Professional Summary
Meticulous and results-oriented public safety and service professional with
over 20 years of experience improving public safety, mitigating risk,
liaising with public officials and conducting security planning
initiatives. Asset manager, team builder and staff trainer with expertise
in identifying hazards, managing inventory control levels and assessing
employees to effectively control risky situations. Resource loss prevention
specialist seeking to leverage background into an emergency management or
safety officer role with a progressive organization.
Skills
Process Improvements ( Confidential Record Management ( Staff Training &
Development ( Risk Mitigation ( Fire, EMS & Rescue Efficiencies ( Supply
Coordination ( Operational Readiness ( Investigations ( Employee
Supervision ( Equipment Control ( Emergency Management ( Federal, State &
Local Laws ( Regulatory Compliance ( Incident Command System (
International Rescue Experience ( Medical Intervention ( CRM ( Pre-Hospital
Care ( Residential & Structural Pre-Planning ( Aero-Medical Physiology
Management ( Instruction
Professional Experience
Leadership
. Reduced process lags, training staff on critical care tecniques, rescue
applications, best practices and protocol.
. Established departmental CQI program including 100% chart audit program.
. Improved multi-national staff rapport, preparing, translating and
educating RSR and emergency management protocol while supervising tasks
to ensure optimal performance.
. Consulted private industries on emergency management, accident
investigation and air ambulance safety.
Operations
. Ensured optimal productivity, identifying and interviewing top talent
while assessing staff for corrective action.
. Aided senior leadership during executive decision making processes,
generating tracking reports for corrective action and continuous
improvements.
. Increased quality assurance measures by effectively advancing
performance, protocol expansion and growth in pharmacology, medical
equipment and pre-hospital environmental procedures.
. Coordinated special event resources for over 250K attendees on time and
under budget.
. Mitigated risk, enforcing federal, state and local laws while conducting
daily enforcement operations, criminal investigations and priority asset
security.
Public Service
. Diminished work-flow down time, executing effective asset and apparatus
management to ensure proper EMS stock and mass casualty equipment
deployment levels for emergency responses.
. Improved route and MCI response planning to mitigate emergency call
lapses.
. Saved costs, maintaining accurate ambulance coverage while developing
fiscally responsible policies.
. Improved multi-jurisdictional response airport emergency response time,
liaising with 3rd party entities to share and implement best practices.
. Lengthened ambulance function time, establishing and ensuring inspections
to implement preventative maintenance schedules.
. Streamlined operational efficiencies, overseeing remote search and rescue
missions and disaster-based operational readiness.
Work History
Director of EMS; King Khalid International Airport
08/2014-Present
Lead Remote Search and Rescue Paramedic; United Nations MONESCO/PAE Inc.
04/2013-08/2014
Air Medical Supervisor/Security Medical Evacuation; Ministry of Interior
10/2011-03/2013
Director of Quality Assurance/Paramedic; Rural Metro Emergency Medical
Service 01/2011-10/2011
Paramedic; Piedmont Emergency Medical Service/Tenet Healthcare
03/2009-01/2011
Consultant; Self-Employed
06/2008-03/2009
Paramedic; Yellow EMS 04/2007-
06/2008
Security Forces Supervisor and Criminal Investigator; United States Air
Force Reserves 01/2003-12/2006
Chief Flight Medic; Intensive Air Inc.
01/2004-01/2005
Paramedic/ Rescue Technician; Gaston County EMS
01/1999-01/2004
Education and Certification
Degree: Fire Science/ Fire Protection Technology - Gaston College
Degree: Criminal Justice - Community College of the Air Force
Degree: Health Science - Community College of the Air Force
Certifications: Certified Instructional Methodology, NFPA Firefighter I,
Emergency Rescue Technician, Hazardous Materials Technician, Confined Space
Technician, Structure Collapse Specialist, Swift Water Technician, Trench
Rescue Technician, High Angle Rescue Technician, Underwater Rescue/
Recovery Technician, National Registry Paramedic (NREMT-P), Federal
Aviation Administration Licensed Pilot, School of Aerospace Medicine
(Flight Medicine), Numerous EMS, FEMA, NFA and State level Certifications,
Paramedic Certification