Principal Resume Example Corecivic

PRINCIPAL

Professional Summary

Chief Executive Officer with 30 years executive leadership focussed on creating a positive, People first culture to provide metric driven results benefiting all stakeholders

Core Accomplishments

Executive Leadership

Create People centric cultures to the benefit of all stakeholders
Responsible for all aspects of airline operations including Safety, Operations, Marketing/Pricing, and Corporate Governance

Human Resources:

Spearheaded new [program] program which increased retention.

Experience

Principal, 08/2011 － CurrentCorecivic

People and Culture.
Implemented a ground up, empowering, culture based turnaround strategy resulting in multi-year industry leading performance benefiting all stakeholders.
Maintained positive and productive relations with labor throughout career.
No job actions from labor groups.
Pro-Pilot Airline of the Year and Teamwork Award.
Diversity and inclusion a priority in all aspects of the organization.
Implemented shared financial and performance goals Safety.
First regional carrier to implement FOQA, ASAP and LOSA in accordance with Set Standards (FAA, ICAO, etc).
First regional carrier to launch Safety Management Systems (SMS) in partnership with FAA.
Implemented risk assessment for all Non-Routine Flight Operations.
LOSA - First airline to observe Cockpit, Cabin, and Dispatch on each flight.
ASAP - Implemented for Pilots, Dispatchers, Maintenance, and Flight Attendants.
Implemented Risk Management Based Hiring/Training Process Operational Excellence.
Led employee driven program with industry leading performance metrics.
Multi-year industry leadership in on-time and completion reliability.
Time from new aircraft acceptance at factory to in service 24 hours.
Operated 188 aircraft serving 144 cities and over 1000 daily flights.
Employee led ITMAD (input that makes a difference) deployed across all disciplines - drove reduced cost and improved productivity.
Pinnacle named one of the Top Performing Airlines in the World by Aviation Week Magazine Financial Discipline.
Maintained costs consistently among the lowest in the industry.
Increased revenues from $76M to over $1B.
Focus on productivity while providing industry average or better wages.
Negotiated highly favorable financing for over 200 new aircraft.
Led a successful IPO.
Experience in accessing the public capital markets, one issue over $100M.
Qualified as a financial expert (for public company purposes).
Returned $400M to our principle investor for their $14M investment (6 years).

President and Chief Executive Officer, 06/2014 － CurrentBroward Health

Responsible for the economic development and job creation efforts for the Greater Memphis Area.
Launched innovative, business supported initiatives to create/retain over 7000 jobs/year, increase minority participation in the economy, lower the rate of unemployment in the African American community and increase the number of middle class jobs by 10%/year.
Provided leadership in restructuring the Chamber to become independent of government funding resulting in a strong voice for the business community.
Spearheaded advocacy efforts at the local, state, and federal levels to ensure a climate conducive to business and economic growth.

President and Chief Executive Officer, 04/1997 － 01/2011Broward Health

Led the turnaround of a small airline challenged on multiple fronts with revenues of $76M to an industry leader with over $1B in annual revenues.
A key to success was the collaboration with all work groups, both union and non, to maintain high productivity and industry average or better compensation without a single job action.
Led a successful IPO in November 2003 and subsequent bond offerings.

President and Chief Executive Officer, 05/1984 － 11/1996Broward Health

Founded an airline starting with three 8-passenger aircraft growing to a fleet of 20 aircraft out of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport providing service to over 20 destinations including three international cities and provided exclusive service between DFW and Aspen, Colorado.
Lone Star became the largest contractor under the Department of Transportation's Essential Air Service Program.
In addition, Lone Star was the first regional carrier to commit to full simulator based training.
Lone Star had the distinction of earning the first non-owned domestic code share with American Airlines.

Education and Training

Oklahoma State University － City, StateBachelor of ScienceAeronautical Engineering TechnologyAeronautical Engineering Technology

Passions Family, water sports, flying (Airline Transport Rated Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor, Aerobatics), snow skiing, road biking, almost anything outdoors, music, and making a difference in the communities we call home.

Interests

Led employee engagement in the communities we served *Co-Chair Memphis Tomorrow (Top 26 companies in Memphis) *Chair, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau *Chair, Big Brothers and Big Sisters *Chair, Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission *Chair, Memphis Music Foundation

Activities and Honors

FAA Management Advisory Council to the FAA Administrator *Chairman, Board of Directors, Regional Airline Association *Presidential Appointment - Commission on Air Service to Small Communities in America *Member, Federal Reserve District Council for Transportation

Additional Information

Airline Strategist of the Year Award from Airline Business Magazine *Regional Airline CEO of the Year Community Leadership *Led employee engagement in the communities we served *Co-Chair Memphis Tomorrow (Top 26 companies in Memphis) *Chair, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau *Chair, Big Brothers and Big Sisters *Chair, Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission *Chair, Memphis Music Foundation

Skills

capital markets, consulting, financing, Financial, Focus, government, Hiring, Instructor, leadership, network, organizational, risk assessment, Risk Management, Safety, SMS, strategy, strategic, Teamwork, Transportation

Resume Overview

School Attended

Oklahoma State University

Job Titles Held:

Principal
President and Chief Executive Officer

Degrees

Bachelor of Science Aeronautical Engineering Technology
Passions Family, water sports, flying (Airline Transport Rated Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor, Aerobatics), snow skiing, road biking, almost anything outdoors, music, and making a difference in the communities we call home.

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