Steve Polomsky

Experience

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  Mississippi State University

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1992

  Aerospace Graduate Assistant, Composite Materials Technician

  Wing Team Lead: National Aerospace Plane (NASP) one-third scale composite mock-up.

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  United States Air Force

  Jan 1992 - Oct 2014

  Chief of Operational Capabilities, Air Force Weather Agency. Directed all strategy, requirements, and portfolio management for Air Force terrestrial and space-based weather systems. Guided execution of Agency’s $175M annual budget. Managed all integrated logistics and life-cycle maintenance actions. Supervised 12 Program Managers to coordinate portfolio integration.• Gained $24M in operational efficiencies by instituting disciplined requirements justification process for all stakeholders involved in the Agency’s terrestrial modelling program.• Authored capability analysis validating future $50.8M enterprise IT architecture runway.• Led creation of Agency’s Strategic Plan and Strategic Acquisition Roadmaps. Eliminated strategy void by succeeding in finally codifying baseline strategic documents.• Revolutionized Agency portfolio by creating three major capabilities investment themes that justified funding of 29 major weather programs in the Congressional budget process. Show less Squadron Commander, 343rd Recruiting Squadron. CEO for a seven-state, 100 person, 55 franchise organization responsible for recruiting over 1,000 men and women into the Air Force each year. Partnered with military, civic, educational, and community organizations to generate brand awareness. Directed all departments, including operations, marketing, logistics, and HR.• Exceeded 100% of recruiting goal each year in the Air Force’s toughest recruiting market.• Identified, qualified, and hired over 1,000 candidates each year into 150 different career fields.• Directed the execution of $1.4M annual budget to fund operations and maximize investment.• Drove creative diversity recruiting, finding “the best and brightest from the broadest landscape.”• Grew specialized recruiting program from 38% of goal in 2011 to 110% of goal in 2012.• Reduced recruiting cancellations by 53%. Ensured efficiency of over 4,000 invested man-hours. • Superior audit results. 100% of inspected recruiting offices rated “Excellent” by auditor.• Supervised a seven state, 370,000 square mile recruiting area that included Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Show less Deputy Director, USAF Mobility Operations School (now USAF Expeditionary Operations School). Provided administrative and educational leadership for 120 educators across three regionally accredited geographically separated campuses. Supervised the development and delivery of 74 resident, mobile, and web-based courses that trained over 18,000 students per year, awarding over 28,000 college credits per year. Directed the school’s accredited Master’s degree program.• Drove advanced blended learning strategies. Moved knowledge-level instruction out of the classroom into web-based formats. Increased access exponentially. Saved $10M in travel costs.• Ensured premier student learning. Championed and fielded first 5 end-of-course simulator technology suites. Provided advanced assessment capabilities to instructors and supervisors.• Led Airlift Tanker Association Technology in Training forum. Blended learning strategies benchmarked across the entire Air Force. Show less Director of Operations and Contract Functional Manager, USAF Flight Screening Program. Performed senior government contractual oversight for a 10-year, $178M multi-services contract that included flight operations, lodging, dining, and security services. Served as the government’s Chief Pilot supervising a workforce of 60 instructor pilots performing flight instruction in a fleet of 45 aircraft. Ensured the professional and technical development of 1,843 new aviators per year prior to their entry into more advanced training. DA-20 Evaluator Pilot.- Increased throughput by 30% by creating separate training courses related to aeronautical specialty. - Specialized in training pipeline management with new classes starting every 2 weeks with a 3-4 week training window. Show less Chief of Wing Plans and Programs, 62 AW, McChord AFB, WA. Responsible for all base level planning and programming activities. Managed base foreign disclosure office, treaty compliance, operational security programs, and Army/Air Force joint basing implementation. Led all base Anti-Terrorism and Critical Infrastructure Protection programs. Served as lead Emergency Management Director, supervising all emergency management programs and exercises, to include combined efforts with local, state, and federal agencies. C-17A Instructor Pilot.• Authored, choreographed, executed, and reviewed 20 emergency management base wide exercises within an 18 month period to to dramatically elevate base and populace readiness.• Designed and constructed primary, secondary, and tertiary Emergency Operations Centers, to support base EM responses.• Programmed a Microsoft SharePoint based Continuity of Operations platform to electronically coordinate all base emergency operations efforts. Platform benchmarked for all Air Force bases. Show less Chief, Mobility Operations Section, USAF Mobility Operations School (now USAF Expeditionary Operations School). Managed the development and performance of 56 instructors conducting 28 resident and web-based training courses. Evaluated instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, provided recommendations for improvement. Analyzed training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs. Developed testing and evaluation procedures. KC-135E Aircraft Commander. Show less Chief of Wing Scheduling, 92 ARW, Spokane AFB, WA. Responsible for the tasking, scheduling, and monitoring of 400 aircrew members and 54 aircraft for world-wide operations. Managed a $35M, 13,500 hour annual flying hour program by developing yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly operations plans. Tracked reliability metrics and presented them to executives with recommended system improvements. Coordinated global deployment of aircraft, aircrews, and maintenance support packages. Developed and implemented short notice solutions to respond to changes in crew availability, aircraft maintenance status, or other external factors such as weather or diplomatic clearances. KC-135R/T Instructor/Evaluator Pilot. Show less

  • Director Portfolio Management

    Jan 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Vice Dean

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  • Director of Operations and Contract Functional Manager

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  • Emergency Management Director

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  • Training and Development Manager

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  • Operations Manager

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  • Training Supervisor

    Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

  • Publications Manager

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1996

  • Student Pilot

    Jan 1992 - Jan 1993
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  First Data Corporation

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  Training and Documentation Manager

  Manager for both the Training and Documentation teams for First Data Corporation. Oversaw documentation updates that accompanied software updates to the company's main credit card processing system, STAR debit card system, and on-line banking platforms. Managed training teams that created and performed new institution on-boarding for credit card processing, STAR network processing, and on-line banking.

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  Coherent Technical Services, Inc.

  Jul 2016 - Nov 2019

  Senior Systems Engineer

  Systems Engineer and Aerospace Engineer with CTSi, supporting NAVAIR PMA-268 (MQ-25) and PMA-242 (AARGM-ER).

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  Collins Aerospace

  Nov 2019 - now

  Supervise a 18 person team of senior Technical Project Managers (Lead Engineers) and Test Directors for the KC-135 portfolio. Provide strategic engineering oversight of all KC-135 Tanker programs. KC-135 Avionics Technical Project Manager

  • Senior Engineering Manager

    Feb 2021 - now

  • Technical Project Manager

    Nov 2019 - Feb 2021