Christopher A. Cuttino
Woodbridge,VA
Summary
Dynamic compliance professional specializing in risk management and regulatory adherence, with a strong track record of developing and implementing compliance programs that align with organizational objectives. Recognized for fostering team collaboration and delivering results in fast-paced, evolving environments. Expertise in regulatory analysis and policy development enhances the ability to navigate complex compliance landscapes effectively. Committed to driving organizational integrity while ensuring adherence to industry standards and best practices.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) Compliance Manager (GS-12/0343)
United States Marine Corps (HQMC), Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (DC, M&RA), Manpower Plans and Policy Division (MP), Culture and Inclusion Branch (MPE), Quantico, VA
Quantico, VA
01.2024 - Current
- As the MEO complaints manager, ensures the complaints submitted comply with policies as set forth by MCO 5354.1X Prohibited Activities and Conduct (PAC). Serves as primary trainer on case management system for USMC Equal Opportunity Advisor students at Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI). Provides oversight of all reports related to Prohibited Activities and Conduct within the Marine Corps. Return and or resolve reports that are not compliant with policy. Coordinates with other members of the staff and conducts monthly/quarterly quality assurance reviews of cases to ensure compliance with policy. In coordination with Judge Advocate Division (JAD), prepares reports on the nature and results of all disciplinary actions related to sexual harassment for dissemination to the field. Prepares response to Request for Information (RFI), Freedom of Information Act, and Privacy Act information received from internal and external agencies related to PAC cases. In coordination with Department of the Navy (DON) IT System Manager, assists in resolving technical issues with case management system. Recommends IT system modifications to comply with data collection requirements from DOD, DON, and Marine Corps leadership. Provides Military MEO counseling on non-routine cases or issues. Serves as Alternate Forms Manager responsible for managing and designing new and revised forms to support program operations.
- Salary: 128,956.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 40
Administrative Support/Security Coordinator Officer (GS-12/0343)
United States Marine Corps (HQMC), Deputy Commandant for Program and Resources (DC, P&R), Pentagon
Pentagon
07.2023 - 01.2024
- Serves as the senior Administrative Support Officer and Security Coordinator for HQMC, DC, P&R supporting over 700 military, civilian, and contractor personnel dispersed throughout several states and regions of the United States. Closely coordinate actions with the Civilian HR, and Military Admin Officer to manage inbound and outbound actions. Act as a focal point and liaison to supervisors for onboarding and offboarding members. Populate, record, and maintain management reports for the Branch Chief. Perform all duties in a courteous and tactful manner, demonstrating fairness, cooperation, and respect towards coworkers, office visitors, and all others in the performance of official business. Apply equal opportunity, diversity, and merit system principles to your daily work. Collaborate effectively with customers and stakeholders to advance EEO objectives within assigned areas of responsibility. Provide advice that is timely, responsive, and accurate while developing/maintaining appropriate established effective working relationships with internal and external customers. Take actions to effectively solve problems before they adversely impact the organization or other employees. Conduct regular follow-up on unresolved issues to ensure stakeholders are properly advised until the issue is fully resolved. Effectively manage records retention and accessibility guidelines according to organizational policies, laws, and regulations. Coordinates, prepare, and bring official records to agencies/organizations responsible for maintaining official records and data warehousing repositories. Oversee, implement, and enforce the department’s Security Program, policies, and procedures for all directorates within P&R while facilitating the state of the program. Monitor and analyze the security posture, along with conducting monthly and semi-annually inventories and inspections of all the department’s classified material and systems. Resolve systemic issues in the security process ensuring continued effective and successful operation. Manage the emergency action plan, and privacy act programs that are subsidiary programs of security management and enable force and material protection. Create and route decision and policy memoranda, information papers, standing operating procedures, Marine Corps orders, publications, bulletins, Marine administrative messages, route sheets, and buck slips to adhere to policy and guidance and inform P&R leadership. Oversee, implement, and enforce the department’s security program, policies, and procedures for all directorates within P&R. Monitor and analyze the security posture of the department. Report on a semi-annual basis the state of the program to include the inventory of all the department’s classified material. Resolve systemic issues in the security process ensuring continued effective and successful operation. Analyze and evaluate proposed changes in mission, operating procedures, and delegations of authority to ensure all administrative actions are reviewed for compliance. Distributes work among personnel within the Division to ensure effective utilization of available personnel.
- Salary: 122,000.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 40
Supervisor, Human Resources (Military), (GG-12/0201) 1st Battalion, 1st Information Operations Command
U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Belvoir, VA
Fort Belvoir, VA
08.2018 - 06.2022
- Served as the senior, Human Resources Specialist (Military) supporting over 400 geographically dispersed assigned or attached Active Army, Army Reserve, and multiple State National Guard Soldiers mobilized in support of several areas of operations. Principal Adviser to the Command Team and assisted in establishing HR goals/objectives during scheduled weekly HR discussions. Supervised and managed external and internal coordination for Directorate. Effectively planned, established, implemented, monitored, and evaluated a broad range of HR policies, programs, and procedures ensuring compliance with established policies and regulations.
