Professional Experience
Northrop
Grumman
Technical Specialist
As Maritime Operations specialist, conducted security assessments of
U.S. ports and related maritime industries and support services.
- Evaluated
port facilities and industries to determine vulnerabilities to terrorist
operations;
- Identified
critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, economic dependencies, and
issue trends;
- Developed
comprehensive reports detailing port vulnerabilities, mitigations.
- Designed,
developed, and presented training program on vulnerability assessments.
Lockheed
Martin
Technical Specialist
Developed contract proposals for upgrade of U.S. Coast Guard's national
distress response system, including:
- System characteristics
and capabilities;
- Training
concept and program design;
- Contingency
planning and critical function presentations.
Consultant/contractor
Designed and created training for delivery via the web to offsite locations.
Training design ensured maximum student- teacher interaction; resulted
in classroom quality instruction at greatly reduced cost.
- Product
delivered included instructor guide and job-aids to help inexperienced
instructors design effective web-based training.
U.S. Coast Guard
Director of Personnel, U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Command,
Portsmouth VA
Supervised division of 80+ diverse men and women providing wide range
of administrative support to over 3,800 personnel in five-state region.
- Services
provided included personnel record management, facility security,
and training;
- Responsible
for hurricane readiness preparations & disaster relief planning.
Developed hurricane preparation guidance and training for command
staff personnel, employees and family members.
U.S.
Coast Guard
Director, U.S. Coast Guard National Search and Rescue School
Director of school that trained members of U.S. military and international
officers in science of search planning, maritime search program development,
support, and emergency response.
- Designed
& implemented special curriculum for international students on
resource assessment & organization in order to assist emerging
nations in the development of national maritime systems.
- Designed
and conducted realistic training exercises and scenarios for operations
center trainees.
U.S.
Coast Guard
Assistant Director, Search and Rescue Branch Ninth U.S. Coast Guard
District
Established operational and support issue policies affecting over 50
Coast Guard multi-mission facilities located on the Great Lakes. Directed
multi-mission Operations Center for Great Lakes region.
U.S.
Coast Guard
Operations Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Group Milwaukee
Supervised day-to-day operations of multi-mission Coast Guard forces
on western half of Lake Michigan. Developed innovative "no notice"
standards-based operational evaluations for field units.
EDUCATION
Master's Degree,
Human Resource Development, The George Washington University
Bachelor of Science Degree (Major: History/Government), United States
Coast Guard Academy
Training
- Incident
Command System
- Instructor
Development
- Creative
Training Techniques
- Public Affairs
- National
Operations Security
- Maritime
Search and Rescue
Strengths
- Port System
Security Assessment
- Emergency
Response Management
- Program/Project
Management
- Training
Program Design
- International
Training Delivery
- Security
Assessment Report Development
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