James Kenyon

Experience

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  US Army

  Apr 2007 - Oct 2010

  Tank Commander/Master Gunner/JOPES Action Officer

  • Primary joint planning action officer for the 82nd Airborne Division for two Afghanistan deployments.• Conducted risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies as part of daily work tasks.• Responsible for briefing senior staff officers on Task Force movement details.• Conducted Nuclear, Biological, and Radiological reconnaissance and hazardous vulnerability assessments to ensure that operating areas are clear of threats.• Conducted FEMA Region X disaster preparedness exercises as part of the military liaison team Incident Command.• Train and evaluate units which include thorough formal and informal post-event After Action Reviews and reports.• Trained subordinate soldiers on various tasks to include safety, vehicle and equipment inspection and maintenance, risk assessment and mitigation, and various other tasks.• Prepared daily reports and other products using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point.• Created and maintained the 82nd Airborne Division - Operations Training web site.• As a recruiter, conducted informational briefings to parents, students, school administrators, and civic leaders in large and small group settings. Show less

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  General Dynamics Information Technology

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2011

  JOPES Analyst

  • Maintained over 2400 redeployment air transportation data records representing over 87,000 personnel and over 4,300 tons of strategic air cargo in more than 6 force deployment plans. • Used TransViz software to conduct flow analysis as well as creating aggregation solutions used as part of the validation process.• Advise Commanding Officers and Mobility Officers on the transportation feasibility of their unit movement plans.

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  SRA International

  Jan 2012 - Nov 2017

  TransViz Functional Manager

  • Use sophisticated visual analytics software (TransViz) to analyze strategic movement plans to determine the most cost effective way to transport personnel and cargo via aircraft and ship to destinations worldwide then brief these solutions to senior officers in combatant command theaters of operation.• Provide TransViz user account administration; performing all administrative matters required to properly maintain TransViz accounts to include creating, deleting, and maintaining users. • Analyze crisis actions plans for feasibility and course of action development.• Brief worldwide command and staff officers on current and future logistics planning topics.• Review and update technical documentation to include: instructor’s manual, user’s manual, Concept of Operations document, and all training materials.• Managed the training program for the United States Transportation Command’s TransViz system which included 2 ½ day training classes in worldwide locations.• Conduct weekly Defense Collaboration Services (DCS) secret level briefings on suggested aggregation recommendations for Central Command (CENTCOM) deployment and re-deployment operations.• Created and maintain the TransViz system website, Intellipedia (Secret), and milWiki (Unsecure) websites. Show less

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  CSRA Inc

  Nov 2015 - Jun 2016

  Deployment Operations Center Executive

  Monitor worldwide intelligence activities; analyze situations to determine what affect, if any, they will have on strategic transportation requirements.Receive classified intelligence updates from combatant and component commands, compile a comprehensive intelligence picture, and create briefing products for dissemination on a need to know basis.Oversee business continuity deployment during incidents which cause USTRANSCOM to assume a continuity posture.Create and maintain briefing products for three and four star General level briefings.Identify and prioritize operations information technology requirements in order to enhance existing software and leverage future technologies in order to stay relevant in emerging software markets.Use, on a daily basis, specialized planning tools including: Joint Operations and Planning Execution System (JOPES), Joint Flow and Analysis System for Transportation (JFAST), Transportation Visualizer, Integrated Data Environment/Global Transportation Network Convergence (IGC), Single Mobility System (SMS), Defense Connect Online (DCO), Electronic Logbook (ELB), the Consolidated Air Mobility Planning System (CAMPS), and Special Assignment Airlift Mission (SAAM) Request System (SRS).Maintain and operate the Knowledge Wall (KWall) used for transportation and planning visibility for senior officers situational awareness.Provide technical support, policy interpretation and guidance with regards to global transportation and security issues. Assist the command in planning and exercising continuity of operations (COOP) activities. Show less

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  General Dynamics Information Technology

