Woody Boyd

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Jan 1999 - May 2005

  Emergency Management Operations Officer for a 285-person person emergency service and force protection operations section. Oversaw all emergency response and anti-terrorism/force protection operations and contracts for an 18,000-person community encompassing 58,000 acres. Also led all investigations, K-9, and confinement programs. Incident Commander/Operations Coordinator for all fire, EOD, crash, active shooter, and other emergency responses.• First to develop an emergency response database giving first responders critical safety data prior to arrival on scene.• Selected to deploy as the senior Emergency Response and Force Protection Director at Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait.• Developed and executed security personal protection details for the Secretary of Defense.• Served as a sexual assault board member to provide law enforcement expertise to the prevention team.• Developed the command’s first joint fire and police training compound. Show less Senior Emergency Manager and First Response leader for a 74-person emergency service and force protection organization. Oversaw all emergency management, force protection, criminal threat intelligence, and integrated base defense security operations for for a 630-acre complex with mission-essential resources valued at $450M. Planned for emergencies/contingencies and assumed incident command responsibilities for fire and law enforcement incidents/emergencies. Led investigations, crime prevention, resource protection, first responder training, and personnel/information security. Managed an annual budget of $250K.• Created the USAF’s first ever fire, explosive ordinance disposal and law enforcement consolidated emergency control center. Critical to ensuring robust security posture after the 9/11 terror attacks.• Brokered an emergency response agreement between the UK Ministry of Defense and Civilian first responder agencies.• Created the first travel safety plan for all the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in the UK.• Directed 250 civil and federal law enforcement personnel to a 20K person protest group with no incidents. Show less Led the Southwest Asia Anti-Terrorism Force Protection Branch. Responsible for ensuring the safety and security for all points of embarkation and debarkation of commercial and military airlift. Oversaw all anti-terrorism and force protection programs and countermeasures for the largest coalition of installations in Southwest Asia. • Incident Commander for 43 improvised explosive device incidents, ensured zero casualties.• Built and managed the AOR’s first ever Surface Air Missile Footprint Threat Detection Team. Team had 100% success in ensuring the safety all military and civilian aircraft in Southwest Asia.• Worked with host nation engineers to ensure that all potable water sources and power grid infrastructure was adequately secured to ensure the continuation of U.S. military operations and maintain force health.• Responsible for organizing and managing all the force protection requirements for the largest coalition installation in Southwest Asia.• The 1st Air Force officer to work with the State Department’s Special Operations Tactics Team on VIP protection in the AOR and detainee escort.• Created and managed the largest electronic intrusion detection system in the DoD. Show less

  • Chief Operations Officer of Emergency Management and Force Protection

    Jan 2003 - May 2005

  • Director of Emergency Management and Force Protection

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  • Regional Emergency Management and Force Protection Officer

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2000
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  Colorado State University

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  University Academic Instructor

  Trained, motivated and counseled highly-qualified men and women as prospective Air Force Officers.Directed all aspects of leadership curriculum and instruction at two state universities. Instructed all classes on leadership, management, international security/policy, written communication, and verbal communication and counseling skills.• Crafted and instructed the universities first scenario-based supervisors’ course enhancing student’s leadership skills.• Based on leadership ability, selected by two inner-city west-coast high schools to provide leadership instruction for teachers.• Worked with University President’s Leadership program to develop instruction for student leaders.• Consistently earned a 4.9 rating on a 5.0 scale by students on the Universities’ Instructor Evaluations. Show less

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  United States Air Force

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Director of Emergency Management and Force Protection

  Senior Emergency Manager and first Response leader for a 343-person emergency service and force protection organization selected as “Best Emergency Response Organization in the Air Force 2010” and the “Verne Orr Award”. Oversaw all emergency management, force protection, criminal threat intelligence, and integrated base defense security operations for the installation. Managed a budget and resources of more than $15M worth of emergency management resources. Emergency Operations Center Director and the Incident Commander, Operations Coordinator for all HAZMAT, fire, EOD, crash, active shooter, and other emergency responses for a 19,000- person community. Emergency Operations Center Director and the Incident Commander/Operations Coordinator for all fire, EOD, crash, active shooter, and other emergency responses for a 17,000-person community.• Overhauled installation access control measures. Choreographed physical and electronic security measures to ensure that only authorized access was granted. • Created robust installation wastewater and drinking water infrastructure protection program. Strategies developed ensured 100% security of all the installation’s potable water. • Led 300+ personnel in providing safety and security for 09’ Air Show with no issues or incidents for over 65K visitors. Security measures were lauded as best developed and implemented by Air Force leaders. • Leadership School consultant. Taught two-hour leadership block to over 600 students. • Worked with structural engineers to ensure that all new facility construction met with DHS, DOE and DOD physical security standards. Show less

