Mary Wright
Al Wukair
Summary
Support day-to-day program operations with expertise in records management and resource coordination. Skillfully meet diverse needs and address issues to maintain efficiency and program outreach. Demonstrated success in building long-lasting relationships. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Seeking and maintaining full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Deployment Readiness Program Specialist
United States Air Force
04.2020 - 10.2023
- Worked as a deployment expert in managing the mobilization training equipping reporting and compliant validation of contingency contractors for fulfillment of duties on the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program, to meeting Air Force and US national command authority mission objectives worldwide
- Contingency contracting encompasses all contracting performed in a contingency environment, including military operations, stability operations, natural disasters, humanitarian, and other calamitous events
- Continuously provided updates for AFCAP IV/V; a 6.4 billion $8-year contingent contract containing 74 Task Orders (TO); tweaking technical vetting, deployment processing and equipment requirements
- Routinely briefed AFCAP Program Managers (PM) on metrics, process adjustments/improvements and developed/utilized compliance verifications
- Attended various meetings to inform Administrative Contracting Officers (ACO), and Contracting Officer Representatives (COR) about deployment requirements, contractor appointment status and contracted a movement into the AOR
- Worked with PMs and ACOs to ensure contracts the Performance Worksheets (PWS) included all government deployment/redeployment requirements and correlating funding and to gain understandings of FAR and DoD procurement policies and procedures that affected TOs
- Provided continuous updates and actions necessary to sustain contractors while deployed on contingent operations and close out actions when demobilizing contractors
- Provided training and assistance to commercial prime contractors for completion of required actions to ensure the contractors meet their required standards commiserates with the contingent operations
- Worked with Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) and Tyndall AFB for the scheduling of contractor deployment out processing per the Foreign Clearance Guide (FCG), MOD 16 and other military policies and procedures
- Advocated for resources necessary to sustain mobilization sustained and redeployment of contractors supporting contingencies
- Worked with prime contractors to ensure contractors are deployed in the timely manner by continuously providing policies direction and assistance
- Coordinated with local and federal offices to work through any issues
- Served as the AFCAP government single point of contact for all deployment requirements to AFCAP
- Managed multiple complex technical programs so that contractors would be capable of meeting DOD customers’ (any U.S
- Government entity, NATO or Coalition partner) Boots on Ground (BOG) deadline
- Initiated the process of contractors for registration of government credentials
- Conduct security vetting of contractors using the Defense Information Security System (DISS), prior to granting access to any government facility, installation, or computer system
- Verified the contractors need for logical or physical access to either a DOD network or facility, both initially and ongoing through semi-annual re-verifications in TASS
- Established Common Access Card (CAC) sponsorship of the contractor with the Air Force and Trusted Associate Sponsorship System (TASS) as a Trusted Agent (TA) and ability to approve them as a Trusted Agent Site Manager (TASM)
- Maintained 1700, annually, TASS records requiring a waiver as only 100 records per Trusted Associate (TA) allowed
- Authorized, as a Government Authority, and approved, as a Contracting Officer, over 1700 Letters of Authorizations (LOA), annually, in Synchronized Pre-deployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT)
- These are contractor orders for US nationals utilized overseas deployments and foreign embassy sponsorships
- Managed and maintained over 1700 LOAs for contractor deployments
- Worked with prime contractors to maintain SPOT compliance
- Completed quarterly SPOT compliance reports for SAF/AQCX, which is a contractor management and accountability system to provide a central source of contingency contractor information and a summary of contract services
- Deployed over 5000 contractors in support of many military installations in middle eastern counties, such as Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and more
- Also deployed hundreds of contractors in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and ensured contractor redeployment to CONUS due to Afghanistan draw down in August 2020 period
- Worked with respective directory's Functional Area Managers (FAMs) to request Unit Line Number (ULN) creations, which is usually only used for active-duty members, when needed
- Worked with Tyndall Air Force base transportation office and the Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) to procure military air movement of vital contractors through Baltimore Washington international BWI and quarantine hubs to the Middle East during COVID-19 pandemic
- Also, to procure movement to Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, in support of the European deterrence initiative when commercial transport became problematic.
