011

Medical Group Superintendent

The principle advisor to the Medical Group Commander and four squadron commanders on career utilization, training

and performance of 370 assigned personnel; $14.1M annual operating budget; 16K health beneficiaries at main base

and 17 geographically separated units in five European countries.

• #1 in Europe for home station Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear medical response management

Inspector General noted as "best practices" and European theater benchmarks

• Epitomized leadership; forged strategic plan for medical group/championed executive oversight

• Far-reaching role model; developed/led leadership seminar with NATO air base medics--promoted morale and

mentorship

US Air Force, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey 2006 to 2008

Superintendent, Bioenvironmental Engineering

Superintendent, Medical Operations

Member of the Medical Group's executive staff in developing strategic direction and functional plans. Managed and

directed personnel resource activities; interpreted and enforced policy and applicable directives. Established control

procedures to meet work goals and standards. Recommended or initiated actions to improve functional operation

efficiency. Directed Emergency Management/Planning and occupational/environmental health and radiation safety

programs. Subject matter expert for health concerns associated with terrorist use of WMD/full spectrum threat

response

• Threat expert; reviewed/revised Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

force protection posture--countered dramatic rise in TIC/TIM as WMD event risks

Mark E. Booth

• Developed first OEF/OIF comprehensive CBRN equipment inventory--optimized $3.1M of emergency

response equipment and supplies

• Facilitated AF-level exercise; trained senior leadership/executed installation pandemic flu exercise

US Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany 2003 to 2006

Command Bioenvironmental Engineering Manager

Lead enlisted action officer for Headquarters, United States Air Forces in Europe on issues related to Emergency

Management/Planning, WMD, CBRN and Occupational Safety and Health. Managed and directed personnel resource

activities throughout European theater; interpreted and enforced applicable policy and directives.

• Visionary; devised and executed European CBRN Challenge readiness competition – program adopted Air

Force-wide

• Developed/initiated Full Spectrum Threat Response Concept of Operations/curriculum – trained jointly with

Department of Homeland Security teams

• Planned, coordinated and executed a flawless medically centric EURO Flash – a bioterrorism exercise

involving four European countries

US Air Force, MacDill Air Force Base, FL 2000 to 2003

Superintendent, Bioenvironmental Engineering

Superintendent, Aerospace Medicine

Principle enlisted force advisor in support of all aerospace, preventive and occupational medicine for the 6th Air

Mobility Wing, 3 unified commands and over 50 tenant units. Managed emergency management and preventive

medicine programs to comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency

and Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements. Directed 40 industrial hygiene/environmental programs with an

$850,000 annual environmental and occupational health budget caring for 13,500+ installation and support personnel.

• Led emergency response to 37 incidents involving suspected anthrax following 9/11 – ensured safety of two

combatant commands

• Technical expert; Career Field Managers selection to revamp comprehensive industrial hygiene course taught

Air Force-wide

• Innovative leader; worked with Security Forces, Fire Department and Special Investigations to establish the

first ever homeland defense procedures to handle a WMD attack on MacDill AFB

US Air Force 1983-2000

Various Air Force and joint assignments working in extremely diverse environments to include “Black World” (Top

Secret) Operations and deployments. (Performance reports outlining specific achievements are available on request

for all assignments)

• Quality Assurance Evaluator on Environmental, Safety and Health matters for a base operating support

contract with an annual operating budget of $51M on the remote Johnston Atoll

• Environmental Manager and Industrial Hygienist for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in support of

various conventional high-explosive weapons testing programs

• Team lead for Cooperative Threat Reduction Initiative in Kazakhstan; mitigated hazardous radiological

contamination in underground nuclear test facilities

• Deployed to Operation Desert Shield/Storm as the sole Environmental, Safety and Health specialist to a

remote, top secret location – named a superior performer by the Command Bioenvironmental Engineer

Education/Training

B.S. Cum Laude Occupational Safety and Health, Columbia Southern University, June 2008

A.S. Bioenvironmental Engineering, Community College of the Air Force, April 1996

Intermediate Executive Skills (Sep 08) - targeted for officers and senior enlisted members who are selected as

healthcare executive team members

Chief Master Sergeant Leadership Course (Mar 08) - provides Chief Master Sergeants with foundational strategic-

level leadership knowledge

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USAF Senior NCO Academy (Feb 06) - an advanced professional military education program for selected senior

noncommissioned officers to better prepare them for their leadership responsibilities

References

- Phil Preen, LtCol, USAF Bioenvironmental Engineer, Osan Air Base, Korea, ******.*****@**.**.***

- William Hale, Human Resources Manager, Transportation Security Administration, Orlando, FL,

*******.****@***.***.***, 407-***-****.

- Wendy Klein, LtCol, USAF Squadron Commander, Lackland Air Force Base, TX

*****.*****@**.**.***, 210-***-****

- Francisco Catala, Maj, USAF Bioenvironmental Engineer, Langley Air Force Base, VA

*********.******@**.**.***, 660-***-****

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