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Fernando Dominguez

Newberry,SC

Summary

Dynamic Senior Grant Coordinator at Horne LLP with expertise in public assistance grant writing and compliance assessment. Proven track record in leading risk-based audits and effectively managing projects. Strong analytical skills combined with empathetic communication foster successful applicant relationships and ensure program integrity.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Grant Coordinator

Horne LLP
661 Sunnybrook Road Suite 100, MS
03.2021 - 07.2025
  • Guided applicants through program applications and contract signings, ensuring understanding of requirements.
  • Facilitated post-disaster meetings to assess applicant needs and project status.
  • Communicated empathetically with applicants regarding application updates and project progression.
  • Collected and reviewed forensic documentation for compliance and eligibility assessment.
  • Maintained accurate case records and created Formal Requests for Information (RFI).
  • Interpreted submitted documentation while applying program policies and FEMA compliance standards.
  • Collaborated with internal management to swiftly resolve applicant issues.

Senior Analyst Co-Lead Irregularity Department

Horne LLP
Ridgeland , MS
03.2021 - 07.2025
  • Led risk-based internal audits of submitted applications, identifying potential fraud concerns.
  • Reviewed submitted and assigned internal cases to prevent, detect, and investigate fraudulent activities.
  • Analyzed financial data and documentation using integrated communication software for case investigations.
  • Examined allegations of fraud by gathering evidence, researching transactions, and interviewing witnesses.
  • Reviewed financial records and transaction data to spot anomalies and indicators of fraud.
  • Documented findings in comprehensive reports detailing evidence, analysis, and conclusions.
  • Assisted in developing strategies to evaluate and prevent fraudulent activities effectively.
  • Coordinated with law enforcement and legal counsel to ensure proper management of cases.

Police Officer

St Cloud Police Department
St Cloud, FL
06.2015 - 10.2020
  • Conducted face-to-face interviews with complainants, victims, and suspects to gather information on alleged criminal activity.
  • Reviewed incident facts to determine criminal acts and violations.
  • Monitored and investigated suspicious persons and situations in patrol areas, reporting safety hazards and illegal activities.
  • Established and maintained case files for investigations, processing legal correspondence efficiently.
  • Performed record searches using NCIC, FCIC, EPIC, DAVD, and LInX systems for background investigations related to criminal cases.
  • Prepared detailed case reports documenting incidents, filing charges, preserving evidence, and interacting with prosecution and judicial offices.
  • Testified in court to represent the department professionally during criminal and civil proceedings.
  • Assisted in training officers on emergency driving operations as an EVO instructor while serving as a lead Field Training Officer.
  • Assisted the Detective Bureau in investigating all fraud and identity theft cases. Assigned cold cases from 2020 and 2021, a satisfactory close rate of eighty-seven percent was achieved. Current and/or new cases were satisfactorily closed at a rate of ninety percent. Assisted with incepting the Economic Crimes and establishing the training requirements for the unit.

Police Corporal HIDTA Supervisor

Chesterton Police Department
Chesterton, IN
10.2007 - 11.2014
  • Team Lead and Supervisor for Drug Interdiction Team, comprised of two teams (4 officers), and assisting K-9 officer. Accolades for the team were for the most money seized, the most drugs seized, and the total and single stop in Porter County.
  • Lead and supervised patrolmen, delegating assignments for work activities based on work priority (emergency and non-emergency).
  • Face-to-face interviews and interrogations with individuals who were alleged complainants, victims, and/or suspects for information possibly involved in criminal and/or illegal civil activity.
  • Review the facts of incidents in determining criminal acts and violations.
  • Monitor, report, and investigate suspicious persons and situations, safety hazards, and unusual or illegal activity in patrol areas. Establish new case files, maintain existing case files for investigation, and prepare and process legal correspondence.
  • Perform record searches utilizing NCIC, LInX, EPIC, and IDACS to investigate individuals' backgrounds based on criminal investigations and initial contacts.
  • Prepared accurate and detailed case reports documenting the incident, filing criminal charges, collecting and preserving any and all evidence, interacting with the prosecutor’s office, judges, probation, and testifying in criminal and civil court actions.
  • Monitor criminal prosecutions for all involved cases, appear in court when required, testify, and represent the department in a professional manner. Excellent time management, knowledge, and organizational skills with limited and remote supervision.
  • Supervised and led a specialty team (HIDTA) in efforts to reduce drug trafficking and its production in the community.
  • Responsible for training all officers of the department in psychomotor skills in emergency driving operations, requiring officers to display proficiency in the skill (EVO Instructor).
  • Responsible for training all officers of the department to display proficiency in S.T.O.P.S., requiring all officers of the department to display proficiency in the skill and process. Instructor).

Outside Sales Manager

Fashion Flooring & Lighting
Valparaiso, IN
06.2003 - 10.2007
  • Reported directly to the CEO of a flooring, lighting, cabinet, and home décor retailer.
  • Responsible for providing superior customer service, and driving sales and margins in alignment with the financial plan of the company, grossing over $1.5 million in sales annually.
  • Managed, assessed, coached, counseled, and developed 9 sales associates, 3 warehouse associates, and 10 professional installers in a retail environment.
  • Additional responsibilities included overseeing the overall safety, security, supervision, field inspections, field measuring, training, interior design, mentoring, and scheduling of all assigned personnel and professional installers in a fast-paced and ever-changing retail environment.
  • Project managed over 30 new construction residential homes, and averaged 10-15 commercial and residential remodel projects annually.
  • Provided clientele with interior design options for their project, utilizing sketches and computer-aided drawing software printouts based on several different design options and layouts to choose from.
  • Ensured all sales goals were met and exceeded for inside and outside sales monthly, focusing on physical presentation, marketing products, customer service, staff development, staff product training, and bottom-line expenses.

