Gregory Milton

Experience

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  U.S. Navy

  May 1989 - Nov 1997

  Instructor / Electronic Warfare Mission Commander

  Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron TwoU.S. Naval AcademyCommanded airborne reconnaissance missions, supervising 24-person aircrew. Created new and revised existing flight and mission training programs, enhancing efficiency of training and evaluation for 85 flight personnel. Expertly administered $1.6M annual personnel budget for 500-person squadron. Wrote Navigation Equipment and Operating Procedures section of EP-3E Aries II NATOPS manual. Established training program, created learning modules, set performance requirements, administered exams and flight assessments. Highest-rated junior officer – out of 45 lieutenants – in largest aviation squadron in the Navy. Appointed as NATOPS flight instructor in two separate aircraft positions in succession – the only officer to achieve this distinction.Facilitated orientation and subject seminars over two-year period for 1,500 high school students. Led interactive, intensive monthly seminars for officers-in-training on integrity and ethics of military service. Designed and taught seminar and lecture courses. Twice recognized for excellence in organizing U.S. Naval Academy’s Annual Plebes' Parents’ Weekend for 5K+ guests. Completed M.A. degree during this position.Team Leader| Division Officer| Personnel & Financial Manager| Curriculum Development| Instructor| Event Manager| Training & Safety Specialist| Program Planning & Management| Technical Specialist| Personnel & Financial Administration| Operations| Show less

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  Marquette University

  Aug 2004 - May 2006

  Visiting Assistant Professor | Academic Research | History | Curriculum

  EXPERT INSTRUCTOR, collaborating with colleagues to design and implement high-quality curriculum. Supervisor and mentor to graduate students, providing practical training and pedagogical guidance. Consistently ranked Outstanding by students and peers.Instructor| Curriculum Development| Research & Analysis| Author|

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  University of South Florida

  Jan 2006 - May 2013

  Assistant Professor | Academic Research | History | Curriculum

  HISTORIAN, SCHOLAR, and AUTHOR. Taught specialized undergraduate and graduate courses for over 1,100 students. Conducted research, sought and awarded grants, and analyzed data of over 4K transactions and activity of over 5K people to understand social structures and economic networks of communities; developed database to organize these relationships and interactions, delivered a dozen formal papers through organized panels at regional and national professional conferences. Published one book of socio-economic history, two peer-reviewed journal articles, and one essay in multi-author collection.Instructor| Research & Analysis| Curriculum Development| Author| Show less

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute fpr Research in the Humanities

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2014

  Solmsen Fellow | Academic Research | History

  RESEARCHER, initiated original research project, collaborated with fellow to critique and advise on their research, and presented specialized papers and seminars to the academic community.Research & Analysis| Instructor| Author|

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  University of Oregon, Academic Extension

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  Program Manager | Lifelong Learning | E-Learning | Digital Transformation | Faculty Development

  STRATEGIC PLANNER AND ANALYST, led efforts to reorganize and realign mission, objectives, and services by producing comprehensive reports on university’s digital education environment for academic leadership team, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHER, conducted research on emerging trends in instructional technology and online education, led projects, coordinated tasks, timelines, and roles for new instructional technology support processes and online programs, created systems for intake and project oversight for new online courses and programs, conducted extensive internal and external research and analysis through surveys, focus groups, program assessments and reporting. Show less

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  Sonoma State University School of Extended and International Education

  Jan 2016 - Feb 2019

  Director of Academic Programs | Lifelong Learning | Program, Administration, & Financial Manager

  INNOVATIVE LEADER, directed seventeen direct and indirect reports, led staff and faculty within SEIE and in other units of the university in strategic development of academic and intersession programs:• created strategic plans, established lifelong learning program objectives:• improved learner success through increased standards of practice with superior assessment and process enhancement;• designed new professionally-oriented, online and hybrid academic programs;• built enrollment and increased revenue by 11%. OPERATIONS AND BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR, eliminated process roadblocks, streamlined business procedures, by creating accurate budgets for six graduate degree, two graduate certificate, and three undergraduate degree completion programs as well as Open University, Winter and Summer Sessions:• created accurate budgets from scratch for all programs;• built and applied labor cost distribution to properly assign expenses, program by program;• developed comprehensive marketing plan• increased profitability over 25%.Academic Administrator| Director| E-Learning| Digital Transformation| Strategic Planning| Program Development & Management| Personnel & Financial Administration| Operations| Show less

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  Tarragona Associates

  Jan 2019 - now

  Managing Partner | Director | Lifelong Learning | Operations, Program, & Marketing Leadership

  CO-FOUNDER and EXECUTIVE, building a higher education consulting group startup with a dozen colleagues to provide expert support services and coaching for small- and medium-sized colleges and universities. Provide a professional, continuing, and executive (PCE) education focus to develop and improve lifelong learning programs for the 21st-century world. Services include program evaluation, student success coaching, curriculum design and operations assessment.Executive Leadership| E-Learning| Organization Development| Resource Management| Program Assessment| Show less