Business Development Material Control

JAMES C. MCDERMOTT - 907-***-**** - *************@*****.***

Exceptional Leadership Skills, Earned Trust, and Innovative Thinking

VALUE-ADDED COMPETENCIES

Material Control Chief (USAF) and Skilled Facilitator • Distinguished Public Speaker • Outstanding Analytical Skills • Proactive • Enthusiastic • Energetic • Committed to Excellence • Willing to Go the Extra Mile • Able to Recognize Emerging Opportunities, Provide Strategic Solutions, and Execute Plan Successfully

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jimmy Irish LLC Dec. 2023 – Present 2024

Entrepreneurship fervor: I started writing children stories and I my first book publishing will be in 2024.

VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER (VBOC) Dec. 2019 – Dec 2022

Small business training development, customer marketing management, and administrative management. Facilitate 2-day small business start-up workshops. SBA approved workshops to help U.S. military personnel exploring small business start-ups. Topics ranged from legal needs to inventory controls for a small business.

Everts Air Cargo: Training development specialist Apr. – Jul. 2019

Responsible for providing management and administration for the company’s learning management system (LMS).

Helped HRM with documentation creation for topics like reporting workplace harassment and workplace bullying.

Election Commissioner with Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) Aug. 2018 – Apr. 2019

APOC is the state regulatory agency that administers laws requiring disclosure of the financial activities of lobbyists, public officials, and candidates and groups who participate in state and local elections.

Insignia Federal Group Oct. 2018 – Feb. 2019

Facilitator – military career transition, job search & employment information. Goal: help our clients start planning for their transition; our training helped our clients to make informed career decisions, as we prepared them for their post military careers.

University of Alaska, Fairbanks Aug. 2008—Jul. 2016

UAF Business Term & Adjunct Instructor: Prepare and present business administration lectures, design and administer exams, research, and compile instructional material.

UA Small Business Development Center Fairbanks, AK Mar. ‘06— Nov. ‘07

Small Business Development Center Counselor: I provided business start-up, expansion, and retrenchment counseling. Developed and facilitated small business workshops and outreach activities to the community. I counseled on subjects ranging from marketing to inventory control.

Axia College (University of Phoenix) 2005—2008

College Instructor: Taught Critical Thinking and Informational Technology on-line courses.

University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) 2004—2006

Student Enrollment Advisor: Counseled students concerning their enrollment, financial aid, records, and registration requirements. Maintained UAA Customer Resource Management e-files.

Wayland Baptist University • Anchorage, AK 2003—2005

University Business Instructor: Taught courses on Windows XP, Microsoft Business Application software, Management Information Systems, and Business Electronic Commerce.

Devry University, Alaska 2001—2003

College Recruiter & Student Enrollment Advisor: Interviewed and conducted interest evaluations with prospective students, families and provided instruction on admissions and financial aid requirements.

State of Alaska, Alaska Psychiatric Institute 1999—2001

Administrator for MSDS Database, purchaser medical supplies/equipment, distribution and warehouse lead. Small contract purchasing official (up to 25K).

Anchorage School District • Anchorage, AK 1998—1999

Distribution manager, purchasing, managed supply/equipment distribution and inventories for ASD schools. Served as department MIS trainer for ASD warehouse personnel, financial, payroll, and HR.

United States Air Force (USAF) 1975—1998

Rank Achieved: Master Sergeant (Honorable Discharge)

Medals Received: 4 Air Force Commendation Medals, Humanitarian Service Medal, and 7 Good Conducts

USAF Transferable Skills

Inventory management specialist. I managed numerous personnel while a member within several (USAF) organizations. I controlled and managed material control & chief of supply operation budgets. Managed Multi-Million-dollar Inventory budgets. Monitored President's “Fraud, Waste, and Abuse” budget policy, and saved organization’s hundreds of thousands of dollars via identifying wasteful spending practices.

EDUCATION

M.S. in Business Organizational Management, Concentration: IT – University of La Verne, California

B.S. in Occupational Education, Concentration: Business Administration – Wayland Baptist University, Texas

Continued Leadership & Management Training and Continued Professional Education

•Certificate of Completion Fundamentals of Online Teaching from Adjunct World, Sept. 2019

•University of Notre Dame, Advance Negotiation Certificate of Achievement (Completion: May 2018)

•University of Notre Dame, Strategies for Conflict Management Certificate of Achievement (Completion: Jul. 2018)

•Certified MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Certificate of Achievement (Completion: Mar. 2018)

•University of Notre Dame, Negotiation Essentials Certificate of Achievement (Completion: Feb. 2018)

References Available on Request

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