Air Force Engineer
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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
* Proven leader and resource manager for more than 27 years in multidiscipline engineering environment in Air Force, Army, and Joint Forces organizational units, both as a military officer and DoD contractor.
* Responsible for and ensured the effective utilization of work force (up to 500 employees) in facilities maintenance/repair and emergency services organization, directing management of up to $2.7B physical plants (which included in excess of 214 miles of roads, 1.8M square yards of airfield pavement, and 850K gallon per day wastewater treatment plant) supporting 11,000 personnel; raised productivity upwards of 31%, while cutting emergency service calls 65%; recognized as one of the best in the Air Force!
* Exercised responsibility for the development, monitoring, and execution of numerous and varied organizations’ annual operating budgets up to and in excess of $45M.
* Led development/execution of the Department of Defense’s largest energy reduction program; served as a benchmark for other organizations Air Force-wide.
* Provided installations and environment expertise with respect to aligning business transformation initiatives and supporting information enterprise architecture. I facilitated integration of best practices into existing processes/architecture while aiding in the staffing/integration of policy across functional boundaries.
* Facilitated Air Force (AF) Civil Engineer’s visioning session, which produced the vision statement that became foundation for functional community’s Agile Installations Management business transformation initiative, which is streamlining business processes, capabilities, and information technology.
* Facilitated the establishment of communities of interest for Real Property, Asset Management, and Emergency Response Operations, one of the AF’s first steps in meeting the Secretary of the Air Force’s mandate to operate in IT Service Oriented Architecture environment with transparent business processes.
* Supervised the development of policy, guidance, and support in areas of business processes, organization design, logistics to include supply/contracting, human resources to include staffing/training/education, computer-based systems, local and wide-area networks, and productivity enhancements/performance improvements impacting 9,000 employees, 17 major bases.
* Orchestrated Air Force’s development of $25M+ geographic information system for the design, construction, and management of base infrastructures; service-wide implementation benefiting 120 installations. Successfully established Air Combat Command’s Geospatial Integration Office, a $20M+ endeavor to provide a common installation picture at 17 major bases, and numerous smaller installations.
* Coordinated initial worldwide implementation and subsequent field support for Tri-Service parametric cost Engineering System; Air Force-wide implementation (Data Modeling Software System).
* Handpicked to assist in streamlining/revitalizing Joint Warfighting Center’s Distance Learning initiative.
* Coordinated/staffed the Air Force’s (AF) operational support full spectrum threat response process engineering effort (process supports the National Incident Management System (NIMS) within the Air Force). Provided invaluable leadership to value streaming analysis workshop and over 18 successful rapid improvement events, which identified waste within processes, and candidates for further business process improvements.
* Knowledgeable in employee performance plans and appraisals, training plans, other administrative actions as well as Total Quality Management and Appreciative Inquiry methods and procedures.
* Select member of Joint Deployable Training Team, responsible for developing and presenting doctrinally based academic instruction to the nation’s senior military leadership and their staffs.
* Experienced in labor relations; successfully resolved numerous management/labor issues with the American Federation of Government Employees Labor Union.
WORK EXPERIENCE
* 2009 to 2011 Project Manager, Tsay/Ferguson-Williams, LLC, directing the execution of Army Base Operating Support Contract, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
* 2008 to 2009 Public Works Manager, Chugach Industries, Inc., supporting Army Base Operating Support Contract, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
* 2005 to 2008 Management Consultant, Northrop Grumman Corporation, supporting Air Force Civil Engineering contract
* 2001 to 2004 Joint Logistics and Information Management Observer Trainer, Suffolk, Virginia
* 1999 to 2001 Deputy Chief, Operations and Infrastructure Division; and Operations Support Director, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
* 1997 to 1999 City Engineer and Operations Superintendent, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
* 1994 to 1997 Maintenance Engineering Supervisor, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
* 1992 to 1994 Construction Cost Engineer, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
* 1991 to 1992 Executive Officer and Headquarters Personnel Director, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
* 1990 to 1991 Chief, Industrial Engineering Applications Management Team, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
* 1988 to 1990 Plant Engineering Director/Requirements and Logistics Superintendent, Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
* 1989 to 1990 Project/Plant Manager, classified site in the Middle East (Position overlaps with previous listing because it was a deployment, I left/returned to previous position)
* 1987 to 1988 Industrial Engineering Supervisor, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
* 1986 to 1987 Information Management System Manager, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
* 1985 to 1986 Program Planner and Fasttrack Engineer, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
* 1984 to 1985 Industrial Engineer, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
EDUCATION
* 2003- 2004 Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Master of Management, E-Commerce Emphasis
* 2002 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia; Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Intermediate Service School
* 1999 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base; Intermediate Service School
* 1994 to 1999 University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; Master of Arts in Economics
* 1993 Troy State University, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, studying towards a Master in Management
* 1979 to 1984 Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama; Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
* 1979 Frankfurt American High School, Frankfurt, Germany, awarded diploma
TRAINING
* Facilitators Course, Joint Warfighting Center, Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Virginia
* Department of Defense, Emergency Preparedness Course, Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters, Mount Weather, Virginia
* United States Air Force On-Scene Commander’s Course, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
* Contingency Engineer Command Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Maintenance Engineering Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Construction Cost Estimating Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Requirements Management Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Operations Management Applications for Civil Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Logistics Management for Civil Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Systems Manager Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Contingency Engineering Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Contract Preparation and Management Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
* Base Civil Engineer Course, Air Force Institute of Technology
ADDITIONAL FACTORS
* Real-world immersion in Project Planning and Management and Process Improvement
* Received impeccable performance reports and multiple leadership and performance awards, from corporate level leadership for outstanding leadership, resource management, and program performance
* Knowledge/experience in IBM’s Maximo CMMS, Java, JavaServlet and JavaScript, .NET, HTML, Oracle 9i, Linux, websites, portals, collaboration suites, MS Project, Visio and wide spectrum of office software
* Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow Brotherhood Member
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