Watertown, New York, United States
I thrive on helping organizations optimize and grow. I believe in learning from and serving all people: employees, customers, neighbors, and friends, wherever I am planted. I am a Navy veteran (shoutout to my fellow Surface Warfare Officers), Army spouse, and hiking enthusiast that is ready to increase community prosperity around me. My goals: ⭐️ Simplify barriers in processes and the work environment to promote efficiency ⭐️ Support my team in achieving their individual and group dreams ⭐️ Enforce safety and regulatory compliance to limit risks to personnel and the environment ⭐️ Create a direct, positive impact to the local community in economic growth, social equity, environmental stewardship, and cultural vitality I am known for: 📌 High stakes decision making 📌 Managing complex operations involving large, diverse teams and technical systems 📌 Ethical and accountable direction, versatility, and enthusiasm 📌 Improving reliability, safety, and efficiency of complex systems 📌 Leading competent and engaged teams to deliver results under pressure Gallup CliftonStrengths: Futuristic | Achiever | Discipline | Learner | Input
Senior engineering leader accountable for engineering operations, workforce planning, maintenance management and safety adherence in a 24/7 industrial environment supporting 300+ personnel. - Led operations and maintenance for a complex engineering plant, managing an 80-person technical organization and sustaining 100% operational readiness - Owned safety, risk management, and compliance, delivering enterprise training programs and continuous audits that reduced incidents by 80%+ - Acted as the cross functional integration lead, aligning operations, maintenance, logistics, safety, and external partners to resolve high impact issues quickly - Enhanced long range planning and prioritization for an $84M capital program, translating operational needs into executable project plans and funded work packages - Authored and governed technical procedures, operational guidance, and safety controls, enabling safe execution amid ambiguous or conflicting requirements USS John S. McCain (DDG 56)
Organizational owner for enterprise safety systems, emergency preparedness, and regulatory compliance. - Led large scale safety and compliance programs covering 12+ OSHA topics - Managed emergency preparedness and response, leading teams of up to 150 personnel through live, high-frequency drills. Earned 98% preparedness rating (highest in Pacific). - Designed and executed shift based workforce plans and schedules for 300+ personnel, balancing staffing, certifications, throughput, and continuity during high turnover - Built training pipelines and certification programs that strengthened bench strength and reduced operational risk - Directed incident command and crisis response for dozens of real world emergencies (fire, flooding, hazardous systems), strengthening organizational resilience and readiness USS John S. McCain (DDG 56)
Operations planner responsible for daily scheduling, execution alignment, and performance reporting across a large, cross functional organization. - Coordinated daily operational schedules impacting 300+ personnel, aligning demand, resources, and constraints in a dynamic environment - Partnered with 40+ functional leaders to synchronize operations, maintenance, and mission priorities - Led high risk operational execution, including global operations, complex transits, and multinational coordination - Improved maintenance and operational performance from 64% to 97%, while maintaining zero safety incidents - Developed four critical to function programs with 25 Sailors earning 92+% first time certification results - Recognized as a top performing leader and selected for advanced operational and leadership training USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), First Lieutenant and Operations Intelligence
Assisted 400+ customers daily while maintaining a cash drawer of $1000 with a 100% accuracy rate during end of day audits and increasing reward program participation. Performed multiple responsibilities including register duties, guest assistance, food service, inventory management, overnight stocking, custodial tasks and cart sanitization (during COVID-19 outbreak), and new product fulfillment roles as customers transitioned to “buy online, pick up in store” options.
My first exposure to budgets and logistics, I assisted the review and organization of contract bids to rebuild the S.B. Ballard Stadium for the growing college football program.