Angel Herrera-Jr
Port Hueneme,CA
Summary
Dynamic and accomplished leader with extensive expertise in strategic portfolio management, operational excellence, and transformative leadership across diverse multiplatform environments. Proven track record in overseeing large-scale financial operations, implementing strategic initiatives, and driving fiscal performance to achieve organizational goals. Skilled in navigating complex regulatory frameworks while fostering collaborative partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure compliance with federal standards. Prepared to leverage a unique blend of executive acumen, cross-functional proficiency, and unwavering commitment to excellence in a dynamic federal agency or private sector setting.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pacific Theater Operations Officer
NAVFAC EXWC
Port Hueneme, CA
06.2025 - Current
- Streamlined Seabee-Labor operational workflows to enhance efficiency and accountability of construction projects in the entire Pacific Area of Responsibility.
- Implemented standard operating procedures to improve compliance with Work Inductions and Progress Matrixes.
- Coordinated resource allocation to optimize project timelines and budgets.
- Led cross-functional teams in process improvement initiatives across diverse operations.
Base Operations Services Director
Commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa and Central (CNR EURAFCENT)
Naples, Italy
04.2023 - 06.2025
- Responsible for execution of shore installation management and logistics support for all Forward-Deployed Naval forces ashore and afloat in the European, African, and Central Command Theaters.
- Led a diverse team of six GS-13s employees to close out $350M Base Operating Support (BOS) portfolio consisting of eight funding streams with direct focus on shore investments that enable fleet operations.
- Rapidly pivoted resources to execute another $14M+ ISO critical planning, utility, and facility requirements across eight military installations in EURAFCENT.
- Guided eight Public Works Departments (PWDs) in the development of $82M of yearly Sustainment budget, maximizing impact of limited discretionary resources and enabling centralized management of regional maintenance priorities.
- Created enduring processes for annual controls analysis to assure effective resourcing of CNR EURAFCENT installation priorities.
- Achieved seamless continuity for BOS programs and was a critical enabler for the CNREAC Executive Steering Committee where I provided a brief to increase senior leader understanding of unique BOS challenges as well as collective awareness of ongoing remediation efforts.
Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Director
Camp Lemonnier Djibouti
Africa
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Provides base operating support including security, communications, air, and port operations for 31 tenant commands.
- Sustains 5,000 personnel in support of Operation AL-QAEDA EAST AFRICA and Overseas Contingency Operations within USAFRICOM, and USCENTCOM AORs.
- Supervised a 31-person team among professional engineers and military officers.
- Award execution under my leadership includes: 224 construction and service task-orders valued at $164M.
- The award of 22 JOC, MACC and IOIO contracts that helped increase the command’s contracting capacity by $25M.
- Presented a clear and well documented case to terminate for default (T4D) two MILCON contracts valued at $55M.
- Once successful, persistently pursued funding and approval to place the sites in a caretaker status to prevent degradation during re-solicitation.
- Liaison between U.S. Government, Djibouti government and international contractors to ensure all stakeholders knew the impacts to CLDJ missions when Djiboutian authorities unilaterally changed their in-country access requirements.
- Instituted a training program created to improve technical expertise through engagement in daily operations and bi-weekly training sessions.
Asset Management Liaison Officer
Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Headquarters
Washington, DC
01.2020 - 01.2022
- The Naval shore facilities, base operating support, and expeditionary engineering systems command that deliver s life-cycle technical and acquisition solutions aligned to fleet and Marine Corps priorities.
- Assigned to NAVFAC HQ Ops Center for the Red Hill water response.
- Synchronized efforts across multiple echelons of command to process and disseminate critical information to Congress and federal agencies.
- Created staff products that supported timely decision making for the Commander and the Crisis Action Team.
- Led the entire Navy real property infrastructure enterprise (nine Navy regions) in the planning, training, and execution of the FY21 100% Existence and Completeness inventory of 60k real property assets valued at $290B among 70 installations.
- Developed DoD best practices, policy and field procedures resulting in on-time validation and correction of 180 accounting discrepancies found at several on-base utility systems during the FY21 Navy-wide property audit.
- Authored the CNIC real property and space assignment support agreement instruction by expertly partnering with senior leadership from OPNAV, CNIC, and NAVFAC to develop standardized guidance for space utilization, increase visibility of tenant operations, and establish documentation standards for external audit requirements.
