Executive Director On-Site

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MELINDA RICKETTS

**** *** ********** **, ******, ALABAMA

************@*****.*** 205-***-****

Experience

Founder/Executive Director

A Cut Above the Rest Training Facility

2013 - Present (11 years)

Responsible for daily instruction and operation of four non-profit facilities throughout the State of Alabama. Responsible for the instruction of students in National Construction Center for Education

& Research (NCCER) CORE Construction fundamentals, in basic operation and maintenance of heavy construction equipment on-site and also the facilitation of OSHA Construction Safety 10 and 30 hour classes throughout the state. Since 2012, have expanded the footprint of A Cut Above the Rest from one location to currently four locations. Attend Board of Directors meetings as scheduled. Past Chairman of the Board of Directors. Participate in re-entry activities within State prisons. Participate in quarterly Alabama Department of Corrections Stakeholders meetings. Responsible for establishing potential donor professional relationships and maintaining relationships once established. Responsible for applying for and acquiring various grants from the following sources: private, federal, state, and county/city. Responsible for maintaining 'drawdown' grant budgets, agency required reports, and final audits. I monitored and evaluated all aspects of grants that were received for compliance with internal financial policies and federal, and state regulations. Have received within the past 10 years federal grants from Dept of Justice through Ala Dept of Economic Development, USDA through State of Alabama Dept of Human Resources, HUD through the City of Birmingham Community Development Block Grant, multiple private foundation grants, and multiple county grants. Owner

A Cut Above the Rest Lawn Care

2010 - 2013 (3 years)

Responsible for monthly payroll, scheduling, project estimating, bidding packages, marketing and meeting with potential customers. Led a crew of five employees while performing City of Huntsville contract. Was Prime Contractor for the Advance Auto Parts lawn service contract over 231 stores in 8 states within the Southeastern United States.

Senior Software Engineer

The Boeing Company

2000 - 2007 (7 years)

• Served as liaison between the test engineers and the requirement engineers on the Future Combat System middleware software project. Supported the coordination and scheduling of software testing between multiple test sites.

• Led the Rack Payload Software Test and Requirements team. Provided budget and project status meetings with NASA and Boeing top management. Planned and executed the software development lifecycle for my team. Documented use cases, processes and requirements. Held quality assurance reviews and tests to include test planning, testcase and test script development and test execution.

• Chaired the Software Requirements Process Change Board MELINDA RICKETTS - page 2

Computer Specialist GS-0334 Corporate Information Center, Information Systems Directorate GS-12

US Army Missile Command

1980 - 1998 (18 years)

• Responsible for managing government and contractor facilitators at the newly opened Electronic Meeting System Facility. Oversaw detailed requirements development sessions from various Federal and/or State government agencies. Developed Memorandum of Understanding with various government agencies. I oversaw the scheduling of the customer’s sessions. Was responsible for the operating budget at the facility. Was responsible for leading 4 DoD employees and 8 DoD contractors. GS-13 6-month temporary assignment.

• Responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, documenting, and testing various Missile Command customers' databases. Served on a Process Action Team as the technical advisor. Wrote technical documents and user guides to the Records Management System (MARKAS) and assisted in the writing of the Supply Center Annex Requisition System (SCARS).

• Served as Project Leader of the Sparkman Center Management Office (SMO) project. Evaluated the customer's requirements and evaluated their current hardware/software capabilities. Performed on-site computer software and hardware inspections of stand-alone systems for inclusion In the Army Missile Command Reutilization Program.

Education

National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Certified NCCER Core Certified Module Test Proctor Sep 2018 - Present

GA Tech

Authorized OSHA 1926 Construction Safety 10 and 30 hour Trainer Nov 2017 - Present

University of Alabama

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

1979 - 1984

Skills

Experienced in operating and training students on John Deere 323 skid steer, Hitachi 26x excavator and John Deere 310 backhoe, and commercial lawn care equipment to include but not limited to: zero turn mowers, blowers, edgers, leaf control • Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint • Experienced with Oracle, SOL, COBOL, Report Writer, Empress, Software LifeCycle Management • Project Management and Grants Management • For Profit and Non-Profit Executive leadership, Financial Management, and Strategic Planning, Completed OSHA 500 & 510.

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