Jim Calko

Experience

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  US Army

  Nov 2004 - Mar 2010

  - Supervised 5 maintenance teams totaling 94 Soldiers and 250 vehicles valued over $350 million in both Diyala, Iraq and Grafenwoehr, Germany.- Led a team that did a comprehensive analysis of vehicle deficiencies and supply chain issues with the new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, which was presented to the manufacturers and shared with adjacent units while deployed in Iraq. - Developed and executed a pre-deployment preparations and logistics program to transport $50 million equipment and vehicles to Diyala, Iraq- Ranked Top Executive Officer within the Task Force - Led 15 Soldiers in planning, risk management, safety, and execution of counter-insurgency combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq- Developed partnerships with Iraqi business, political and civic leaders, as well as Iraqi police officials in order to gain local support

  • Battalion Maintenance Officer

    Mar 2009 - Mar 2010

  • Tank Company Executive Officer

    Jan 2008 - Mar 2009

  • Tank Platoon Leader

    Jun 2006 - Jan 2008

  • Soldier

    Nov 2004 - Jun 2006
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  ESI an MKS Brand

  Mar 2010 - Nov 2012

  Product Specialist

  - Developed strategies to lead procurement team to reduce costs, improve qualification process and improve margins for consumable tooling products - Coordinated engineering team’s R&D efforts in new product development

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  Calko Acres

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2020

  Owner

  Calko Acres is my small farm where I raise sheep and goats for meat, maintain the orchard and practice stewardship forestry. - Business activities include: sales, digital marketing, accounting, operations and everything in between

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  Oregon Electric Group

  Dec 2012 - Mar 2013

  Project Engineer

  - Developed reporting systems that improved accountability and resource efficiency in order to support the PM of the Tool Install team

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  The Gunter Group

  Apr 2013 - now

  Key Engagements- Developed Strengths Based approach for Agile team development- Agile leadership and advisory on process development for TGG's clients- Process Design and Agile coaching for retail/ ecomm Digital Marketing team - Agile advisory for org design for early childhood education Leadership Team We partner with clients to co-create a pragmatic approach that is the right fit for them and their orgs. We try to understand frameworks/methods, but take an agnostic approach to implementation.Key Engagements- Developed Agile processes for Content Planning and AdTech within a global Digital Marketing Org- Delivered Privacy centric Marketing Capabilities for mobile apps Key Engagements - Agile Program Manager for key initiatives such as: Migrating Search capabilities to AWS cloud and Building our Search and Browse capabilities- Salesforce Implementation for Customer Service teams supporting North America Key engagement- Managed the migration of multi-brand ecommerce with minimal impact to SEO and no disruption to the business Key Engagements:- Developed and implemented a Change Management methodology as part of SDLC- Led Enrollment and Premium Billing services for the initial rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

  • Principal Consultant

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Agile Services Delivery Manager

    Jul 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Senior Consultant

    Sept 2016 - Jul 2021

  • Consultant

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

  • Associate

    Apr 2013 - Sept 2015