John Tucker

VP of Operations and Co-Founder at Apache Warrior Foundation

Hanoverton, Ohio, United States

About

Proven leader with strong team and business development skills that increase the efficiency and productivity of organizations. Extensive leadership and operations management experience focused on exceptional delivery of services and products. Effortless ability to tailor interactions with audience-at-hand from essential frontline workers to company & corporate leaders. Specialties and Attributes: Strategic & servant leader, caring & compassionate leadership, cross-functional team builder, proven program & project manager, critical thinking & problem solving, communication skills, community volunteer, and positive attitude.

Experience

  • VP of Operations and Co-Founder at Apache Warrior Foundation
    Jul 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 1 mo

  • Path Master, Inc. (1 yr 8 mos)
    • Sales Manager
      Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 · 6 mos

      Sales Manager in a traffic management company responsible for Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania. Responsible for the accountability and performance of all territory managers throughout the company’s area of responsibility. Close integration with the company’s chief systems and business development manager ensuring adequate and thorough traffic management solutions are recommended at the state, district, county, municipality, and city levels. Goals are to enhance safety, improve mobility, and reduce environmental impact of vehicles.

    • Sales Specialist Focusing on Connected/Automated Vehicles and Connected/Smart Infrastructure
      Nov 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Sales Specialist in a traffic management company with a special focus on connected, automated, and autonomous vehicle (CAV) integration with infrastructure to include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity. Responsible for briefing and providing traffic management solutions to municipal, city, county, and state government agencies in order to enhance safety, improve mobility, and reduce environmental impact of vehicles.

  • US Army (20 yrs 8 mos)
    • Transitioning Officer
      Jul 2016 - Jan 2017 · 7 mos

    • Battalion Commander
      Jun 2014 - Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Commander responsible for the training, development, performance, welfare, and safety of the Army's largest air traffic control battalion organized with five divisions consisting of 341 personnel (238 active duty service members and 103 civilian employees). Ensured continuous support to flight training at the U.S. Army Center of Excellence by providing air traffic services at 22 facilities, including 4 base fields, 14 stage fields, 1 aerial gunnery complex, and 1 civil/military airfield; provided radar services at the largest Army Radar Approach Control facility; operated and maintained 45 navigational aids; and supported civil and military aviation in 20,000 square miles of National Airspace System. Managed a $1.2 million budget supporting training and maintenance. Responsible for ground and air safety programs and for the training of select Army National Guard and Reserve air traffic controllers.

    • Tactics Branch Chief
      May 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Branch Head responsible for managing resources to integrate evolving and emerging Army Aviation tactics, techniques & procedures into doctrine and for use by the operational Army. Planned, organized, and executed a quarterly United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) Tactics Review Board to assess significant issues and systemic findings requiring Aviation Enterprise visibility and assessment. Managed, edited and archived lessons learned in the Lessons Learned Integration digital repository. Managed and oversaw the publication of the professional monthly publication Aviation Digest and the Aviation Tactics Newsletter. Conducted informational briefings on the USAACE Lessons Learned effort to professional military educational courses. Responsible for the professional development of 6 service members and 2 contractors.