Air Force Operations Management

Richard Wraith

**** ****** *****, ******** *******, CO., 80909; **************@***.***.

Highly experienced in all aspects of Transportation Operations Management. Engineering professional specializing in

industrial and electronics facilities design, field operations, and project construction. Aerospace facility design work on

complex technical problems requiring imaginative solutions on a priority basis. Experienced operations staffer.

Management of U.S. government industrial compliance programs: Economic Admin Reg’s (EAR/ Dept. of Commerce);

Int’l. Traffic In Arms Reg’s (ITAR/Dept. of State); Occupational Safety and Hazards Act (OSHA); Environmental Protection

Agency (ERA). Experienced in applying corporate staffing to meet industrial design and Federal compliance objectives.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Global Comms Exchange, Colorado Springs, CO. 6/19 to 8/21,

Electronics design and logistics staffing for a start-up company manufacturing military UHF communications systems.

Green Mountain Consulting, Colorado Springs, CO. (Self Employed) 4/11 to 6/19; 8/21 to Present.

Independent design contractor and graphics specialist; Graphic design and engineering services, on demand.

Northrop-Grumman Corp., Colorado Springs, CO. 3/99 to 4/11.

Multi-disciplinary engineer (Elec/Mech) for Space Systems, Electronics Systems, and Infrared Sensors Divisions. Broad

range of industrial design and graphics support work on major aerospace facilities and mobile shelter projects. Tech-

nical and report writer par excellence. AutoCAD specialist: technical drawing and presentation typo-graphics modes.

Imaginative solutions to vexing design and organizational problems, done in an ‘on-the-spot’ basis for management.

Randall Thorne Associates, Inc., Architects (AIA), Colorado Springs, CO. 8/98 to 3/99.

Contractor for AutoCAD, field surveying, and engineering services: Lockheed Martin and GenCorp Aerojet Corp.

Dakota Optics Exchange, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO. 5/95 to 8/98.

V.P., Far Eastern Operations and Manufacturing. Factory in Taegu, Republic of South Korea. (Custom eyeglass frames)

Federal Express, Inc., San Francisco CA IAP (SFO) / Palo Alto CA (PAO) Air Freight Operations management. 9/91 to 2/95.

Air Freight Ops Manager: conducted daily airfield/cargo delivery operations; managed 21 air freight courier routes.

United States Air Force, Military Airlift Command (MAC). Airlift Logistics Engineering Officer. 6/79 to 8/91.

Squadron Commander, 1702™ Air Refueling Wing (SAC), Seeb IAP, Muscat, Oman. (Operation Desert Storm).

Operations Officer, 438" Military Airfift Wing, McGuire AFB NJ. (Airlift/Ground Support Operations).

Chief, Air Terminal Operations Center, 611" Military Airlift Wing, Osan AB, Republic of South Korea. (Airfield Control).

Chief, Air Cargo Systems Division, 22" Air Force, Travis AFB, CA. (MAC Pacific Theater Operations).

Air Logistics Engineering Officer, 316" Military Airlift Group, Yokota AB, Japan. (Engineering and systems design).

Vehicle Operations Officer, 62"! Military Airlift Wing, McChord AFB WA. (Vehicle Operations and Maintenance).

Cripple Creek Gold Production Corporation, Victor, CO. (Molly Kathleen Mine). 8/77 to 4/79.

Geochemist and Metallurgical Assayer for a gold ore recovery and milling operation.

AZCON Corporation, Inc. (American subsidiary of Consolidated Goldfields of London, Ltd.) 6/74 to 6/75.

Field geologist / geochemist for a massive gold exploration and recovery project in the Cripple Creek mining district.

United States Navy, Fighter Squadron 161, Aviation Electronics Technician (AQ: Aviation Fire Control) 8/67 -8/71.

Troubleshooting and bench component maintenance of the AN/APQ-72/AERO-1 Airborne Missile Control System for

the F4B/J Phantom II aircraft. Three Vietnam combat tours (USS Coral Sea / USS Midway).

EDUCATION

Bachelors in Asian Studies and Humanities, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO., 1975-77.

Asian Studies (Mandarin minor), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO., 1971-74.

Exploration Geology and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO., 1965-67, 1971.

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