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Donald Joseph Joe Ketron

Madison,AL

Summary

Dedicated [Industry] professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Support Manager

Chinook Helicopter Project Office, PEO Aviation
Redstone Arsenal, AL
03.2008 - Current
  • For the Chinook Helicopter Project Office (CHPO) for the past 13 years
  • In that position, I am responsible for managing and allocating logistics personnel resources across the project office
  • This includes hiring civilian personnel, developing manpower requirements for supplemental contract personnel, organizing those personnel into appropriate teams, and allocating their workload as necessary to meet missions and goals
  • The total number of personnel has varied between 35 - 70, depending on budgetary constraints
  • The main goal of my logistics teams is to support the acquisition, fielding, and sustainment of the Chinook helicopters to the soldiers in the field
  • That is done through developing and updating logistics acquisition, fielding, and support plans; maintaining the helicopter operations and maintenance manuals; and continuously helping soldiers find parts or providing them with necessary equipment to do their jobs
  • In addition, I am charged with developing feasible options to increase the readiness of the CH-47 helicopter fleet; control or reduce operations and support costs of the helicopter; and reduce maintenance burden on soldiers in the field
  • One of the main ways this has been accomplished is through a project I initiated to develop an optimized scheduled maintenance program for the helicopter fleet
  • This involved working with multiple organizations, design and reliability engineers, large amounts of data, and ultimately providing training to the soldiers in the field, followed by consistent communications with them to answer their questions
  • Without a doubt, that project has been the most satisfying of my career because it brought tangible value to the organization and our ultimate customers, the soldiers in the field.

General Engineer

USAMC
- 01.2012

Logistics Support

USAMC
Redstone Arsenal, AL
- 01.2012
  • 7466, Ellis Atkinson, 256-955-9910
  • Eveloped the Functional Economic Analysis for the Post Fielding Support Analysis project, which was subsequently approved by the Joint Oversight Board and Deputy
  • Nder Secretary of Defense (Logistics) as a Business Process Reengineering Initiative
  • This FEA required obtaining and analyzing cost, personnel, and other information with emphasis on Total Ownership Cost Reduction, mainly O and S Cost Reductions
  • Developed the test requirements and much of the test data for validating commercial
  • SAR software systems
  • Performed validations of 15 commercial systems
  • Eveloped functional requirements to convert data from MIL-STD-1388-2A to MIL-
  • TD-1388-2B format
  • Rovided functional support to Army PM offices, other services, and industry regarding
  • SA/LSAR questions and Statement of Work preparation.

Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist

Chinook Helicopter Project, PEO Aviation
Redstone Arsenal, AL
11.2004 - 03.2008
  • I served as Acquisition Logistics branch chief, CH-47 Chinook Helicopter Project Office, for approximately three and a half years before being promoted to the Product Support
  • Anager’s position
  • I was responsible for the management, planning, budgeting, acquisition, direction, and coordination of ILS activities for those two branches
  • I supervised a diverse workforce of core Cargo logisticians, IMMC matrix personnel,
  • DEC matrix personnel, and contractors
  • I provided oversight and guidance to Cargo publications team that successfully verified and developed new maintenance IETM and flight manuals to support full materiel release and First Unit Equipping of CH-47F aircraft, as well as developed new CH-47D IETM
  • Developed and established an integrated data collection and analysis process for Two Level maintenance, MARC updates, and Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) for CH-47D and coordinated the approach with other PMs, PEO, LOGSA, USAFMSA, and Directorate of Combat
  • Evelopment at Ft
  • Rucker
  • This includes an RCM2 analysis of maintenance manuals by
  • Ubject Matter Expert panels that will drive updates of the Maintenance Allocation Chart for two level maintenance concepts
  • I developed and implemented the strategy, funding profile, POM submission of more than $40M, and annual budget execution dollars for upgrade of USAALS maintenance training that will improve CH-47D and CH-47F training at the schoolhouse and continue to manage the program through communication with
  • SAALS personnel and oversight of contractor’s work
  • I have worked with UH-60 PM office and DOS, Ft
  • Rucker, personnel on simulator issues that affected both platforms and will save expenses for both offices
  • In addition, I developed a strategy to upgrade two of the six CH-47D simulators due to an obsolescence issue that will save funding by utilizing the two replacements as spares instead of replacing all six
  • I have worked with
  • T
  • Rucker, PEO STRI, and other PMs to define Training Aids Devices Simulators and
  • Imulation (TADSS) interoperability demonstration parameters
  • I provided oversight and management of ongoing recap of CH-47D aircraft and ensured resourcing and obligation of over $40M FY07 supplemental funds
  • I communicate closely with CCAD and contractors to insure cost, schedule, and performance
  • I coordinated an independent SFL analysis of Cargo PM across all divisions and product areas
  • I provided oversight and direction to Unique Identification Data (UID) and Condition Based
  • Aintenance (CBM) Health Usage and Monitoring System (HUMS) projects and have helped formulate path forward objectives
  • Maintain communication with CCAD, other
  • Ms, prime contractor, and field activities in support of UID and CBM HUMS
  • Led a team of core Cargo personnel and IMMC matrix personnel to develop and document a methodology to identify and incorporate ILS requirements within ECPs at appropriate point in the process to support life cycle requirements
  • I have served as a member of
  • Argo Process Improvement Team that provides oversight to defining and documenting continuous process improvements within the PMO.

General Engineer

Logistics Support Activity, Dept. Of Army
Huntsville, AL
09.1995 - 11.2004

Education

Master's Degree MBA -

University of Kentucky
1985

BSChE - Chemical Engineering

University of Kentucky
1983

Skills

  • Lifecycle management
  • Program management expertise
  • Requirements management
  • Problem-Solving
  • Excellent Communication
  • Teambuilding
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Self-Motivated

Timeline

Product Support Manager

Chinook Helicopter Project Office, PEO Aviation
03.2008 - Current

Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist

Chinook Helicopter Project, PEO Aviation
11.2004 - 03.2008

General Engineer

Logistics Support Activity, Dept. Of Army
09.1995 - 11.2004

General Engineer

USAMC
- 01.2012

Logistics Support

USAMC
- 01.2012

Master's Degree MBA -

University of Kentucky

BSChE - Chemical Engineering

University of Kentucky

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