L. Mike Langford
Ranch Hand
Jackson,United States
Summary
Results-driven Operations Manager with 15+ years of experience in logistics and team leadership within the U.S. Army. Proven expertise in managing complex operations, ensuring compliance, and driving efficiency through strategic planning and risk management. Skilled in coordinating multi-agency efforts and utilizing advanced technical skills to support mission objectives. Seeking to leverage extensive experience in project coordination to enhance operational success in a dynamic environment. Willing to relocate to: California - Rancho Cordova, CA - Sacramento, CA Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Deputy Probation Officer I
Calaveras County Probation Department
02.2024 - 11.2024
- Worked with clients and community stakeholders to rehabilitate justice related probationers by providing resources, teaching, coaching, mentoring, and ensuring compliance with their terms of probation. Motivational interviewing and assessments were key tools in providing proper supervision for the court. Transported both in and out of custody suspects, adults and juveniles, arrests, sanctions, incentives, and violations. Searches, home and office visits, hand to hand and weapons training, lethal and non lethal.
Surveillance Agent
Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort
09.2023 - 02.2024
- Conducted employee audits, verified payouts, observed conduct and daily transactions while providing video support to protect company assets as well as provide assistance to government agencies if requested. Worked closely with security to observe and report banned patrons, nefarious actors, and activities on the property both inside the casino and throughout the property.
Skillbridge intern, code/cannabis compliance
Nevada County
02.2023 - 07.2023
- 1. ACP inspections for legal grows in accordance with county ordinances and state laws. Ensuring compliance and recommending changes to match site plans.
- 2. Code and cannabis complaint response. Identifying and logging issues in regards to complaints and elevating as needed.
- 3. Abatements of abandoned vehicles and illegal cannabis grows; volunteered to operate tractor or other heavy equipment in support of abatements.
- 4. Analysis of site plans, imagery analysis and drone footage and operation in support of illegal grow abatements.
- 5. Assisted in developing criteria to select equity grants to targeted minority growers in support of state goals to diversify and rectify those injured by the war on drugs for minor cannabis infractions.
Operations Manager and Team Leader
U.S. Army
08.2004 - 01.2023
- 1. Managed teams in combat and in training driving their daily operations in accordance with regulations and standard operating procedures. Backwards planning for major training events and overseas deployments involving heavy logistic loads with limited space and weight requirements. Airborne operations, safety at the forefront of all tasks along with risk management and contingency planning.
- 2. Staff officer in charge of planning and drafting orders and plans to support the mission and director’s intent.
- 3. Daily data processing and coordination with multiple level elements and those lateral and sister agencies as part of a whole of government approach to problem sets we face in the area of responsibility.
- 4. Throughout my 22-year career I have volunteered to use my forklift and truck operating skills to support military operations in garrison and multiple overseas locations. From 5 ton and 2.5 ton trucks, hauling building supplies for force protection and filling water trailers, I have had to use and reuse those skills in a pinch to support daily operations.
Logistics Manager
U.S. Army
05.2001 - 04.2004
- Supply technician and armorsman maintenance. Responsible for the acquisition, delivery, and issue of all levels of supply from pens and pencils to major end items. Director’s signature authority delegated to handle all logistical needs at the organizational level. Anywhere in the world in 18 hours as part of the 82d Airborne Division. Operated heavy trucks, responsible for over $1 million in military weaponry and other sensitive items to include night vision devices; charged with maintenance and readiness of all systems in order to deploy forward on a moments notice. Solely responsible for the ordering, modifying, and issuing uniforms and equipment for a 500-man element preparing for Iraq deployment in 2003. Issued wartime equipment in support of the war effort and trained up 20 new soldiers ahead of that deployment for combat tasks. Responsible for all equipment and weapons left behind for that deployment, trusted to maintain and account for all inventory inventoried for a 12-month period.
Student full time, partime
Office Max/ Depot, DMV CA, Dept of Energy CA, Double Tree Hotel, River City Brewing Co.
08.1994 - 10.2000
- During my college years worked several part time and full time jobs in retail, food service/bartender, and government jobs. From floor associate with Office Max to deli man for Raleys to student assistant for a Cartography section and computer update and repair for the field office division at DMV headquarters. Customer service at the forefront of all these with some technical experience with mapping software, hardware upgrades for older PCs and answering questions from the field. Assisted field office workers with Windows 3.1 upgrades and Microsoft office suite questions and trouble shooting.
