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Project Management Manager

Location:
Chicago, IL
Posted:
June 18, 2025

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BRYANT G. CAREY

Phone: 334-***-****

******.*.*****@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Military retiree and trained logistician with over 39+ years of progressive experience in Infrastructure, Logistics, Facilities Management, Maintenance, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, and Leadership across diverse military base operations (Garrison or Combat) and civilian settings. Proven ability to lead and collaborate with Directorate of Public Works (DPW) engineers and cross-functional teams to support large-scale operations and complex base functions. Demonstrates strong command of Safety Program and execution development ensuring full compliance with regulatory and military standards. Experienced in managing full operational lifecycles of projects, including cost, schedule, performance, personnel, subcontractor coordination, and contract deliverables. Proficient in anticipating challenges, resolving operational issues, and implementing performance metrics for continuous process improvement. Regularly engages with senior leadership and stakeholders to report status updates, address contract reviews/performance, support strategic decisions, Champaign Lines of Efforts and at the point of need Collective Bargaining Agreements and U.S. Department of Labor employment laws.

Expertise includes defining project structure, workforce planning, hiring, and staff development, while leveraging corporate resources to ensure timely and high-quality service delivery. Holds complete responsibility for program profit and loss, contract compliance, and safety execution. Committed to excellence in quality assurance/control, productivity, and mission readiness. Maintains active Secret Security Clearance and holds certifications for Lean Six Sigma (Black, Green, Yellow, White), Project Management, Information Technology Infrastructure. Currently holds MBAs in Project Management, Logistics and Advanced Knowledge and Logistics. This includes Global Combat Support Systems, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), General Service Administration (GSA) on-line platforms, MAPICS, ServiceNow and SeeSOR Extensively skilled in developing procedural analysis, causal research, value stream maps, process improvement and customer service; proficient in Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint applications.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Team Player/Builder

• Material Management

• Problem Solving

• Critical Thinking

• Organizational Structure

• Inventory/Management/Property Control

• Information/Knowledge Management

• Facilities Management

Currently Hold a Secret Security Clearance Veteran Preference: 10 points PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chugach Government Solutions (12/2024 - Present)

Inspector, QC (Logistics)

Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama

Responsible for monitoring quality control/assurance requirements of all preservation for 42d Logistics Squadron in accordance with established Airforce regulations and industry standards or specific contractual requirements as defined in the Scope of Work. Collaborate with customer QA personnel on necessary aspects of the job.

• Create Individual Protective Equipment (IPE) process map in support of Material Management Procedures regulations due to eliminate future non-conforming services by ownership.

• Serve as the lead to assist Civil Engineers (CE) Division in providing a high-level view of a process by documenting its suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and customers (SIPOC) proof of concepts and waste management solutions. Briefed the Program Manager that this technique is to determine results, identify inefficiencies, and provoke process improvement efforts by providing a high-level overview of the current processes and challenging people to define new and improved ones.

• Revised an initial Property Management Plan (PMP) with floor-to-record process maps into the Property Control Plan (PCP) that streamlines real time workload and procedures that provided better observations for the Government.

• Reutilized assets from DLA Disposition Services; enhanced use of resources/met flt needs for computer monitors; $6.5K saved.

• Created a Planograph during a site visit with the Program Manager that illustrated a visual presentation that showed his base operation maintenance facility for contractor vehicle property support. As a decision tool the plan demonstrated flow, productivity to mitigate downtime for repairs to the Government.

• Coordinates and perform pre and post evaluations to assist the Division Managers duties to facilitate documentation of evaluations for equipment, personnel, and programs.

• Maintain, audit and evaluate programs for Management Internal Control Toolkit (MICT), Technical Order Distribution Office (TODO) and equipment evaluation for eTools daily, monthly and at the point of need.

• Provide periodic SeeSOR (Statement of Records), spreadsheets reports, corrective action plans (CAPS) and metrics on the status QA/QC work during given periods.