Administrative Intern
Pilot Contracting
08.2013 - 12.2015
- Responsible for various administrative duties including answering phones, creating spreadsheets, entering data, invoicing, and assisting with special projects
- Prepared and sent Daily Reports based on the information received from Project Managers using Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Created and maintained charts or spreadsheets to be utilized for the project
- Created subcontractor change orders per Project Manager's requests
- Ordered drawings and plans packages as per Project Manager's request
- Downloaded and maintained progressive files and provided finish project photos in the system, and sent emails regarding tenant's notices
- Assisted in coordinating travel arrangements when required.
Administrator Intern
Battens Paint and Body
09.2012 - 12.2012
- Used various Microsoft products for sales, to produce forms and notifications and collect data
- Responsible for creating an effective filing system to better organize the office
- Organized and maintained all shop invoices, records, and bookkeeping and helped the shop move towards paperless bookkeeping
- Assisted with the reconciliation on all accounts payable and receivable and helped proof-read estimates
- Interacted with people in the community to find potential business and opportunities, and thoroughly explained the insurance claim process to potential customers to get them to use our shop
- Provided friendly and proficient customer service in person, through email, and over the phone, scheduled any appointments, and monitored insurance claims.
Contracted Cook
Daleville Avenue Lounge
11.2010 - 11.2011
- Responsible for maintaining kitchen standards, cleanliness, and order
- Supervised to ensure that the assignments within the restaurant are carried out effectively and efficiently to include coordinating activities of dining room personnel to provide fast and courteous service to patrons
- Scheduled dining reservations and arranged parties or special services for diners
- Provided menus for service
- Inspected dining room serving stations for neatness and cleanliness and maintained dining room supplies for tables and serving stations daily
- Responsible for budgeting kitchen and plate cost and totaling receipts to verify sales and clear the cash register
- Performed cash deposits and balanced daily transactions
- Worked diligently to resolve problems that raised such as customer complaints and supply shortages.
Logistics Plans Coordinator
United States Air Force
11.2001 - 04.2007
- Knowledge of logistics planning techniques in functional areas of supply, maintenance, transportation, contracting, civil engineering, services, force protection, operations, personnel, comptroller, medical, and legal as impacted by, and as they impact installation logistics planning; Air Force operations and organization; processes of deployment, beddown, employment, redeployment, and reconstitution; command and control techniques; techniques of conducting readiness assessments; data processing and electronic data processing equipment; basic budgeting techniques
- First non-prior airman to join logistics planner career field for the Air Force
- Received awards, coins, and decorations for my work, especially for my ability to efficiently conduct base Unit Deployment Manager (UDM), Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) Reporting Tool (ART), Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD), and Logistics Module (LOGMOD) training
- Deployed and redeployed thousands of personnel, tons of cargo, and various aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and countless other missions
- Tracked, maintained, and reported monthly reports of unit standings to the commander in which they reported them to headquarters
- Created, populated, and maintained excel products and databases to track personnel, numbers, and stats which increased accountability and reduced access time to seconds
- Helped develop and supervise preparation of logistics annexes for operations plans and orders, programming plans, and general support, contingency, exercise plans, and logistics support procedures
- During times of crisis, operated in the Logistics Control Center
- Monitored deploying personnel and equipment products
- Reviewed planning documents that determined deployment taskings
- Prepared by completing Joint Operation Planning Execution Segment and Logistics Module training at top of my class
- Dedicated many hours perfecting my knowledge of LOGMOD database and maintained an average of 98% UTC readiness
- Assisted with deployments for over 3K personnel and 6.5K tons of cargo identified during OIF/OEF/AEF rotations
- Performed logistics deliberate planning processes and reported any logistics limiting factors
- Stationed at Osan AB, assisted in managing War Reserve Material (WRM) program
- Analyzed WRM reports to determine logistics constraints and monitored status of WRM deficiencies
- Prepared and managed WRM budget, including approving and inspecting equipment and vehicles valued over $30 million dollars
- Assisted with WRM training program by training newly appointed War Reserve Material Managers (WRMMs) within 30 days of being appointed and received recurring training as required
- Distributed WRM authorization documents to appropriate WRM Managers and Supply Chain Management functions