Forklift Operator
Cox brothers inc
05.1993 - 08.1994
- Summer job as a forklift operator transferring bins from farm trucks to larger trucks on a slab. Worked two seasons ahead of college. This skill helped me hot-load a helicopter in Afghanistan in 2005 when the regular bobcat operator was on leave and items needed to be quickly unloaded under threat of artillery and direct fire.
Truck Driver and Forklift Operator
Filter farms
05.1992 - 08.1992
- 1. Operated John Deere 2020 with front and rear forks delivering and extracting fruit bins for harvesting peaches and prunes.
- 2. Operated large hunter forklift loading full bins onto the truck and delivering to the slab for distribution once graded.
Heavy Equipment Operator/Laborer
Bihlman Butte Rock
06.1990 - 08.1990
- Operated sheep’s foot, water truck and Fraser in support of preparing a foundation for a large warehouse
Education
Bachelor's degree - Criminal Justice
Troy University
Troy, AL05.2013
Associate in Arts (AA) - Intelligence studies
Cochise College
Cochise County, AZ12.2007
Associate's degree - Business Administration
Yuba community college
Marysville, CA06.1997
High school diploma or GED - undefined
Live Oak High School
Live Oak, CA06.1994
Associate's degree - Business
Skills
- Technical Support
- Training & development
- Construction (5 years)
- Written communication (10 years)
- Motivational interviewing
- Behavioral health
- Computer literacy (10 years)
- GPS (10 years)
- Property management (10 years)
- Staff supervision (10 years)
- Hotel experience
- Project management experience
- CAD
- Quality assurance
- Supply chain management (6 years)
- Software troubleshooting
- Transportation planning
- Inventory management (10 years)
- Plumbing (1 year)
- Fabrication
- Hospitality (3 years)
- Digital cameras (educational technologies)
- Leadership (10 years)
- Intelligence Experience
- Social listening (10 years)
- Physical security (10 years)
- Corrections experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- System Administration
- Team management (10 years)
- Intelligence analysis
- Automotive service (10 years)
- Process improvement
- Database management
- Recruiting
- Supply Chain
- Time management
- Welding (1 year)
- Forklift
- Military operations (10 years)
- Regulatory reporting (6 years)
- Food handling
- Negotiation
- Marketing
- Restaurant experience
- Attention to detail
- Conflict management
- Case management (10 years)
- Customer service management
- Team motivation (leadership skill) (10 years)
- Customer relationship management
- Computer skills (10 years)
- Tractor-trailer (10 years)
- Background checks (10 years)
- Bodyweight training (10 years)
- Continuous improvement
- Criminal investigation
- Military intelligence
- DoD Experience
- C#
- CPR
- Customer service
- Help Desk
- Public speaking
- Microsoft Windows
- GIS
- Analytics
- Tree trimming (10 years)
- Classroom experience (10 years)
- Computer hardware (6 years)
- Crisis intervention
- Materials management
- HIPAA (10 years)
- Document management (10 years)
- Law enforcement (1 year)
- Office management
- Logistics management
- Enterprise software (10 years)
- Environmental education
- Budgeting
- Grammar Experience
- Data mining
- ArcGIS
- Photo manipulation
- French (2 years)
- Power tools
- IOS (7 years)
- Project planning (6 years)
- Databases
- Quality inspection (10 years)
- Data analysis skills
- Quality management
- Bilingual (10 years)
- Empathy
- Bar
- Construction procurement
- Mechanical knowledge (10 years)
- Quality control (4 years)
- Math (10 years)
- Heavy lifting (10 years)
- Bartending (3 years)
- Risk management (10 years)
- Fraud prevention and detection (1 year)
- CrossFit (2 years)
- Information Security
- Cashiering
- Photography
- Mobile devices
- Interviewing
- Management
- Assembly (5 years)
- Micrometer (2 years)
- Typing (10 years)
- Basic math
- Microsoft Access
- Food service (5 years)
- Route planning (10 years)
- Production planning
- Presentation skills
- CNC
- Records management
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Camp
- Project coordination (8 years)
- Joint operations (5 years)
- Event planning (10 years)
- Food safety (2 years)
- Sketch (1 year)
- Driving (10 years)
- Social work (1 year)
- Carpentry (5 years)
- SharePoint (5 years)
- Safety plans (2 years)
- Adobe Acrobat (10 years)
- Industrial equipment (10 years)
- Territory management
- Administrative experience
- Cost control
- Presentation creation
- Policy & process development (8 years)
- Decking (1 year)
- Encryption
- Adobe Photoshop (1 year)
- Teamwork
- Rangefinder (2 years)
