Christopher N. Navetta Cell 717-***-**** Home 717-***-****

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Summary:

Experienced Senior Level Manager with broad based knowledge of Transportation and Distribution Operations, Safety and Workers Compensation, Human Resources, Budgeting, P/L, Maintenance, having 15+ years of continued growth within the transportation industry. Currently looking to return to the area of Transportation Safety Management. Exceptional background in planning and implementation of both short and long term project management goals.

Work Experience:

ITT Technical Institute – Harrisburg, PA March 2010 – Present

Registrar/Adjunct Instructor

Developed schedules for 400+ students on a quarterly basis

Audited all student records to ensure timely graduation and proper program track

Maintained compliance for student records for ACICS accreditation

Responsible for teaching Technical Basics to incoming student, MS Word, Excel, and Power-Point

Taught classes in State and Local Government to Criminal Justice students

Taught Portfolio classes to graduating students, resume and interviewing skills

Taught Transportation Security to Criminal Justice Students

McLane Foodservice, Inc. – Albany, N.Y. September 2005 – April 2006

Sr. Transportation Manager (Vice President)

Directly supervised a department of 100+ employees, including Operations Managers, Administrative staff, and Drivers with a departmental budget in excess of $10 million.

Managed the daily creation of routes based on orders input into data base and adjusted routes to maximize efficiency and maintain compliance with regulations on a daily basis.

Worked with outside vendors to create an effective program to maintain fleet compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

Responsible for maintaining data base for Federal Compliance with D.O.T. driver physicals, drug and alcohol testing, safety training, accident investigation and reporting, as well as workers compensation injuries.

ProLinks Services, Inc. (company sold) February 2005 – September 2005

Director of Operations and Safety (Vice President)

Managed operations, customer service, and maintenance departments.

Directed total operations for a 90 truck fleet including local, regional, OTR, and doubles.

Responsible for reducing costs and increasing efficiencies through implementation of new routing, planning, and logistics procedures.

Reviewed all routing plans and driver data on a daily basis to ensure compliance with Federal Regulations and adjusted plans for any discrepancies.

Maintained data base for all driver and maintenance files as required under Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR)

Conducted all interviews and hired all management positions within the department, and reviewed all hires for driver positions

Byrne Dairy Inc. – Syracuse NY August 1999 – February 2005

Vice President of Transportation – January 2003 to February 2005

Directly responsible for all delivery operations, fleet maintenance, safety and training programs for 10 operations within New York and Massachusetts, with a budget of $30 million +

Lead a team of 16 managers to oversee a department of 230+ employees.

Implemented an outbound logistics program based on dynamic routing (adjusted daily routes) to increase truck efficiency and reduce costs (approximately 6,000 customers).

Developed zone routing data base to allow for adjustments to daily dynamic routing program to meet compliance issues.

Created daily load planning program to support depot operations and maximize cross dock loading.

Developed a rubric for outbound freight to support new ultra pasteurized dairy operations, including planning loads to offsite storage facilities, co-coordinating ordering and shipping data bases to ensure accuracy and availability of production for outbound common carriers.

Director of Fleet Safety and Distribution – August 1999 to January 2003

Directly responsible for compliance with all Federal and State D.O.T. requirements for 190 company drivers and all associated records.

Maintained data base to record and report all driver and company required information for Federal and State authorities.

Reviewed routing procedures to ensure compliance with D.O.T. regulations on a daily basis making all required adjustments.

Developed and implemented new incident/collision/accident policy and maintained all associated records and reports for both D.O.T. and Workers Compensation.

S&H Express – York Pa June 1998 – August 1999

Director of Fleet Safety and Recruitment

Complied with all Federal and State D.O.T. requirements for a fleet of 120 company drivers and 60 owner operators, including drug and alcohol testing, accident investigation and reporting, workers compensation, maintenance and vehicle records.

Implemented an in house auditing program to increase accuracy of records and reduce costs.

Worked directly with operations to verify load planning and routing on a daily basis.

Developed new hiring procedures, standards, and training policies.

KJ Transportation – Harrisburg Pa (company sold) March 1998 – June 1998

Human Resource and Recruitment Manager

Developed an in house driver training program with third party testing procedures to meet Pennsylvania State and Federal requirements.

Maintained all associated records for training program and in house recruiting program for Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic market.

Provided administrative and benefit support to all personnel in the Harrisburg terminal.

Maines Paper and Food – Conklin NY June 1992 – March 1998

Director of Fleet Safety and Training – January 1996 to March 1998

Directly responsible for compliance with all Federal and State D.O.T. requirements for 150 company drivers and all associated data bases and records.

Reviewed all daily routing schedules and verified driver compliance with Federal standards and adjusted all routes as needed (approximately 12,000 accounts).

Continued to operate as Director of Maines Driver Training Institute.

Conducted and developed safety and training programs for the company

Director of Maines Driver Training Institute – May 1995 to March 1998

Developed and implemented curriculum for a commercial driving school

Maintained certification through New York State Department of Motor Vehicles as a licensed instructor

Taught classroom and road instruction

Developed placement program with local and national carriers as well as OJT programs with state agencies

Driver / Trainer – June 1992 to May 1995

Trained new drivers in the proper delivery techniques and paperwork required for Maines Paper and Food

Education:

M.P.S. Human Resource Management, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook (currently enrolled) (G.P.A. 4.0)

B.S. Management and Economics, S.U.N.Y. Empire State College, Utica NY. 1992

Mahanna Career Institute, 400-hour professional driver training program 1991

Professional Associations and Awards:

Member of ILEETA – International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association 2012

New York State Motor Truck Association: Board of Directors (central region) 2004

New York State Motor Truck Association: Safety Council Chairperson (central) 2004

Onondaga County Traffic Safety Board: Board of Directors (2000 – 2003)

National Safety Council certified DDC instructor, license # 0729943

Safety Council of Upstate NY Corporate DDC award 2003

N.Y.S.M.T.A. Safety Award 3rd place (Byrne Dairy) 2002, 2nd place 2003, 1st place 2004

O.C.T.S.B. Norma Colburn Award for fleet safety (Byrne Dairy) 2000

I.D. Magazine Innovator of the Year Award (Maines D.T.I.) 1997

N.Y.S.D.M.V. Instructor license #A02516 CDL-A (currently inactive)

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