Air Force Training

Dr. Patricia Schmaltz, DMgt

850-***-**** NW Florida **********@*****.***

www.cottage-consult.com / Linkedin.com/PatriciaSchmaltz

Enthusiastic and ethical team builder with 31 years of developing training programs and their management, along with Instruction/Evaluation/Creation and Employee Engagement. Proactively building global client relationships, creating and developing opportunities, budget alignment, and integrating cultures. All this and more while doing so with an appreciation of diversity. Over 25 years of experience in business analysis: providing marketing strategies, employee retention, training development, instruction and course delivery in diverse environments. Professional and personal skills include:

Multi-Faceted Professional Training Expertise / Workforce Performance, Attrition, and Retention Analysis

U.S. Department of Defense & International Connections

Human Performance Technology / Advanced IT Skills

Relevant Professional Experience

Owner of Cottage Consulting Group, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) 2013 – Present

Specializing in providing government, military, and DoD Contractor educational services. Provide training program auditing as well as Instructor Evaluations. Technical writing skills with extensive proposal writing and contract management skills. Offer business analysis regarding change management initiative due to merger and acquisition processes. Exceptional instructor skills. Effectively relay to workforce the strategies and organizational missions and how organizational and workforce goals align.

In Business Analyst role providing: performance improvements, change management, knowledge sharing, leadership training, along with prioritization analysis, and resolution of challenges adversely affecting operating performance. Published writer and editor of technical articles, instructional manuals, marketing content, government proposals and resumes. Skilled at course-ware development on a variety of platforms. Have worked with DHS, ATF and DoS along with other government agencies and military units.

Adjunct Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2014 – Present

Teach online Undergraduate and Graduate courses in Management and Organizational Leadership tract. Engage students in online curriculum, provide essential feedback for improvements, and deliver outstanding high caliber instruction. My ERAU evaluations for teaching consistently exceed university criteria for online learning engagement.

Director of Marketing – A-T Solutions, Fredericksburg, VA 2005 – 2013

Directed business strategic planning to include: budget management, promotion of training and products, and creating proposals for contract awards. Business relationship management of international partners and thousands of clients. Represent company at industry briefings and business development strategy meetings. Managed team projects and analyzed existing information on anti-terrorism business pursuits through operational leadership in both federal and commercial markets to include international operations. Instrumental in former company achieving a 3-year compound annual growth rate of 45%, increasing revenue to over $100 million in 2009, resulting in a win of the several very prestigious awards while strengthening alliances to support their financial and global growth plans.

Owner of Wallacepa Training and Consulting, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) 1988 to 2005

Worked with Special Program Offices (SPOs) on Eglin’s weapon systems, aiding in contractual support and business analysis. Providing technical network support for customers on Eglin and Hurlburt AF bases. Diverse accomplishments included: testing and recommending purchases of IT products, sustaining network operations, responding to stakeholders with solutions. Team member of a two-member team tasked to perform systems analysis support for enhancing the overall system of the AFSOC LAN (Air Force Special Operations Command, Local Area Network). Solutions provided involved analytical techniques, manpower studies, documentation and briefing of findings to high level officials.

Created and administered a wide variety of software classes throughout U.S. military installations in Europe and Great Britain, and the United States. Managed all aspects of training coordination and configured software in territory encompassing multiple European countries. Tested and analyzed numerous LAN software packages, performed benchmark tests, and then wrote the reviews for PC Magazine. Published writer / editor of technical IT reviews with extensive experience in software testing, analyzing instructional needs, and creating online documentation. Assessed LAN software products resulting in the companies making the necessary enhancements.

Education

Doctorate in Management & Organizational Leadership, University of Phoenix - 2011

Master Degree in Instructional Technology, Magna cum Laude, University of West Florida – 2004

B.S in Vocational Education Program Development, Magna cum Laude, University of West Florida – 2002

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 1980 – 1984

Ready to Travel, (Active) Secret Security Clearance

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