Christopher Gibbs

Experience

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  US Army

  Nov 2011 - Mar 2019

  Delta Company, 169th Engineer Battalion • Commander of Advanced Individual Training Engineer Company and one Detachment training over 600 Soldiers and 300 Sister Service personnel in 50+ classes per year. • Conducted strategic planning sessions with other Armed Services (USN, USAF, USMC and USCG) in an Interservice Training Review Organization (ITRO) environment. • Responsible for the annual training, leader development, readiness, welfare, morale and discipline of 58 permanent party cadre. • Responsible for the care and maintenance of Soldier quarters as well as accountability, maintenance and proper use of equipment. Show less Bravo Company, 554th Engineer Battalion• Led and instructed for the U.S. Army Engineer Basic Officer Leadership Course (EBOLC) with an average class size of 63 lieutenants. • Directly responsible for the full spectrum of training, instruction, and development of lieutenants to become adaptive, aggressive, and successful engineer leaders. • Planned, coordinated, executed, and evaluated training in leadership, tactics, physical fitness, combat, construction engineering, and combat support. • Enforced standards of personal conduct, discipline, appearance, academics, and leadership performance. Show less United States Embassy• Served as the Engineer Planner and a Counter Narcotics (CN) Officer for the U.S. Security Cooperation Office (SCO). • Advised and consulted as Engineer Subject Matter Expert of a Joint Service and Interagency Team. • Planning and consulted full-spectrum engineering projects and overseas contingency operations.• Responsible for Department of State (DoS) Global Peace Operating Initiative (GPOI) program supporting Partner Nation capacity. • Contributed to Foreign Military Sales (FMS) for the advancement of USSOUTHCOM and DoS strategic planning objectives. Show less Assistant Operations Officer for a 805 Soldier Engineer Battalion consisting of five companies and two detachments in support of U.S. Army Force Command and 20th Engineer Brigade. Responsible for assisting the Battalion S3 with planning, coordinating, and managing current and future operations, particularly by guiding the staff through the military decision-making process on matters concerning the integration of all higher, lower, and supporting plans; long and short range campaign synchronization; recommending priorities for allocating critical command resources; developing courses of action and decision support templates for directed missions; and recommending information requirements to the Intelligence Officer. Provides the Battalion Operations Officer with detailed, well-developed analyses, in order to aid in making informed decisions. Show less 63rd Engineer CompanyPlatoon Leader of a 41-Soldier horizontal engineer platoon forward deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; responsible for the training, safety, morale, health, welfare, and professional development of assigned Soldiers and their families. Responsible for the maintenance, readiness, and accountability of over 30 pieces of engineer equipment worth more than $8.1 million. Prepared to deploy worldwide by land, air, or sea to provide survivability, sustainment engineering, mobility and counter-mobility support to designated forces in an assigned area of operations. Show less Assistant Personnel Officer for a 810 Soldier engineer battalion comprised of five subordinate companies. Works with the Adjutant and S1 NCOIC on the daily operations of the S1 Section to include the processing of awards, evaluations, finance actions, legal actions, promotions, duty rosters, personnel management and hail and farewell functions. Ensures units meet installation and DA standards for timeliness and accuracy. Helps advise company commanders on regulatory guidance concerning personnel matters. Helps serve as a Special Projects Officer for the battalion on battalion level and higher events. Show less

  • Observer/Coach - Trainer (O/C-T)

    May 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Company Commander

    Oct 2016 - May 2018

  • Instructor/Platoon Trainer

    May 2015 - Oct 2016

  • JPAT Engineer FWD

    Oct 2014 - May 2015

  • Assistant Operations Officer (A/S-3)

    Mar 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Platoon Leader FWD

    Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Assistant Personnel Officer (A/S-1)

    Nov 2011 - Apr 2012
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  Vulcraft Verco - Division of Nucor Corp

  Mar 2019 - now

  • Regional Sales Manager

    May 2021 - now

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2020 - May 2021

  • Quality Assurance Supervisor

    Mar 2019 - Jul 2020
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  City of Palestine

  Dec 2022 - now

  City Council Member

  Elected as District 6 City Council member representing 2,000+ registered voters.