- Assisted WRM Officer and functional WRMMs with evaluations and authorization WRM and helped determine if logistics requirements can be satisfied through actions such as host nation support, local purchase, joint use, or other avenues
- Participated in Base Support Plan (BSP)/Expeditionary Site Plan (ESP) process to ensure WRM is properly documented in appropriate chapters
- Assisted with development and consolidation of WRM financial plan for storage, maintenance, and reconstitution of WRM
- Conducted Installation WRM Review Board semi-annually and conducted WRM surveillance visits to each activity (including tenant units) involved in WRM program, semi-annually
- Tracked and monitored accountability, serviceability, and availability of all WRM requirements or authorizations utilizing readiness tools such as Integrated Maintenance Data System and CRIS
- Stationed at Kadena AFB, performed contingency planning duties
- Assisted in preparing, monitoring, coordinating, and consolidating logistics annexes for operational plans, programming plans, and general support, contingency, and exercise plans
- Extracted installation’s (TPFDD) daily, for deliberate and crisis action planning
- Monitored dual-wing ART program daily and tracked readiness status for Unit Type Codes (UTCs) to be prepared for AEF tasking
- Verified airlift transportation requests were completed to ensure appropriate Time Phased Force Deployment Data visibility and priority among competing service elements
- Managed installation UDM program and being lead logistician for one of the largest joint training exercises, Cope Taufan
- Assisted with Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSA) that simplified interchange of logistics support, supplies, and services between US Air Force and other allied and friendly forces
- Compiled, coordinated, published, distributed, maintained, and implemented base support plans
- Provided logistical knowledge to unit Support Agreement Managers, through analyzation and identification of plan supportability by identifying limiting factors, shortfalls, and alternate support methods to enhance supportability of transiting and beddown forces
- The ACSA program allowed the logistics support, supplies, and services of food, billeting, communications services, medical services, use of facilities and storage services temporary use of General Purpose (GP) vehicles and other items of military equipment not designated as significant military equipment on the United States Munitions List
- Assisted with ACSA requests for contingency airlift with the foreign ACSA point of contacts
- Helped the SAMS with logistic coordination with the unified command Joint Movement Center (JMC) and the Air Mobility Operations Control Center (AMOCC).
Microsoft Trainer
O.N.E.C.H.A.N.E
06.1996 - 09.1996
- Worked for a Non-Profit organization which taught local citizens, with no computer knowledge, how to perform basic computer processes and how to fluently use Microsoft products
- Observed, managed, documented, and reported student progress to provide efficient assistance
- Developed lesson plans, instructional materials, and other strategies to ensure that every student had an understanding of their actions.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - BSBA: Global Business/General Business
Troy University/ Sorrell College of Business
Troy, AL03.2018
Associate's Degree - Applied Science: Business Administration and Management
Enterprise State Community College
Enterprise, AL12.2012
Skills
- Project Management
- Report Preparation
- Report Generation
- Strategic Planning
- Project Coordination
- Program Optimization
- Scheduling Proficiency
- Process Improvements
- Training Coordination
- Resource Management
- Team Oversight
- Generating Schedules
- System Enhancement
- Staff Evaluation
- Document Management
- Microsoft Office
- Collaboration and Teamwork
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-Solving
- Maintaining Client Records
- Eligibility Requirements
- Program Management
- Program coordination
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Workflow Management
- Data Entry Software
Dischargestatus
Honorable
Jobrelatedtraining
- Typing Skills: 40 wpm
- Ability to speak distinctly and communicate well with others
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing
- Holds Secret Clearance and safeguarded classified materials and proprietary information
- Specialized Training: Completion of logistics plans courses. LOGMOD, Joint Operations Planning and Executing System, Aircraft Load Planner, Pallet Build up, Safety Representative Course, Automatic Data Processing Equipment Management Course, and Communications. DISS, TASS, and SPOT
Dayphone
974-7102-3762
Eveningphone
974-7102-3762; 1-334-470-1508
Citizenship
U.S. Citizen
Timeline
Deployment Readiness Program Specialist
United States Air Force
04.2020 - 10.2023
Administrative Intern
Pilot Contracting
08.2013 - 12.2015
Administrator Intern
Battens Paint and Body
09.2012 - 12.2012
Contracted Cook
Daleville Avenue Lounge
11.2010 - 11.2011
Logistics Plans Coordinator
United States Air Force
11.2001 - 04.2007
Microsoft Trainer
O.N.E.C.H.A.N.E
06.1996 - 09.1996
Bachelor's Degree - BSBA: Global Business/General Business
Troy University/ Sorrell College of Business
Associate's Degree - Applied Science: Business Administration and Management
Enterprise State Community College
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