- Maintenance (10 years)
- Intune
- Heavy equipment operation (5 years)
- Microsoft Excel
- Supervising Experience
- Computer Networking
- Water truck (1 year)
- Cocktail experience
- Client communication
- Editing
- Office experience (10 years)
- First aid (10 years)
- Construction inspection (1 year)
- Patrolling
- Security system (10 years)
- Grocery store
- Auto service management
- Online school (10 years)
- Purchasing
- Communication skills (10 years)
- Frame carpentry (1 year)
- Woodworking (4 years)
- Operating Systems
- Microsoft Word
- Disaster Recovery
- Analysis skills (10 years)
- Calipers (3 years)
- Hand tools (10 years)
- Climbing
- Project leadership
- Intake (3 years)
- Compliance management (1 year)
- Windows (10 years)
- Cash handling (3 years)
- Employee relations
- Microsoft Office (10 years)
- Microsoft Outlook
- Report writing (10 years)
- Research
- Operations (10 years)
- Chainsaw
- Crew management
- Writing skills (10 years)
- Mechanic Experience
- Military Experience
- Operational risk management (10 years)
- Collection management (10 years)
- Telecommunication
- Commitment to safety
- Computer operation
- Security
- Logistics
- Agile
- Transportation management (10 years)
- Motor coach (10 years)
- Farming
- Spanish (10 years)
- Operations Management (7 years)
- Data entry (10 years)
- Intelligence community
- Staff training (6 years)
- Medicare
- Threat intelligence
- Photo editing
- Linguist experience (10 years)
- Automotive repair (6 years)
- Intelligence targeting (4 years)
- Data collection
- Organizational skills (10 years)
- Sales (5 years)
Certification
- Motorcycle License March 2021 to Present
- Non-CDL Class C
- Driver's License April 2023 to April 2028
- CDL A July 2001 to December 2022 Operated 2.5 and 5 ton military trucks while towing trailers and equipment over 20 years. Can get certified to operate CDL class A if needed but have experience with these types of vehicles in austere conditions and on public roadways. Safety first.
- TS/SCI
- Secret Clearance
Languages
Multilingual
Bilingual
Spanish - Intermediate
French - Beginner
Military Service
Branch: United States Army Service Country: United States Rank: Chief Warrant Officer 3 November 2000 to July 2023 From logistics, to operations, planning, standard operating procedures (SOP), physical security, training, weapons maintenance and safety; airborne operations and jumpmaster. Multiple deployments in support of our allies deterring aggression and working closely with foreign partners in austere environments. Leading Soldiers, managing training, linguists, and translators supporting our missions. TS clearance.
Additional Information
- Currently working on Agile PMP certification and seeking LEAN-6 certification as well.
- Actively volunteering in the community to support Veterans in need of assistance.
Work Availability
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Affiliations
- American Legion Post 108, Member at Large
- CVMA - Combat Veteran Motorcycle Association, 33-7, Full Member
Quote
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
Mark Twain
Interests
Motorcycles
Sports
Woodworking
Metal Fabrication
Agriculture
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeGig WorkContract WorkPart TimeWork Location
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Work-life balanceCompany CultureFlexible work hoursPersonal development programsPaid sick leaveTeam Building / Company RetreatsPaid time offWork from home optionHealthcare benefits401k matchStock Options / Equity / Profit Sharing4-day work weekTimeline
Deputy Probation Officer I
Calaveras County Probation Department
02.2024 - 11.2024
Surveillance Agent
Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort
09.2023 - 02.2024
Skillbridge intern, code/cannabis compliance
Nevada County
02.2023 - 07.2023
Operations Manager and Team Leader
U.S. Army
08.2004 - 01.2023
Logistics Manager
U.S. Army
05.2001 - 04.2004
Student full time, partime
Office Max/ Depot, DMV CA, Dept of Energy CA, Double Tree Hotel, River City Brewing Co.
08.1994 - 10.2000
Forklift Operator
Cox brothers inc
05.1993 - 08.1994
Truck Driver and Forklift Operator
Filter farms
05.1992 - 08.1992
Heavy Equipment Operator/Laborer
Bihlman Butte Rock
06.1990 - 08.1990
Bachelor's degree - Criminal Justice
Troy University
Associate in Arts (AA) - Intelligence studies
Cochise College
Associate's degree - Business Administration
Yuba community college
High school diploma or GED - undefined
Live Oak High School
Associate's degree - Business
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