Joseph Marlow

-Serves as a FIrefighter/Emergency Medical Technician serving the community. Starting over at the bottom has been eye opening on what leadership can do better for the teams they lead.

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Elected by peers to serve as a Union District Vice-President for over 125 Firefighters based on demonstrated knowledge, experience and genuine care for fellow employees, first Corporal in over a decade to get elected to this position.

• Collaborated with executive leaders, senior managers, and general managers in regulatory compliance with military policies.
• Managed and coordinated 1,050+ military and civilian employees across four commands located in different states, overseas and on a Naval Warship.
• Directly responsible and accountable to the CEO and President for the morale and Good Order of the employees.
• Managed and led 79 team leads and first-line supervisors while maintaining eight E-6B aircraft, flying 5,300 annual flight hours; responsible for over $3.2 billion in national assets.
• Lead Executive managing over 30 HR programs, including high visibility programs such as Equal Opportunity, Urinalysis, Physical Fitness, Drug and Alcohol prevention and rehabilitation, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Command Training, Career Development, and Mentorship, to name a few.
• Navy-wide record setter. The mentorship program produced records in 2012 and 2017 for the number of employees promoted to Manager/Chief positions. Commands routinely exceeded the fleetwide average on promotion by 20% or more. One of the commands went from worst to first.
• Orchestrated development and implementation of all aspects of personnel policy, management, safety and training for military and civilian employees.
• Command earned the highest score Navy-wide during the 2015 Cyber Security Inspection.
• Power projection of National Defense Strategies in multiple countries during back-to-back deployments. The team achieved ZERO reportable conduct issues during this HIGH-STRESS time for employees and their families.
• During a 2012 deployment, the team set a record by apprehending 112 bales of cocaine with an estimated street value of $367 million.

Collaborated with the Vice President while providing urgent needs for teams deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan by leading 11 Action Officers.

• Coordinated a base-wide Black History Awareness Month event to include advertisement and practice sessions. Served as the Master of Ceremonies to a crowd of more than 600 during a highly successful event.
• Hand-selected by the CEO from a pool of 220 Riverine Sailors to represent the command during a vital combat certification held "boots on the ground" in Iraq. The certifying official heralded the results as one of the best performances they have graded in years.
• As a Patrol Officer/Lead Manager led 43 combat missions in Iraq. Meticulously used intelligence to capture a high-value individual and destroy over 2,000 pounds of Improvised Explosive Device-making material, significantly impacting the war effort.
• As the department's leading manager, supervised four managers and 52 employees; the team completed 82 combat missions without a significant incident.
• Navy-wide impact. Advised senior Navy Executives on significant deficiencies and suggested workarounds regarding manning and navigation policy; suggestions resulted in changes across the entire Navy.
• Navy-wide impact. Submitted a memorandum to senior Navy Executives on improprieties between arduous sea duty pay and pay of employees in equally or more demanding positions; the memorandum included suggested fixes to the problems. Efforts resulted in a new instruction positively impacting the quality of life for thousands of employees Navy-wide.

• Orchestrate the development of all aspects of policy, facilities, safety, training and personnel management of a 243 Military and civilian organization.
• Accountable for 243 military and civilian personnel, 200 vehicles, a 216k annual budget, and 60 recruiting station spread over 110,000 square miles in NC, SC and GA.

• First-line leader managing three technicians who processed over 300 navigational items requiring meticulous attention to detail. The team was recognized regionally as the best and was used to train other teams failing or achieving substandard results on navigational inspections.
• As a lead technician, completed a highly successful deployment while performing navigation duties.
• Selected as honor recruit and meritoriously promoted in basic training. Selected by peers from among 84 other Sailors.