Byron Diaz
El Paso,TX
Summary
Borne in Guatemala and raced in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 7 years old.
Graduated Franklin High School in 1986
Graduate from DeVry Institute of Technology with an associate degree in electronics.
A father of 6 grown children with 3 grandchildren and married for nearly 20 years.
Joined the U.S. Marine Corp in 1989 to 1993 and the U.S. Army in 2005 to 2021. Developed leadership skills for more than 15 years by leading and helping others. Committed transportation professional adept in providing updated and accurate route information to assist passengers. Strong commitment to safety demonstrated through an exceptional driving record and 1.5 years of experience in Bus Driver roles. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Bus Driver
El Paso Independent School District
08.2022 - Current
- Hours per week: 60
- Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:
- School Bus Driver by transporting students in elementary schools, middle schools and high schools from their home of residence to their designated schools morning time and transport students after school towards their home of residence
- Accomplishments:
- Assuring safety precaution of all students (including special needs kids) by following all safety guidelines before students get aboard, during transportation and existing school bus and to pick up and deliver all students on time for all routes
- Completed pre-trip bus inspections for safe passenger transportation
- Performed bus driving duties while keeping student safety in mind to maintain good safety record
- Inspected emergency equipment and verified safe working order for student and driver use
- Transported passengers safely along prescribed routes according to tight schedules
- Regulated heating, lighting and ventilating systems for passenger comfort
- Maintained TX driver's license to enable legal operation of school buses for student transport, field trips, and other purposes
- Kept bus interiors clean and tidy to provide comfortable passenger environments
- Adhered to scheduled routes and accomplished timely drop-offs and pick-ups to comply with preset route criteria
- Acted calmly, productively and professionally under pressure for helpful emergency response
- Supervisor: Oscar Achondo (915) 230-2501
Okay to contact this supervisor: Yes
Supervisor
U.S. Army
03.2005 - 12.2021
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows
- Handled customer complaints, resolved issues, and adjusted policies to meet changing needs
- Monitored workflow to improve employee time management and increase productivity
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas
- Identified unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or hazards to enforce safe work practices and procedures
- Boosted team performance by developing customer service training materials and conducting service training
Supervisor
Hartell Hall Welcome Center
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Salary: $53,163 USD Per year
- Hours per week: 60
- Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:
- DIRECTORY OPERATOR by supervising up to 60+ military subordinates weekly; coordinate traffic front desk by in-processing new incoming soldier members to their new duty station within Fort Sill and out-processing outgoing soldier members leaving Fort Sill
- SUPERVISE three teams of two by helping direct traffic of newly arriving soldiers (all ranks) during weekdays and weekends
- Every team conducts 24-hour shift at welcome center front desk by answering phone calls, in-processing new soldiers and out-processing soldier
- Every Monday morning, hosting by introducing Start Right In-processing briefing
- Monday morning program it consist of 12 different civilian representatives by making small introduction on what is available for new incoming soldiers
- On Tuesday through Friday mornings, Assisting civilian co-workers by having new SM to settle in designated class and give them small pre-briefing for Start Right In-processing briefing
- Main goal is to make sure all teams at front desk assisting all incoming and outgoing SM and to prepare all in-coming SM for Star Right In-processing briefing
- Accomplishments:
- Front desk trained new soldiers to work and to develop better communication skills within week’s time
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows
- Handled customer complaints, resolved issues, and adjusted policies to meet changing needs
- Monitored workflow to improve employee time management and increase productivity
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas
- Supervisor: Luis Pagan 580-442-7268
Okay to contact this supervisor: Yes
Senior Supervisor
Hartell, Casualty Assistance
12.2019 - 12.2020
- Salary: $53,163 USD Per year
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Funeral Detail Supervisor of three to eight men crew by traveling more than seven hours within 460 miles perimeter of Fort Sill
- Casualty assistance office would providing information for upcoming funeral details
- SUPERVISE several groups by training new soldiers on how to honor fallen heroes by unfolding American flag, how to coordinate on where to place casket in front of grieving families at cemeteries, how to provide full eight men honor guard with rifles and three men honor guard without rifles
- Training soldiers for upcoming leadership positions and bringing closure to grieving families at funerals
- Coordinated, supervised and evaluated work of subordinates and reallocated staff and resources to meet performance requirements
- Senior Supervisor: 1st. Sergeant Shareasa D. Owens 706-294-6592
Okay to contact this supervisor: Yes
Tasking Coordinator, Supervisor
U.S. Army
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Salary: $53,163 USD Per year
- Hours per week: 40
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- ASSIGNING new soldiers as task coordinator for BMM (Borrowed Military Manpower) positions
