Phillip Mead

Phillip Mead

Commander 501st Forward Support Company, 173D Airborne Brigade

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director, Vectrus Services Korea Limited, MBA, PMP Certified, COL(Ret) USA, Former Brigade Commander, SAMS, JPME II, Joint Qualified Officer

  • Education

    • Joint Forces Staff College

      2013 - 2013
      Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II Military Joint Operations Planning and Strategy

      Activities and Societies: Volleyball A 10-week curriculum to educate national security professionals to plan and execute joint, inter-agency, intergovernmental, and multinational operations. The school instructs students on the integrated strategic deployment, employment, sustainment, conflict termination, and redeployment of joint forces.

    • United States Military Academy at West Point

      1983 - 1987
      BS Economics

      Graduated with honors

    • Harvard Kennedy School

      2012 - 2012
      Non-Degree Executive Education

      Guest lecturer for an Asian Pacific Center for Strategic Studies foreign defense program. Also participated in the Executive Education one-week course curriculum.

    • U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

      2008 - 2009
      Masters of Military Arts and Science (MMAS) Advanced Operational Arts Studies. School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS)

      Activities and Societies: Volleyball Student in an advanced curriculum with concentration in strategic problem solving; four-star Army HQ level.

    • University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

      1992 - 1995
      MBA Business Administration

      Graduated with honors

  • Experience

    • U.S. Army Europe and Africa

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
      Commander 501st Forward Support Company, 173D Airborne Brigade

      Commander for logistics enterprise providing distribution and logistics solutions to the Army's sole airborne brigade in Europe with operations spanning Iraq, Northern Africa, Kosovo, Germany, and Eastern Europe.

    • U.S. Army Europe and Africa

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
      Commander, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Corps Support Command

      Commander for logistics enterprise in charge of five Kuwait base camps.

    • U.S. Army Europe and Africa

      Jun 2007 - Jun 2008
      Chief, Logistics Transformation, USAREUR G4

      A senior change agent and problem solver leading a highly-skilled team of innovators focused on facilities and infrastructure optimization for U.S. Army in Europe during rapid geopolitical change.

    • Eighth Army

      Jun 2009 - Jun 2011
      Brigade Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Support Center - Korea

      Commander for logistics enterprise employing over 1,450 civilian and military employees.

    • U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

      Jul 2011 - Jan 2013

      Senior executive for the U.S. Department of Defense's sole disaster management training and research Activity. Logistics strategy and plans senior manager ensuring synchronization with internal corporate leadership teams, subordinate activities, and global distribution providers.

      • Director, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance

        Feb 2012 - Jan 2013
      • Division Chief, J4 Plans and Exercises

        Jul 2011 - Jan 2012
    • U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

      Apr 2013 - Jun 2014
      Executive Officer to Deputy Commander

      Directed C-Suite operations; trusted adviser to high-level DoD General Officer.

    • United States Army Pacific

      Jun 2014 - Jan 2017
      Deputy Commander, 8th Theater Sustainment Command

      Served in a one-star General Officer (C-Suite) assignment for over two years ensuring coordinated and synchronized multi-modal distribution and sustainment support to over 106,000 U.S. Army personnel operating across the Pacific.

    • DynCorp International

      Mar 2017 - Aug 2020
      Project Manager

      P&L responsibility for a $95M government contract employing 940 employees and two subcontractors at the U.S. Army National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, CA; delivering cost, schedule, and financial positive outcomes. Responsible for Human Resources to include California and Federal labor law, customer relations, labor relations, risk management, regulatory compliance, Quality Assurance/Quality Control, OSHA/CAL OSHA compliance, and numerous functional areas.

    • V2X Inc

      Aug 2020 - now
      Director, Vectrus Services Korea Limited

      Senior Planner for Vectrus Systems responsible for developing a contingency concept of support for U.S. Government requirements including engineering, base operations, supply, maintenance, and transportation.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Registered PMP® credential holder

      Project Management Institute
      Jan 2020