- Supervised and evaluated work performance of 2 civilian personnel. With daily interaction with team members and constantly communicating the needs of the organization, effectively minimized disruption of operations and adjusted schedules for completion of work based on organizational priorities.
- Reviewed all personnel action requests submitted and always provided multiple recommendations for consideration while supporting the commander’s intent, guidance, instructions and customer needs.
- Provided all HR services and support regarding a wide variety of general administrative personnel actions, officer and enlisted evaluations, military awards, along with military finance and special duty assignment pay.
- Managed officer and enlisted strength management and monitored HR systems and critical military occupational specialties to ensure the command was assigned the proper personnel for mission accomplishment. Assisted Soldiers with retirement/separation requests, updated assignment considerations and/or limitations prior to their movement cycle window, along with updating records in eMILPO and iPERMS during their promotion records review and/or annual personnel/finance records review (PRR/FRR).
- Performed assessments of military policies, deployment requirements, and casualty processes, in addition to a myriad of Human Resources issues through critical analysis, evaluations, and collaboration. Compiled, analyzed and identified trends or deficiencies, and established corrective procedures ultimately achieving organizational results.
- Monitored Tour of Duty and managed assigned COADOS personnel from the Army Reserve and Nation Guard.
- Served as the DTS reviewer and travel lead for the Battalion.
- Salary: 113,000.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 40
Human Resources Program Manager and Executive Administrative Assistant
Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence), Pentagon
Pentagon
11.2017 - 07.2018
- Served as the Human Resources Program Manager and the Executive Administrative Assistant for the Director, Human Intelligence and Sensitive Activities Division, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence and Security). Managed, tasked, coordinated and controlled actions within the directorate using the Correspondence and Tasking Management System.
- Implemented formal standards and procedures for processing administrative actions.
- Provided support regarding a wide variety of general administrative actions.
- Managed various management programs for compliance.
- Organized, planned, and established daily work priorities
- Reviewed written products for a team of 15 employees.
- Reviewed travel requests and ensured requests adhered to existing travel policy and regulations by auditing travel expense reports for accuracy.
- Managed the Tasking Management System for the Directorate and responded as necessary.
- Salary: 95,000.00 USD Per Year (Contractor)
- Hours per week: 40
G-1 SGM/Chief, Human Resources, Executive Directorate, Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, VA
Fort Belvoir, VA
07.2013 - 01.2016
- As the Assistant Chief of Staff (ACofS), G-1 SGM, supervised and managed internal coordination and control for the Human Resources Directorate. Effectively planned, implemented, monitored, and evaluated a broad range of Army Civilian and Military Human Resource policies, programs, and procedures at the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (USAINSCOM).
- Principal adviser to the ACofS, G1 and USAINSCOM Command Group for all HR related actions for more than 13,000 personnel geographically dispersed in over 31 countries. Review and advise the ACofS, G1 on all actions received from Division Chiefs of the Military Human Resources, Plans and Operations, Equal Opportunity, Safety, and Sexual Harassment and Response Program Divisions.
- Defined and implemented formal standards and procedures for replacement of senior personnel and succession planning for future Assistant intelligence personnel strength.
- Provided support regarding a wide variety of HR services that included officer and enlisted strength management; military awards; officer and enlisted evaluations and promotions; personnel actions, casualty reporting, and general administrative actions.
- Managed, assessed, and evaluated HR programs and procedures. Coordinated assessment locations, assessment teams, and functional areas to be evaluated in support of the mission statement and commander’s vision. Explained and justified decisions, conclusions, findings, and recommendations.
- Identified the intelligence manpower to support the establishment of the Cyber Mission Force supporting the Joint Forces Headquarters-Cyber Command.
- Developed and analyzed policies, implemented and evaluated procedures, studied and analyzed concepts, extended existing principles to new and unusual initiatives, and prepared advisory materials on matters of government-wide importance.
- Salary: 112,042.80 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 40
G-1 SGM/Chief, Human Resources, Executive Directorate, Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel
U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force (USARAF), Italy
Italy
06.2010 - 06.2013
- Served as the G-1 SGM and advisor to ACofS, G1, the Commanding General and CSM for United States Army Africa (USARAF), the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) for United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Responsible for the technical and tactical proficiency, morale, welfare, and professional development of the enlisted force. Ensured Command Teams had access to relevant HR information and analysis that support current and future operations.
- Provided technical advice regarding Soldiers, DoD Civilians, and Family members. Responsible for the planning, evaluation, and execution of numerous personnel policies, plans and programs concerning manning, accessions, training, and professional development in the theater of operations along with interfacing with the Army G1 and Army Human Resources Command.