  Oct 2017 - Sept 2021

  Continuity of Operations/Emergency Management Team Lead

  Maintain USTRANSCOM Emergency Management (EM) and Continuity of Operations (COOP) programs and records to include all emergency operations plans (EOP) and COOP plans.Conduct Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) to determine the most likely risks to Scott AFB from natural, manmade, and technological threats.Conduct mission decomposition and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) used to identify and prioritize essential functions.Manage a team of IT professionals to develop Disaster Recovery (DR) plans for communications resiliency and maintain IT infrastructure at COOP alternate operating locations.Produce Incident Action Plans (IAPs) to be used during emergency operations.Plan and conduct EM and Continuity related training, exercises, surveys, assessments, and inspections using Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) methodology.Conduct After Action Reviews (AARs) to find deficiencies in SOPs, IAPs, and plans and create improvement plans that can be implemented to improve future practices.Use Department of Transportation WebEOC to track natural disasters, receive emergency alerts, conduct GIS reconnaissance, and conduct incident management during DoD exercises.Develop a comprehensive COOP plan in order to ensure continuation of mission essential functions for USTRANSCOM in the event of disaster.Develop and present briefings related to emergency management and COOP to senior level officials; to include estimated annualized loss expectancy analysis.Analyze federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to EM and COOP to ensure that the command follows these practices.Working toward International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Certified Emergency Manger (CEM) certification.Familiar with civilian continuity standards ISO-22301/22320/31000 and NFPA 1600. Show less

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  United States Transportation Command

  Sept 2021 - now

  • Serve as the USTRANSCOM Continuity Program Manager responsible for all facets of Continuity program planning, training, testing, evaluation, exercises, and budgetary management.• Assist the USTRANSCOM Emergency Management Program Manager with all aspects of the Emergency Management program.• Plan, resource, conduct, and evaluate all USTRANSCOM Continuity training, inspections, drills, and exercises using HSEEP methodology; ensure all After Action Report (AAR) and Improvement Plan (IP) findings are recorded in systems of record: Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS) and Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS).• Oversee, develop, and publish the USTRANSCOM Continuity plan, associated Standard Operating Procedures, Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs), and Alternate Business Practices (ABPs); ensuring the USTRANSCOM HQ and components can continue to conduct Mission Essential Functions in adverse conditions requiring Continuity plan activation.• Select, train, and manage all Continuity teams; Site Support Team (SST), Continuity Planning Team (CPT), Reconstitution Planning Team (RPT), Emergency Relocation Group (ERG), and Devolution Teams.• Use Joint Mission Assurance Assessment (MAA) methodology to identify critical mission assets (similar to Business Process Analysis [BIA]), add assets to Mission Assurance Decision Support System (MADSS), and conduct All Hazard Threat Assessments (AHTA) to identify risks (similar to Business Impact Analysis [BIA]) for entry into the Strategic Mission Assurance Database System (SMADS). This allows course of action prioritization based on mitigation strategies to be briefed to senior leadership for decisions to improve program and global mission performance. • Manage the USTRANSCOM Continuity Program budget of over $1 million annually and a buildout budget for AOFs of over $2 million; identify AOF specific budgetary requirements. Show less • Provided analysis of planning and execution of Force Movement, Tanker, and Sustainment operations around the globe to support the USTRANSCOM mission of developing multimodal transportation solutions and integrating Transportation Components capabilities.• Conducted transportation risk analysis in support of GOC activities; consolidate, analyze, and present Geographical Combatant Command movement data requirements from one or more source or systems.• Assisted GOC members in automating processes using a variety of data analysis resources to include Excel VBA and Advana.• Employed complex algorithmic design solutions and relational database solutions to combine data and analysis from multiple systems.• Performed in-depth analysis of transportation requirements using a multitude of automated systems to determine optimal modal and nodal transportation solutions and their capacity of supporting passenger and cargo workload.• Provided technical guidance, instruction, and training to transportation system users within the GOC.• Prepared, coordinated, implemented, and documented tactics, techniques, and procedures and processes to support GOC analysis work.• Developed comprehensive instructions or user manuals detailing the analysis work that support users’ requirements.• Represented the Command at various transportation conferences, meetings, and dealings with other combatant commands concerning deployment/redeployment and discrete movements. • TCJ3-I Foreign Disclosure Representative, Training Representative, and Lessons Learned Manager. Show less

  • Continuity Program Manager

    May 2024 - now

  • Transportation Analyst

    Sept 2021 - now