Experience

York High School
• United States
• Senior Naval Science Instructor

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019


United States Naval Academy

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manpower and Personnel Officer

  • May 2013 - May 2018

  - Managed all the administrative and personnel issues for 750 military personnel. Identified manpower requirements for faculty and staff for each department's organizational hierarchy and maintained manning levels above 98% to include 6 different U.S. locations attaining 100% critical skill placement. - Served as principal advisor to faculty and staff for matters involving applicable Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Navy directives and regulations. - Responsible for the execution of 10 vital programs for professional development and implemented a program to reduce training man-hours by 30%. - Personally, selected to represent the Naval Academy as a key collaborator on a Secretary of Defense study to develop and implement a DoD standard screening mechanism required for personnel assigned to training organizations. - Increased the applicant pool for Junior Military Professor by successfully negotiating with key Navy stakeholders to authorize 10 additional graduate scholarships for the program Show less



Office of Naval Intelligence

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Executive Officer

  • Apr 2010 - Apr 2013

  - Directed the personnel management of 500 military and civilian personnel and the day-to-day operations for ONI and four subordinate commands comprised of over 3,000 personnel. Coordinated external facilitation to enable a senior level staff to easily collaborate with major Navy stakeholders on issues involving manpower requirements, personnel readiness, and military and civilian policy issues for a world class organization. - Oversaw 19 command programs for effective function and compliance with Navy directives. Guided a 68-person team to design and implement a comprehensive training program to increase Medical Readiness over 30%; increased visibility of the Navy’s Alcohol and Drug campaign greatly reducing the occurrence of incidents, and increased completion rate for overall training 23%. - Reviewed, approved, and executed an annual operating budget of $12 million. Oversaw the working conditions of an 800K sq/ft facility on 42 acres supporting 8 commands. Skillfully oversaw $5 million of facility renovations and completed all projects ahead of schedule. - Transformed a declining morale and welfare program to a vibrant profitable program benefiting 3,000 employees. Responsible for annual Combined Federal Campaign fundraiser, breaking records three years running totaling over $450,000. - Recognized a significant waste of manhours, reorganized and streamlined the entire executive leadership meeting calendar, and reduced manhours expended in meetings by over 50% while increasing decision throughput. Show less



Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center

• Director of Human Resources

  • Dec 2006 - Apr 2010

  - Supervised and synchronized a 17-person staff to support 8,000 service members deployed worldwide in all aspects of personnel, pay entitlements, administration, and logistical programs. - Planned, designed, and led logistics and implementation for the safe and efficient re-deployment of over 1,000 returning American military personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan. - Coordinated the manning, training, and equipping of over 100 individual sailor deployments worldwide. - Managed 30 special work funding requests totaling $3 million and revalidated 150 positions for five expeditionary global detachment locations supporting Sailors deployed to U.S. Central Command in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. - Facilitator for Strategic Process Improvement Team providing positive change, methods, and efficient practices. Served as principal Human Resources consultant to senior leaders in the development, implementation, and advancement of strategic plan for a 3600-person Expeditionary Cargo Unit, resulting in the identification of $4 million in manpower savings through more efficient usage of personnel and reducing the cost of positions. - Identified inefficiencies in course delivery methods and assisted to enhance instructor development as a training consultant for Expeditionary Cargo Training Unit. Developed expeditious courses of action and briefed senior level leadership to effect immediate change. Show less



Center for Personal and Professional Development Training Detachment

• Director of Education and Training Operations

  • Dec 2003 - Dec 2006

  - Responsible for all school house operations and 3 satellite learning sites to deliver 9 Chief of Naval Operations directed courses of instruction to 17,000 students annually. Supervised 32 staff and managed an operating budget of $1million. - Directed annual curriculum reviews to maintain accuracy of information and briefed senior leaders quarterly on research and development results to decrease training costs by 38% and recapture 27% funds/year. - Implemented a self-contained electronic classroom and introduced distant learning environment by converting one course of instruction to web-based training resulting in an increase return on investment of 323% quota availability, increased student through-put by 3,000 per year, decreased cost per student by 39%, and reduced instructor travel cost by 39%. - Developed a plan to consolidate 6 training sites into 2 comprehensive learning detachments directly reducing manpower requirements by 25%, increasing student throughput 40%, and a revised a 27week training pipeline to 9 weeks saving millions in annual training dollars. - Obtained accreditation for all courses of instruction. Show less



USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Training Officer

  • Mar 2002 - Dec 2003

  - Training Director and program manager directly responsible for scalable training, development and certification of 2,500 crewmembers onboard the USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER as it progressed through the Fleet Readiness Training Plan and deployment. - Oversight of $1.2 million travel and training budget. - Coordinated the efforts of nine separate training teams and 14 departments to ensure the ship’s crew was certified and ready to operate and maintain the ship both in port and underway. Met and exceeded certification, training and qualification standards for ahead of expected milestones. Achieved an overall grade of "Outstanding" and ensured that training standards were continuously maintained. - Responsible for the execution of the ship’s Indoctrination (onboarding) program which serves more than 600 Sailors annually. Implemented numerous significant program changes to improve training quality, including a written Student Guide and a formal qualification program for staff instructors. Show less



Broadened Opportunity for Officer Selection and Training (BOOST)

• Deputy Director, Navy College Preparatory School

  • Apr 1998 - Mar 2001

  BOOST was a one-year Navy college preparatory school which prepared enlisted students academically and professionally for continued training and commissioning through the NROTC program. - Responsible for the supervision of 39 military and civilian staff and all policy and procedures relating to academics, administration, discipline, and welfare of 300 students annually. - Collaborated with Congressional representative to change the Navy’s college scholarship program which reduced Sailor attrition rates and the overall cost of college expenses for the government. - Designed, developed, and implemented a statistical model to collect collegiate performance data on Navy Preparatory School graduates, to assist Chief of Naval Education and Training in assessing program effectiveness. - Developed a formal Training Course Control Document for entire preparatory school curriculum and presented it to the American Counsel of Education for accreditation and was validated at 56 college semester hours. - Streamlined new student indoctrination process, optimizing efficiency while reducing dead time to maximize student learning. Directed initiative to reduce average time to complete medical screening, saving time, money, and returning non-qualified Sailors faster to fleet asset. Show less


US Navy
• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee
• Various U.S. Navy duties and academic assignments

  • Jun 1990 - Mar 1998