Quality Assurance Training

RANDALL J. COLSON

Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (ret)

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540-***-**** (Res) 703-***-**** (Cell) *******@*****.***

MAJOR PROGRAM AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Executive with extensive experience in business resource and personnel management and defense technology. Inspirational leader often sought to serve in demanding, high profile assignments. Thorough understanding of systematic approaches to organizational structuring, training, management, safety and resource utilization. Substantial experience in international military to military relations and governmental interagency coordination. Conversant in global politics with significant diplomatic experience in the Middle and Far East. Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Key Operational and Management Qualifications:

• Strategic, Operational, and Financial Business Planning

• Quality Assurance and Customer Relations

• Organizational Restructuring and Maintenance

• Crisis and Risk Management, Aversion, and Mitigation

• Creative Personnel Management

• Acquisition Management

• Strategic Partnering

• Competitive and Internal Analysis

MBA Strategic Management-Regis University 2011 4.0/4.0

Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies- US Naval War College 2004

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science-University of Illinois 1989

Project Management Professional-2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT/ ACQUISITION PROGRAMS LEAD January 2009-Present

MTCSC-MANTECH INTL

Stafford VA.

• Provide functional and hiring management services to employees supporting MARCORSYSCOM.

• Lead seven project support teams providing sound project management, technical and logistics support to the government constituents.

• Enable government constituents to meet goals with regard to cost, schedule, and performance.

• Track status of program and contract funds.

• Ensure the timely and accurate delivery of contract deliverables (e.g. programmatic documents, briefs, and financial reports).

• Manage technical research, analysis, and testing efforts.

• Ensure the accurate tracking of government-owned equipment/inventory.

DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY, PLANS AND PROGRAMS August 2008-Jan 2009

NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Washington D.C.

• Produce NESA center strategic planning documents and annual guidance.

• Assist executive leadership with refinement of its organizational vision and translate that vision into a detailed five-year strategy.

• Supervise and coordinate planning input into POM process through USCENTCOM to appropriate agencies at OSD.

• Provide inputs for improvement of organizational structure to better support proposed programs.

• Serve as the principal point of contact on plans for COCOMS, OSD, DSCA, Joint Staff within the center.

• Facilitate coordination with other Regional Centers on programs/plans (esp. seam issues)

• Coordinate development of new programs and special projects.

• Receive short-range tasking or support requests from stakeholders.

• Assist in the development of internal center policies, directives, initiatives.

• Establish benchmarks for comparing NESA Center programs with similar educational institutions worldwide.

• Develop and assess measures of effectiveness (MOE’s).

• Contrast internal long-range and strategic plans within current/anticipated resource limitations.

• Process or review MOUs/MOAs as required, ensuring compliance and adherence to the center’s objectives and best interests.

• Coordinate all external requests for NESA Center programs which require multiple agency approval, development of memoranda of agreement, or development of new processes and procedures.

• Develop and provide NESA Center input into Theater Security Cooperation Planning Systems (i.e. RWG) and all other associated planning processes for EUCOM, PACOM, CENTCOM, OSD.

• Provide clear and linked guidance with priorities which directorates can use to develop individual Action Plans for execution.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER, WEAPONS TRAINING BN July 2007-Aug 2008

Quantico VA

• Responsible for coordinating all staff actions of 26 Officers, 12 civilians and 300 Marines within Weapons Training Battalion. Supervised the execution of $17 million annual budget.

• Supervised the Marine Corps Rifle and Pistol Teams, Precision Weapons Section, Dynamic Entry School, Scout Sniper Instructor School, High Risk Personnel Course, Small Arms Weapons Instructor Course and Basic Marksmanship and Re-qualification instruction for 5000 Marines annually.

• Responsible for the maintenance and accountability of over 12,000 small arms weapons, 66 facilities and 182 acres of range property.

• Reorganized entire battalion structure to facilitate accountability of equipment, assets and training effectiveness. Restructure has resulted in an annual savings of over $400,000 and over 15,000 man-hours.

• Responsible for all facets of battalion safety. Over 800,000 vehicle miles were logged and more than 4 million rounds of ammunition fired without incident.

• Established robust academic and doctrine sections to ensure standardization and currency of all marksmanship related doctrine. Weapons Training Battalion is the US Marine Corps Center of Excellence for marksmanship training and doctrine.

TRAINING AND EXERCISE CHIEF, US OFFICE OF MILITARY July 2004-June 2007 COOPERATION, AMERICAN EMBASSY

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

• Served as Deputy Chief, directing a staff of 14 officers responsible for all military to military interactions with the Kingdom of Bahrain.

• Reported to the U.S. Ambassador and Commander, US Central Command. Facilitated all Distinguished Visitor calls with the King, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain.

• Managed all U.S. provided training to Bahrain Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior personnel and units totaling $2 million in US provided funding and $27 million annually of Bahrain national funds via Title 22 USC Foreign Military Sales.

