Operations Leader
Operations is where plans meet reality. For the last three years I've performed in operations manager roles for a test and evaluation squadron — the senior leader responsible for making 56 people across three sites, 52 programs, and $6.4M in budgets and contracts function as one organization. Before that, I spent two decades learning the same lesson at every level: mission success is an operations problem before it is anything else.
The Operations Record
Operations Superintendent · Resource Advisor · Special Projects Lead
- Senior operations leader for 56 personnel across 3 geographically separated sites, aligning manpower, priorities, and battle rhythm to mission demand.
- Directed financial execution across 5 budget reviews — $2.4M operating budget and $4M in contracts supporting 21 contractors and 52 test programs, with 100% accountability across all obligation timelines.
- Built and defended 12 unfunded-requirement packages securing $202K across 6 lines of accounting.
- Backfilled the Squadron Senior Enlisted Leader for 60 days — advising 107 personnel on readiness, discipline, and development.
- Led 7 IT modernization initiatives — tripled classified (SIPR) workstation capacity and deployed enterprise tooling across 85+ active projects.
Operations Superintendent · Unit Training Manager
- Managed 197 workflow tasks with group and wing staff while orchestrating 52 operational test requests.
- Executed a full squadron reorganization — 45 personnel realignments — without breaking mission continuity.
- Transitioned training management to contractor support with zero continuity loss, then redesigned processes recovering 800+ labor hours annually.
Flight Chief · Section Chief · Instructor/Evaluator
- Supervised teams of 12–73 personnel through continuous 24/7 airborne intelligence operations.
- Helped lead the Air Force's largest formal training unit — 5,700+ training events and 348 missions producing 366 qualified aircrew.
- Modernized standardization/evaluation tools that were adopted as institutional standards across multiple units.
What I Run Well
Leadership capabilities
- Multi-site team leadership and workforce development
- Executive advising and senior-leader reporting
- Reorganization and change execution without mission loss
- Accountability cultures: safety, standards, and follow-through
Core competencies
- Budget and contract stewardship (Resource Advisor)
- Operating rhythm, workflow, and tasking systems
- Risk, readiness, and continuity-of-operations planning
- Process improvement with measured labor savings
Military → Civilian
What "Operations Superintendent" means in your organization
An Air Force squadron superintendent is the senior operations manager and chief of staff rolled into one: accountable for people, money, schedules, facilities, tooling, and reporting — everything that lets the technical mission happen. The civilian equivalents are Director of Operations, Operations Manager, or Site Leader. The transferable core: multi-site coordination, P&L-adjacent budget ownership, workforce development, executive communication, and the habit of building systems that outlive the person who built them.
Operations-focused résumé
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