Experience

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  Usaf

  Feb 1993 - Apr 2014

  Airman

  Various Air Force and Army weather support roles for 21 years and 4 months. Utilized as a vital resource for daily operational weather forecasts, as well as maintainer of weather equipment. Often utilized as the Army weather liaison and worked on numerous classified weather projects and sensitive operations in secure locations.

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  United states air force

  Feb 2000 - Apr 2014

  Managed operations for 11 member flight, responsible for daily resource protection of 5,000+ personnel and over $5.2B in aircraft and base assets. Maintained unit duty schedule, training records, official correspondence, office work calendar, written procedures, publications, certifications and continuity for 24/7 operations flight.- Provided multiple "real world" mission weather breifings over classified networks in support of NATO and US Air Refueling Missions over 10M sq mi Area of Responsibility- Co-Authored extensive base wide weather support plan and data sheets to track and mitigate weather support issues to US Airmen and Ministry of Defense units- Drafted classified manning, training, resources and budget accountability for over $2.2 B in base assets as Program Lead to operations squadron command weekly/monthly- Provided guidance/assistance to upper level and middle management on best procedures to assist in mitigation of personnel, budget, training and resource issues - Hand-selected by Wing Inspector General’s office to evaluate base agencies on operational readiness to include emergency action plans, natural disaster plan, community protection, power/communications outage resolution, and personnel accountability/recall procedures- Directed weather support for over 6K personnel and $9.6B in aircraft and assets while on deployment in support of US Aviation and Resource Protection, Tallil AB, OND- Installed/maintained over $2.2M in tactical weather systems across Southern IraqAccomplishment:+ Managed and outlined various programmatic research, analysis, rules, regulations and procedures to flight, resulting in organizational rating of “Excellent” rating twice during unit inspections Show less "Co-chair" of "Just In Time Training" program – utilized by Active AF and AF Guard/Reserves as well as civilian personnel as an essential systems skills training class prior to deployment into Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan or Kuwait.- Trained 500+ civilian and military members on wide range of communications and system servers, software, weather sensor arrays and weather radar detection devices within the Air Force & Army weather community.- Co-Authored/Composed three operational Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP’s) for the USAF Weather Weapons System, outlining proper procedures for setup of equipment, maintenance scheduling and communications for battlefield operations – Final product submitted by team for publication USAF wide in Fall 2010.- Utlized as Subject Matter Expert on weather programs, Distributive Common Ground Systems (DCGS) Army & Air Force, software suite now utilized by airmen and soldiers in tactical environments.- Led deployed mobile repair team – responded to system outages both telephonically and in person across Africa, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Afghanistan restoring over $23 million in equipment, across 44 working sites over 2 continents/5,000 square miles. - Tracked trouble tickets/worked directly with Supply Officers, USPS, FEDEX, and DHL to ensure customs forms, formal paperwork and shipments of equipment pallets tracked to vendors and customers daily.- Certified systems administrator on UNIX and WINDOWS VM ware server farm. Certified on NET + A+ and Network Security for windows. - Attended AF Non Traditional Test And Evaluation Course. Utilized expertise in test and evaluation of 5 different systems and servers for the AF.Accomplishment: + Selected 2009 USAF Weather NCO of the Year (AF WIDE)+ Drove update and redesign of tactical systems and equipment training program to include yearly certifications to 13 member instructor core - team twice selected “Air Force Weather’s Small Team of the Year” (FOA Lvl) Show less Managed day to day weather operations for Andersen AFB weather team of 8. Responsible for creating the monthly duty schedue, ensuring currency/certification of members in unit weather training program, satellite program manager, and Severe Weather Action Team leader for three typhoon events.- Provided lead forecast duties and weather packages for multiple USN, USMC and USAF aircraft and their related missions in crossing the Pacific and mitigating weather within their mission set.- Drove study of "Super Typhoon Chaba" which dominated the weather pattern in the Pacific over a 9K mile area. Study pushed to Higher Headquarters AF and Joint Typhoon Warning Center.- Stood in as Non-Commissioned Officer "in charge" during 4 month gap in management backfill. Unit inspected by Higher Headquarters Standards and Evaluations overall as "excellent" during fill in period.- Selected Squadron NCO of the 3rd Quarter during this peroid for hard work/effort in leading undermanned unit throguh the evaluation. Show less Weather Forecaster in support of 2 Army Aviation Squadrons responsible for over 600+ tailored weather packages and mission briefings to Army Aviators in support of training missions and exercises across Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland.- Trained unit in Army "Common Soldier Field Tasks" providing unit of 12 with the information and understanding of expectations of Army support in austere locations.- Selected by Commander to deploy as advance team member in charge of setup and initial support of 2 month Army training exercise across Czechoslovakia and Poland.- Serviced 2 HUMVEE's, two 5 ton generators and 1 Mobile Command Center HUMVEE weekly.- System Administrator on $275K UNIX data server - Utilized to provide base with up to the minute weather data, as well as providing weather warnings and advisories for resource protection of $6.6B in Army Aviation assets and facilities.- Primary Supply and Equipment Manager - Responsible for $1.2M in office furniture, computers and servers, tactical equipment and 4 tactical vehicles.- 2X’s NCO of the Quarter for 7th Weather Squadron (2002-2004).- Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom at Balad AB, IQ as an Army Weather Forecaster/Computer Systems Administrator and in support of NATO's policing mission in Kosovo– Selected Expeditionary Airman of the Quarter across the AOR for installing and repairing 2 X-Band Tactical Radar Systems worth $350K. 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  • Assistant NCOIC, 100 OSS/OSW Weather