• Serve as the Quality Control (QC) and Assurance (QA) Inspector for Logistics base operations for supply, transportation and maintenance. Description of the responsibility is to evaluate the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of delivered PWS requirements, work processes and performance outcomes. ActioNet / Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Site Logistician Manager (07/2022 – 11/2024)

Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama

Serve as the contractor Property Manager in support of managing computer equipment and mobile devices while managing costs and developing policies, process maps and procedures for Enterprise IT as a Service (EITaaS) roadmap through the Risk Reduction Efforts (RRE) to production.

• Served as the Logistics Coordinator for Marine Corps Recruit Depot Program Management Team (PMP) – San Diego responsible for supporting and writing two Contract Requirements Data List deliverables to the Government for Item Unique Identification (IUID) and Safety Assessment Report (SAR).

• Supervised DLA Disposal Services retrograde; organized disposal of 800lbs\54 items; enabled reutilization of $9K equip back to Air Force.

• Selected as a logistician to attend the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL-4) course; received IT level certification that deliveries IT services that’s strengthens the relationship between IT services and business values.

• Created several equipment, transportation and work instructions, process maps and trackers that improved information exchange across the office personnel for equipment returned, issue and re-image, maintenance and transportation accountability to distribution

• Served as the contractor property custodian in support of managing computer equipment while managing costs policies, process maps and procedures for Enterprise IT as a Service (EITaaS) roadmap from distribution to production.

• Managed the requisition, receipt, storage, retrograde, and distribution of supplies and equipment at supply support activities in accordance with established policies and regulations.

• Responsible for managing the Air Force recoverable items. Instruct, manage, and supervise personnel within a for Enterprise IT as a Service (EITaaS) concerning supply systems policy and functional procedures.

403rd Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) (11/2020 – 02/2022) Readiness Center (LRC) North

Logistics Management Officer, Director (GS-14)

Camp Casey, Korea

Planned, directed, coordinated, managed, and reviewed all actions, as a Logistics Management Officer, concerned with providing strategic logistical planning and support for a large Installation Command Garrison supporting Korean Theater Operations as the Director, Logistics Readiness Center (LRC-North).

• Provided overall leadership to LRC-North, 403D Army Field Support Brigade, comprised of two legacy LRCs in the Republic of Korea and consisting of over 300 U.S. Army Soldiers, Civilians and Korean Nationals providing logistics support to United States Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey and tenant units, including United States Forces Korea, United States Eighth Army and Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital.

• Directed all policy, program scheduling, personnel management, and program implementation for the Logistics Readiness Center (LRC).

• Managed the organization Department of Labor (DOL) federal labor laws to guarantee Korean and US contract workers' rights to fair, safe, and healthy working conditions, including minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, protection against employment discrimination, and unemployment insurance.

• Managed Overseed a diverse workforce of US Soldiers (6), KATUSA (6), Department of the Army Civilians (16), contractors (4) and Korean Nationals (261) performing various logistics functions; execute the full range of training, administrative and personnel management functions for the workforce.

• Managed logistical functions for a critical installation; prioritizing and ensuring delivery of vehicle maintenance, supply, ammunition, food service, laundry, transportation, property accountability, central issue facility (CIF), and other required logistical requirement for Facility Maintenance through DPW.

• Directed Financial Management operations for the LRC, forecasting and defending requirements based upon historical performance, conduct periodic review of expenditure of funds, and realign priorities based upon changing or emerging requirements.

• Refined logistics support plan enabling the Garrison and other tenant units to seamlessly transition from Armistice to Crisis in the Korean Theater of Operations; continually refine internal and external Non- combatant Evacuation Operations plan to support the same, as well as supporting LRC personnel and their families.

• Coordinated resources to establish a Satellite Facility at K-16 Airbase in support of Yongsan Residual.

• Guiding inventory reduction and process of return to the Main Warehouse in the Korean Theater of Operations from two CIF, institutions of reusable shipping containers and enhanced use of underutilized organic transportation assets.

