Daniel Caddy
Barre,VT
Summary
Charismatic and transformational servant leader with a passion for people, employee development, and improving organizational culture through mentorship and empowerment. Proven track record of building committed high-performing teams, growing organizations, and turning ideas into thriving departments and companies. Entrepreneurial Executive offering progressive experience in operations and leadership. Skilled at identifying and implementing process improvements to drive efficiency and productivity. Motivating leader with proven success leading and managing cross-functional teams. Long time Vermonter with permanent family roots in central Vermont.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Headquarters First Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
Rutland, VT
09.2024 - Current
- Selected by senior leadership for an extremely rare assignment to a third company as First Sergeant, based on demonstrated excellence in leadership and employee satisfaction in previous assignments.
- Overhauled the employee performance evaluation program; reduced overdue evaluations from 23 to one in four months, while mentoring evaluators to ensure quality employee ratings.
- Utilized personal power and influence to unite disparate staff sections into a cohesive team; effectively planned short-notice Battalion training deployment to Europe.
- Increased employee job satisfaction by 4x within the first three months; increased productivity while enhancing employee morale.
- Selected above peers to attend the Sergeants Major Academy for promotion to Command Sergeant Major, which less than 1% of enlisted Soldiers achieve.
President/Chief Executive Officer
ASMDSS Group LLC
Barre, VT
08.2012 - Current
- Conceptualized and executed strategic vision; transformed small Facebook page into powerhouse apparel company with immense brand recognition nationwide.
- Early innovator in business use of social media, employed disruptive strategies that drove seven figure organic audience growth.
- Developed and executed long-range plans for business growth, resulted in exponential yearly increases in annual sales over ten years.
- Achieved 10x reduction in product production time and cost by leveraging background in technology to direct and oversee development of new software system that seamlessly links Shopify stores with multiple existing print on demand providers.
- Formed and led cohesive and culturally diverse remote team from 5 countries with 4 direct reports.
- Spearheaded product line expansion from three to over 25 different products in multiple new verticals while increasing sales annually.
Director - CBRN Assistance & Support Element
VT Army National Guard
Jericho, VT
05.2022 - 12.2024
- Developed and executed comprehensive recruiting plan that grew the organization from 14 to 102 members within 10 months despite membership being an additional duty for Soldiers.
- Rapidly integrated 88 new employees with over 20 different occupational specialties from 18 different units into a cohesive and effective team by promoting a collaborative approach to mission accomplishment.
- Visionary approach to leadership and organizational growth resulted in the only 100% volunteer element across the entire National Guard CBRN Response Enterprise of over 10,000 Soldiers.
- Achieved zero turnover by emphasizing employee development, empowering leadership at all levels, building trust and shared understanding at all levels from junior Soldiers to senior leadership.
Alpha Company First Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
Bradford, VT
04.2022 - 09.2024
- Following deployment, oversaw rapid reconsolidation of fragmented 100 employee organization consisting of deployed, rear detachment, and new Soldiers into cohesive team with high morale that out-performed higher HQ expectations through the application of servant leadership.
- As Senior Enlisted Leader, developed through education and personal example an organizational culture centered on servant leadership and collaboration regardless of rank; increased unit's reported morale level by 60% in under 7 months.
- Revamped failing performance evaluation program by personally educating and mentoring evaluators while reducing overdue evaluations by 90% in 3 months; improved evaluations greatly increased employee competitiveness for promotion.
- Enhanced organizational focus on building trust with and developing employees; increased percentage of Soldiers that trust leadership by 75%.
Bravo Company First Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
Vergennes, VT
12.2020 - 04.2022
- Inspired and united disorganized unit into fully trained and cohesive organization with mutual trust and shared understanding in less than 3 months ahead of deployment to Africa by communicating inspirational vision for the future and motivating employees to achieve it.
- Achieved organizational high morale rating of 97% within 6 months with 99% transformational leadership rating from all employees.
- Pioneered first ever Engineer Task Force in the Horn of Africa; collaboratively conducted strategic planning and project management for force protection projects totaling 2,500 man-hours in 3 different countries across the continent.
- Maintained organizational cohesion, high morale, and mission focus despite having employees assigned to multiple locations across the continent.
- Selected above peers for rare opportunity to assume responsibility for a second company as First Sergeant based on organizational transformation and success of Bravo Company.
Battalion Operations Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
Rutland, VT
06.2020 - 12.2020
- Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Battalion staff. Drove and synchronized the operations and planning process across 6 staff sections consisting of 20 personnel while managing and coordinating dynamic operations for a 450 Soldier Battalion with 6 geographically separated companies.
- Utilized influence and 2 decades of experience to mentor and guide junior and field grade officers in analysis, course of action development, and execution of complex strategic operations involving thousands of Soldiers and hundreds of pieces of equipment.
- Continually acted as the voice of the Junior Enlisted Soldier in operations planning; ensured senior commanders considered impact of decisions on rank-and-file Soldiers.
- Selected above peers for promotion to First Sergeant; entrusted with a company for deployment to a combat zone.
Director of Training
Bullseye USA, Inc.
San Rafael, CA
01.2010 - 07.2012
- Executed strategic vision and planning to develop and implement road map for organizational transition from products to services.
- Added two new revenue streams by rapidly conceptualizing, developing, staffing, and launching comprehensive firearms training department with training facilities in 2 states.
- Increased training revenue by 300% in first year by expanding from 1 to 12 different training courses offered and training sales staff to integrate training purchases into retail sales.
- Cross-trained instructor cadre in product sales techniques, increased add-on product sales per class by 120%.
- Innovatively used existing facilities and infrastructure to integrate new department; 40% increase in gross profit margin by reducing overhead.
- Doubled Law Enforcement training revenue by standardizing and re-negotiating contracts with local departments.
Education
United States Army Sergeants Major Academy
Fort Bliss, TXBachelor of Science - Organizational Management
Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN11.2023
Associate of Applied Science - Small Group Management
Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN12.2021
Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education I & II -
United States Army
Fort Bliss, TX03.2021
Master Leader Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
Camp Shelby, MS10.2020
Senior Leader Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
Fort Leonard Wood, MO02.2015
Master Resilience Trainer -
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA10.2012
Equal Opportunity Leader -
United States Army
Sacramento, CA09.2011
Advanced Leader Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
Devils Lake, ND02.2011
Primary Leadership Development Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
Camp Williams, UT03.2005
Skills
- Strategic planning and execution
- Servant leadership and people development
- Complex problem solving
- Employee motivation and performance
- Organizational Leadership
- Building committed and cohesive teams
- Mentorship
- Employee development
- Creating an environment for the success and growth of employees
- Leading organizational change/growth
- Leading collaborative innovation
Timeline
Headquarters First Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
09.2024 - Current
Director - CBRN Assistance & Support Element
VT Army National Guard
05.2022 - 12.2024
Alpha Company First Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
04.2022 - 09.2024
Bravo Company First Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
12.2020 - 04.2022
Battalion Operations Sergeant
VT Army National Guard
06.2020 - 12.2020
President/Chief Executive Officer
ASMDSS Group LLC
08.2012 - Current
Director of Training
Bullseye USA, Inc.
01.2010 - 07.2012
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Management
Purdue University Global
Associate of Applied Science - Small Group Management
Purdue University Global
Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education I & II -
United States Army
Master Leader Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
Senior Leader Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
Master Resilience Trainer -
University of Pennsylvania
Equal Opportunity Leader -
United States Army
Advanced Leader Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
Primary Leadership Development Course -
United States Army NCO Academy
United States Army Sergeants Major Academy
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