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Resume posted by DAN1911 in Military Veteran.
Desired salary: $75,000.00
Desired position type: Any

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Summary

I am a retired Army Reserve Civil Affairs officer (LTC with an active TS/SCI security clearance) with over 20 years in uniform and four deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa. During these deployments I have planned and conducted programs and operations that required cooperation with other branches of the service, with foreign militaries and government agencies, and with USAID and the Department of State.

I have more than sixteen years of experience in the oil and gas drilling industry working as part of a team or as a team lead to work directly with the customer’s on site representative or engineering staff to provide wellbore directional and formation evaluation services.

This background has given me skills and experiences that enable me to work well with diverse groups and individuals to accomplish tasks in a changing environment while adhering to plans, standards, and regulations. The communications, planning, and interpersonal skills I have developed are an asset when dealing across organizational and cultural lines.

Education

Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy                                                                                     2018

Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management – Action Officer (DISAM-AO) Course          2015

Command and General Staff College, Intermediate Leader Education                                                   2013

Battalion and Brigade S-5 / Civil Affairs Course, Fort Bragg, NC                                                         2004

Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Selfridge A.N.G.B., MI                                                     2003

Engineer Officer Advanced Course, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO                                                                2002

B.S., Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA                        2000

Field Artillery Officers Basic Course, Ft. Sill OK                                                                                 1990

B.S., Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX                                       1989

Experience

Civil Affairs Planning Officer (Team Lead)                                                  August 2016 – July 2017

COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE – HORN OF AFRICA, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

Team Lead for a 5 man team responsible for planning and monitoring civil-military operations in the Horn of Africa.

Served as the primary 3-D (Development, Diplomacy, and Defense) representative from CJTF-HOA to the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti. Worked with the USAID representative, the Office of Security Cooperation, and the Deputy Chief of Mission to plan 3D activities to include construction permitting and English language training.

ACOTA Peace Support Operations Human Rights SME                           January 2016 – July 2016

ENGILITY CORPORATION – Zambia and Cameroon

Taught Human Rights subjects, Command Staff Officer Skills, Company Grade Officer Skills, Marksmanship Skills, and Peace Support Operations Soldier Skills to battalions of the Zambia and Cameroon Army rotating in to the Central African Republic as part of United Nations MINUSCA.                                                                                                        

Theater Security Cooperation Team Lead – Burundi                                  August 2014 – July 2015

COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE – HORN OF AFRICA, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

Team Lead for a 6 man team consisting of a Team Lead, Desk Officer, Planning Officer, Desk NCO, Intel NCO, and a Burundian Army Foreign Liaison Officer that planned, conducted, and coordinated Security Assistance and Security Cooperation activities and training between the US Government and the government of Burundi.

Managed a challenging relationship between Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa and its Department of State partners in Burundi.

Directional Driller                                                                                             July 2011 – March 2014

HALLIBURTON SPERRY DRILLING SERVICES, Evansville, WY

Directed the sub-surface path of 60 plus oil and natural gas wells from surface to target on drilling projects in Utah, South Dakota, Wyoming, and North Dakota.

Coordinated the ordering, receiving, and shipping of equipment worth $500,000 to $750,000 per job.

Prepared capabilities briefings, directional reports, and billing statements for services worth $6000-$12000 per day.

 

Team Executive Officer / Senior Civil Affairs Team Leader           October 2009 – November 2010

PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM ZABUL, Zabul Province, Afghanistan

Served as the deputy commander of the 90 plus man multiservice and interagency (US Military,US Dept. of State, USAID, and US Dept. of Agriculture) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), as well as senior officer of a 7 person Civil Affairs detachment consisting of a Civil Affairs team and a Civil-Military Operations cell.

Coordinated the PRT’s civil-military operations planning and execution.

Coordinated, communicated, and fostered an excellent relationship between the PRT, our US and multinational partners, our Regional Command, and other NATO units on governance, reconstruction, and development issues to include elections and insurgent reintegration.

Planned, prepared, and conducted Civil Affairs activities designed to enable the legitimacy of the Government of Afghanistan by facilitating economic development, security, human capacity building and reconstruction in Zabul Province.

Assisted in the development of the PRT operational vision for its deployment and for the formation of the District Support Team concept, increasing district chief mentorship time by 300%.

Directional Driller                                                                                      December 2006 – April 2009

BAKER HUGHES INTEQ, Casper, WY

Directed the path of multiple wells from surface location to subsurface target on multi-million dollar natural gas drilling projects in Colorado and Wyoming.

Prepared directional reports and billing statements for services worth $2000-$4000 per day.

Responsible for coordinating, requesting, receiving, and shipping equipment.

 

Measurement While Drilling Coordinator                                               March 2006 – October 2006

SCIENTIFIC DRILLING INTERNATIONAL, Rifle, CO

Oversight of all day-to-day Measurement While Drilling (MWD) field operations.

Tracked and monitored equipment for 24 simultaneous jobs.

Supervised 37 field personnel, including trainees.

Prepared revenue and personnel & equipment utilization reports for regional and corporate offices.

Responsible for all pay, fuel reimbursement, and expense reports for all MWD employees.

Responsible for most MWD operator hiring.

Supply Officer                                                                                        November 2004 – January 2005

DETACHMENT 3, HHC 256 BCT, LOUISIANA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD,

Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq

Founding member of TF Bengal, the US advisory team to the 40thIraqi Army Brigade

Supervised supply operations of the 40thIraqi Army Brigade headquarters.

Supervised the renovation of housing and operations centers for the US advisory team and the 40thIraqi Army Brigade at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Justice, Baghdad.

Measurement While Drilling (MWD) Field Service Engineer                          2001-2004/1990-1998

BAKER HUGHES INTEQ and TELECO OILFIELD SERVICES, Lafayette, LA

On & Offshore US Gulf Coast Region, Europe, North Sea, Latin America, and California

Set up and monitor down-hole Formation Evaluation MWD telemetry systems.

Collected, analyzed and reported data to client personnel.

Supervised and trained field service technicians at on-& offshore locations.

Worked and trained field personnel in Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Brazil for two years as part of the Latin American rotator pool.

Integral part of the team that ran the first Baker Hughes Triple Combo nuclear logging project in Venezuela.

Member of the initial team of Field Engineers assigned to work in Brazil.

Skills

  • Active TS/SCI security clearance
  • Trained Directional Driller
  • Trainer for the ACOTA program
  • Computer literate (MS Office and other proprietary software)

Specialties

    Briefing, PADI Open Water SCUBA Instructor, Public Speaking, Trainer

Spoken Languages

    English