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  United States Air Force

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Director of Emergency Management and Force Protection

  Senior Emergency Manager and first Response leader for a 450-person emergency service department for one of the U.S. Air Force’s largest installations. Oversaw all emergency management, force protection, law enforcement, criminal threat intelligence, and integrated base defense security operations for the installation. Managed a budget and resources of more than $17M worth of emergency management resources. Emergency Operations Center Director and the Incident Commander, Operations Coordinator for all HAZMAT, fire, EOD, crash, active shooter, and other emergency responses for a 19,000-person community• First Emergency Manager to institute a compliance review with city and base leadership of the city’s and installation’s bulk power systems based on the standards set forth by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. • Worked with AF Psychologists and developed a robust First Responder Resiliency training program.• Developed a community preparedness program for emergency or disaster events.• Created a consolidated Emergency Dispatch Center, which became the benchmark across the Department of Defense.• Directed emergency response operations for four installation events, ensuring the safety of 40K visitors. • Implemented a training plan for Active Shooter incidents, training local schools and 100% of base community. • Developed the communities’ first Threat Intelligence Fusion Cell, a coordinated effort with local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, sharing criminal intelligence and practices to reduce crime. Show less

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  Defense Threat Reduction Agency

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Defense Threat Reduction Agency Coordination Officer and Operations Center Land Domain Chief

  Responsible for ensuring interagency communication and collaboration as a terrorism liaison officer in relation to the threat reduction of all chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear concerns and threats to the U.S. homeland. Key to the U.S. Northern Command’s mission of “cooperative defense in-depth” to disrupt, degrade or defeat transnational criminal organizations abilities to affect U.S. and partner nation’s security interest negatively. • Coordinated the development of the emergency management plans and exercise programs for the defense support to civil authorities, ensuring robust response to threats against critical infrastructures and resources key to U.S. survivability. • Worked with FEMA to address the potential risks on the U.S. power grid. Worked to develop plans and response operations to mitigate the risk.• Ensured that plans were in place and exercised to maintain local, state and federal continuity of operations during an incident. • Developed exercise plans to address local, state and federal response to high-risk chemical facilities based on DHS’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards. Coordinated the emergency response to three exercise scenarios ensuring a timely multi-organizational response.• Tracked all threats and emergency contingencies within the continental U.S. and coordinated interagency efforts to ensure maximum loss mitigation to personnel and resources. • Interagency coordination lead for DTRA, NORTHCOM, CDC, FAA and AFRICOM ensuring that the U.S. response to the biological threat to the homeland was controlled and mitigated during the African Ebola outbreak in February 2014. Show less

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  CACI International Inc

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  National Background Investigations Bureau Investigator

  Meticulously obtained and reported information for background investigations that determine employment and security clearance suitability for the Department of Defense and other federal government agencies. Conducts face-to-face interviews with the applicants and their neighbors, coworkers, friends, and associates. Conducts record searches at law enforcement agencies, courthouses, and mental health, financial, and educational institutions. Compiles and organizes information in a clear, concise report.• Manages an average monthly case load of 35 separate Top Secret and Secret Personnel Security investigations.• 100% on-time rate for investigation completion.• 98% on quality of investigation reports.• Provided investigator training and field work feedback helping to clear an 18-month international backlog of cases.• Provided leadership insight and mentorship to newly appointed organizational leaders. Experience and insight was lauded as invaluable. Show less

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  Pikes Peak State College

  Jan 2018 - now

  Emergency Service Administration (ESA) Faculty and Curriculum Developer

  Designed curriculum and managed eLearning course production for Bachelor of Applied Science in Emergency Service Administration (ESA) as a member of the Pikes Peak State College Team. Understands prior learning assessment (PLA) as a multidimensional, integrated process that is revealed in performance over time. Particularly in relation to the college’s goal of delivering excellence in military PLA as well as recent Colorado state law and system policy changes that are key to recognizing military training and experience.• Academic Advisor to include assisting with Prior Learning Assessment• Developed and then taught; - ESA 3005, Crisis Communication and Public Relations- ESA 3010, Emergency Public Information and Media Training - ESA 3015, Elements of Emergency Service Administration- ESA 3020, Designing Safer Communities: Pre-incident Planning and Risk Analysis- ESA 3030, Budget and Planning Fundamentals for Emergency Administrators- ESA 4000, Personnel Management in Emergency Service Agencies - ESA 4015, Tactical Planning, Response and Recovery - ESA 4089, Capstone for Emergency Service Administration• Member of PPSC’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning• Member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Higher Education Academic Accreditation and Ethics in Emergency Management Special Interest Groups Show less