Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
I have led 13 organizations of 14 to 800 employees. Positions range from commander to director in operational military security and training organizations in the U. S., South Korea and Germany and state level park, capital outlay, and occupational safety and health operations. I have been a program manager/ coordinator for major Department of the Army, U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and Virginia State programs for combat, materiel & training development and capital initiatives, i. e., Department of the Army Armored Family of Vehicles Task Force, the Department of the Army Combined Arms Training Strategy and Army equipment tests--Air Cavalry Combat Brigade Tests I & II, Squad Automatic Weapon Developmental/Operational Tests I & II, and Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle Developmental/Operational Tests I & II. Some projects- * Coordinator-Infantry systems, lethality & fire control & training systems for the Dept. of the Army Armored Family of Vehicles Task Force * Lead-Dept. of the Army Combined Arms Training Strategy * Lead-upgrade of the Virginia Parks Professional Development System * Coordinator-revision of the Virginia Parks Conservation Officer (Law Enforcement/Security) Manual * Lead-Virginia Parks' occupational safety and health program--developed program including development of HAZCOM & Bloodborne Pathogen Programs & interagency networks, i. e., VDOT * Lead-successful multi-agency/private/public partnership expansion of the Staunton River Battlefield Park * Project Manager-successful multi-agency/private/public GW Grist Mill Project-nationally important by allowing restoration of the grist mill/distillery complex at Mount Vernon interpreting George Washington's economic legacy to the nation * Project Manager-two successful $2.5M early access programs to newly acquired Shenandoah and James River Parks-a DCR and VDOT project * Lead-Virginia Dept. of Labor and Industry Occupational Safety and Health Professional Development System development.
TRR & Associates offers concept and requirement definition services targeted on leadership and professional development systems. Service expertise includes program developmental work for U. S. Army wide materiel and training programs (considerable work with the Army's Concept Based Requirements System), state level capital outlay and park oriented programs, state level occupational safety and health programs, state park police systems development and operations, and curriculum development for university level courses. The latter includes the delivery of instruction as an assistant professor. Operational expertise includes military ground force, state park level security, state level capital outlay, and occupational safety and health compliance operations to include resolution of issued citations. Tactical level expertise includes platoon through armored and infantry division operations and training programs, state park security and state level occupational safety and health compliance operations. System analysis capabilities are supported by oversight and participation in some 15,000 audits of small to international organizations. Some recent work--http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/tom-rozman-leadership-approaches-that-get-the-job-done/ , http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/tom-rozman-reconstituting-an-overseas-platoon-on-a-mission-of-high-sensitivity/, http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/tom-rozman-the-reward-for-doing-well/, http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/no-time-for-platoon-arteps-in-a-mechanized-battalion/, http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/reorganizing-a-mechanized-infantry-company/, http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/supporting-a-national-guard-mechanized-infantry-company-more/, http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/rebuilding-a-university-rotc-cadet-corps-and-more/, http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/tom-rozman-the-awol-m16/, http://rmc-e-veritas.herokuapp.com/tom-rozman-a-battalion-commanders-determination/ (See Linkedin post "Published Material").
Directed occupational health compliance operations and issued citation settlement processes to include negotiated settlements in a 34 county and municipality jurisdiction in Central Virginia. This activity frequently included training policy recommendations to engaged leaders of inspected operations. Also supervised support operations for safety compliance, voluntary occupational safety and health compliance, Virginia Labor Law and Virginia Voluntary Apprenticeship Program operations in the same area to include local support policy development and implementation. Served as the department's project lead for an Assistant Commissioner directed initiative to develop a Virginia Occupational Safety and Health career mapping system and a comprehensive Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Professional Development System. Virginia Occupational Safety and Health operations are benchmarked to required federal state plan agreed to measures at targeted quality levels. Position directly supervised operations of 8 staff and supports and monitors operations of 27 staff. Position required significant outreach to industry and community organizations with frequent presentations to groups of 30 or more. Outreach included two invitations to present on the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Compliance Program to the Department of Human Resources Management's/Virginia Commonwealth University's Risk Management Institute. Served as the project lead for a professional development initiative that involved engagement with more than six other state agencies and universities as well as other state programs and federal agencies. Included initiation of exploration with VA Community Colleges Workforce Alliance to examine avenues for joint agency/alliance cooperation--Fall 2013.
-Position oversaw occupational safety and health compliance and consultation, labor law, voluntary registered apprenticeship and support operations for these programs in Central Virginia concentrating for the last decade on occupational safety and health compliance and its support--supervised an organization of as many as 29 employees. - Occupational Safety and Health Compliance operations included overseeing inspection operations, private and public sector, resolution of issued citations with inspected organizations through negotiation, and assessing corrective actions by inspected organizations to correct issues identified by inspections. -Developed and implemented region strategies within state policy constraints designed to reduce fatalities and injuries on worksites in the region. -Developed operational systems and methods that accomplished mission within available resources. -From October 2005 to August 2009 served as the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry's Occupational Safety and Health Compliance Program's representative to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Office of Emergency Management's State Emergency Preparedness and Response Conferences with associated policy responsibilities such as development of the draft Virginia Worker Safety and Support Annex to the Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Operations Plan (COVEOP). -On request of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development agency head, conducted a month long confidential review of the Building Officials Certification Standards System and associated policy submitting the findings in a report to the agency head. Report was well received. -Developed and implemented region budget. -Representative to the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce Leadership Council for workforce development. -Make training policy recommendations to inspected organizations.
-Developed project status information weekly for the director on over 300 capital outlay projects of the 1994 General Obligation Bond to allow timely and accurate project status reporting to the legislative oversight committee. -As special project manager for early access to newly acquired parks resulting from the General Obligation Bond such as Shenandoah River and James River and using all available fund sites developed and obtained funding for effective access programs. -As special project manager for the George Washington Grist Mill Project assured that the 1996 Act of the Legislature required MOU that integrated procurement and capital outlay components in a three phased project was developed, coordinated and signed by the Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources and the CEO of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union by July 1996. - Develop and manage project budgets of $500,000-$3,000,000. -Managed capital project software management program introduction--PRIMAVERA was the objective system. -Developed capital management concepts for Design and Construction. -Assigned to a Department of Conservation and Recreation committee formed by the department director to develop proposals to upgrade the department's employee recognition policy and system. -Significant interagency work was necessary with a legislative committee, Office of the Attorney General, the Division of Legislative Services, and the Virginia Departments of General Services and Transportation. With supporting counsel from the Office of the Attorney General negotiated the new Occoneechee State Park lease with the Army Corps of Engineers. -Oversaw the management of capital outlay and other contracts.
-Managed a program and organization of 10 park managers, the state parks logistics center manager and 56 staff that from Memorial Day through Labor Day expanded to 220 employees with seasonal staff and a further 20 concession staff. -Develop region wide policies such as park security contingency policies to concentrate additional security resources on security threatened region parks. -Oversaw operations of 27 armed state park conservation officers. -Developed and implemented park contingency plans such as reinforcing park security during the 4th of July against gang activity. -Managed 39,500 acres of state property located from Marshall, Virginia in the North to Buggs Island Lake in the south, Chesterfield in the east and Smith Mountain Lake in the West organized into 13 state parks. -Developed and implemented region budget and long range plans. -Served as project lead for a very successful public/private partnership capital project that developed the expanded Staunton River Battlefield State Park as a turn key operation. The partnership included state agencies such as the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and private partners such as Dominion Virginia Power. -Participated as a member of the acquisition and planning teams for the then new James River and Shenandoah River State Parks. -Assigned to a special review panel by the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioned by the director to examine and report on the department's Design and Construction Office's progress in implementing the $92M General Obligation Bond an act of the 1994 Assembly. The review and resulting report involved assessment of programmatic progress on some 300 capital outlay project lines. The director implemented the recommendations. -Superintended a very successful unfunded partnership project with the Virginia Army National Guard to rebuild storm destroyed Holliday Lake State Park campground.
-Develop statewide training policy for state parks. -Develop, initiate and oversee all police and law enforcement training for a 67 commissioned officer force statewide to include annual Department of Criminal Justice Services in-service requirements through supporting criminal justice academy, annual weapons validation/qualification and policy update. -Develop a professional development concept and system for the Virginia State Parks Division. -Plan, develop budget, coordinate and implement five 3-4 day major training conferences/in-services for managers, park officers and technical staff--groups as large as 30-70 employees. -Develop, write and publish leadership, training and management manuals. -Develop and implement necessary occupational safety and health programs such as hazardous materials communication, blood borne pathogens, CPR and First Aid. This work included development and publication of the State Parks Safety and Health Program and establishment of its working safety committee. (Previously a unit safety officer in three different 150-180 employee organizations in 1971-72 that employed heavy equipment of 1/4 ton to 27 tons including cranes and small to large caliber direct and indirect fire weapons--.45 caliber to 90mm. Experience included respiratory protection programs, e. g., respirators.) -Effect all necessary certification training such as water/waste water operator certification. -Developed and fielded a distance learning leader/management course for parks personnel. -Significant interagency work was necessary with Department of Criminal Justice Services, Virginia Department of Transportation and Virginia Department of Labor and Industry. -Policy--served with the team that successfully developed the proposal to make changes to Virginia Code that upgraded the then 67 State Parks law enforcement officers from conservators of the peace to conservation officers with statewide powers in the parks jurisdiction with line of duty status.
-Supervised a directorate of 27 military and civilian staff to include five lieutenant colonel and a GS 14 (PhD) division chiefs. -Executive management responsibility with oversight of Army collective training programs to include interface with the Army Director of Training, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Department of the Army, U. S. Army Forces Command, Army integration centers, Army branch schools and the Reserve Components as well as other national army partners. Involved work with the Navy, Marine Corps, and allied armies. -In this and previous position authored or worked in teams that developed critical Army wide training policy such as the Combined Arms Training Strategy (CATS) elements of Army Regulation 350-41 and U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Regulation 350-35 articulating initial CATS policy to include significant policy related text components of Army War College instructional material. -Served as lead for development of the Army's CATS which included significant training policy development through work with the Army's integration centers and schools, Army Training Support Center (ATSC) and other agencies as well as consideration and integration of aspects of previous and parallel Army initiatives such as the Standards in Training Commission (STRAC). -Oversaw budgets for several Army training programs. -Oversaw Training and Doctrine Command's elements of the National Training Centers.
-Further develop and apply training development and training policy recommendations made by the Department of the Army Armored Family of Vehicles Task Force. (Previous three year assignment had been with the DA Armored Family of Vehicles Task Force as task force lead for infantry systems, lethality systems (less directed energy) and training systems.) -Serve as lead for development and implementation of the Army's Combined Arms Training Strategy (CATS)--this work involved significant training policy development and budget assessments. A requirement was consideration of best practices in prioritizing training aids, devices, simulator and simulations (TADSS) resource development and acqisition strategy initiatives for the Army. -Interface with allies on military training and programs to include working with the German and British American Staff Talks. -Deploy during Operation Desert Storm (1st Iraq War) to assess for the Training and Doctrine Command Commander the status of training at the National Training Center of mobilized Army National Guard Round Out Brigades (white paper report to TRADOC Commander). -Assess Reserve component training readiness from the Desert Storm experience to include serving on a Department of the Army review committee. -Participate in the Reserve Component Lane Training initiative development. -Served as the acting director for over a month. Above preceded by enlistment in the Army Reserve in SEP 1965 (duty at UConn as cadet), appointment to USMA JUL 1966, & commissioning Infantry JUN 1970. Experienced command at platoon (4), detachment, company and battalion for 36 months, executive officer at company (3) and battalion for 28 months and battalion, brigade, division and Dept. of the Army staff officer for 11 years with the 2nd Inf Div, 1st Arm Div (2), 1st Cav Div and the 197th Sep Inf Bde and DA. Battalions served with were 2-6 Mech, 5-6 Mech, 3-7 Inf, 1-38 Inf, 1-46 Mech, 1-58 Mech, 1-12 Cav, 2-12 Cav, 1-13 Arm, and 2-44 ADA.
I have represented the U. S. Army or Virginia Department of Labor and Industry in functions or meetings with foreign governmental organizations/agencies or representatives. * While serving as an aide-de-camp to the assistant division commander 2nd Infantry Division interfaced with South Korean Army officers to include attending a South Korean Armed Forces Day Reception at South Korea's Blue House, the presidential residence--1973. * From 1983-85 interfaced with the officers of two West German Army partnership battalions in Erlangen, Hohenfels, Oberviechtach and Pfreimd, Germany. * While Chief, G-3 Training Resources, 1st Armored Division, from 1985-86 interfaced with German regional planners regarding major training related capital projects in the division area. * Presented the 1987 briefing of the Department of the Army Armored Family of Vehicles Task Force Report to the German-American Army Staff Talks in Sonthofen, Germany. * Participated in the British-American Army Staff Talks at the Air Force Academy in 1990 presenting material on major U. S. Army training developments. * Participated in the 1991 British-American Army Pre-Staff Talks at the Ministry of Defense in London. * From 1989-1992, interfaced frequently with the military liaison officers of the British, Canadian, Dutch, German, Italian, and Turkish Armies on training developments while assigned to the Collective Training Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Training, U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. * Represented the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry at a reception hosted by the Mexican Navy in Norfolk in April 2013.