Sergio J Vega Jr.

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Sept 2010 - Jul 2015

  Supervised 150+ personnel in management, training, command and control of Southern Air Forces only strategic airfield in Central America. Designated as senior airfield authority, responsible for daily execution and joint integration of a 4-star #1 priority base.~Select Achievements~★ Executed $4.6 million annual budget, led airfield operations in foreign country. Guided $53 million construction portfolio. ➤ Synchronized 54 projects across eight contracts for design and construction. Supervised base fire department for 1,000 facilities worth $120 million; oversaw emergency response for severe storm mishap; restored 113 facilities and secured $525 thousand in emergency funds. U.S. and Host Nation airfield operational in less than one hour. ★ Advocated for and acquired $14 million digital radar and facility upgrade to enhance airfield operations and safety of flight.➤ Saved $440 thousand in radar system operating costs and secured $1.7 million in airfield maintenance and repair; enabled 5,000+ joint flight missions and 2,700,000 lbs. of delivered military and humanitarian cargo. Show less Led 77 personnel in analyzing, planning, and executing building partnership efforts with six partner nations across Central America. ~Select Achievements~★ Secured $3.2 million annual budget to assess, train, and advise foreign aviation forces. Managed 16 building partnership missions with 190+ air advisors and trained 850+ partner nation personnel. Assured ROI for U.S military interoperability.➤ Developed organization’s first air advisor assessment and evaluation program to meet increased demand for subject matter experts across the mobility enterprise. Increased organization’s overall air advisor capacity by 18%. Show less Coordinated Air Force 4-star administrative staff process to formulate United Stated Air Force positions on all Joint Chiefs of Staff, and National Security Council issues and matters. ~Select Achievements~★ Managed activity and advanced equities for senior AF leaders on 1,350+ Joint Staff and National Security Council actions. ➤ Selected to train and lead 120+ Joint officers charged with National Security materials and concerns. Led effort to improve AF response timeliness, improved to 96%, and advanced Air Force priorities across the Joint Staff. Show less Supported Director for Strategic Plans and Programs in daily operations and served as principle liaison between the 3-Star Director and Secretary of the Air Force, 4-Star Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Department of Defense and Interagency Departments.~Select Achievements~★ Led the executive support staff; anticipated friction points and ensured coherent Air Force strategic planning across ten directorate staffs. Led effort to standardize internal staff practices, ensuring four seamless senior executive transitions.➤ Drove 1,000+ executive level tasks, supporting the Air Force development of the Core Function Master Plan. Show less Managed branch efforts, which articulated Air Force strategic plans and investment strategy to the Department of Defense and Congress. Directed analysis and assessment of the National Military strategy to advance future AF science and technology initiatives.~Select Achievements~★ Supervised RAND Corporation professional development program; honed critical writing, thinking skills for AF strategist. ➤ Authored enterprise-wide risk assessment that shaped United States Air Forces $2.4 trillion 20 year planning force. Show less

  • Regional Senior Operations Manager (Commander), 612th Air Base Squadron

    Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Regional Operations Manager (Deputy Commander) 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron

    Sept 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Chief of Staff (Air Force Joint Action Control Officer)

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  • Chief of Staff (Senior Executive Officer)

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2012

  • Manager of Strategic Plans (Chief, Core Function Lead Integrator Engagement Branch)

    Sept 2010 - Sept 2011
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  United States Southern Command

  Jul 2015 - May 2017

  Director for Strategy Development (Chief, Deliberate Planning Division & Battle Watch Captain)

  Directed team of 20+ strategists developing policy and procedures for security cooperation and mitigation, response, and recovery for future threats or natural hazards to U.S. interests in Central and South America and the Caribbean.~Select Achievements~★ Led 24/7 joint operations center for strategic command and control of five service components for U.S. Southern Command. ➤ Managed coordination and execution across multiple U.S. government agencies for first Presidential trip to Cuba.★ Produced time-critical contingency plan to address Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regional challenge.➤ Identified authorities, budget, and forces required to execute crisis planning while coalescing multiple organizations and subject matter experts to achieve an immediate and successful plan meeting National Security objectives. Show less

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  United States Air Force

  May 2017 - Jun 2020

  Manage selectively assigned unit inspecting 60+ Active Duty and Air National Guard installations worldwide, impacting 124,000 personnel. Supervise 80 person staff to verify and report the ability of organizational units to generate, employ, and sustain forces. ~Select Achievements~★ Voting member on Air Mobility Commands governing board. Guided $389 million in infrastructure investment.➤ Set policy on headquarters reorganization, cloud migration and steered $1.2 million for unmanned aircraft systems.★ Execute a $3.7 million annual budget; hired and develop compliance officers; analyzed undetected/non-compliance data trends from 25 inspections and directed 240+ corrective actions to ensure organization readiness and improve productivity.★ Improved unit capabilities based on applying data driven decision practices and mindset of continuous process improvement.➤ Drove innovation by developing and implementing tailored inspection criteria, reduced installation inspection time by over 30%, saved an average of 2,000 labor-hours per inspection, and $800 thousand annually in operating cost. Show less Led training, sustainment, and operations management of the sole mobility airlift base in the Pacific Air Forces Region. ~Select Achievements~★ Supervised four senior executive officers; administered annual $1 billion flying hour program using C-130, C-12, and UH-1 aircraft, overseeing airlift, supply, and logistical operations. Ensured a secure environment for 11,000 overseas personnel.➤ Directed support for urgent U.S. Secretary of State diplomatic mission after aircraft maintenance issue; generated new aircrew and aircraft in less than 17 hours, rescued time-sensitive diplomacy mission to China. ★ Guided military base through six typhoon evacuations; protected $4 billion in assets with zero loss of aircraft or equipment.➤ Oversaw base recovery efforts and ensured flying operations were restored to reinforce regional security.★ Directed effort to secure 24/7 dining initiative for the community. Adapted nine idle housing towers as temporary living facilities, and saved $384 million in housing construction while increasing military contingency capacity for the installation.➤ Oversaw base energy sustainment and dependency plan, projected ROI of over $100 million in 10 years.➤ Guided innovative smart phone app for base, app benchmarked and directed for use by all Pacific Air Forces bases.➤ Secured new locations for USO and sexual assault prevention response programs to best serve base populace. Show less

  • Chief Compliance Officer (Deputy Inspector General) HQ Air Mobility Command

    Jun 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Chief Operations Officer, (Vice Wing Commander) 374 Airlift Wing

    May 2017 - Jun 2019
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  Amazon

  Jun 2020 - now

  Responsible for overall safety, quality, performance, customer experience and people development at Amazon Air 3rd Party (3P) gateways. Builds and maintains strong relationships with 3P leadership teams and Amazon support teams to include upstream and downstream operational partners. Manages 3P vendor operations to the contractual Key Performance Indicators and provided operational metrics to the senior leadership teams. Leads and facilitates Amazon initiatives at 3P sites such as Benchmarking and critical role training while driving continuous improvement. Show less

  • Sr. Regional Gateway Manager (RGM)

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Site Lead / Operations Manager

    Jun 2020 - Feb 2022