- Improved Readiness Sustainment & Compatibility policy working with OPNAV and 7 Regional Community Planning Officers by leading the development and prioritization of FY21 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program submission to Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) totaling 22 projects valued at $139M.
- The REPI efforts helped protect 92K acres of critical mission readiness and training assets to improve warfighting capabilities in land, sea, air, and undersea domains.
- Developed and implemented NAVFAC HQ’s annual DEOCS survey & listening sessions and outbrief to the Chief of Civil Engineering.
- Translated data from two different surveys that helped identify problem areas and best practices.
- Played a large role in removing barriers and improving command climate/communication, achieving a common vision and team identity at all levels.
Public Works Officer
Marine Corps Base Kaneohe
Hawaii
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Provide support to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, III MEF, Headquarters and Service Battalion, MARFORPAC, Marine Corps Air Station, and tenant commands consisting of 25,000 Marines, Sailors, family members, and civilian employees.
- Led a team of five GS-13s and 37 civilian employees in the development of $560M in MILCON and Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (FSRM) projects to recapitalize the aging and neglected MCBH infrastructure.
- Served as the keystone for training areas and land-use studies for the FY26 DPRI realignment of forces in the Pacific Region.
- Instrumental in the relocation of three major tenant commands to support short-fused changes in support of the USMC Aviation Plan, DPRI, and FORCE 2025 initiatives.
- Leveraged team building efforts to quickly conduct structural audits and synchronize tenant’s mission priorities to validate MCBH’s $43M and 12 project FY22 Centrally Managed Program (CMP) making the only MCIPAC installation to meet the suspense timeline.
- Developed contractor access alternatives for timely completion of multi-million dollar projects amid COVID-19 impacts.
- Guided the FEAD negotiations through a time critical modification for the $80M MILCON P863 Hangar 101 Renovation project by discovering gaps and design deficiencies in the contractor.
- Provided clear end-user requirements to develop a NO-COST change solution.
- Eliminated a four-year backlog of Prior Year funds worth at $850K by personally tracking and executing mods that kept the contract closing and acceptance of $200M worth of projects.
- Led the reprioritization of MCBH’s FY19 FSRM execution plan because of funding being redirected to support MCI-EAST Hurricane Florence recovery efforts and managed to keep the most critical projects that included $16M in deferred airfield repairs and the $9.9M Repair Mess Hall Renovation to support missions for 25,000 Marines and Sailors.
- Led the reset of MCBH’s FY25 MILCON program, FY21 M2/R2 program, and FY20 M1/R1 program identifying 350 projects valued at $900M distributed among 1/3/5 future years planning projections based on MCBH Commanding Officer’s priorities and operational readiness of our units.
- Implemented non-existent work induction process that serves MCBH tenants with a standardized, repeatable system across the entire Facilities Department, eliminating work evaluation and planning intricacies.
- Enabled a program that prioritized MCBH’s 3/5/10 year maintenance plan and ensures accurate response to MCIPAC/COM short fused requirement changes for execution of the annual $300M/yr budget.
- Shared detailed knowledge of facility requirements and NAVFAC processes, eTools, products, and services to produce real and fasting results for supported tenants.
- Spearheaded the successful re-establishment of the MCBH environmental planning meeting, increasing the quality of NEPA documentation, reducing administrative processing delays, and enabling the execution of more on-time contract awards.
Contingency Plans Officer N5A
Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Pacific
Hawaii
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Type command (TYCOM) for Naval Construction, Expeditionary Logistics, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Coastal Riverine, and Mobile Diving and Salvage Forces.
- Provides oversight to man, train and equip over 23,000 Navy Expeditionary Sailors.
- Improved warfighting readiness and contributed to four-star level products resulting in sustainment of NECC core capabilities and setting force structure.
- Developed and presented planning products for OPNAV use on NECF/NCF relevance in the Pacific.
- His meticulous analysis helped accurately define requirements and identify risk and mitigation strategies to inform NECC POM submissions.
- At the forefront of innovation, integrated Adaptive Force Packages (AFP) as the Command and Control organization in major combat operations, establishing training and wartime requirements for NECC Echelon IV and V commands.
