Experience

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  Topsarge Business Solutions

  • Fort Bliss, Texas, United States

  • Curriculum Developer

    • Feb 2024 - Present
    • Fort Bliss, Texas, United States

    Coordinates development and editing of lessons, catalogs, brochures, and other educational materials. Analyzes statistical data and creates reports, while prioritizing requirements to meet deadlines. Designs and develops e-learning solutions for both instructor-led and web-based formats, ensuring the client's needs are met, using Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation practices based on known adult learning theories. Specializing in the use of the Experiential Learning Model.

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  U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Instructor

    • Aug 2019 - Feb 2024

  • Senior Instructor Department of Command Leadership / Distance Education Senior Team Lead

    • Mar 2019 - Aug 2023

    As a senior instructor and team lead, I am subject matter expert and lead six instructors in the Department of Command Leadership at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. I educate, mentor, and guide future leaders through 15-week curriculum covering strategies, policies, and doctrine. I am tasked with developing future leaders to apply strategic, leadership, and planning skills across a wide range of military warfare operations. I employ teaching methods to get my points across and build adaptive senior leaders of tomorrow who were capable of winning in complex real-life warfare environments. I developed plans and instruction to enhance the department's curriculum and supported the planning and development of exam and exam performance analysis guardrails. I facilitated over 900 hours of military subjects throughout the Department of Command Leadership and guided learners through a curriculum covering institutional doctrine, policies, and strategies.DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:--Curriculum Development / Audit--Program Improvement--Team Building--Conflict Resolution--Collaboration--Communication--Personnel Development--Mentorship--Counseling--Compliance--Adult Education--Classroom Management

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  Syracuse University

  • Syracuse, New York, United States

  • Graduate Student

    • Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
    • Syracuse, New York, United States

    I successfully completed a Master of Science in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation at Syracuse University. This was a comprehensive program that tested my capacity to design, create, implement and evaluate both non-technology, and technology supported instructional solutions for a variety of educational professional settings and theories such as behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, humanism, connectivism, and social learning. I employed problem-solving and critical thinking skills to design and develop diverse learning models with a focus on analysis, design, development, and implementation to include the development of self-evaluation guardrails to ensure desired outcomes. There were research, curriculum development, and communication standards to meet, and I successfully hit all the marks.

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  US Army

  • Fort Wainwright, Alaska

  • Executive Vice President/ Battalion Command Sergeant Major

    • Sep 2017 - Mar 2019
    • Fort Wainwright, Alaska

    A command sergeant major serves as the commander’s senior advisor on personnel programs, human resources, budget management, career progression, personnel’s family needs, IT management, supply and logistics, financial matters, professional military education, and recognition programs among other duties and responsibilities. This was my role at an organization level for the largest attack battalion in the U.S. Army comprise of 700+ personnel.I led the planning, organization, and coordination to mobilize Apache Helicopters, vehicles, unarmed aircraft systems, and personnel to the Republic of Korea. Every item and soldier mobilized was my responsibility: 17 Apache Attack Helicopters, 6 Grey Eagle drones, 8 Shadow drones, and over 200 ground vehicles valued in excess of $1B were accounted for with zero losses. Though this was not an instructor position, by the time I got here developing, designing, improving, and auditing programs and SOPs was part of my mode of operations. I proactively sought to improve programs and training instructions and instinctively foresaw complex operational concerns, and I was already on it by the time change needed to happen. I groomed personnel for key positions, and went to great lengths to meet all my soldiers’ needs in professional and personal family matters. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:--KOREAN DEPLOYMENT--TALENT MANAGEMENT--RESOURCE MANAGEMENT--LOGISTICS & SUPPLY--IT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT--PHYSICAL SECURITY --HUMAN RESOURCES--OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT--PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT--ASSET / EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT

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  U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy

  • Fort Bliss, Texas, United States

  • Student

    • Jul 2016 - Sep 2017
    • Fort Bliss, Texas, United States

    The U.S. Sergeants Major Academy forges future leaders. It develops personnel into agile, and adaptive officers of character. This institution offers comprehensive leadership programs designed to exploit opportunities by leveraging and applying Army resources to develop leadership expertise in preparing for positions in interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational organizations. I scripted developmental, operational, informative, and instructive documentation such as specific military occupational paperwork akin to complex administrative, maintenance, information technology, logistics, and healthcare university textbooks. I successfully completed the course with superior ratings in written communication, oral communication, leadership skills, and for contribution to group work and research.

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  US Army

  • Director/ First Sergeant

    • Mar 2013 - Jul 2016

    I managed the discipline, morale, camaraderie, cohesion, evaluation, and professionalism of 9 officers, 4 warrant officers, 94 junior officers, 40 enlisted soldiers, and 119 junior personnel comprised of 15 separate military occupational specialties for an Aviation Maintenance Company. By this time in my career, I was the subject matter expert for diverse helicopter combat maintenance and training procedures and was constantly sought after to share my experience, offer knowledge, and provide direction and advice to peers and the organization’s leadership on how to improve our aviation support operations. I was the primary liaison between the commander, unit leaders, and junior personnel to provide guidance, coordination, and overall mission execution support. I strategically managed succession planning, leadership development, and retention and career planning processes in support of organizations priorities and personnel growth. I was tasked with coaching, mentoring, and guiding subordinate personnel and leaders to grow with an emphasis on professional development and functional training. I actively engaged with personnel to seek feedback on overall satisfaction or dissatisfaction with operations, leadership, company programs, equipment, and personal matters among many other concerns. I provided individual support, led, and guided personnel to execute tasks within all prescribed time and quality standards. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:--HUMAN RESOURCES--TALENT MANAGEMENT --PROJECT / PROGRAM MANAGEMENT--PROJECT / PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT--COLLABORATION / PARTNERING--BUDGET / ASSET MANAGEMENT--COMMUNICATION--COMPLIANCE

  • Director/ First Sergeant

    • Mar 2012 - Mar 2013

    I remained accountable for the health, welfare, morale, professional development, and training of the unit. I advised leadership on enlisted matters, promotions, maintaining and enforcing and standards, personnel accountability. I coordinate the administration to include the submission of required reports, supply, logistics, and food service matters. I concurrently managed varying duties and responsibilities wearing multiple hats as a company training officer, equipment calibration monitor, classified documents custodian, physical security manager, company retention officers, master resilience training officer, and Citi-bank agency program coordinator among many other official roles and titles. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:--HUMAN RESOURCES--TALENT MANAGEMENT--BUDGET MANAGEMENT--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT / DEVELOPMENT--PROJECT / PROGRAM MANAGEMENT--RISK MANAGEMENT / MAINTENANCE--ASSET / EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT