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Work History, Air Force
Officer/Engineer
This page highlights my Air Force Officer/Engineer work
history from November 1979 to January 1993 in reverse chronological order.
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the details or scroll down this page.)
Chief of Operations
U.S. Air Force, 97th Civil Engineering Squadron,
Altus AFB, OK
August 1991 to January 1993
Leader in Total Quality Management implementation, helped
win Air Force Installation Excellence Award, Best Air Force Base in 1992
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Led over 160 military and civilian mangers and craft
workers responsible for emergency and routine maintenance, repair, and minor
improvements of real property valued at over $130 million including 195
industrial buildings, supporting infrastructure, and 360 acres of airfield
pavement.
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Served on Disaster Response Group--updated snow removal
and de-icing plans
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Worked environmental clean-up issues: lead (Pb),
asbestos and hazardous chemicals
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Self-help Program
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Contractor operated supply store
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Awarded U.S. Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
Chief of
Utilities and Services
U.S. Air Force, 86th Civil Engineering Group,
Ramstein AB,
Germany
June 1989 to July 1991
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Supervised largest U.S. utilities and services
acquisition program in Europe, managed $40 million in energy resources, 55
utilities and sanitary services contracts, and 56 technical and recurring
services contracts
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Reduced staff from 7 to 2 local nationals as result of
developing and implementing PC based (Lotus 123) cost auditing and accounting
system
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Raised audit capability from random 10% to full
100%--recovered over $600,000 from billing errors
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Corrected Conflicts of Interest--prohibited contract
managers from establishing requirements for Technical and Recurring Services
Contracts
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Completed Rapid Runway Repair Training
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Served as proctor for the
State of Minnesota for NCEES FE and PP examinations for U.S. engineers
overseas seeking professional registration
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Promoted to Major and awarded U.S. Air Force Commendation
Medal
Program/Project
Manager
U.S. Air Force, HQ Seventeenth Air Force/XPW,
Sembach AB, Germany
December 1987 to June 1989
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Managed acquisition program for over $40 million in
facilities required to support the U.S./German Wartime Host Nation Support
Agreement
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Coordinated actions of NATO, German, and U.S. Army and
Air Force engineers to realize projects for 32 operating locations
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Managed planning for joint U.S./German air field damage
repair for 8 U.S. bases and 2 U.S./Canadian collocated operating
bases--negotiated trilateral agreement on materials to be pre-positioned for
joint US/German/Canadian airfield damage repair operations
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Hosted tours of allied forces
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Served in wartime command centers during joint exercises
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Served as proctor for the
State of Minnesota for NCEES FE and PP examinations for U.S. engineers
overseas seeking professional registration
Facility Energy
Manager/Staff Mechanical Engineer
Directorate Of Operations and Maintenance, U.S. Air Force,
HQ U.S. Air
Force in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany
July 1985 to December 1987
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Managed $100 million Facility Energy Management Program
for 32 reporting bases including 17,000 facilities in over 100 locations in
Europe, Asia, and Africa
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Planned, coordinated, and managed efforts to improve
reliability and maintainability of complex critical facilities and systems
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Met and exceeded National Energy Conservation Policy Act
goals; achieved critical facilities improvement goals
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Managed the Energy Conservation Investment, the House
Doctor and the Energy Engineering Audit Programs
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Provided primary consultant services for energy
conservation and energy security
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Served as proctor for the
State of Minnesota for NCEES FE and PP examinations for U.S. engineers
overseas seeking professional registration
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Received the Air Force Commendation Medal and
Organizational Excellence Award
Energy Officer
AF Institute of Technology, Energy Process Systems Evaluation Services,
Eastman Kodak Co.,
Rochester, New York
August 1984 to June 1985
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Competitively selected for 10-months of education with
industry; received practical training in managerial skills, approaches to
problem solving, indoor air quality, and various energy saving methods
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Performed energy audits, system balancing, and computer
simulations; and developed energy coordinator training
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Trained/certified in balancing air and hydronic systems
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Developed energy models to simulate and compare energy
conservation measures
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Used spreadsheet, graphic and word processing software to
analyze and report findings from energy audits
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Used organization dynamics to simulate and plan for
meetings involving decisions on project initiatives
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Worked indoor air quality problems--investigated and
resolved "sick building" complaints
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With the help of
Mr. William H. Mashburn, P.E., I developed training seminar for department
process energy coordinators
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Completed training in Job Task Breakdowns and Job Task
Analyses
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Wrote energy articles for Air Force Energy Newsletter
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Authored Air Force Energy Policy Letter on Energy
Management
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I developed and gave presentation on Energy Awareness at
a national energy conference
R&D
Systems Facilities Engineer
Aeronautical Systems Division, U.S. Air Force, Air Force
Systems Command
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
April 1982 to July 1984
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Provided engineering support for 9 strategic warfare
systems under development valued at over $7 billion including Air Launched
Cruise Missile and B-52 Offensive Avionics Systems
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Developed facility requirements, conducted site surveys,
provided direction to using activities, chaired facility working groups,
supervised activities of system contractors and government agencies involved
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Monitored and coordinated facilities acquisition program
for each system supported costing $300 million, facilities delivered on time
and under budget, received the Air Force Commendation Medal and Organizational
Excellence Award
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Competitively selected for Squadron Officers School (2
months of intensive training in leadership and management), achieved goal of
being best, graduated in top group of 56 groups, earned Chief of Staff Award
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Served as an instructor for facilities portion of
Acquisition Management Orientation Course
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Completed Air Training on Equipment Management
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Passed NCEES Principals and Practices of Engineering
Examination and registered as a Professional Engineer in State of Ohio
Design Mechanical
Engineer, Project/Contract Manager
U.S. Air Force, Alaskan Air Command,
Eielson AFB,
Alaska
December 1979 to March 1982
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Provided mechanical design and project management support
for the rapid bed down of 20 A-10 aircraft, repaired/modified existing
facilities at minimum cost--key designer for gun and engine shops
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Designed and managed project to retrofit telephone
facility to accept new telephone system (Scope Dial). Rapid completion
supported early acceptance of new phone system replacing 40 year old vacuum
tube-relay system
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Completed Contract Management and HVAC System Design and
Control Courses from the Air Force Institute of Technology
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Completed Arctic Engineering and Thermal systems Design
Courses from Alaska State University.
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Solved long term humidity problems in Data Automation;
stopped indoor rain by directing insulation repairs in IRMA system on roof
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Solved chronic swimming pool water treatment
problems--designed feedback control system to automatically maintain residuals
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Managed Open-end Architect-Engineer Contracts
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Passed
NCEES
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam and registered as an Engineer in Training
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Complete Air Force Effective Writing Course
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