    Jun 2010 - Apr 2014

  • Weather Systems Trainer

    Jun 2005 - Jun 2010

  • Flight Operations NCOIC

    Mar 2004 - Jun 2005

  • Combat Weather Forecaster

    Feb 2000 - Mar 2004
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  Department of veterans affairs, office of inspector general

  Nov 2014 - now

  Lead Program Manager / Training and Business Development Analyst responsible for business automation and training on VA OIG Office of Healthcare Inspections tools and programs. Manages SharePoint workflows and SharePoint troubleshooting tickets for entire VA OIG Healthcare Division. Works directly with all levels of leadership to create, enhance and improve business tools and processes. Writes and conducts training modules to enhance division knowledge and productivity.Responsible for all project tracking of OHI, to include site creation, maintenance and destruction of SharePoint sites. Administers SharePoint site collections, Lists, Libraries and Web Parts. Manages workflows in Nintex. Edits web parts and links on templated sites. Troubleshoots issues via ticketing system and trains staff on best practices and new tools monthly. Show less Management and Program Analyst to the Office of Healthcare Inspections Rapid Response Business Line. Team was comprised of established Directors and Healthcare Inspectors tasked with investigating VHA facilities on short notice due to safety concerns and to preserve care for veterans. Responsible for numerous administrative functions, to include coordination and deployment of Sharepoint project sites, large file transfers, document library customization, and tracking of multiple Hotline reports from draft through editing and publication. Provided direct support to the team via utilization of SharePoint, InfoPath, VSSC, Concur, Web TA, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Adobe Pro and other government approved programs. Assisted in the editing of project reports, many with congressional oversite. Responsible for the arrangement of travel and purchase of supplies and equipment for the team. Assisted Director in measuring team performance and capture of monthly snapshots for tracking purposes. Show less Served as primary regional office contact on administrative and programmatic matters; ensured efficient operations and adherence to program policies, regulations, and procedures. Managed regional office time and attendance, travel, training, supplies, and other administrative duties. Assisted OHI Healthcare Inspectors and business line leadership with projects by participating in InfoPath design meetings and tracked report development; provided minor editing and maintenance of report templates, information analysis, and project library organization and coordination of SharePoint sites.ACHIEVEMENTS:Experienced three year OHI SharePoint Support Team member; has remedied over 300 trouble tickets in Microsoft SharePoint, including modifications to project sites, designing of external sites, populating information in SharePoint and creating/modifying views to provide just-in-time information for managers2016 IG Outstanding Initiative Award to the OHI SharePoint Support team. Awarded for work in support of OHI operations that promotes standardization and efficiency to our Hotline business line via the Hotline Working Group’s Report Process Tracker. Show less

  • Lead Program Analyst - Customer Solutions / IT

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Training and Business Development Analyst

    Sept 2020 - now

  • MPA - VAOIG - OHI Rapid Response Team

    Jun 2018 - Sept 2020

  • Management and Program Analyst - Sharepoint Team Member

    Nov 2014 - Jun 2018