Pete Wilson

Experience

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  US Marine Corps

  Mar 1994 - Jun 2001

  ► Coordinated air support for multiple joint exercises involving 2K personnel using US Marine, Army National Guard and Air Force special operations aircraft to 3 US locations including Ft Carson, Colorado; Quantico, Virginia; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Billings, Montana.► Created, designed and implemented the organization’s standard operating procedures for special operations techniques using little to no instructions for guidance resulting in creation of a comprehensive document that all personnel referenced and executed; awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for these efforts.► Planned, executed, and managed over 800K associated fiscal details for 42 annual training exercises, drug interdiction and air shows under the USMC Training Exercise and Employment Plan.► Decentralized the unit’s written policy on funds for the Training Exercise and Employment Plan resulting in the control of $10M over a three year period.► Created and validated emergency contact procedures resulting in monthly phone recall exercises with no discrepancies.► Led a Department of State-sponsored Partnership for Peace exchange with the Romanian Special Forces. Show less

  • Company Inspector-Instructor and Battalion Operations Officer, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion

    May 1998 - Jun 2001

  • Reconnaissance Platoon Commander, 1st Marine Division

    Apr 1996 - May 1998

  • Infantry Platoon Commander and Company Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment

    Mar 1994 - Mar 1996
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  US Marine Corps

  Dec 2001 - Apr 2005

  A Marine Corps infantry regiment mans, trains and equips organizations and individuals to deploy in support of national security needs while maintaining a high state of readiness and professionally developing personnel to respond to crisis and/or contingencies when the nation calls. The 3rd Marine Regiment is based at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and consists of approximately 3-4,000 people. The Operations Section is tasked with planning, operations and training that enables the Regiment to complete its mission.► Coordinated and supervised the operations planning, training and unit readiness of over 3,500 personnel in preparations for Afghanistan and contingency deployments. Show less A Marine Corps infantry battalion consists of approximately 900 people and prepares organizations and individuals to respond when the nation calls. A Battalion Landing Team is a provisional infantry unit that typically ranges between 1,000-1,200 people formed by augmenting the battalion with tank, artillery, engineer, reconnaissance and other support units to enable it to be self-supporting in combat.► Planned, executed, and supervised 5+ multi-national operations involving 1.5K+ personnel, ships, and vehicles distributed across 3 naval vessels without injury or damage.► Planned 20+ mandatory briefings, security agreements, and training requirements resulting in the organization’s transition from Hawaii to Okinawa and subsequent assignment as a battalion landing team with a Marine Expeditionary Unit in an efficient and seamless manner.► Created and designed the organization’s standard operating procedure as an air-ground task force using little to no instructions to use for guidance resulting in creation of a comprehensive document that all personnel referenced and executed.Training and Development | Diversified Leadership | Risk Mitigation Show less ► Planned, directed and supervised all aspects of training, operations, logistics, asset management and Human Resources for an organization consisting of over 250 people.► Prepared and trained the company for a multinational exercise involving ground forces from various countries including Australia, Singapore and Tonga for amphibious landing and helicopter-borne attacks; ingenuity enabled non-doctrinal employment of helicopters as fire support platforms.► Coordinated and confirmed 100+ aircraft sorties in support of the organization’s combined arms operating procedures which greatly enhanced the battalion's deployment in the Southwest Pacific. Show less

  • Assistant Operations Officer, 3rd Marine Regiment (Planning and Training Manager)

    Aug 2004 - Apr 2005

  • Battalion Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (Operations/Planning Supervisor)

    May 2003 - Aug 2004

  • Weapons Company Commander and Fire Support Coordinator, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment

    Dec 2001 - May 2003
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  United States Marine Corps