- Implemented policies relating to the assignment, retention/reenlistment and utilization of military personnel.
- Initiated strategic HR planning to formulate courses of action designed to increase human resources operational alternatives for the G1 and USARAF leadership.
- Identified and provided recommendations to problem areas or issues for study, investigation or review, which resulted in improved efficiency, economy effectiveness, quality and productivity.
- Provided support regarding a wide variety of HR services that included officer and enlisted strength management; military awards; officer and enlisted evaluations and promotions; personnel actions, casualty reporting, and general administrative actions.
- Developed strategies for managing program performance, inspections and reviews for completion within deadlines, such as setting priorities, balancing workloads, and shaping site visit agendas.
- Developed and published human resources operations, support, policies and procedures by managing mobilization plans and systems in the Theater of Operations.
- Managed in/out processing of military assets to include installation clearances, soldier readiness, unit and individual movement, separations and retirements.
- Assisted with management of quality-of-life programs (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) for 1700 Soldiers and civilians throughout USAFRICOM theater of operation.
- Orchestrated the first-ever Ghanaian Joint Sergeants Major Academy Seminar on standardization of HR functions for the Ghanaian Defense Forces.
- Evaluated and recommended changes to the South African National Defense Forces Human Resources Management.
- Briefed and assisted the Ambassador of Malawi, the Malawian Defense Force Commander, and the Commanding General of USARAF with the establishment of the first Malawian Defense Force Sergeants Major Academy.
- Authorizing/Approving Official for DTS and Billing Official for the GPC.
- Coordinated international travel by submission of requests for Official Passports, foreign entry visas, Department of State country clearances, and Aircraft Personnel Automated Clearance System (APACS) requests.
- Developed travel policies for the G1 Directorate and provided guidance for all HR related missions on the continent of Africa.
- Forecasted and managed the G1 budget each year while serving as the G1 Budget Manager.
- Salary: 98,640.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 40
J1 Superintendent/Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Human Resources Directorate
Joint Communications Support Element (Airborne) MacDill AFB, FL
MacDill AFB, FL
08.2007 - 06.2009
- Served as Superintendent of the J1 Directorate of a 1029 member, rapidly deployable, joint tactical airborne signal brigade/squadron in support of Combatant Commands, Joint Task Forces, Joint Special Operations Task Forces, federal agencies, and coalition partners as directed by United States Joint Forces Command.
- Advised the J1 Director and Command Group on joint personnel issues.
- Performed assessments of military policies, deployment requirements, and casualty processes, in addition to a myriad of Human Resources issues through critical analysis, evaluations, and collaboration.
- Coordinated with the Air Force Personnel Center, Navy Personnel Command, and the Army Human Resources Command for personnel assignments and human resources actions.
- Managed in/out processing of joint assets to include installation clearances, readiness, unit and individual movement, separations and retirements.
- Managed and facilitated senior level selections and assignments for Air Force, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard assigned into joint billets.
- Processed Joint awards in accordance with applicable instructions
- Served as the DTS administrator and travel lead for the J1 Directorate.
- Supervised 8 Joint personnel responsible for human resources support for all military branches.
- Salary: 81,000.00 USD Per Year
- Hours per week: 40
Education
Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI)
Skills
- Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army Human Resources Certification Course
- US Army Records Management Personnel Records Specialist
- Enlisted Distribution & Assignment System
- Total Officer Personnel Management Information System
- Assignment Interactive Module 2
- Tour of Duty
- PowerPoint XP, Excel XP, Access Database, SharePoint
Timeline
Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) Compliance Manager (GS-12/0343)
United States Marine Corps (HQMC), Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (DC, M&RA), Manpower Plans and Policy Division (MP), Culture and Inclusion Branch (MPE), Quantico, VA
01.2024 - Current
Administrative Support/Security Coordinator Officer (GS-12/0343)
United States Marine Corps (HQMC), Deputy Commandant for Program and Resources (DC, P&R), Pentagon
07.2023 - 01.2024
Supervisor, Human Resources (Military), (GG-12/0201) 1st Battalion, 1st Information Operations Command
U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Belvoir, VA
08.2018 - 06.2022
Human Resources Program Manager and Executive Administrative Assistant
Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence), Pentagon
11.2017 - 07.2018
G-1 SGM/Chief, Human Resources, Executive Directorate, Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, VA
07.2013 - 01.2016
G-1 SGM/Chief, Human Resources, Executive Directorate, Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel
U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force (USARAF), Italy
06.2010 - 06.2013
J1 Superintendent/Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Human Resources Directorate
Joint Communications Support Element (Airborne) MacDill AFB, FL
08.2007 - 06.2009
Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI)
AWARDS and DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal