David Gladden
Romulus,MI
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven professional with over 5 years of management experience at the US Army. Expert in risk assessments and staff training, successfully enhancing team productivity and operational efficiency. Proven track record in strategic planning and project management, fostering collaboration to achieve organizational goals while maintaining high standards and the improvement of security and compliance.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification
Work History
Manager on Duty
US Army
02.2009 - 08.2020
- Trained employees in essential job functions.
- Handled employee-related issues to improve performance, professional conduct, and attendance reliability.
- Directed and supervised 30+ team members for over year long increments at a time, for over 3 years.
- Responsible for managing group projects, training events, logistics and department of defense combined exercises.
- Acting as a liaison in Kuwait, responsible for coordinating operations in the oversight of Port Shuaiba with the Kuwaiti government and managing accurate reporting for security, shipping, data entry, customs, and relations while improving the SOP for the overall operation.
- In the UAE, assisted in demonstrating several sets of equipment's capabilities, and facilitated the sale of several pieces of equipment.
- In Fort Leonardwood, as cadre at Sapper Leader Course, made changes to fuel management and workflow systems while maintained a fleet of vehicles ranging from 5 ton trucks to boats, saving the department of defense millions of dollars yearly.
- Maintained healthy relationships with peers and subordinates, maintaining and improving stances on EO policies and sexual harassment/assault mitigation.
- Prepared and performed monthly evaluation reports for 7-10 team members a month, for over 5 years. Led SCRUMs and built SPRINT matrixes for companies. Maintained accurate pace and tracking for benchmarks. Performed hundreds of risk assessments year round for over 7 years and generated accurate reporting on security risks/preventative measures, improving all around security for our footprint.
- Maintained readiness and adaptability to changing policies, created storyboards and contingencies for ever changing political and ecological climate for over 5 years, ensuring both peers and senior management alike understood changing policies and the impacts they would have in future efforts- Financially, operationally, and morally.
- Collaborated with other managers on strategic initiatives, sharing best practices to achieve common goals across the organization.
- Improved team productivity by implementing efficient scheduling and task delegation processes.
- Maintained security clearances throughout service.
Education
GED -
US Army Prep School
Fort Jackson, South CarolinaCertificate - Business Analytics
Global Information Technology
Southfield, MI01-2024
Certificate - Project Management/ PMI ATP
Global Information Technology
Southfield, MI12-2023
Certificate - Cisco Certified Network Associate
Global Information Technology
Southfield, MI08-2023
ITIL Foundation
Global Information Technology
Southfield, MI02-2023
Certificate - IT Professional 6
Global Information Technology
Southfield, MI10-2022
Diploma - Film Production With Specialization in IT
Detroit School For Digital Technology
Detroit, MI02-2022
Skills
- Risk/Security Assessments
- Staff training and development
- Scheduling proficiency
- Policy/SOP development and enforcement
- Industry awareness
- Training and mentoring
- Decision-making
- Documentation and reporting/Data Entry
- Strategic planning
- Complex Problem-solving
- Operations management
- Business development
- Inventory control
- Security Analytics
- Project management
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Supervised team of 30+ staff members.
- Documented and resolved operation security risks which led to the improvement of the organization's standard operating procedures, and an increase in overall productivity.
- Achieved higher productivity by introducing SCRUM meeting/ methodology for various tasks and projects.
- Reduced waste and abuse within the workforce and adjusted logistic planning to reduce fuel and resource consumption, saving the organization and the government millions of dollars.
- Responsible for over hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment, maintained fleets and organizational functions.
Certification
- Business Analytics
- Project Management/ PMI ATP
- IT Professional 6 (Includes CompTIA: A+, Network+, Security+, Cyber Security Analyst+, AWS cloud practitioner, ADW solutions Architect Associate)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Manager on Duty
US Army
02.2009 - 08.2020
GED -
US Army Prep School
Certificate - Business Analytics
Global Information Technology
Certificate - Project Management/ PMI ATP
Global Information Technology
Certificate - Cisco Certified Network Associate
Global Information Technology
ITIL Foundation
Global Information Technology
Certificate - IT Professional 6
Global Information Technology
Diploma - Film Production With Specialization in IT
Detroit School For Digital Technology
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