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DIVISION CHIEF OF DISASTER PLANNING AND READINESS
Professional Summary
True professional and leader with over 25 years of Military and Corporate experience in managing cross- divisional teams efforts through effective motivational mentoring strategies.
Skills
  • Safety
  • Logistics
  • Policies
  • Project Management
  • Senior management
  • Budget preparation
  • Budget
  • Contracts
  • Electrician
  • Fluent English
  • Senior management
  • General management
  • Team leader
  • Logistics
  • Machinery
  • Director
  • Mentor
  • 98
  • Personnel
  • Policies
  • Project Management
  • Repairs
  • Safety
  • Spanish
  • Supervisor
  • Upgrading
  • Written
Work History
Division Chief of Disaster Planning and Readiness, 09/2019 to Current
Illinois Department of Public Health – Springfield, IL
  • Serve as policy making Official for the Division.
  • Direct, plan, oversees, manage and valuates statewide Preparedness and Response programs.
  • Direct program budget preparation and controls appropriate expenditures.
  • Supervise and lead 25 personnel across the state.
EHS Supervisor, 09/2018 to 09/2019
Reynolds Consumer Products – Jacksonville, IL
  • Manage EHS training and ensure all levels of personnel understand their role.
  • Develop and Review policies to support best-practice.
  • Detecting existing or potential accident and health hazards and measure safety performance.
Safety Manager, 09/2017 to 09/2018
Four Food Group – American Fork, UT
  • Assists, plans and implements safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state and federal rules and regulations issued by OSHA.
  • Communicates with Director of Operations on safety compliance concerns and preventative actions.
  • Plans and implements training for employees in work site safety practices.
  • Maintains safety and health files and records.
  • Performs safety inspections and prepares written reports of findings and recommendations for corrective or preventive measures where indicated and follows up to ensure measures are implemented.
  • Conducts post-accident investigation and prepares report identifying possible accident causes and hazards for use by company personnel and senior management.
  • Facilitates and conducts safety and health training.
  • Assists in developing, evaluating and upgrading the safety and health program.
  • Partners with the management team and external safety advisors in the execution of an effective safety program.
  • Create and maintain safety and health procedure.
Assistant Branch Chief, 06/2016 to 09/2017
US Coast Guard, Center Yorktown
  • Manage 146 FTE's to include, budget, training, and general management.
  • Passed 15 inspections with full distinction (decreased deficiency level by 5%).
  • Initiated program to foster culture of performance and increased morale, resulted in a 98% graduation rate on the machinery, electrical and damage control Apprentice schools.
07/2012 to 06/2016
US Coast Guard, Logistic Center
  • Ensured readiness of fleet of 27 Endurance Cutters.
  • Procured repaired parts and services for Multiple Medium endurance Cutters, resulted in less than 5% lost of underway time.
  • Due to cutter hardship underway periods, directly management 05 emergency dry docks, saving USCG $4.8M and over 105 on scene mission days.
  • Ashore Incident Command Lead (Logistics and Engineering).
Port Engineer, 07/2009 to 07/2012
US Coast Guard, Logistic Center
  • Responsible for all Regional Programmed Depot Maintenance to include all plans, budget and executing depot level availabilities.
  • Developed and executed 9 emergency contracts valued at $650K, ensuring on time completion and saving the USCG $100K.
  • Unit safety supervisor and OMSEP coordinator for diverse crew of 183 FTE's.
Assistant Engineer Officer, 07/2007 to 07/2009
US Coast Guard, USCGC LEGARE
  • Directly responsible for all Auxiliary machinery and $20M in equipment.
  • Supervised and lead 35 enlisted personnel and officers in the Damage control, Electrical divisions and Auxiliary machinery divisions.
  • Managed the drills, inspections, qualifications of 98 personnel for all Damage Control emergency positions.
  • Always recognized and responded to others needs, volunteered to provide training and support to those are more in need to qualify.
  • Incident Command Representative (Engineering, Environmental and Safety).
Electrician's Mate Shop Supervisor, 06/2006 to 07/2007
US Coast Guard
  • As Sector Hampton Roads Electrician mate shop supervisor, directly supervise 10 FTE's and conducted multiple repairs to adjacent Southern Virginia small boat units, Cutter's (Ships) and Housing.
Unit Safety Coordinator, 06/2004 to 06/2006
US Coast Guard, USCGC LIBERTY
Engineer Petty Officer, 07/1994 to 06/2004
US Coast Guard
  • Duty Electrician.
  • Head, directly supervise 8 FTE's.
  • Responsible for all repairs and maintenance of all the electrical equipment of the Cutter.
  • Roles of Increasing Responsibility.
  • As Company Commander (Drill Sergeant), managed, trained and mentor over 1500 new USCG Recruits.
  • Independent duty Electrician's mates onboard USCGC Cushing.
  • Boarding team leader while assigned on Patrols Boats conducted countless boarding, resulting 100% accountability and safety of the crew.
Education
M.S: Occupational Safety and Health, 2011
Columbia Southern University
B.S: Business Administration, 2009
University of Phoenix
Work History
Division Chief of Disaster Planning and Readiness, 09/2019 to Current
Illinois Department of Public Health – Springfield, IL
  • Serve as policy making Official for the Division.
  • Direct, plan, oversees, manage and valuates statewide Preparedness and Response programs.
  • Direct program budget preparation and controls appropriate expenditures.
  • Supervise and lead 25 personnel across the state.
