Brian Forn

Experience

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  US Army

  May 1993 - Sept 2010

  • Developed and delivered a daily written and oral briefing of all Army operations in Iraq to the Commanding General. • Led a 40-person team responsible for coordinating military operations throughout Iraq.• Designed and implemented a system to enable the operations center to receive, analyze, portray, and disseminate critical information to the Commanding General; improved the process of developing a standard daily written report reducing production time by 20%. • Authored innovative and informative products for the Commanding General’s use during strategic key leader engagements with the Iraqi Prime Minister, the Vice President of the United States, and others. Show less • Provided leadership oversight of 750 personnel as VP of Operations.• Supervised the human resources, intelligence, and logistics staff leaders. • Advised the commander in all administrative, legal, operational, and logistical issues. • Synchronized the staff during the planning, resourcing, and execution phases of all operations. • Created a professional development program that enabled a staff of over 35 officers to pursue training in topics including leadership, construction methods, and ethics.• Developed a system of systems to manage a corporation level pilot program to prepare the unit for follow-on missions upon their return from Afghanistan; authored metrics that enabled leaders at the Pentagon to adopt the systems I created in order to better manage other battalions undergoing refit from combat. Show less • Led a 15 person staff as the senior engineer for a 9,700-soldier forward-deployed Infantry Division • Provided engineering assessments, forecasts, and recommendations for combat and general engineering to the Division Commander and his staff. • Coordinated with other US Army agencies for all engineer-related activities. • Developed a system of systems that integrated several disparate data base sources (personnel, logistics, and maintenance) into an efficient and coherent system in order to support the unit’s monthly status report (performance metrics) to the Pentagon. Show less

  • Operations Officer

    Oct 2009 - Sept 2010

  • Executive Officer

    Jun 2008 - Sept 2009

  • Strategic Plans Officer

    Oct 2007 - May 2008

  • Staff Engineer

    Oct 2006 - Sept 2007

  • Numerous roles including, Human Resources Officer, Staff Engineer, Assistant Professor of Geography

    May 1993 - Sept 2007
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  US Army

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Led a team of diverse engineers responsible for the strategic and operational planning of U.S. Army construction efforts throughout Central America, South America, and the Caribbean worth over $33 million dollars. • Provided leadership and engineering management oversight during the execution phase of two $1 Million construction projects in Panama and El Salvador.• Initiated and cultivated new relationships with external organizations enabling the engineer team to survey austere environments in Guatemala and The Dominican Republic; established civil site plans for projects valued at over $2 Million.• Authored Scopes of Work and Estimates for contracts throughout the Americas enabling local contractors to execute construction projects under my supervision. • Improved team effectiveness and efficiency by 15% through the development of internal knowledge management systems and process improvements. Show less • Managed the training, professional development, and operations of a topographic engineer center responsible for maintaining a Geospatial Database for Central and South America. • Provided leadership for the 35-person team responsible with providing geospatial support to our customers during deliberate and crisis action planning; improved map production by 25% after my first year as team leader by process improvements focusing on Lean Six Sigma techniques. • Created a team culture that fostered subordinate leader development; over 20 subordinates attended leadership and/or technical training outside the organization.• Developed an acquisition plan to produce an innovative geospatial system to support the US Army South Command Post during contingency operations such as the relief efforts during Hurricane Sandy. • Created relationships with industry partners such as ESRI and government agencies outside of the Army such as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; enabled my organization to increase our production of extracted map data by 85% during my final six months on the job.• Project manager for a $1 million dollar commercial off-the-shelf topographic system that supported the Colombian military; coordinated and partnered with high-ranking Colombian military personnel to drive project success. Show less

  • Engineer Operations Manager

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Geospatial Operations Manager

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
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  Target

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2014

  Executive Team Leader - Logistics

  Leads logistics processes, including planning and communication. Receiving processes, freight flow and replenishment, transition, productivity results and backroom inventory management. Supervises 25+ team members, ensuring safe working environment and meeting team expectations.- Manages the day-to-day operations of the logistics team (early morning/overnight and backroom teams)- Utilizes state-of-the art technology to manage the receiving processes, freight flow and replenishment transition, productivity results and backroom inventory- Develops team by ensuring proper training and certifications are completed- Supervises team to ensure the safety and efficiency of the entire operations- Recruits, selects, develops, and retains talented team members- Ensures great guest service by interacting with guests and team members Show less

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  Amazon

  Oct 2014 - Feb 2025

  Fulfillment Center Operations

  • Operations Manager

    Jun 2019 - Feb 2025

  • Learning Operations Manager

    Aug 2015 - Jun 2019

  • Area Manager

    Oct 2014 - Jul 2015