M. Kelly Gilhooly

Experience

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  US Army Corps of Engineers

  Jan 1984 - Jan 2007

  • Strategic Planner

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2007

  • Performance Measurement Specialist

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1999

  • Park Ranger / Outdoor Recreation Planner

    Jan 1984 - Jan 1995
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  Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2011

  Master Examiner / Examiner

  Served as a Master Examiner / Tech Editor / Senior Examiner / Team Leader / ExaminerServed as Alumni/CoachJudge Illinois State programJudge Performance Excellence North WestApplicant Writer (State Program); Site POCArmy Communities of Excellence President's Quality AwardIllinois Performance Excellence

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  US Army TACOM

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
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  US Army

  Mar 2009 - Oct 2015

  Strategic Planner / Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

  As Strategic Planner/LSS Master Black Belt (c), GS-14 (March 2009–November 2015), I effectively delivered organizational alignment, strategic planning, and performance improvement guidance with the implementation of SWOT analyses and cross-functional team programming. My most notable achievements included:• Advanced entire mission, cost, and customer impact of recommended improvements. • Presented briefings to General Officers and SES, with resolutions to highly controversial operational errors. • Constructed innovative Action Plans, metrics, and improvements – resolving gaps utilizing the national Baldrige Performance Excellence criteria. Show less

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  USACE Afghanistan Engineer District - South

  Oct 2011 - Apr 2012

  Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

  Identifying and executing critical process improvements to accomplish the mission of the US Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan.

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  US Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  Business Manager
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  HQ US Army Joint Munitions Command

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2021

  Chief, G-5 Planning

  I operated as Chief, G-5 Planning Division, and spearheaded the performance of 14 planners and internal leaders to synchronize JMC strategies, integrated management system controls, OPLAN analysis, Operation Order (OPORD) creation, ceremony coordination, Mission Essential Task List (METL), Business Process Mapping, Business Contingency Plans (BCPs), the JMC 10-1 (Mission and Functions), Installation Advocacy, and Lean Six Sigma initiatives. My role consists of clarifying mission objectives, defining courses of action (COA), leading AMC Rehearsals of Concept (ROC) Ammunition drills, as well as supervising LSS Black Belts, two Black Belts in advancing organizational improvement. My notable achievements within this role so far include:• Advise Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7, Chief of Staff, SES, Deputy Commander, and Commanding General in policy creation and conflict resolution. • Translate military terminology for the civilian workforce.• Govern Army Materiel Command's (AMC) "Shape the Fight" initiative to revitalize the JMC Headquarters. • Streamline fiscal, manpower, organizational, and physical resource control across all HQ offices, obtaining first pass approval ahead of schedule. • Equip the Integrated Project Team (IPT) with tactics for analytical process advancements. • Strengthen collaborations with the AMC G3/4, Strategic Integration Group, Commander’s Initiatives Group (CIG), and various Major Subordinate Commands (MSC). • Identified and resolved gaps in SVTC attendance and advanced OPLAN analysis.• Instrumental in organizational transparency and uniformed communications across 65 offices, with an innovative process mapping strategy for 559 key functions.• Serve as a Master Examiner for the national Malcolm Baldrige performance excellence program. • Manage Distinguished Visitors (DVs), five Installation Advocates, and a Total Force Integration (TFI) cross-functional team. Show less

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  ThinkTek

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

  Principal Consultant

  As Principal Consultant I provide strategic planning, implementation and facilitation of organizational change management, governance, policy, communication, and business process improvement services.

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  Oxley Enterprises, Inc.

  Feb 2022 - now

  Principal Consultant

  As Principal Consultant I provide strategic planning, implementation and facilitation of organizational change management, governance, policy, communication, and business process improvement services.