Reserve Police Officer

Porter County Sheriff's Department
Valparaiso, IN
04.2003 - 10.2007
  • Process, prepare, and maintain records of prisoners, and their status during intake and booking. Inform citizens of community services and recommended options to facilitate long-term problem resolution.
  • Assist with directing traffic flow, and reroute traffic in case of emergencies. Relay complaint and emergency request information to appropriate agency dispatchers. Accountable for patrol, criminal investigations, and accident investigations.
  • As a reserve officer for three consecutive years, I was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Purdue University, Hammond, IN
Hammond
12-2002

Skills

  • Public assistance grant writing
  • Compliance assessment
  • Internal auditing
  • Risk management
  • Financial analysis
  • Project coordination
  • Interview an interrogation
  • Awareness and preparation for an officer-involved shooting
  • Bleeding control course
  • FDLE, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Board Certified
  • NILEA, Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement, board certified
  • STOPS Strategies and tactics of patrol stops instructor
  • Evidence technician trained, Fox Valley Technical College
  • Primary instructor, psychomotor - EVO
  • Voh Trainne Liche K-9 decoy trained
  • Criminal drug interdiction techniques and concealment certified, Desert Snow
  • FEMA IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • Conduct estimates of the blueprint and conduct take-offs
  • FEMA IS-320 Wildfire Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff
  • FEMA IS-906 Workplace Security Awareness
  • FEMA IS-1100a increased cost of compliance
  • FEMA IS-1000 public assistance program eligibility
  • FEMA IS-1002: FEMA Grants Portal - Transparency at Every Step
  • FEMA IS-1009 Conditions of the Public Assistance Grant
  • FEMA IS-1006: Documenting Disaster Damage and Developing Project Files
  • FEMA IS-1017 Scope Change Requests, Time Extensions, Improved/Alternate Project Requests
  • FEMA IS-1026 Eligibility of Private Nonprofit Organizations
  • Excel proficient
  • FEMA Grants Management System (GMS)
  • Canopy for Disaster Relief Project Tracking
  • FEMA Grants Portal

Affiliations

  • HOPE Mentor
  • Boy Scot Education Volunteer
  • Free Mason Fellow Craft
  • Volunteer Wrestling Coach Chapin High School and Mid-Carolina High School
  • Volunteer for Newberry College Wrestling Team

Accomplishments

Boy Scot Education Volunteer "Ameri-corp Segal Award Recipient"

  • The President's Volunteer Service Award
  • Porter County Sheriff's Department Service Award
  • Lake County Sheriff's Department Service Award
  • Porter County HIDTA Interdiction & Seizure Award
  • St Cloud Police Department Award of Merit
  • St Cloud Police Department Award of Chief Accommodation
  • Chesterton Police Department Award of Merit
  • Chesterton Police Department Aard of Chief Accommodation
  • Chesterton Police Department Team Lead Honorguard
  • St Cloud Police Department Honorguard Member
  • Fraternal Order of Police President Lodge #180
  • Fraternal Order of Police President Lodge #141
  • St Cloud Police Department SWAT and Critical Incident Hostage Negoiator

Certification

  • Interview an interrogation
  • Hostage Negations Level 1 & 2
  • Awareness and preparation for an officer-involved shooting
  • Bleeding control course
  • FDLE, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Board Certified
  • NILEA, Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement, board certified
  • S.T.O.P.S. Strategies and tactics of patrol stops instructor
  • Evidence technician trained, Fox Valley Technical College
  • Primary instructor, psychomotor - EVO
  • Voh Trainne Liche K-9 decoy trained
  • Criminal drug interdiction techniques and concealment certified, Desert Snow
  • FEMA IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • Conduct estimates of the blueprint and conduct take-offs
  • FEMA IS-320 Wildfire Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff
  • FEMA IS-906 Workplace Security Awareness
  • FEMA IS-1100a increased cost of compliance
  • FEMA IS-1000 public assistance program eligibility
  • FEMA IS-1002: FEMA Grants Portal - Transparency at Every Step
  • FEMA IS-1009 Conditions of the Public Assistance Grant
  • FEMA IS-1006: Documenting Disaster Damage and Developing Project Files
  • FEMA IS-1017 Scope Change Requests, Time Extensions, Improved/Alternate Project Requests
  • FEMA IS-1026 Eligibility of Private Nonprofit Organizations

Languages

Spanish
Limited

Timeline

Senior Grant Coordinator

Horne LLP
03.2021 - 07.2025

Senior Analyst Co-Lead Irregularity Department

Horne LLP
03.2021 - 07.2025

Police Officer

St Cloud Police Department
06.2015 - 10.2020

Police Corporal HIDTA Supervisor

Chesterton Police Department
10.2007 - 11.2014

Outside Sales Manager

Fashion Flooring & Lighting
06.2003 - 10.2007

Reserve Police Officer

Porter County Sheriff's Department
04.2003 - 10.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Purdue University, Hammond, IN

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