EHS Supervisor, 09/2018 to 09/2019
Reynolds Consumer Products – Jacksonville, IL
  • Manage EHS training and ensure all levels of personnel understand their role.
  • Develop and Review policies to support best-practice.
  • Detecting existing or potential accident and health hazards and measure safety performance.
Safety Manager, 09/2017 to 09/2018
Four Food Group – American Fork, UT
  • Assists, plans and implements safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state and federal rules and regulations issued by OSHA.
  • Communicates with Director of Operations on safety compliance concerns and preventative actions.
  • Plans and implements training for employees in work site safety practices.
  • Maintains safety and health files and records.
  • Performs safety inspections and prepares written reports of findings and recommendations for corrective or preventive measures where indicated and follows up to ensure measures are implemented.
  • Conducts post-accident investigation and prepares report identifying possible accident causes and hazards for use by company personnel and senior management.
  • Facilitates and conducts safety and health training.
  • Assists in developing, evaluating and upgrading the safety and health program.
  • Partners with the management team and external safety advisors in the execution of an effective safety program.
  • Create and maintain safety and health procedure.
Assistant Branch Chief, 06/2016 to 09/2017
US Coast Guard, Center Yorktown
  • Manage 146 FTE's to include, budget, training, and general management.
  • Passed 15 inspections with full distinction (decreased deficiency level by 5%).
  • Initiated program to foster culture of performance and increased morale, resulted in a 98% graduation rate on the machinery, electrical and damage control Apprentice schools.
07/2012 to 06/2016
US Coast Guard, Logistic Center
  • Ensured readiness of fleet of 27 Endurance Cutters.
  • Procured repaired parts and services for Multiple Medium endurance Cutters, resulted in less than 5% lost of underway time.
  • Due to cutter hardship underway periods, directly management 05 emergency dry docks, saving USCG $4.8M and over 105 on scene mission days.
  • Ashore Incident Command Lead (Logistics and Engineering).
Port Engineer, 07/2009 to 07/2012
US Coast Guard, Logistic Center
  • Responsible for all Regional Programmed Depot Maintenance to include all plans, budget and executing depot level availabilities.
  • Developed and executed 9 emergency contracts valued at $650K, ensuring on time completion and saving the USCG $100K.
  • Unit safety supervisor and OMSEP coordinator for diverse crew of 183 FTE's.
Assistant Engineer Officer, 07/2007 to 07/2009
US Coast Guard, USCGC LEGARE
  • Directly responsible for all Auxiliary machinery and $20M in equipment.
  • Supervised and lead 35 enlisted personnel and officers in the Damage control, Electrical divisions and Auxiliary machinery divisions.
  • Managed the drills, inspections, qualifications of 98 personnel for all Damage Control emergency positions.
  • Always recognized and responded to others needs, volunteered to provide training and support to those are more in need to qualify.
  • Incident Command Representative (Engineering, Environmental and Safety).
Electrician's Mate Shop Supervisor, 06/2006 to 07/2007
US Coast Guard
  • As Sector Hampton Roads Electrician mate shop supervisor, directly supervise 10 FTE's and conducted multiple repairs to adjacent Southern Virginia small boat units, Cutter's (Ships) and Housing.
Unit Safety Coordinator, 06/2004 to 06/2006
US Coast Guard, USCGC LIBERTY
Engineer Petty Officer, 07/1994 to 06/2004
US Coast Guard
  • Duty Electrician.
  • Head, directly supervise 8 FTE's.
  • Responsible for all repairs and maintenance of all the electrical equipment of the Cutter.
  • Roles of Increasing Responsibility.
  • As Company Commander (Drill Sergeant), managed, trained and mentor over 1500 new USCG Recruits.
  • Independent duty Electrician's mates onboard USCGC Cushing.
  • Boarding team leader while assigned on Patrols Boats conducted countless boarding, resulting 100% accountability and safety of the crew.
Accomplishments
  • Contacting Officer Representative (COR) Level III.
  • Certified Asset Manager,.
  • Advanced Training OSHA Rules & Regulations.
  • Microsoft Office Suite & Logistics / Project Management Programs.
  • RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) Certified.
  • IS 100, 700, 200, 800 and IT-300 certified.
  • Forklift and weight handling trained.
  • Port Engineering (NE-PE) USCG Certified.
  • Graduated from US Coast Guard Electrician's Mate (EM) school.
  • DOT Hazmat Certified.
Languages
  • Contracts
  • Fluent English / Spanish
Skills
  • Budget preparation, Budget, Contracts, Electrician, Fluent English, Senior management, general management, team leader, Logistics, machinery, Director, mentor, 98, personnel, Policies, Project Management, repairs, Safety, Spanish, supervisor, upgrading, written
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    Resume Overview

    Companies Worked For:

    • Illinois Department of Public Health
    • Reynolds Consumer Products
    • Four Food Group
    • US Coast Guard, Center Yorktown
    • US Coast Guard, Logistic Center
    • US Coast Guard, USCGC LEGARE
    • US Coast Guard
    • US Coast Guard, USCGC LIBERTY

    School Attended

    • Columbia Southern University
    • University of Phoenix

    Job Titles Held:

    • Division Chief of Disaster Planning and Readiness
    • EHS Supervisor
    • Safety Manager
    • Assistant Branch Chief
    • Port Engineer
    • Assistant Engineer Officer
    • Electrician's Mate Shop Supervisor
    • Unit Safety Coordinator
    • Engineer Petty Officer

    Degrees

    • M.S : Occupational Safety and Health , 2011
      B.S : Business Administration , 2009