Management Manager

Matt Mercer

*****B St. Andrews Rd. P.O. Box **

Wright, KS 67882

620-***-**** acvufa@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

With diverse educational and work backgrounds, anchored by well-developed analytic skills, I have the ability to successfully confront, evaluate, and bring to conclusion complex situations. My work has always afforded me the experience of interacting with the public, and representatives from various public and private sector agencies, on a daily basis. This has allowed me to develop superb situational management skills, and an effective style of interpersonal communication. TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS

• Project Development • Policy & Program Analysis • Time Management • Planning • Consensus Building

• Operations Management • Group Facilitation • Emergency Management & Response • Bureaucracy Navigation PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Cold Energy Systems - Chief Operating Officer Silver Spring, MD - Tokyo, Japan 2015 - Present COO for an international company (www.coldenergysystems.com) with the primary focus being the development and sale of contaminated water storage tanks for use at the Fukushima nuclear disaster site, in Japan.

• Provide relationship management and project overview to our consortium of fabricators, material suppliers, and other partners.

• Responsible for developing use and logistics plans for input materials, including steel and filler material from suppliers’ mills in Europe and South America.

• Coordinated seven tank fabricators, from across the United States, in the final development of the contaminated water storage tank design.

Larned State Hospital - Chief Operations Officer Larned, KS 2015-2016 COO for a 500 bed, state psychiatric hospital, including the Psychiatric Services Program, State Security Program, and the Sexual Predator Treatment Program, located on a 100 acre campus, with the primary duties of oversight and management of Support Services and Hospital Operations.

• Responsible for the daily management of the hospital’s support services, and 250 employees working in the departments of Safety and Security, Engineering, Environmental Services, Food Services, Laundry, and Information Technology.

• Oversaw the $10 million support services budget and monitored the impact of Operations on the overall $65 million Hospital Budget.

• Advised senior leadership on operational issues and worked with them to help develop solutions for the medical and nursing staff shortage.

American Red Cross - Disaster Program Manager Garden City, KS - KS/NE/SW IA Region 2013-2015 Served as the American Red Cross Disaster Program Manager for the Western Kansas Chapter, prior to its elimination. Responsible for overseeing the delivery of Red Cross Disaster Services to the communities in a 33 county area and managing a cadre of volunteers and paid staff that worked to provide those services.

• Ensured interface with community leaders, corporations, businesses, and government agencies.

• Responsible for assessing needs and applying the proper Red Cross program response to disasters and emergency situations in the Western Kansas Territory. Acted as initial Red Cross Incident Commander.

• Responsible for Program budget and delivery of services within ARC policies and guidelines. Four Phases Consulting - Consultant Wright, KS 2009-2015 Managing Member of an objectives-based safety and security consultancy which served individuals, businesses, and government agencies. Specializing in developing and achieving client objectives in an efficient and orderly manner, so that they are able to accomplish quality results in a shorter time frame.

• Designed and delivered specialized Homeland Security and Emergency Management projects, to meet specific client needs, in accordance with allocated budgets and state and federal guidance.

• Developed and authored a first ever Regional Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) Response Plan, and designed and delivered a series of Tabletop Exercises to test that Plan, for the Southwest Region of Kansas.

• Wrote initial draft of the Emergency Support Function (ESF) #13 National Training Plan for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

• Served as Emergency Management Subject Matter Expert on the SWKS Healthcare Coalition. 2004-2015 KS Division of Emergency Management - Regional Coordinator Dodge City, KS - Topeka, KS 2004-2009 Regional Emergency Management & Homeland Security Coordinator for the 18 county Southwest Kansas Region. Responsible for coordinating the Region’s Homeland Security and All-Hazards Emergency Management Preparedness and Response through program and project development, training and exercises delivered to Local, Regional, State, and Federal Responders and their Partners.

• Responsible for regional and state level Homeland Security project development and oversight, including budgeting and compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, and guidance.

• Served as Emergency Management Technical Specialist to State and Local Governments, Incident Commanders, and Emergency Managers during disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Greensburg, KS Tornado, 2008 Midwest Floods, Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, as well as numerous local and regional natural disasters and emergencies. EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Organizational Management Bachelor of Science in Agriculture University of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ Kansas State University - Manhattan, KS Certificate - Law Enforcement Basic Training Course Certificate - Occupational Safety & Health Professional KS Law Enforcement KS Training Center - Hutchinson, KS OSHAcademy - Beaverton, OR CERTIFICATIONS and LICENSES

• Kansas Certified Emergency Manager (KCEM) - KS Emergency Management Association

• Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Certified - FEMA

• Incident Command System (ICS) - Certified Trainer - FEMA

• Certified Basic Instructor - FEMA

• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) General Instructor - U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Occupational Safety & Health Trainer (Train-the-Trainer) - OSHAcademy

• All-Hazards Communications Technician – (DHS)

• Amateur Radio License - General Class - U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) SKILLS

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office. • Trained in group facilitation, consensus building and empowerment processes, adult education theory, training and curriculum development. • Bilingual, fluent in conversational and written Spanish.

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