Military Career Change

SANTEE D. PARKER

****Youpon Lake Court

Houston, Texas 77084

(c) 713-***-****

(h) 281-***-****

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

CAREER PROFILE

Retired United States Army of Twenty years. Obtained 15 plus years experience of professional managerial career which included supervising, organizing, strategic planning, training, scheduling, and team motivation. Information systems knowledge that involved software implementation and hardware installation. Expert in cross-functional team building and leadership, multi-cultural environment and communications, organizational plan development, and quality/performance improvement. Maintained Secret Security Clearance status since February 1989.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNITED STATES ARMY August 1989 to September 2009

Section Non-Commissioned Officer in-charge (NCOIC)/Section Supervisor/Operations NCOIC/Professional Development Counselor/Safety Director

Earned career promotion and recognitions through a series of increasingly responsible management positions. Currently hold the rank of Staff Sergeant. Honored with numerous commendations and awards for outstanding leadership, general management, and field operations:

 Meritorious Service Medal

 Meritorious Unit Commendation

 Army Commendation Medal (4)

 Army Achievement Medal (6)  NATO Medal

 Army Recruiter Badge Gold

 IRAQ Campaign Medal

 KOSOVO Campaign Medal

Operations Management

• 20 years management experience in the organizational planning, rehearsing, resource allocation, and leadership of administrative, maintenance, equipment, technology, training, and logistics operations. Skilled time manager.

• Direct and decisive leadership qualifications with particular strengths in planning, performance improvement, quality improvement, and productivity gain.

• Experienced in the start-up and leadership of new operations and organizations.

Human Resource Affairs and Team Leadership

• Lead small groups and teams of 20 or more personnel with full responsibility for work assignments, scheduling, performance review, disciplinary action, and long-term career planning/development/promotion.

• Expert qualifications in evaluating personnel needs and developing responsive training programs.

• Experienced in managing the audit and examination of personnel records to ensure organizational compliance.

Budgeting and Financial Management

• Administered up to $2 million in annual budgets as the Defense Travel System Manager in support of operations and professional development worldwide.

• Expert in evaluating organizational funding requirements, preparing/leading formal budget presentations, allocating the distribution of funds, and managing complex financial analysis and reporting functions.

Safety Management

• Extensive qualifications in the planning, development, and leadership of occupational workplace, transportation, and training safety programs supporting operations throughout the U.S. and abroad.

• Equally extensive qualifications in Organizational Composite Risk Management, safety training program design and instructions.

Technology Management

• Experienced with telecommunication functional operations; information system security, network troubleshooting (MS Exchange), basic hardware installation, analysis, maintenance of data, network encryption processes, and user-owned system administration at the organizational level.

• PC skills in Microsoft Office 2007 Word processing, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and other supporting Microsoft applications within an Army Command post.

Project Coordination and Leadership

• Planned and directed cooperative operations between Deployed Forward Operating Bases for the purpose of identifying installation security and vulnerabilities for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense.

• Led joint coordination efforts on behalf of the U.S. government, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), U.S. embassies and local State Departments to facilitate emergency relief, assistance, and humanitarian programs.

COMMUNICATIONS

Strong communications, public speaking, and senior-level presentation experience

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business – Information Systems 05/2010

University of Phoenix

Diploma (High School) 1989

Jefferson, TX

Graduate of numerous management and leadership training programs including the prestigious Army Battle Staff Officer Course which is a Strategic Management Course administered by Army Sergeants Major Academy at Ft Bliss, TX.

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