Marc Carlson, MEM, PMP

Experience

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  U. S. Navy

  Jul 1997 - May 2008

  Fleet ORM Assessment Manager, F/A-18 A/C/D/E/F Safety Analyst Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN), Norfolk, VA• Conceived and developed the U.S. Navy’s Operational Risk Management (ORM) Assessment Program, which is still being used to assess deploying CSGs/ARGs• Earned Operational Risk Management (ORM) and Crew Resource Management (CRM) Instructor certifications, and attended the Navy’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course• Tracked, analyzed and managed several thousand of the Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Hazard Reports (HAZREPs) and mishap reports that provided insight to fight the establishment to initiate a change to the Naval Air Training and Operating Standards Procedures (NATOPS), which was lauded for directly preventing a mishap, saving the Navy millions of dollars and future lives Show less Assistant Air Operations Officer USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), Norfolk, VA • Coordinated and executed the daily flight operations onboard aircraft carrier and approved changes to carrier flight schedule that averaged about 100 flights per fly day, supervising over 11,000 tactical aircraft flights from carrier with zero flight violations• Managed 35 Air Traffic Controllers in high-stress air traffic control environment• Championed conversion of Air Ops information systems/displays to all-electronic format• Led a watch-team of over 200 sailors as Commanding Officer’s direct representative entrusted with safety and security of over $2 billion aircraft carrier and national asset Show less Assistant Professor of Naval Science, Aviation Officer / 4th Class Advisor Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Unit Northwestern University, Evanston, IL• Taught a fully accredited college course at elite Northwestern University• Mentored, counseled and advised over 60 freshmen Naval Reserve Officer students and planned, coordinated and managed annual training program for over 120 students• Revitalized recruiting and mentoring led to record freshman retention rate of 93.3%• Audited NROTC Unit’s 7 monetary funds with a total annual budget of ~$1.1 million Show less Assistant Operations/RIO Training Officer, AV/ARM Division Officer, Legal OfficerFighter Squadron ONE FIVE FOUR (VF-154), Atsugi, Japan • Managed 75 technical lectures and implemented training-plan for emergency deployment to Arabian Gulf that readied all aircrew for combat operations in only 10 days• Revamped integrated weapons system testing and documentation procedures that immediately improved advanced weapons system functionality and reliability• Supervised 65 personnel in Avionics/Armament Division and led Avionics Technician team to the highest evaluation score in Commander Naval Air Forces Pacific history• Coordinated 61 legal investigations that led to 22 NJPs, 5 ADSEPs and 5 SCMs• Conducted 31 combat missions over Iraq during Operation Southern Watch (OSW), dropping two laser-guided bombs on target under fire• During a multiple in-flight emergency, took actions to save his F-14A aircraft and potentially countless Japanese civilians that earned the Commander Naval Air Pacific Safety Professional of the Week Show less

  • Fleet ORM Assessment Manager, F/A-18 Safety Analyst

    May 2005 - May 2008

  • CVN Assistant Air Operations Officer

    Jan 2003 - May 2005

  • Assistant Professor of Naval Science, 4th Class Advisor, Aviation Officer

    Feb 2000 - Jan 2003

  • Assistant Operations Officer, RIO Training Officer, AV/ARM Division Officer

    Jul 1997 - Feb 2000
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  U. S. Navy

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2010

  Administrative Department Head / MIT Team Leader

  Administrative Department Head, Detachment ONE Expeditionary / Air Defense / Plans Officer, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Tactical Air Control Squadron TWO ONE (TACRON 21), Norfolk, VA• Oversaw admin. functions of a 75 person command as Administrative Department Head• Developed, wrote and published a chapter of NTTP on Expeditionary Air Operations• Managed 22 Air Traffic Controllers, Operations Specialists, Information Systems Technicians, and Intelligence Specialists in high-tempo amphibious air operations• Pioneered tactics for defense of the Amphibious Ready Group using Marine assets• Qualified as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller authorized to control naval gunfire, artillery, mortars, and aircraft in the terminal attack phase of Close Air Support (CAS) Show less

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  U. S. Navy, TACTRAGRULANT

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2013

  Lead NC2AO Instructor / Mentor / Assessor

  Naval Command and Control of Air Operations (NC2AO) & JADOCS Instructor / Mentor Tactical Training Group Atlantic (TACTRAGRULANT), Virginia Beach, VA• Pioneered Navy’s Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination System (JADOCS) in Maritime Dynamic Targeting (MDT) course and spearheaded fleet-wide training • Earned inaugural TACTRAGRULANT Military Instructor of the Year award for 2011• Created new Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures for TLAM using JADOCS and was handpicked to be CFMCC Fires Maritime Dynamic Targeting Chief for Bold Alligator 12, lauded as the highlight of the massive ESG/MEB-level east coast exercise• Taught, mentored, and assessed Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS) and JADOCS to all deploying east coast carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups• Edited and published more than 20 articles in the Jet Observer and Flagship newspapers Show less

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  Transtecs Corporation

  Oct 2013 - now

  Program Manager

  Develop engineering training curriculum for U.S. Navy