- SUPERVISED short term soldier members who are about to relocate to different Army base or retiring would be put on different temporary jobs under BMM; such as, working at Fort Sill Museum by greeting people at facility, Fort Sill Welcome Center front desk detail by in-processing soldier members reporting for duty from different Army bases and Rail Operations by loading and unloading cargo from trains
- Each soldier member would be assigned from different companies within Fort Sill base
- Enlisted members (E-1 to E-7) with ranks of non-commission officer (sergeant E-5/staff sergeant E-6/ sergeant first class E-7) would be assigned for one year
- Enlisted members with ranks of lower enlistment (private E-1 to specialist E-4) would be assigned for six months
- Updating BMM tasking status on who is currently on duty, who needs to be replaced and what companies are able to assist by volunteering any soldier member
- Briefing senior supervisor on weekly status
- Accomplishments:
- Assigning soldier members to short term duties and updating BMM status weekly
- Staff Sergeant Narrate (Natuitasina) Tuia 254-251-9064
- Okay to contact this supervisor: Yes
Supervisor
United States Army
01.2015 - 11.2017
- Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Salary: $53,163 USD Per year
- Hours per week: 40
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Assisted on setting up military equipment worth over $10,000 on various Command Post Exercise (CPX) scenarios for future deployments and operate Command Post of Future (CPOF) General Dynamics
- Plus assisted Liaison Officer (LNO) by keeping track of over 600 division (large groups of 6000-25000 soldier members) activities across Pacific Area of Responsibility
- Assistance on camp site set-up by erecting large air beam DRASH (deployable rapid assembly shelter) tents
- Once all assigned tents are set-up, CPOF equipment and radio communication are established
- In two weeks company will conduct different scenarios of training and for Command Post to keep track of every division by use of radio communication, use of CPOF equipment and LNO communicating with each division
- Job requirements, two weeks of maintaining generators and operating CPOF equipment under 12 hour schedule
- CPOF operator would be in charge of creating different obstacles and scenarios and to keep track of all participating companies training
- Plus updating training status by power point slides on daily events to senior leaders
- Accomplishments:
- Training and certifying new soldiers for upcoming deployments in less than two weeks.
- Senior Supervisor: MSG. Reed, Christopher, D. 915-203-2588
- Okay to contact this supervisor: Yes
Supervisor
Air Defense Artillery Battalion
11.2017 - 05.2019
- CAMP CARROLL
- South Korea 96260, Salary: $53,163 USD Per year
- Hours per week: 40
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Assigned as Noncombatant Evacuee Order (NEO) Warden at Camp Carroll and Safety Officer for company
- Having accurate accountability of no more than 15 soldier members who have reported for duty to Camp Carroll, South Korea with their dependents (families) and to keep them informed on what to do if and when confrontation between North Korea and South Korea would ever happen
- Emergency evacuation would be initiated. Families of soldier members would be escorted to board ships or commercial air lines back to United States
- NEO Warden, meeting for soldier member’s families would be schedules monthly in order to go over crucial details needed to be safely evacuated; such as, having supplies and equipment ready
- Each soldier member would be assigned first aid box with basic instructions on how to apply gas mask and for their families and to bring basic essentials; such as, passports, suite case for each family member and their medicine
- Mandatory safety inspections soldier’s leaving quarters (barracks) and work areas for safety concern issues to be conducted monthly
- Monthly inspection soldier’s barracks (leaving quarters) to make sure fire extinguishers are up to date, fire exit signs are always kept turned on, exits being cleared, smoke detections in each room are working, and appliances in each room would meet every safety code with assistance of South Korea Fire Department
- Other areas of safety inspection would be military motor pool (parking area for military vehicles) and all mechanical shops within military motor pool
- Safety inspection covers fuel spills, oil spills, fire exits being blocked off by unnecessary equipment, making sure that all hazardous substance would be properly stored away, soldier members having their safety goggles and ear plus when working on any type of military equipment
- Once safety reports are complete, it would be handed off to senior supervisors
- Maintained database systems to track and analyze operational data
- Accomplishments:
- To make sure safety and wellbeing of every soldier member in company is guaranteed
- Captain Abraham Acosta 315-755-2792
- Okay to contact this supervisor: Yes
Supervisor
United States Army, Air Defense Artillery
08.2012 - 01.2015
- Charlie Battery 3rd
- Salary: $53,163 USD Per year
- Hours per week: 40
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
- Supervisor for Forces Command Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target (FORSCOM PATRIOT) Air and Missile Battery; help prepare soldiers to be promoted from Enlisted-4 (E-4) to Enlisted Commission Officer (E-5), responsible for their health, welfare, safety, training, morale and professional development of five soldiers and their families; advising Platoon Leader (officer) and Platoon Sergeant on planning and coordination of Platoon Collective Tasks in support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allies and individual training; responsible for maintenance, accountability and deployment of two Patriot Launchers, two High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and associated equipment in excess of $10,000,000
- Accomplishments:
- Trained groups of five new soldiers on PATRIOT Air Defense Artillery
- Help prepare soldiers for promotion and to be future leaders.
