Marc S. Becnel
Kapolei
Summary
Strategic Continuous Improvement Leader and U.S. Navy Veteran with 28 years of experience in operational safety and risk management. Specializes in directing root-cause problem-solving initiatives to enhance fleet warfighting capacity. Expertise in advising stakeholders, ensuring regulatory compliance, and developing frameworks that align hazard mitigation and emergency response with strategic mission objectives.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Fleet Safety and Occupational Health Manager
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
2024.06 - Current
- Executive CI Leadership & Advisement: Served as a principal advisor to COMPACFLT leadership, establishing continuous improvement strategies through the Fleet Operational Safety Council and Board while achieving a 95% first-pass approval rate on executive action items.
- Root-Cause Problem Solving: Directed internal consultation and oversight evaluations across HQ and subordinate commands, rapidly identifying root causes of operational hazards and disseminating corrective frameworks to lower Echelons within 24–48 hours.
- Data-Driven Mission Strategy: Developed and executed a long-term improvement strategy leveraging Risk Management Information (RMI) systems, targeting a 25% annual reduction in long-standing operational discrepancies to enhance fleet-wide warfighting capacity.
- Organizational Learning & Policy Integration: Overseen the formulation of Echelon I and II policies, tools, and frameworks by continuously integrating private sector trends and scientific literature into the command's standard operating procedures.
- Fleet-Wide Training Alignment: Aligned operational learning programs with strategic Fleet goals by directing an enterprise-wide training curriculum, efficiently managing quota pipelines via ETMS2 to build talent and operational excellence.
- Multi-Echelon Stakeholder Management: Supervised complex, cross-functional initiatives, exercising formal and informal leadership to align CNO N09F, TYCOMs, and Echelon II/III stakeholders on unified readiness and improvement objectives.
- Executive Briefing & Data Visualization: Synthesized complex operational data from safety information systems into actionable reports, tracking charts, and executive briefing materials to support rapid, 24-hour leadership decision-making.
Installation Safety Director
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Pearl Harbor
2022.10 - 2024.06
- Advised on serviced activities at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam for CNIC, overseeing Navy Safety and Occupational Health (NAVSOH) and risk management programs. Served as subject matter expert for NAVSOH programs, including traffic safety and recreational off-duty safety. Planned, administered, and evaluated comprehensive NAVSOH program, enhancing operational readiness through effective problem-solving and leadership.
- Educated senior leadership and supervisors on Safety Management System principles and techniques, fostering supervisor and employee involvement through training, inspections, and assessments. Updated Joint Base Commander on risk management and aggregate residual risks, while coordinating with facilities to implement hazard abatement controls that enabled mission requirements to be met.
- Conducted risk assessments for commands at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, utilizing industrial hygiene surveys and inspection reports to identify hazards and recommend risk mitigation plans. Supervised 10 Safety Specialists, providing oversight and direction in risk mitigation techniques and documentation.
Industrial Hygienist
Naval Medical Readiness Training Command
Pearl Harbor
2021.04 - 2022.10
- Advised on scientific work in industrial hygiene and environmental science, identifying and evaluating conditions impacting employee health and efficiency.
- Developed and implemented novel and advanced health and safety protocols and analytical programs using state of the art methodology to protect workers and address problems associated with environmental emergencies/uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
- Evaluated and reviewed health and safety plans and environmental assessments to ensure minimal impact on the environment and employees.
- Reviewed scientific research, regulatory analyses, and EPA documentation on hazardous substances, assessing effects on human health and the environment.
Director, Safety and Occupational Health
Commander Submarine Force, US PACFLT
Pearl Harbor
2016.06 - 2021.03
- Provided outstanding leadership and decision-making which assured safety throughout five geographical locations in support of Fleet wide submarine operations. Served as a reliable advisor to Operational Commanders by providing relevant occupational health and safety best practices and lessons learned, resulting in an unprecedented 47 months of ZERO class "A" mishaps, directly contributing to high combat readiness.
- Organized a study which validated the ineffectiveness of protection life vests for more than 1,000 topside security watches, implemented an immediate change to the Submarine Organization and Regulations Manual (SORM) improving safety and security of watchstanders. Additionally, drove for the procurement of inherently buoyant body armor systems to ensure positive buoyancy and face up orientation of an unconscious watchstander.
- Led Pacific Fleet Medical Surveillance working group, streamlining occupational physical exams and eliminating unnecessary procedures.
- Implemented new waterfront reporting system with software, website functionality, and instructions, enhancing trend analysis, reducing burden on units, and enabling Fleet focus on readiness.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Natural Sciences
Thomas Edison State College
Trenton, NJ2005-03
Skills
- Safety Management Systems
- Regulatory compliance auditing
- Enterprise risk management
- Continuous improvement strategy
- Process optimization
- Root cause analysis
- Operational readiness
- Data analysis and visualization
- Stakeholder management
- Executive briefing and consultation
- Organizational learning
- Task management (ETMS2)
Timeline
Fleet Safety and Occupational Health Manager
U.S. Pacific Fleet
2024.06 - Current
Installation Safety Director
Commander, Navy Installations Command
2022.10 - 2024.06
Industrial Hygienist
Naval Medical Readiness Training Command
2021.04 - 2022.10
Director, Safety and Occupational Health
Commander Submarine Force, US PACFLT
2016.06 - 2021.03
Bachelor of Arts - Natural Sciences
Thomas Edison State College