John G Dean IV

Project/Program Mgmt. Writer/Editor Training

ad1g86@r.postjobfree.com • 410-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/john-g-dean-iv • Alexandria, VA

An innovative leader with extensive experience in project and program management, consulting, operations, policy, strategic planning, training, professional writing, human resources, strategic communication, partner engagement, and team leadership. I am highly skilled in overseeing daily operations and directing cross-functional teams. I have a proven ability to evaluate and identify inefficiencies, redundancies, and risks, innovating process improvements, ensure internal controls, and drive growth. I am recognized for cultivating top-performing teams through individual development and training initiatives, delivering a robust internal talent pipeline. I have consulted with start-ups on operations and organization. I have written professional products, white papers, and training products as a freelance professional. I have a track record leading organizations and operational teams with budgets from $2M to $2B. Active TS/SCI Clearance.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management

Strategic Planning

Leadership

Operations and Consulting

Flexibility / Adaptability

Process Improvement

Regulatory Compliance

Program Management

Writer / Editor

Independent Decision Maker

Security and Investigation

Budgeting & Forecasting

Organizational Development

Results-Based Policy

Organization / Efficiency

Professional Experience

Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Alexandria, VA Nov 2022 – Present

Chief, Agency Contingency and Coordination Branch

Develop and implement crisis response strategies and contingency programs, including critical agency communications to optimize coordination and planning across interdisciplinary teams.

•Created the $20 million Agency Program Objective Memorandum for Crisis, identifying the collective needs of the agency during national-level crisis response and placing a budgetary cost estimation against future budgets.

•Led an elite multi-discipline planning team in creating the Agency's first formal Crisis Response Framework, defining Agency actions and coordination during times of national and natural crisis.

•Through extensive external communication efforts, built multiple internal and external Communities of Interest, facilitating collaboration to achieve short- and long-term agency goals across multiple strategic objectives.

•Created and led multiple training and education programs on new Agency products and procedures and exercised those capabilities with full proficiency.

•Conceived and created a new agency team to organize and monitor strategic goals, integrated lines of effort, tasks, and supporting KPIs.

•Identified and realized organizational efficiencies, allowing crisis teams to scale as situations emerge while providing C-suite leadership with the information and decision options.

•Led the creation of the agency crisis dashboard information and knowledge management portal, including record management procedures and standardized information product templates.

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, New York, NY Sep 2017 – Nov 2022

Chief of Regulatory Compliance/Chief of Chemical Security, DHS Region 2

Spearheaded daily workflow, planning, and policies of a United States government regulatory compliance program (CFATS regulation) and provided advisory support to industry, individuals, and government as a subject matter expert on physical, information, personal, and cyber security of high-risk chemicals. Credentialed federal inspector.

●Launched and led a multi-agency chemical explosives precursor committee, significantly increasing capability and cooperation between major state and national agencies across the region through stakeholder cooperation.

●Advised industry executives and government leaders to improve national chemical security against domestic terrorist threats.

●Introduced regional COVID-19 pandemic safety policies and practices, providing decreased contact time and increased employee safety while maintaining 100% regional regulatory coverage; these policies were recognized as agency best practices and implemented across many other national regions.

National Nuclear Security Agency, Idaho Falls, ID Nov 2013 – Sep 2017

Regional Program Manager, Radiological Assistance Program, Region 6

Directed the premier federal radiation response organization across five states, providing emergency response, resources training, and insights through outreach to state, local, and tribal governments, and private industry. Credentialed federal responder and investigator.

●Program manager and leader of region 6, a five-state region of the nation's premier federal radiation response organization, providing expertise and outreach in radiation assessment and mitigation to governments and private industry.

●Advised government officials in Colorado and Montana to the development and creation of RNC-approved (PRND) Preventive Radiological Nuclear Detection programs.

●Created training and course development and oversaw a premier federal radiation response organization across five states, providing resources and insights through outreach to governments and private industry.

●Forged partnerships with government officials in Colorado and Montana to drive capacity and created federally approved radiation management programs.

●Tailored training and development initiatives in radiation operations, including procedures and use of new equipment packages for the National Guard Civil Support Teams, administering programs to 1,000+ members.

●Directed scientific teams providing state-of-the-art radiation detection and emergency response to multiple large-scale regional events, including planning, training, and operational command-and-control, providing radiation response, detection, and protection to over half a million people.

●Negotiated changes in the Idaho National Laboratory contract to establish new management and program changes, doubling available program funds for mission priorities within the $3 million budget.

Get It Write, LLC Sep 2021 – Present

Freelance Writer Organizational Consulting Training Development

Provided technical writing and feature/news ghost writing. Consulted on strategic, organizational, and training needs.

●Plans, writes, edits, and revises technical information and documents, including user manuals, general overviews, instructions, tutorials, plans, specifications, blogs, articles, presentations, and white papers.

●Consulted in the areas of organizational structure, operational requirements, strategy, and training development.

Additional Experience

Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, US Army North, San Antonio, TX

Operations & Planning Chief, CBRN Division, US Army North, San Antonio, TX

Chief of Operations and Deputy, CBRNE Directorate, Dept. of Defense, Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Arlington, VA

Material Program Manager, Homeland Defense, US Army G8 – Force Development, Pentagon, VA

Budget Analyst, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs/Comptroller of the Army Reserve, Pentagon, VA

Education

Master of Science in National Resource Strategy

Dwight D. Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Washington, DC

Master of Business Administration

Master of Arts in Public Administration

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Certifications and Security Clearance

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certified Defense Financial Manager, American Society for Military Comptrollers

Active DOD TS/SCI Clearance / Previous DOE Q

Worth Noting…Im a terror on the blue square slopes. I’m still waiting for the final book in A Song of Ice and Fire series. How many watches is too many for one person to own? Not 103.

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