• Developed an 8 year Training Plan to support all future Bahraini weapons purchases and training requirements. This plan included graduate, technical and professional military training and education.

• Purchased and coordinated the installation of 3 Multimedia English Language Learning Labs and programs to facilitate success of Bahraini students in US training programs.

• Was instrumental in influencing and securing partial funding for the Kingdom of Bahrain to create a regional Counter Terrorism Center of Excellence.

• Processed over 400 students and 600 accompanying family members to attend training in the United States in support of US Central Command’s Theater Security Cooperation Strategy, thus ensuring future access and interoperability for US Forces in the region.

• Coordinated 9 Bilateral, 6 Multilateral and 3 Special Operation Joint Combined Exchange Training exercises ensuring both US and host nation objectives were met.

• Assisted the Bahrainis in developing a Bahrain Naval Infantry (Marine) capability.

• As an adjunct professor, taught 3 senior level undergraduate courses in National Security and American Defense Policy for the University of Maryland, University College on the US Naval Support Activity.

MAINTENANCE OFFICER, MARINE TACTICAL ELECTRONIC July 2000-June 2003 WARFARE SQUADRON 3

Cherry Point NC

• Completely restructured administrative functioning for a squadron of 210 Marines significantly enhancing pay, promotion and award processing procedures.

• Deployed 6 aircraft, 260 Marines and 14 tons of equipment to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Japan in a 2 year period.

• Managed numerous critical shortages of uniquely trained Military Occupational Specialties ensuring the squadron was 100% combat capable at all times.

• Maintained unmatched Full Mission Capable and Mission Capable rates for aircraft readiness during this entire period.

• Developed a Maintenance Officer Training plan that was accepted and emulated throughout the entire 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. Attained the highest evaluation recorded in the previous 4 years on a Logistical Material Readiness inspection.

• Coordinated and supervised the installation of Night Vision Equipment, Block 89a software and repainting of all squadron aircraft in a 4 month period.

• Supervised the preparation and maintenance of all squadron aircraft for the only FMF EA6B carrier qualification successfully completed since 1996.

• Flew 47 combat missions in support of Operations Northern/Southern Watch enforcing United Nation Security Council resolution no-fly zones.

• Orchestrated successful 3-site maintenance and operation of all squadron aircraft with personnel and assets being deployed simultaneously to Iwakuni Japan, Melbourne Australia and Korat Thailand.

• Aircrew qualifications attained: Mission Commander, Post Maintenance Check Flight Evaluator, Instrument Evaluator, Standardization Evaluator, Cockpit Crew Resource Coordinator Instructor.

DEPARTMENT HEAD, SURVIVAL-EVASION-RESISTANCE- May 1997-July 2000

ESCAPE (SERE) SCHOOL

Brunswick ME

• Responsible for the safe and effective training of over 4000 high risk of capture/ exploitation personnel in survival, evasion, resistance to interrogation and escape techniques in the mountainous training area of northern Maine.

• Supervised 85 senior enlisted and officer instructor personnel.

• Implemented and resourced a new 12 day course utilizing a realistic, scenario-based train curriculum, exercising all desired learning objectives in a practical environment.

• Orchestrated the civilianization of 40 instructor billets, providing greater continuity to the course and making more critical military occupational specialties available for assignment to operational forces.

TRAINING OFFICER/ QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER, Jan 1994-May 1997 MARINE TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE SQUADRON 2

Cherry Point NC

• Completed formal training in Ground Safety and Mishap Investigation from Indiana University.

• Responsible for all squadron training to include rifle/pistol marksmanship, physical fitness, Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Defense, off-duty education and swim qualification. Received noteworthy rating on two Commanding General Inspections.

• Hand selected to be the Officer In Charge of a 200 Marine Wing Support Detachment for Exercise Cobra Gold 95 in Thailand. Responsible officer for all base camp, airfield and support services and over $500 million in assets and contracts.

• As Maintenance Quality Assurance Officer, was instrumental in achieving an unprecedented 100% squadron sortie completion rate for an 8 month period during Operation Decisive Endeavor.

• Flew 44 combat missions over Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of Operation Decisive Endeavor.

• Aircrew qualifications attained: Mission Commander and Post Maintenance Check Flight Evaluator.

US MARINE, NCO/SNCO/JUNIOR OFFICER Dec 1978-Dec 1993

Multiple

• Selected as 1 of 8 from 190 applicants for flight training. Selected as an Electronic Countermeasure Officer upon completion of basic flight instruction.

• Recognized for leadership excellence from graduating ECMO class 1993.

• Finished in the top 5% of Officer Candidate School and The Basic Officer Course.

• Selected for Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1986.

• Drill Instructor/Senior Drill Instructor. Produced over 600 basic trained Marines. Meritoriously promoted to Staff Sergeant 5 years ahead of peer group.

• Enlisted 1978, initially trained in accounting and finance. Meritoriously promoted 4 times in first 22 months of service.

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