Marc Plante

Experience

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  Courtesy Associates

  Jan 2001 - Oct 2005

  Manager

  Conference and project manager responsible for planning, organizing, and execution of large professional, scientific and technical conferences with up to 1500 participants, as well as government conferences, meetings, and exercises. Served as the primary contact to clients with responsibilities to include presenting to large audiences and executive-level personnel, monitoring of budgets and timelines, quality review and oversight, management of staff and resources, identifying potential issues and recommending solutions, and developing conference materials. Primary role was logistics manager for national level exercises. Responsibilities included organizing, planning, and executing HSEEP compliant planning conferences, Senior Official Exercises, Command Post Exercises, and seminars; oversight of the travel, lodging and reimbursement for approximately 1,800 trips; and project manager overseeing the survey, selection, development , and demobilization of exercise sites and exercise control nodes to include the MCC and VCC. Participated in the preparation of after action reports with corrective actions for the training and exercise events. Extensive interaction and close partnership with all levels of law enforcement personnel during exercises to properly credential volunteer actor victims and ensure law enforcement requirements were met at exercise sites and control cells. Show less

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  Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad

  Dec 2001 - now

  Lieutenant

  Lieutenant and officer in charge for a team of diverse volunteers and responsible for proper training, management and utilization of staff and resources, implementation and enforcement of policy, and team collaboration during emergency response calls. Certified Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) first responder with 14 years of field experience trained in basic emergency medical response to WMD incidents. He was awarded the 2008 Officer of the Year, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad.

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  Educational Services, Inc

  Oct 2005 - Sept 2007

  Project Manager

  Supervised a staff of four employees and a project manager for Federal logistics contracts valued in excess of one million dollars for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Education. Initiated projects, established project controls and timelines, priorities, and close out procedures for projects, as well as, assigned tasks, resolved conflict, evaluated performances, ensured deadlines were met and provided staff/resource management and allocation for team members. Show less

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  Courtesy Associates

  Sept 2007 - Oct 2007

  Independent Contractor

  Primary role was logistics manager for national level exercises. Responsibilities included organizing, planning, and executing HSEEP compliant planning conferences, Senior Official Exercises, Command Post Exercises, and seminars; oversight of the travel, lodging and reimbursement for approximately 1,800 trips; and project manager overseeing the survey, selection, development , and demobilization of exercise sites and exercise control nodes to include the MCC and VCC. Participated in the preparation of after action reports with corrective actions for the training and exercise events. Extensive interaction and close partnership with all levels of law enforcement personnel during exercises to properly credential volunteer actor victims and ensure law enforcement requirements were met at exercise sites and control cells. Show less

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Nov 2007 - Aug 2015

  Associate

  Provide training and exercise subject matter expertise support to Federal Law Enforcement and Homeland Security agencies. Led the development, execution, and facilitation of trainings, planning meetings, and exercises that drove interagency policy discussions and integrated crisis incident response to weapons of mass destruction terrorism events, primarily covering the radiological and nuclear modalities and critical infrastructure. Provided exercise planner subject matter expertise in the development and execution of full scale exercises, Table Top Exercises, and Integrated Planning Seminars. Leadership and project management responsibilities included: writing, editing, and reviewing presentations, exercise materials, and after action reports; participating in planning meetings; developing exercise and intelligence injects that address interagency policies and interagency terrorism response plans; and briefing Federal agency executive management to ensure agency equities were maintained throughout the exercises. Provided policy and tactical and planning guidance and support on the development of integrated response plans to terrorism incidents. Training specialist responsible for the development of presentations and training aids that provided guidance and support training and exercise personnel. He planned, organized, authored, and executed two training courses (After Action Review (AAR), and Incident Management Cell) consistent with HSEEP. Show less

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  U.S. Department of Justice

  Sept 2015 - now

  Management and Program Analyst

  Support the organization through the marketing and execution of special projects/programs and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to achieve mission goals. Conduct research and analytics of trends, threats, and resources to support the mission through internal and external coordination.