Mark Ledbetter

Experience

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  US Navy

  Mar 2002 - Nov 2013

  • Location, identification, render safe, and disposal of foreign and domestic ordnance including conventional, chemical/biological, nuclear, underwater, and improvised explosive devices. Operations in support of Mine Countermeasures, Expeditionary Strike Groups, Naval Special Warfare, and Army Special Forces. • Advanced formal training in electronics to perform hazard assessment and disablement of Improvised Explosive Devices.• Coordinated all team dive operations, ensuring proper documentation of more than 100 hours of dive time. Instituted an organizational system tracking training, safety, and requalification milestones for all team members. • Conducted personal security operations in support of the United States Secret Service (USSS) for the President of the United States, heads of state, and foreign heads of state. Operations included site surveys, establishment of evacuation routes, searches, and technical assistance with local/federal agencies.• Provided training and assistance for foreign military, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in ordnance related Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection. • Performed open and closed circuit SCUBA diving, small arms proficiency, explosive demolitions, parachuting, tactical delivery, and extraction by unconventional insertion methods. Show less • Responsible for initial inspection, routine, non-routine maintenance and site surveillance of Lockheed P-3C Orion undergoing maintenance, repair, and daily flight operations. • Orchestrated the efforts of 50 technicians responsible for maintaining 18 P-3C aircraft fuselages, wings, fixed and movable surfaces, airfoils, empennages, wheels, tires, controls, hydraulics and mechanisms while maintaining a 96% mission completion rate. • A key player in the completion of 17 chronological inspections and resolution of over 10,000 discrepancies with an average duration of only 10 days. • Troubleshoots and corrects materials failures; removes and installs wing panels and stabilizers; corrects balancing of flight control surfaces; performs alignment checks of airframes and landing gear; analyzes the extent of corrosion damage; determines repair procedures for aircraft structural damage; conducts fuel cell maintenance and inspections as an Aviation Gas Free Engineer (AVGFE).• Maintained shop files of technical publications, directives, and manuals; supervises aircraft inspections with discrepancy annotation; prepares weekly schedules of preventive maintenance Show less

  • Senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician

    Apr 2009 - Nov 2013

  • Aviation Stuctural Mechanic

    Mar 2002 - Apr 2009
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  Oceaneering

  Nov 2013 - Aug 2016

  ROV Pilot/Technician

  • Pilot and maintain multi-million-dollar Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) with over 400 hours of pilot time with zero incidents. Principal duties, responsibilities are to pilot the ROV system, carry out survey, inspection or work tasks for the client at offshore work locations.• Advanced level of expertise in electronics, circuit boards, monitors, fiber optics, robotics, and hydraulics producing less than 10 hours of down time in 2 years. Performed planned maintenance and repair tasks on ROV units and ancillary equipment with adherence to company’s Quality Assurance, Safety and operational procedures.• Instrumental in customer satisfaction by delivering on-time, efficient, and quality product.• Mishap free for over 2 years in the highly safety conscious Oil and Gas industry. Show less

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  Avalex Technologies

  Aug 2016 - Jan 2019

  Service Department Manager

  • Proven track record as an energetic and impactful leader while meeting or exceeding expectations.• Highly motivated self-starter with an established work history.• Able to effectively communicate to all levels of an organization.• Talented team builder and solutions implementer who delivers on business and financial goals. • Maintain a disciplined workflow according to priorities and develops customer focused procedures, policies, and standards.• Perform analytics on performance and compile executive level reports.• Increase revenue and customer satisfaction through effective hiring, training, and management approaches.• Decreased 200+ unit backlog by 85% while increasing performance on all new repair and retrofit orders.• Analyze processes and workflows to understand value chain, input/output, and resource management in order to improve business performance. • FAA Accountable Manager for Part 145 repair station Show less

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  Avalex Technologies Corp.

  Jan 2019 - Sept 2020

  Product Manager

  • Plan and manage Avalex product lines and roadmaps for requirements, design guidance, and oversight through formal documentation and design reviews.• Liaison between Production Operations, Program Management, and Engineering to ensure seamless delivery of product. Proficient in Program Life Cycle and business operation principles. • Deliver guidance to executive leadership on market trends, competitors, and consumer desires, and obsolescence management. • ITAR/EAR Export Compliance Officer Show less

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  Coastal Homesteads LLC

  Nov 2020 - now

  Founder

  Our focus is building lives of purpose and meaning that are deeply connected to nature. At Coastal Homesteads we provide our customers with a sustainable, self-sufficient source of nourishment through gardens, eco-landscapes, edible gardens chicken coops, and beehives.