Jennifer Chacon
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Results-orientated leader with over 19 years of military experience with an ACTIVE TS/SCI in a multitude of high demanding environments. I am highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Forward-thinking project management specialist confident in leading team members, managing schedules and coordinating resources. Keeps projects on-track with decisive supervision and quick problem-solving. Persuasive in communicating and negotiating with internal team members, vendors and other stakeholders.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Air National Guard AGE Craftsman
12.2017 - Current
JTF 17 Task Force Platoon Sergeant
AWG Reno Air National Guard
Las Vegas, NV
04.2022 - 07.2022
- Activated Nevada JTF 17 Covid-Response Team – 1st Platoon SGT Operations Manager
- Improved department efficiency through implementation of strategic workflow and process improvements
- Analyze internal processes and recommend/implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations movement between agencies: LV Fire department, FEMA, USDA and SNHD
- Investigate/Evaluate patient/customer complaints, manage conflict resolution and de-escalation
- Direct/train teams with joint agencies to ensure CDC, State and Federal compliance with rules and regulations
AGE
USAF Aerospace Ground Equipment
12.2002 - 12.2017
- AGE Floor Chief both home station and deployed locations, provided technical knowledge in 100+ types of AGE/AGE RPA MQ-1B/MQ-9A Aircraft AGE. Daily duties included schedule routine, un-routine major/minor maintenance. Assign work-orders, manifest work schedules (3-shifts/24 operations). De-escalate personnel issues, resolve scheduling conflicts. Maintain airfield support equipment serviceability, report/brief weekly equipment level status to upper management. Mentor, review, and provide annual evaluations to all subordinates.
- Certified AGE Familiarization Instructor, on-the-job trainer for allied organizations. Trained 120 students annually, on equipment.
- Provided, briefed, developed training requirements/needs for industrial work-centers in AFOSH/OSHA standards, EPA compliance laws, Technical Order manuals, Time Compliance Technical Orders, HAZwaste disposal procedures, and Cargo build-up AFIs.
Resource Advisor
Indian Springs NV
09.2016 - 08.2017
- Directed planning, formulation, distribution, analysis, and execution budgetary requirements of $850K Operational and Maintenance/$33K Overseas Contingency operations budget in direct support of USAF MQ-1B/MQ-9A Remote Piloted Aircraft & Ground Control Systems inventories worth >$1.2B
- Quarterly reprogramming and adjustment involving research, development, preparation and finally execution of Temporary Duty Location (TDY) operations budget/Defense Travel System accounts to avoid funding shortfalls directly affecting geographically separated mission and personnel movement/capabilities.
- Monitor’s daily, quarterly and yearly obligations incurred in Government Purchase Macc accounts, Defense Travel System TDY accounts and Organizational Flying Budget accounts. Tracked, researched and coordinated contracts with Nellis AFB 99 Contracting Squadron. Reported weekly actual expenditures of funds, direct annual, multi-year, and no-year appropriations to upper management staff meetings.
- Coordinates with work center supervisors/managers and project managers in appropriate utilization of resources, conflict resolution and determining/funding/operating withing appropriate regulations and laws of resource requirements. Coordinated, enforced, trained and maintained required documents authorizing all purchased items and services.
- Liaison vendor, facility manager, customer, and contracting agents’ meetings. In-depth research requiring travel research, draft and submit request for quotes on bindings contracts on the behalf of organizational commanders and upper management.
MXG Unit Deployment Manager
Indian Springs NV
04.2012 - 04.2014
- Monitored, enforced, training, medical and foreign travel requirements accomplishing wartime shortest processing time of 750 personnel/500k+ of equipment. Reported weekly readiness completion status to 432 Maintenance Group ACC Headquarters commanders and support staff.
- Coordinated, scheduled and monitored deplorer's medical, training, Field & deployment tactical gear, foreign travel appointments, Airman and Family readiness resources/briefings, and support/supply equipment requirements. Liaison between Overseas Personnel Support Contingency Operations (PERSCO) ensuring all regulations and requirements have been met for smooth and ontime mobility movement of personnel and equipment.
- Acted as liaison between Air Force Units with mobility designations for higher headquarters A4 ACC Functional Area Managers and gaining/losing Unit Commanders. Coordinated, monitored and executed deployment plans.
- Manages employee/customer relations, coordinated logistics with Harry Reid International airport security, Las Vegas Metro PD, lead armed escort, executing zero incidents of 115 deployment personnel and $186k weapons transport.
- Created an environment of continuous improvement by reviewing deployments, incorporating lessons learned into future deployments. Leaning deployment processes of redundancies and identified deficiencies through customer feedbacks, coordinating post deployment execution briefings with co-workers and supervision.
- Mentor, coach and develop team members to achieve higher levels of performance and job mastery
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Management
University of Arizona Global Campus
08.2021
Non-Commission Officer Academy Derivative Classification Cert. Marking Classified Cert. Identifying and Safeguarding PII cert. Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information Cert. Introduction to Information Security Cert. -
02.2021
Associates - Applied Science Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology
Community College of the Air Force
11.2014
01.2014
Skills
Employee/Patient/Customer Relations Conflict Resolution
Ability Plain and Concise verbal/written Skills Resource Planning
Project/Office Management, Authentic/Transformational Leader
References
NellieReferences
Joseph Cabrero
Amentum CPSO (702) 972-0258, joseph.cabrero@yahoo.com
Sauro Sauro
Amentum AGE Lead Mech 4 (702) 860-7772, jfstvx702@yahoo.com
Kevin Horsch
152 MXG / AGE Flight Chief (775) 788-4641 kevin.horsch.1@us.af.mil
Timeline
JTF 17 Task Force Platoon Sergeant
AWG Reno Air National Guard
04.2022 - 07.2022
Air National Guard AGE Craftsman
12.2017 - Current
Resource Advisor
Indian Springs NV
09.2016 - 08.2017
MXG Unit Deployment Manager
Indian Springs NV
04.2012 - 04.2014
AGE
USAF Aerospace Ground Equipment
12.2002 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Management
University of Arizona Global Campus
Non-Commission Officer Academy Derivative Classification Cert. Marking Classified Cert. Identifying and Safeguarding PII cert. Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information Cert. Introduction to Information Security Cert. -
Associates - Applied Science Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology
Community College of the Air Force
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