General Manager Prince George

Location:

Washington, DC, 20599

Posted:

May 23, 2024

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Derrick J. Homesley

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Education B.S. Transportation Economics

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University May 1990

Field

Experience Army Research Laboratory 04/2018 – Present

(Security Clearance Required: Obtained August 2019)

Oversee classified document delivery to various military bases for the branch of the United States Army via the Department of Defense.

Coordinate route logistics between various military bases for receipt of documents.

Upon delivery, remain with classified materials and notify security personnel office.

Veolia Transportation 03/2012 – 05/2014

Prince George’s County The Bus

Forestville, Md.

Assistant General Manager

Facilitated the implementation and execution of transportation routing for patrons county-wide, including daily bus schedules and route timing projects for the betterment of the transit County System. Trend analysis studies, ridership studies, and community Public hearings were the information tools used to achieve optimal routing.

Collaborated with the Director of Maintenance for purchase orders for new supervisor vehicles and overall maintenance of the fleet.

Served on committees as a liaison between political, state, and county officials to ensure safe transportation of patrons in Prince George’s County in compliance with regulations in the federal Department of Transportation. Achieved this process through Public Hearings discussing ridership, logistics, demographics and ideology directly from the public and patrons we serviced.

Served on various state committees to develop new routes and joint transportation ventures between Northern Calvert County and Prince George’s County.

Briefed the General Manager and the County Officials of inclement weather situations, and developed various transportation alternatives for the inclement weather service to the general public, while maintaining fiscal and budgetary responsibility as it pertains to overtime and the snow removal process.

Managed a $20,000,000 dollar budget assisting the General Manager consisting of the “Maintenance Department” which houses the entire transportation fleet for Prince George's County The Bus. Managing and reducing overtime by 10 percent, during a nationwide crisis for bus drivers.

Developed a crisis intervention program designed to reduce the percentage of customer service complaints. I was able to reduce complaints by 15 percent.

Supervised contract negotiations between the bus drivers’ union, and contract negotiations and grants with government officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Responsible for adherence to DOT standards for drug testing and CDL Licensing for all drivers of The Bus fleet.

Developed safety forums for the drivers to reduce the accident rate. The accident rate was reduced by 2 percent as a result of these training forums.

Prince George’s County Public Schools 11/2010 – May 2011

Department of Transportation

Upper Marlboro, MD

Interim Director of Transportation (Acting)

Responsible for the implementation and execution of transportation modules for students county-wide, including daily bus schedules and event transportation such as field trips and sports curriculum activities.

Supervised a team of transportation professionals to relieve the department from a year corrective action mandate. I was able to relieve the corrective action within a 5 month period.

Facilitated new vehicles, monitor federal and state law mandates regarding pupil transportation, MSDE audit preparation, drug and alcohol testing, licensing training and qualification.

Served as communication liaison between political and state officials to ensure safe transportation of students in Prince George’s County in compliance with regulations in the state of Maryland.

Served on various state committees to develop new rules and regulations for transportation outlined in Annotative Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), and Federal statues and regulations. Conducted and spoke as a facilitator in the summer annual transportation conference for the whole state of Maryland.

Briefed the Chief of Supporting Services and the Superintendent of schools during inclement weather situations, and developed various transportation models for the Superintendent to transport students while maintaining fiscal and budgetary responsibility.

Managed a $105,000,000 dollar budget consisting of the “Central Garage” which houses the entire transportation fleet for Prince George's County Schools.

Instrumental in contract negotiations and grants provided by the federal government in conjunction with the Department of Special Education.

Prince George’s County Public Schools 11/2006 – 11/2010

Department of Transportation

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Operations Supervisor

Served as the second in command to the Director of Transportation.

Duties consisted of the supervision of daily operations within the transportation work plan and appropriate execution of all milestones and deliverables.

Responsible for overseeing the functions of 13 bus lots and conducted first line appeals in the disciplinary process.

Processed the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) of the department as well as the State Mandated Annotative Code or COMAR.

Assumed duties and roles of the Director of as needed while simultaneously being responsible for safety regulations, drug and alcohol testing procedures, driver improvement programs, rodeo competitions, and the implementation of state of the art training materials for organizational benefit.

Supervised over 1,500 employees; was responsible for transporting 90,000 students to and from school according to safety regulations and standards.

Developed and implemented logistical plans and routes to various events inside and outside of the school system.

Prince George’s County Public Schools 2/1998 – 11/2006

Department of Transportation

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Transportation Assistant

Worked under the direct supervision of the Director of Transportation on special projects for P.G. County Schools Transportation Department.

Supervised all daily functions and logistics of various school marked bus lots.

Served as a liaison between bus drivers/attendants, School Administration, and the governing county school public service area.

Facilitated and supervised the Driver Training Unit and production segments of qualified drivers/attendants

Monitored all Non-Public school transportation to P.G. County, Northern Virginian and Baltimore area.

Team member of the “Graduate School Roundtable” comprised of faculty and staff at the university who executed strategic operations relating to admissions entry of all graduate level applicants.

District of Columbia Public Schools 4/1992 – 2/1998

Department of Transportation

Washington, D.C.

Assistant Safety Coordinator

Responsible for all drivers receiving and processing of Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) requirements from the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA).

Instrumental in defensive driver training sessions.

Prepared all accident reports for review by the Corporation Council of Washington, D.C. Investigated all vehicular accidents for D.C. Public Schools Fleet. Worked cohesively with the D.C. Metropolitan Police during accident investigations.

Responded to all vehicular accidents (at the scene of occurrence) and worked with District Police to reconstruct accidents to determine fault/preventability. Reduced the accident rate by 3 percent.

District of Columbia Public Schools 5/1990 – 4/1992

Department of Transportation

Washington, D.C.

Transportation Router

Supervised drivers and routing of therapy appointments for physically

challenged students.

Transported students to on-site rehabilitation centers.

Responsible for bus routing through computerized systems Ecotran and Mapnet.

Supervised and worked closely with system-wide radio dispatchers.

Relevant Breathe Alcohol Technician, December 1999

Coursework & Stress Management/Conflict Resolution, October 2002

Training Oracle Payroll Authorization, October 2003