Robert Zantow

Experience

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  US Navy Personnel Support

  May 2011 - Feb 2014

  Senior Chief Petty Officer

  Enlisted Detailer (HR manager) for 3,900 Sailors.

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  USS John C Stennis

  Feb 2014 - Apr 2017

  Master Chief Maintenance Coordinator (3MC)
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  COMCMRON THREE

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2021

  Director of Maintenance

  Manager of 3 Mine Counter Measure and 4 Littoral Combat Ships propulsion and auxiliary plants, their associated support equipment, safety programs, quality assurance, and programs of record.

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  Gryphon Technologies, Inc

  Feb 2021 - Apr 2021

  Maintenance Assessment Team Leader

  Responsible for planning, coordinating, conducting, debriefing, and providing written risk assessment reports and briefs to Commander Naval Airforce's Pacific and Atlantic N43 and N9. Conducted Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Availability Assessments at specific intervals. Ensured maintenance and safety best practices, ensuring procedural compliance with all applicable programs.

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  CACI International Inc

  Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

  Senior Business Process Consultant

  Responsible for the development of business process related solutions for internal and external customers. Defines client needs, determines potential strategies, applies industry best practices, and develops a plan for delivery of the project. Analyzes business and technical processes to formulate, develop new and modified business processes, and workflow. Coordinates with business and technology teams ascertaining requirements, such as program functions, output requirements, input data acquisition, execution of user acceptance and subsequent testing. Coach’s Team’s improvements based on performance metrics to ensure team’s success. Show less

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  Amazon

  Nov 2021 - Mar 2023

  Senior Skilled Maintenance Technician

  Improvement-oriented Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineer; offers 20 years’ maintenance leadership and lifecycle asset management experience leading engineering and maintenance teams in large scale organizations, building new tools and mechanisms to drive efficiency and quality maintenance process across large cross functional teams with the precision and decisiveness demanded by former 25-year military career. Oversees transition and change management activities ensuring project success across enterprises; outlining engineering and maintenance reliability best practices and provides technical training, guidance, mentorship, repair services, and data-driven logistical asset support to global cross-functional teams, saving enterprises ~ 117M in in labor, error avoidance and maintenance costs. Show less

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  General Dynamics NASSCO

  Apr 2023 - Apr 2024

  Contracts, Planning, Estimating, Scheduling Manager

  Coordinate with stakeholders across multiple government and private subcontractors managing advance project planning through execution completion. Responsible for scope of work development to include ship checks, work specifications and engineering analyses. Using Primavera and P6 oversees and manages schedule development, resource loading, workload forecasting and manpower with company goals and capabilities. Direct and oversee accomplishment of all make/buy analyses, bid estimates, change orders and ongoing price proposals. Ensure that all bid estimates represent a competitive and reasonable cost to accomplish the work specified and include all labor, materials, services, and subcontractor costs required as well as comply with environmental, hazardous waste, and contractual requirements. Supervises and oversees activities of professional, technical, and administrative personnel within the Planning Department to include coaching, providing feedback formally and informally, and making all personnel decisions inside the Contracts and Planning departments. Ensure accurate and timely administration of all Navy repair contracts request for proposals (RFP), supervising Senior Contract Administrators, Contract Administrators, Senior Cost Analysts and Cost Analysts in negotiating contract changes and ensuring strict adherence to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) and Government procurement policies. Show less

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  RZ Consulting LLC

  Apr 2024 - now

  Company Owner

  • Specialized in MRO Stores, BOM enhancement, and Preventative Maintenance Optimization.• Implemented cost-saving strategies through efficient inventory management.• Enhanced equipment reliability by optimizing preventative maintenance schedules.