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Priorauthorizations
Technical-proficiencies-certifications
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Jennifer Church

Lindenhurst

Summary

Senior level Tower ACC / OCC aviation operations specialist with 17 years progressive experience in international and domestic airline, airport, en route facility and remote operations. Comprising 3 airports, 6 terminals, ARINC and two major airlines. Experienced operating in large scale terminal and airside during construction and IROP conditions. Strong ability to facilitate coordination, communication, and collaboration among multiple stakeholders resulting in excellence in service delivery, maintaining company initiatives and goals to support growth and success. Leveraging strong decision-making skills and critical thinking to be a safety focused leader. Recently I had the opportunity to provide direct management of diverse teams of 25+ on a fast paced, ground up historic project. I enjoy embracing change, challenge and diversity. Analytics to asses capabilities and needs and identify the gaps or discrepancies Always willing to learn and grow Focused on meeting and exceeding company goals driving compliance, teamwork, culture and safety and growth.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Ramp Tower Controller

TOGA - AVAirPros
08.2022 - Current

AvAir Pros Terminal One Management JFK International Airport

8/2022 - Present

Operations team - Ramp Controller

  • Function as part of a core team in a regulated operations environment.
  • Positive control of aircraft during peak IROP and regular operations.
  • Flight following and weather tracking.
  • Managing airside issues and emergencies in real time.
  • Tracking trends to meet and exceed performance initiatives.
  • Facilitating all phases of terminal management serving international and domestic customers for 30 airlines daily.
  • Reporting and updating of real time flight data in a fast paced 24 hour environment.
  • Training of new hires in all phases of ramp control and tower operations.
  • Leveraging experience to to continually maintain a high level of operational performance.
  • Team building.
  • Creating, updating and disseminating daily reports for upper management for Terminal One’s daily overall operations.

Remote project leadership

NYCH&H
06.2020 - 06.2022
  • Managing team of 50+ remote agents
  • Functioned in a 100% remote environment as part of a historic ground-up project team of 3,600 NYC health department response agents
  • Providing training and direction for primary as well as ad hoc and special projects, Front line problem-solving and critical change management
  • Auditing performance and productivity
  • Coaching at all levels, conflict resolution
  • Overseeing life safety emergency coordination
  • Change management documentation and procedure review team to ensure consistent communication and compliance
  • Assisted in draw down and closure of project.

OCC agent

LaGuardia Gateway Partners
12.2019 - 06.2020
  • Facilitating daily operations coordination throughout the transition and construction in air, terminal and landside environments
  • Disseminating passenger and flight information and procedures for tenant airlines and stakeholders
  • Ops center coordinator, problem-solving, reporting, performing inspections to assure compliance, safety, education of stakeholders and driving daily performance

Administrator

Ornstein Leyton Properties, LLC
09.2018 - 09.2019
  • 1 year contract
  • Customer Service Administrator and scheduler responsible for creating and maintaining a CRM database.
  • Creating processes for customer and information management.
  • Compiling daily and weekly reports for traffic and transactions for leadership, marketing and investors.
  • processing financial contracts and transactions up to $400K
  • High volume phones
  • Utilized Microsoft Office suite and other programs for problem solving and to maintain a busy schedule of data collection, staff and client appointments and communicating schedule and process changes.

Tower Operations Ramp Control

Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
06.2018 - 09.2018
  • International and domestic ramp control during construction, regular and IROP condition, shared taxiways, regional jet pad and repositions between terminals and 2 FBO
  • Positive control of planemates along with corporate and commercial aircraft
  • Relocated to NY

ACC Tower Agent

Delta Air Lines Inc.
09.2017 - 06.2018
  • Facilitating performance, coordination and compliance for safe, timely departure and arrival processes in line with the Delta brand standard
  • Flight Ops, Researching, assigning and reporting delay coding, coordinating high volume, real time flight changes and service activity between various departments, agencies and stakeholders to meet and exceed performance metrics
  • Utilized multiple tools, automation and resources to communicate changes, issues and handle flight, catering, ground handling, maintenance and other requests
  • Monitor and facilitate on time operations, staffing and control via radio and other media to maintain safe, efficient operation both air and landside in a fast paced and high pressure environment
  • Monitoring and facilitating slot requests
  • Assisted in communicating and coordinating flight activity for Endeavor Air in partnership with Delta Air Lines
  • Tracking and reporting of flight activity, delays, requests and aircraft swaps for Endeavor Air.