  Jan 2006 - Nov 2017

  As the service component command to U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Marine Corps Forces STRATCOM represents Marine Corps capabilities, interests and advises the Commander of U.S. STRATCOM on proper employment and support of Marine Corps Forces. Advises and assists other Marine Corps commands in the development of concepts, education, training, doctrine, and capabilities in space and electronic warfare strategic operations and planning. Advocates for capabilities in order to ensure coherent cross mission situational awareness and integration between the Marine Corps and U.S. Strategic Command.► Responsible for integrating the U.S. Marine Corps into the USSTRATCOM Service Component structure. Developed operational concepts, identified processes and organizational structures to fully integrate Marine Corps’ mission capabilities into USSTRATCOM mission areas while educating the Marine Corps Operating Forces on USSTRATCOM capabilities, especially in Space and Electronic Warfare, to include those mission areas in training for combat and contingency deployments. ► Analyzed areas of Operations and Information plans, policy, strategy, manning, and architecture to improve efficiency by identifying gaps and eliminating redundancies. ► Focus areas included: Crisis/Deliberate Planning, Information Operations, Global War on Terrorism, Global Strike, computer network defense and attack, operational assessments, strategic document and policy review and interagency coordination. Directly contributed to the various USSTRATCOM exercises as key planner by identifying appropriate Joint Mission Essential Tasks, not only for the Marine Service Component but for the Combatant Commander.► Developed and implemented the business continuity plan, creating and publishing the organization's standard operating procedures.Training and Development | Strategic Data Analysis | Business Continuity Show less A Marine Corps infantry regiment consists of approximately 5,000 people and prepares organizations and individuals to respond when the nation calls. A Regimental Combat Team is a provisional infantry unit that typically ranges between 5-10,000 people formed by augmenting the regiment with tank, artillery, engineer, aviation, logistics, medical and other support units to enable it to be self-supporting in combat.► Managed and directed several departments including operations, intelligence, logistics, budget, and communication in support of daily operations in Afghanistan for over 10K personnel dispersed in 100+ geographical locations covering a 13K-square mile area; recognized for exemplary performance with a Bronze Star.► Supervised and provided housing, dining facilities, maintenance, electricity/HVAC and physical security for a 5K-member installation consisting of service members, government civilians, and foreign workers with no loss or discrepancies. ► Planned, executed, and streamlined over 300 construction projects valued in excess of $150M; expedited average completion time of individual projects from an average of 7+ months to 60 days.► Managed $20M+ in maintenance equipment, 400K pounds of cargo and classified material vital to national security; resulted in zero losses and the continued integrity of all classified items.► Planned, coordinated, and trained 2K+ personnel from 4 Afghan districts including Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, and Afghan local police; resulted in 500+ new hire qualifications. ► Developed and executed 100+ management procedures of personnel/equipment for a work center of 3K personnel; ensured organization was 100% mission ready in a moment’s notice.Diversified Leadership | Process Improvement | Inter-cultural Communication | Physical Security Show less 1st Marine Division is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force consisting of approximately 15-20,000 people employed as the ground combat assault force element of I Marine Expeditionary Force. The Division provides the ground amphibious forcible entry capability to the Naval Expeditionary Force to conduct subsequent land operations in any environment. The Operations Section is tasked with planning, operations and training that enables the Division to complete its mission.► Developed and implemented training and operations procedures to manage personnel and equipment of a 19,000 person organization while supervising the pre-deployment training programs for Afghanistan and contingency deployments.► Supervised and streamlined future and current operations in a high operational tempo environment, integrating intelligence, logistics, communication and other functional areas in the process.► Coordinated and managed deployment training programs for multiple work centers of over 20K employees dispersed throughout multiple countries, naval vessels and combat operations.► Supervised and streamlined 20 current and future operations in high tempo environment; resulted in 30% savings in logistical costs.► Supervised the planning and execution of multiple international events including exercises with the Singaporean, Japanese and Indian armed forces.Crisis and Operational Planning | Operations Management | Process Improvement Show less A Marine Expeditionary Unit is an expeditionary, quick reaction force consisting of 2,200-2,500 personnel that are deployed and ready for immediate response to any crisis, whether it be natural disaster or combat missions. A Marine Expeditionary Unit is normally composed of a reinforced Marine infantry battalion (designated as a Battalion Landing Team), a composite aviation squadron, a combat logistics battalion, and a company-size command element serves as the MEU headquarters group.► Responsible for planning, operations and training of approximately 2,500 personnel and equipment including helicopters, jets, tanks, landing craft, trucks, and associated support equipment and supplies dispersed throughout three vessels.► Developed and implemented deliberate, rapid and crisis standard planning procedures adopted by similar organizations throughout the Marine Corps.► Conducted detailed planning for a Western Pacific deployment and refined and implemented the unit’s rapid response planning process.► Managed naval, infantry and logistics integration by conducting a pre-positioned equipment offload in Crete, refining techniques that resulted in improved procedures utilized by subsequent organizations.Training and Development | Crisis and Operational Planning | Risk Mitigation Show less The Marine Corps Foreign Exchange Program is a one-for-one reciprocal exchange of officers in support of U.S. interests abroad. The program objective is to ensure personnel are qualified in the language of the host country and to integrate participants into the host command/organization as though they belong to the foreign service to which they are assigned. Assignments are independent and remote; often the Marine and family members are the only Americans within the area.► Hand selected out of thousands of applicants to represent the US government/Marine Corps in advising Brazilian military forces in operations and planning.► Established an enduring, bilateral exchange program of record between the United States and Brazil that did not exist prior to my arrival, resulting in a 300% increase in USMC engagement with the Brazilian Marine Corps by gathering resources, defining requirements and leveraging networking contacts in Brazil, the Department of State and the Department of Defense to obtain requisite funding and permissions.► Created training plans for over fifteen bilateral and three multinational events involving 7 partner nations and 900 personnel. ► Orchestrated and was instrumental in the participation of the Brazilian Marine Corps in the United States-sponsored multi-national exercise involving the United States, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico.Inter-cultural Communication | Process Improvement | Training and Development | Foreign Language Show less

  • Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations/Plans, USMC Forces STRATCOM (Executive Operations Manager)

    Jun 2013 - Nov 2017

  • Executive Officer, 5th Marine Regiment and Regimental Combat Team 5 (Executive Vice President)

    Mar 2011 - Jun 2013

  • Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations, 1st Marine Division (Director of Operations)

    Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

  • Operations Officer, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Operations Manager)

    Jun 2009 - Jan 2010

  • US Marine Corps Exchange Officer, Brazil (International Liaison for Operations and Planning)

    Jan 2006 - Jun 2009
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  Thompson and Thompson 3rd Generation, Inc.

  Dec 2017 - May 2024

  Project Manager, Sales

  •Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects that resulted in less waste and greater profit margin on schedule•Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments that resulted in significantly increased sales and efficiency•Inspected incoming and outgoing materials for accuracy and quality that reduced waste and transportation time for additional and excess materials•Communicated with production team members about quality issues that resulted in improved quality control and improved customer service•Processed vital documentation, completed forms and obtained appropriate insurance verification and authorization for services which expedited insurance claims and resulted in increased sales•Revised templates which streamlined procedures and resulted in greater productivity•Made insulation profitable by creating an interactive pdf template using javascript to accurately estimate proposals making them more competitively priced with accurate material estimations•Integrated multi-faceted projects between roofing, ventilation, siding, gutters and insulation for residential and commercial projects•Handled customer relations issues, enabling quick resolution, and client satisfaction•Resolved customer issues quickly to close deals and boost client satisfaction•Maintained relationships with customers and found new ones by identifying needs and offering appropriate services•Closed lucrative sales deals using strong negotiation and persuasion skills•Interviewed potential hires and programmed hiring and onboarding programs for new employees•Conducted safety training and education to employees to increase awareness of safety hazards and empower employees to work safely Show less

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  Mutual of Omaha

  May 2024 - now

  Information Systems Agile Project Manager