Carmelo Acevedo

Experience

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  US Navy

  Sept 2002 - Mar 2010

  • Coordinated the completion of a state of the art Dispatch Control Center, K-9 Operations Center and the first ever supply depot warehouse/office for the Security Department. • Developed and managed an annual budget of $10M exceeding departments budgeted goals.• Standardized contracts bidding system, ensured fair, affordable and reliable vendors• Expertly authorized the execution of contracts, pay receipts, and managed an operational budget in excess of 2 million dollars. • Negotiated and developed long-term maintenance support agreement contracts for the U.S. Navy. Resulting in saving 60 thousand dollars in annual fuel cost to the Navy. • Increased fiscal budgets in excess of 30 percent. Show less • Directed daily operations for the Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic Operations department including supervision of 6 administrative personnel. • Aggressively pursued all manning and training requirements for all 750 Sailors, Marines and civilians. • Created a new training standard for the command, which further resulted in 95% increase in promotions. • Managed and implemented procedures to ensure all assigned personnel who handle classified material are appropriately instructed, cleared, and have a need for access for the guarding of strategic weapons with zero incidents.• Coordinated and chaired 532-career development boards and organized 237 recognition boards.• Quality leader in team builder flawlessly led 97 personnel in the operation and implementation off all fixed, mobile and waterborne strategic weapons post, ensuring 100% attainability of all nuclear weapons security requirements. Show less • Recognize as the subject matter expert on all anti-terrorism matters as it related to the USS John F. Kennedy Battle Group.• Trained over 500 Officer and enlisted personnel on all law enforcement and anti-terrorism matters.• Coordinated force protection standards and participates in anti-terrorism events and training exercises.• Routinely served as the Security Officer for forward-deployed missions to the Arabian Peninsula. • Conducted proactive operations designed to reduce criminal activity utilizing special techniques designed to protect Department of the Navy (DON) military members and their families, civilian employees, resources, and assets.• Analyzed security management programs and operations for Secret classified publications for all John F. Kennedy battle group and subordinate commands. • Co-authored the anti-terrorism Standard Operating Procedures used to protect the command while pier-side during an arduous repair cycle. • Personally prepared over 20 anti-terrorism Training Team members and supervise the teams preparation of more than 200 watch standers for the successful completion of a major command inspection. • Prepared 30 training drill packages and consolidated lessons learned. • Expertly compiled information, creating, proofreading and editing daily management reports, records filing and maintenance of department personnel records. The expert and tireless efforts resulted in grades of excellent by an outside inspection team.• Coordinated the complete review and revision of the commands physical security and anti-terrorism plan to include the addition of the new Standard operating procedures and pre-planned responses. Show less

  • FINANCIAL MANAGER

    Jan 2009 - Mar 2010

  • OPERATIONS CHIEF

    Nov 2005 - Dec 2008

  • ANTI-TERRORISM TRAINER

    Sept 2002 - Nov 2005
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  US Navy

  May 2010 - Oct 2015

  • Managed and coordinated the complete renovation of 5 classrooms, 1 conference room and 1 staff lounge. Providing new state of the art wireless networked systems, new computers and new carpet tiles. Resulting in formulating better conducive learning environments for better student-instructor efficiently.• Managed the planning and execution of all operational, administrative and technical functions for the Center of Personal and Professional Development (CPPD), Learning Site Kings Bay, GA.• Reporting to supervisor weekly on performance, progress and/or training needs of employees.• Proactively provided high quality and aggressive cross-training plan that expanded the ability to meet a growing fleet demand.• Managed the distribution balanced workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization.• Managed all matters dealing with personnel and information security programs in accordance with DoD, SECNAV, OPNAV, and NETC policies.• Expertly planned, coordinated and executed field training and lab exercises.• Coordinated the free allocation for resource program emphasis and implementation resulting in procuring new staff office furniture.• Eliminated potential instructor throughput shortfalls and increased overall productivity by creating an annual training scheduled with optimum training evolutions.• Proactively gathered and analyzed data to compile into a comprehensive weekly status report for upper echelon training command personnel.• Expertly applied analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to business, administrative and training program processes to further enhance the training mission.• Oversees/coordinates projects and assigns tasks to group members for the research on emerging technology, practices and techniques further enhancing instructional knowledge. Show less • Personally investigated over 300 Military Criminal Justice cases with zero discrepancies. These criminal cases were managed by formulating investigative plans, identify initial logical leads, continue to develop and pursue additional logical leads and ultimately complete all logical leads in order to resolve criminal investigations.• Implemented a new security plan that led to increased lockdown protection procedures for transferring detainees at sea and in port. • Coordinated security planning, management, training and administrative expertise for implementation of Force Protection, Security Management Program and Operations for all security directives controlled by U.S. Navy Systems.• Directly supervised preparation and maintenance of crew living spaces resulting in the command achieving a score of 90% on a major inspection. • Professionally executed reactive criminal investigations of alleged violations of Federal laws and regulations related to crimes such as arson, sexual assault, child abuse, bribery, fraud, murder, larceny, burglary, narcotic violations, espionage and terrorism.• Routinely processed crime scenes, seized evidence and maintain a chain of custody. Interviewed witnesses, victims, and interrogated suspects. • Professionally executed the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) by drafting all legal paperwork pertaining to military Justice cases.• Coordinated the apprehension and arrest of military personnel as well as detainment of civilian personnel.• Expertly documented investigative work through written reports of investigation, and statements for the Commanding Officer. • Routinely conducted liaison with the Local Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in order to facilitate exchanges of information.• Coordinated weekly crime prevention and counterintelligence awareness briefings to newly arrived personnel. Show less

  • TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

    Aug 2012 - Oct 2015

  • CHIEF MASTER AT ARMS

    May 2010 - Aug 2012
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  US Navy

  May 2022 - Jun 2023

  Provide support to the Installation Commanding Officer with the mission of training Sailors, Marines and DOD civilians in protecting the installation, its assets, and its personnel.

  • Maj. Police Officer Instructor at US Navy

    May 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Capt. Police Officer Instructor

    May 2022 - Feb 2023