Above Wing Operations until 2017 ACC 9/2017 to 6/2018

Delta Air Lines Inc.
06.2015 - 09.2017
  • Customer service all classes above wing and gate operations, Gate operations, training in OCC, high value and first class passengers, groups, minors and others utilizing OSS and Res, documentation vetting and review, travel adjustment and assistance, conflict resolution
  • Friendly and empathetic, proficient at active listening, flipping the trip and managing excellent operational service throughout gate and terminal operations
  • Working to reach and exceed Delta’s monthly service goals
  • Effectively achieving the priorities of safe, on-time inbound and outbound operations including high focus flights through improved and effective use of tools, dashboard and KPI data and training
  • Focused on security
  • Promoted to ACC JFK 2017.

Air to Ground Radio Operator

ARINC - Rockwell Collins
11.2013 - 05.2014
  • Provided air to ground control of aircraft, communications and ATC coordination in a high pressure environment maintaining 2 – 3 calls per minute at peak times
  • High volume HF communications with commercial, military and private aircraft operating in the North Atlantic and Caribbean airspace for the purpose of assisting and coordinating with multiple FAA ATC facilities via two-way HF radio calls and simultaneous typing data entry
  • Processing 2 to 3 calls per minute during peak operations
  • Responsibilities included clearances, diversions, weather advisories, emergencies, company messages and positioning/location reports
  • Familiarized with pilot radio call procedures, phraseology and ATC procedures as well as air routes and route clearances
  • Resigned in good standing to return to direct airport operations.

ACC supervisor and Tower Supervisor

JetBlue Airways Corporation
08.2010 - 03.2012
  • Ramp control and multiple repositions between terminal 4 and 5
  • Daily stand planning
  • Assisting with aircraft swaps for performance and maintenance issues
  • ACC OCC coordination
  • Supervision of stakeholder and contract staff in and outside the OCC
  • Creating and maintaining metrics, daily logs and reports
  • Monitoring flight operations via cctv and input from zone coordinators
  • Addressing and coding delays and operational issues
  • Preparing reports for leadership and daily operational meetings
  • Tower Supervisor.

Education

Five Towns College
Dix Hills, NY

Smithtown H.S. East
Saint James, NY

Skills

  • Monitor and use of multiple radio frequencies for aircraft arrivals, departures, ramp control, airside and facility management to drive throughput
  • FIDS, Passur, CCTV, Aerobahn, and related automation and software
  • FCC Licensed for HF
  • Coordinating with FAA, Port Authority, government and contracted services for surface management initiatives and operational needs
  • Coordinating deicing
  • Facilitating aircraft swaps for schedule performance
  • Proficient in FAA phraseology
  • Building, adjusting and communicating daily gate, check-in and baggage distribution and real time carousel plans
  • Input and maintenance of daily operational logs with strong attention to follow up
  • Providing operational support to station and airside managers and personnel to drive performance, troubleshooting and addressing inefficiencies in a highly competitive environment
  • Customer service oriented, agile conflict resolution and interpersonal skills
  • Experienced working in a regulated environment
  • Proficient in Teams, Jabber, Slack, webex, Zoom and other communication platforms, MS Office, G-suite
  • Strong decision-making skills, administrative skills and utilizing tools for best decisions

Priorauthorizations

  • SIDA
  • CBP
  • INS
  • Airside driver
  • Aircraft, vehicle and individual escort
  • Loading bridge operation
  • Baggage induction and planning
  • GSC
  • Gate agent

Technical-proficiencies-certifications

FCC licensed (FRN) 0023202658

Additional proficiencies - training

  • Terminal evacuation, emergency training
  • ICS-100-trained
  • Suffolk County Community Emergency Response trainee
  • Participation in focus groups to streamline company operations
  • Creation of procedures adopted into company operations
  • Participation in creation of training and SOP materials
  • Training document creation, review and revision

Timeline

Ramp Tower Controller

TOGA - AVAirPros
08.2022 - Current

Remote project leadership

NYCH&H
06.2020 - 06.2022

OCC agent

LaGuardia Gateway Partners
12.2019 - 06.2020

Administrator

Ornstein Leyton Properties, LLC
09.2018 - 09.2019

Tower Operations Ramp Control

Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
06.2018 - 09.2018

ACC Tower Agent

Delta Air Lines Inc.
09.2017 - 06.2018

Above Wing Operations until 2017 ACC 9/2017 to 6/2018

Delta Air Lines Inc.
06.2015 - 09.2017

Air to Ground Radio Operator

ARINC - Rockwell Collins
11.2013 - 05.2014

ACC supervisor and Tower Supervisor

JetBlue Airways Corporation
08.2010 - 03.2012

Five Towns College

Smithtown H.S. East
Jennifer Church