• Closed one Asset Management Office and Warehouse, capitalizing on electronic assets and point of demand asset pick-up enabling excess personnel to be retrained and reassigned to emerging operational requirements.

403rd Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) (08/2020-10/2020) Logistics Management Specialist, Chief Plans and Operations (GS-14) Camp Casey, Korea

Planned, directed, coordinated, managed, and reviewed all actions, as a Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist, concerned with providing strategic logistical planning and support for a large Installation Command garrison. Performed all routine administrative functions in support of the Director, including hiring, payroll, transfer orders and other personnel actions. Routinely represent and speak on behalf of the Director and LRC at briefings, meetings, and conferences, including the 403d AFSB and USAG Yongsan-Casey.

• Created a Battle Rhythm for Area I and Area II that established timely activities and collective actions at the staff level and command and unit level to facilitate military operations.

• Implemented a Director Roundtable Update weekly meeting that established continuity of operations designed specifically for DACs/military planners to meet military requirements.

• Created a capability brief in our major areas for operational support and integration of new or changing contributions in Maintenance, Transportation, Supply and Service logistical support concepts that enhances overall mission support.

• Planned the coordination and planning in the logistical functions for a critical installation to prioritize and ensure delivery of maintenance, supply, ammunition, food service, laundry, transportation, property accountability, central issue facility (CIF), and other required logistics.

• Reviewed and analyzed short and long-range strategic logistics planning goals and objectives; plan, establish, and develop overall logistics criteria and ensure allocation of prescribed resources.

• Tracked and monitored DA Civilians' and Soldiers' mandatory training requirements and career enhancement training.

• Acted as the Deputy Director to assist is the overseeing of a diverse workforce of Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians, contractors, and Korean Nationals performing various logistics functions; execute the full range of training, administrative and personnel management functions for the workforce. 401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) (07/2018 – 07/2020) Logistics Management Specialist, Support Operations Officer (SPO), GS-14 Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

Served as the Brigade Support Operations Officer the 401st AFSB in Kuwait that supports Operation Spartan Shield, Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Freedom Sentinel campaigns. Responsible for the mission planning, organizing and coordination that enables Distribution Management support given by subordinated units. Served as LNO and COR between the Brigade Commander and five Battalion Commander’s that enables Materiel Readiness at the point of need with operational/tactical Theater logistics options.

• Represented the Commander during the Counsel of Colonels working group weekly with 1TSC that discussed various touch points necessary to train, equip, deploy, and ensure the readiness of all Army forces in the CENTCOM AOR tailored to meet specific requirements of the theater.

• Managed the Maintenance section that manages the MRR, ASC Readiness Effects and ASC Review and Analysis Metrics Meeting for the Brigade commander examines AFSBn’s ability to maintain operational readiness. This includes a brief historical background of the current operational readiness with recommendations to enhance training, equipment modernization and emerging trends to develop and strengthen maintenance readiness.

• As the Safety Officer, responsible for the program safety inspections/assessments of base operation facilities; prepares written evaluation reports.

• Coordinated Supply Support Activities of unserviceable retrograde to DLA Disposition Service turn-in; delivered 1.1M lbs/$3.5M excess equip/assets in support of Afghan drawdown.

• Managed the Transportation section that synchronize, plan and de-conflict operational and strategic level mobility issues by leveraging strategic partners and USFOR-A.

• Managed the Brigade SPO Army Material Command Integration Cell (AMCIC) section that provides oversight for eight contracts cost value over $1.8B and assists in the budgeting future expenditures for all retail/wholesale activities.

• Managed the SPO planners in a weekly round table that discusses various topics of Army Prepositioned Stocks based on recent demands related to combat support operations globally.

• Served as the Master of Ceremony (MC) narrator for one Battalion level and one Brigade Chain-of- Command/Change-of-Responsibility ceremonies.