- Redesigned the NECCPAC warfighting seminar (WFS) streamlining product delivery and rehearsal of concept drills in preparation for five WFS events a year.
- Provided detailed training to 90 senior leaders from the Naval Construction, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Coastal Riverine Forces on Navy Expeditionary Combat Force capabilities and their role in Pacific contingency plans, directly improving operational readiness for the warfighter in support of Operational Plan execution.
- Guided III MEF, C7F and ROK planners in the identification of optimal force employment and distribution in support of combined mission requirements for Northeast Asia conflicts.
- Volunteered to represent NECCPAC during a USMC-led Wargame planning event focused on developing a concept of operations for Distributed Short Take Off Vertical Landing Operations (DSO) in a highly constrained environment.
- Provided detailed insight to over 10 senior USMC and USN planners, outlining the best methods to integrate the capabilities of NECF into the DSO environment resulting in a joint capability-informed concepts of operations.
- Chaired the Navy Expeditionary Force (NEF) Operational Planning Team for the Northeast Asia OPLAN, leading personnel representing over 30 Echelon IV and V commands in the development of the Concept of Operations’ drills, command relationships, and Time Phased Force Deployment Data for over 10,000 Sailors.
- Key to today’s Navy Expeditionary Force (NEF) warfighting readiness across the Pacific.
- Authored the Engineering Annex, Harbor Defense/Port Security Appendix and NEF Operations Appendix of the Naval Component Commander Base Plan.
- Products were hailed by the COMSEVENTHFLT Northeast Asia planner as an example for other CTFs to follow.
- Identified two additional expeditionary requirements to supported commanders, resulting in direct modifications to Fleet and COCOM warfighting Concept of Operations.
- Awarded on-the-spot Navy Achievement Medal by Commander, Task force 75, for generating "unparalleled synchronization" between supported commanders and staffs ISO FOAL EAGLE 2016 and by leading NEF planning at Joint and Combined level OPTs with III MEF, C7F, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) that enhanced interoperability and collaboration for over 11,000 Sailors under more than 30 Echelon IV, V and VI commands in support of USPACOM wartime readiness.
- Proactively mentored area-wide CEC wardroom providing professional development training to dozens of JOs assigned to NAVFAC PAC & HI, MARFORPAC, and CPF.
Company Commander
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74
Mississippi
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Provides general and contingency engineer support to Combatant and Component Commanders enabling their operational capabilities across the full spectrum of military operations.
- Deployed in support of CENTCOM, AFRICOM, EUCOM and NORTHCOM.
- Commanded an eighty-troop strong company through a six-month deployment.
- Responsible for creating the training program for 12 Specialty Organizations, achieving all required certifications prior to deployment.
- Expert in Naval Tasks and Performance Evaluation Criteria for deployment readiness.
- Officer in charge during four communication exercises which maximized the battalion command and control capabilities.
- Led the planning of five Platoon Level Competitions with the intent to drive Seabee Combat Warfare knowledge and physical strength and skills while increasing the overall esprit-de-corps of troops and leadership.
- Supervised the making of an award-winning cruisebook that highlighted accomplishments and day-to-day operations throughout homeport and deployment.
- As the Battalion Legal Officer, oversaw two ADSEP boards, eight legal separations, one special court-martial, one Article 32 hearing, six CO’s NJPs, and two JAGMAN investigations substantially contributing to increased good order and discipline within the battalion.
Construction/Project Manager
Joint Base Anacostia Bolling
Washington, DC
01.2010 - 01.2012
- NAVFAC Washington is the Regional Engineer for Naval District Washington and provides public works, environmental and construction support to Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Joint Commands and Federal Agencies in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
- Delivered more than $9M of work in place for 15 different minor and medium construction projects.
- Design review of gov’t and/or private design.
- Collaborated with the contractor to develop effective solutions when deficiencies were found.
- Led the construction of 3,000 cubic foot brick deck to provide performed by military troops from CBMU 202.
- Initiated the relationship between the CBMU’s higher echelon (25NCR) to plan future projects at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling to support critical Seabee training requirements.
- Organized and executed various volunteer opportunities for veterans, wounded warriors and special needs children in the local community.
- Took every opportunity to support the NAV FAC Wardroom as a ceremonial usher, event coordinator and at several other Command events.