- Supervisor: MSG. Demps, Mandrill
- Contact information not available
Supervisor
United States Army
08.2011 - 07.2012
- Delta Battery 5th
- 7th
- Air Defense Artillery
- Kaiserslautern, Salary: $53,163 USD Per year
- Hours per week: 40
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills as assistance supervisor: Staff Sergeant (SSG) Whitlock, Cedric, J
- Achieved results by working with staff to meet established targets
- Frequently inspected production area to verify proper equipment operation
- Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications
- Contact not available
- Evaluated staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies
- Supervisor: Staff Sergeant (SSG) Whitlock, Cedric, J
- Contact information not available
SECURITY SUPERVISOR Noncommission Officer
NCO
- For forward stationed Patriot Air Defense Artillery firing battery with contingency mission in United States Europe Command (EUCOM) area of operations, responsible for health, welfare, career development and combat readiness of three soldiers, and their families; responsible for all maintenance, operation, and accountability of two military vehicles valued in excess of $200,000
- Supervised small team assigned as Installation Reaction force by providing security in Forward Operating Base (FOB) being operational level military position, commonly military base, that is used to support strategic goals and tactical objectives
- Accomplishments:
- Training and certifying new soldiers into successful missions and awarding them for showing initiative and leadership.
Education
Completed Army Combative Level -
Army
Fort Sill, OK03.2013
Leader’s Course -
SLC
Fort Sill, OK2012
Completed Army Combat Life Savers Course -
Army
Germany2013
Completed Army Advanced Leader’s Course -
ALC
Fort Sill, OK2011
Completed Army Defense Language Institute Gateway to Germany -
Army
Germany2009
Completed Army Basic Leader Course -
BLC
Fort Bliss, TX2007
Associate’s Degree - Electronics
DeVry Institute of Technology
Pomona01.1996
Skills
- Able to supervise groups of 5 to 20 military personnel for 15 years
- Bilingual, english and spanish
- Tasking coordinator by in-processing incoming and outgoing of soldier members
- Trained other groups for success
- Problem solver
- Willing to learn
- Clean driving record
- Map expertise
- Local traffic regulations
- Local route knowledge
Additional Information
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: , Army Commendation Medal (3rd. Award), 2021. Army Good Conduct Medal (4th. Award), 2018. Army Achievement Medal, 2017. Army Promotion from Sergeant to Staff Sergeant, 2012
Video games and weight lifting
On my personal time during break or at home, I play a variety of video games in facebook.
I lift weights for 1 hour and another hour of cardio activities.
Work Availability
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Quote
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Thomas Edison
Timeline
Bus Driver
El Paso Independent School District
08.2022 - Current
Supervisor
Hartell Hall Welcome Center
05.2021 - 09.2021
Senior Supervisor
Hartell, Casualty Assistance
12.2019 - 12.2020
Tasking Coordinator, Supervisor
U.S. Army
05.2019 - 12.2019
Supervisor
Air Defense Artillery Battalion
11.2017 - 05.2019
Supervisor
United States Army
01.2015 - 11.2017
Supervisor
United States Army, Air Defense Artillery
08.2012 - 01.2015
Supervisor
United States Army
08.2011 - 07.2012
Supervisor
U.S. Army
03.2005 - 12.2021
SECURITY SUPERVISOR Noncommission Officer
NCO
Completed Army Combative Level -
Army
Leader’s Course -
SLC
Completed Army Combat Life Savers Course -
Army
Completed Army Advanced Leader’s Course -
ALC
Completed Army Defense Language Institute Gateway to Germany -
Army
Completed Army Basic Leader Course -
BLC
Associate’s Degree - Electronics
DeVry Institute of Technology
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