• Managed and supervise four Military Officers and seven Department of Army Civilians daily. 401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) (10/2017 – 07/2018) Logistics Management Specialist, S3 Plans Officer (GS-13) Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

Served as a Brigade Operation's Officer that created the Battalion's operational plans, which the leadership and members of the companies, platoons, and squads within the Brigade implement. Responsible for coordinating activities and operations with the other members of the Command Staff, including the Battalion intelligence, logistics, civilian affairs, and communications officers. Assisted and advised the Battalion Commander concerning training and other matters that can affect the battalion's current and future operations status.

• Responsible for conducting two distinguished visitor site visits for a three- and four-star Generals.

• Serve as the primary action officer that led two performance management reviews (PMR) for Army Sustainment Command/Army Contracting Command) for ISO 9000 inspections and in-progress review

(IPR) for a Detachment (Army Reserve Unit) of Soldiers assigned in the brigade to ensure mission priorities and performances were successful.

• Served as the Safety Officer and conducted 12 High Risk Activities briefings of risk management and briefed mitigated potentially fatal decisions of the investigations.

• Participated in several Redeployment Property Assistance Team (RPAT) working groups as this mission was activated for the AFSBn-SWA footprint.

• Implemented an operations in-brief that discussed APS-5 combat power and how the Brigade enables strategic, operational reach and advantages to delivery equipment at the point of need for Army Forces.

• Prepare command update analysis, reports and policies for the APS-5 program that provides a strategic operational approach for ASC Campaign plan lines of effort. CIVILIAN EDUCATION

• MBA in Project Management Program (PMP), Trident University, Cypress, CA., GPA., 3.67, 2019

• MBA in Logistics, Trident University, Cypress, CA., GPA 3.72, 2017

• BS in Business Administration, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA., GPA 3.22, 2003

• Advance Logistics and Technology (LOGTECH), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2014 CERTIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated Master Logistician (DML), 2010

• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL 4), # GR671571662BC, 2023

• PRINCE2 Foundation (Project Management), # GR671571662BC, 2025

• Project Management Essentials Certified, # 346649095, 2025

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB); # 060********, 2025

• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (LSSWB), # 060*********

• Lean Six Sigma White Belt (LSSWB), # 346843190, 2025 MILITARY EDUCATION

• Completed every level of Warrant Officer Education System (WOES), 1999, 2007, 2012, 2013

• Joint Logistics Course, Fort Lee, VA, 2008

• Global Combat Support System- Army Warehouse Operations Course, 2012

• Global Combat Support System- Army Materiel Management Course, 2012

• Contracting Officer Representative Course, 1993, 2007, 2020 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY COURSES

• Department of Defense – Electronic Mall 9 (EMALL) Training Course

• Global Combat Support System- Joint (GCSS-J) Training Course

• Integrated Development Environment/Global Transportation Network) Convergence Training Course

• NATO Master Catalogue of Reference for Logistics (NMCRL) Training Course

• Web Visual Logistics Information System (WEBVLIPS) Training

• Web Federal Logistics Information System (WEBFLIS) Training CERTIFICATES

• Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Black Belt Certificate, 2014 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY (DAU) CORE STANDARDS COURSES

• Level 1 (Life Cycle Logistics) Certificates

• Level 2 (Life Cycle Logistics) Certificates

• Level 3 (Life Cycle Logistics) Certificates

AWARDS (Military)

• Legion of Merit • Defense Meritorious Service Medal

• Meritorious Service Medal - 4 • Army Commendation Medal – 7

• Army Good Conduct Medal - 3 • Army Achievement Medal – 6

• National Defense Service Medal • Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

• Iraq Campaign Medal • Kuwait Liberation Medal

• South-West Asia Service Medal - 2 • Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary

• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal • Armed Forces Service Medal

• Korean Defense Service Medal • NATO Medal

• Multinational Forces and Observers Medal- 2 • Overseas Service Ribbon -7

• Non-commissioned Professional Development Ribbon – 2 • Order of Saint Martin Medallion AWARDS (Civilian)

• Six Sigma Rising Star Award, 346844334, 2025

• Army Civilian Service Commendation Medal

• Army Commanders Award for Civilian Service-2



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