Education
Master’s degree - civil engineering
University of Hawaii
01-2018
Engineer in training - undefined
State of Maryland
01-2010
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
University of South Florida
01-2010
Skills
- Adobe Pro
- Microsoft Office Programs to include Power BI
- Operational efficiency
- Employee performance
- Resource management
- Organizational efficiency
- Budget development
- Budget management
- Continuous improvement
- Procedure optimization
- Resource allocation
- Scheduling coordination
- Procedure improvement
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Team leadership
- Staff training/development
- Data analysis
- Operations management
- Data management
- Relationship building
- Hiring and onboarding
- Performance improvements
- Management team building
- Scheduling
- Finance and accounting oversight
- Customer service
- Cost analysis and savings
- Recruitment
- Quality assurance
- Financial management
- Program optimization
- Special promotions planning
- Regulatory compliance
- Goal setting
- Department oversight
- Needs assessment
- Performance improvement
- Sound judgment
- Cost control
- Delegation
- P&L management
- Financial planning
- KPI tracking
- Performance evaluations
- Performance evaluation and monitoring
- Business administration
- Staff scheduling
- Employee scheduling
- Assignment delegation
- Staff development
- Inventory tracking and management
- Database maintenance
- Business leadership
- Employee reviews
- Change management
- Calendar management
- Administrative management
- Business process reengineering
- Purchasing and planning
- Financial oversight
- Budget control
- Business management
- Proficient in [software]
- P&L Administration
- Customer relations
- Strategic planning
- Records organization and management
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
Affiliations
- Toastmasters
- Society of American Military Engineers
Certification
- Engineer in Training - 2010
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Italian
Professional Working
Interests
- Dancing
- Mindfulness Practices
- Team Sports
- Gym Workouts
- I participate in various sports activities for physical activity, camaraderie, and personal growth
- Passionate about balancing physical health with mental and emotional wellness
- Committed to improving personal fitness through regular participation in running and soccer
- Backpacking and Hiking
- Road Trips
- Food Tourism
- Sharing travel tips, recommendations, and insights with fellow enthusiasts
- Exploring famous landmarks, historical sites, and cultural attractions in a new destination
- Historical Exploration
- Enjoy experimenting with different ingredients and flavors in the kitchen
- Learning new cooking techniques and expanding my culinary skills
- Growing herbs, vegetables, or fruits in home gardens
- Tech enthusiast, passionate about exploring the latest advancements and innovations
- Supporting STEM education initiatives and mentorship programs
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
- Video Gaming
- Robotics
- Stand-up Paddleboarding (SUP)
- Backpacking
- Hiking
- Playing Sports
- Kayaking
- Running
- Camping
- Offering time and support to shelters for the homeless, women, and animals
- Volunteer Work
- Auto Repair/Restoration
- Fashion and Style
- Personal Development and Self-Improvement
- Watching Movies and TV Shows
- I like working with my hands and fixing things
- Drawing and Painting
- Music
- Creative Writing
- Dance
- Crafting and DIY Projects
Timeline
Pacific Theater Operations Officer
NAVFAC EXWC
06.2025 - Current
Base Operations Services Director
Commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa and Central (CNR EURAFCENT)
04.2023 - 06.2025
Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Director
Camp Lemonnier Djibouti
01.2022 - 01.2023
Asset Management Liaison Officer
Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Headquarters
01.2020 - 01.2022
Public Works Officer
Marine Corps Base Kaneohe
01.2018 - 01.2020
Contingency Plans Officer N5A
Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Pacific
01.2014 - 01.2017
Company Commander
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74
01.2013 - 01.2014
Construction/Project Manager
Joint Base Anacostia Bolling
01.2010 - 01.2012
Engineer in training - undefined
State of Maryland
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
University of South Florida
Master’s degree - civil engineering
University of Hawaii
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Warranted Contracting Officer | US Navy 2022
- Advanced CEC Officer | US Navy 2021
- Environmental Protection | US Navy 2021
- Real Estate Planning | US Navy 2020
- SFPS | US Navy 2020
- Acquisition Professional | US Navy 2018
- Seabee Combat Warfare | US Navy 2014
- Military Justice | US Navy 2011
- Basic CEC Officer | US Navy 2010