MICHAEL MARRA
East Stroudsburg
Summary
Anticipate, assess, and meet current and future Warfighter requirements. Meet these challenges with loyalty, duty, respect, honor and integrity. Competent in documentation, reporting and warehouse oversight. Bringing solid understanding of supply management operations, personnel needs and maintenance requirements. Offering 23 years of experience with United States Army and strong desire to make positive impact on stateside preparations, oversees operations and emergency response. Experienced in managing virtually every type of equipment and supplies used in the U.S. Army, from intel reports, OPSEC and OSHA practices to weapons and vehicles. Highly analytical and well-organized with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving abilities. Skilled Logistics professional offering advanced knowledge of supply chain regulations and standards. Sources material organizes supplies and maintains optimal inventory levels. Strong mathematical and computer skills. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
General Supply Specialist GS-9
Defense Logistic Agency
Tobyhanna
10.2022 - Current
- Coached, managed, tasked and assessed employees on DLA regulations and SOP practices and processes.
- Sourced and expedited materials for emergency operations such as humanitarian aid.
- Handled maintenance reports for orders requested and completed.
- Analyzed inventory to determine serviceable, unserviceable and salvageable materials and compared items against back stock records to distribute to designated locations.
- Evaluated back stock and returned extra, sealed and salvageable goods to designated locations.
- Managed accurate files and implemented new organizational systems to improve traceability.
Master Sergeant GS-12/equivalent
United States Army National Guard
Leighton
12.2001 - Current
- Responsible for logistics support, movement, and security of the operations area.
- Ensuring that reports and messages are distributed properly, updating unit's statuses on maps and charts.
- Supervising the publication of orders and graphics; supervising the setting up and dismantling of the OPS Area.
- Supervising all enlisted personnel assigned to the S3 section managing guard rosters, sleep plans, and shift schedules for the ops section.
- Plans, schedules and conducts inspections in areas where there is a strong probability of encountering hazardous work processes and materials, and unsafe environmental conditions, involving substantial numbers of soldiers.
- Implemented necessary safety practices, proper firing commands and proper ammunition handling.
- Follow all OSHA regulations.
- Maintained health, welfare and combat readiness of personnel within company as Master Resilient Trainer.
- Served as principal advisor to First Sergeant and Commander.
- Manage over 150 vehicles and equipment with an estimated worth of over 200$ million dollars.
- Enforced technical and tactical training standards to accomplish unit and battalion mission objectives.
- Confirmed environmental protection program compliance for spill prevention and contingency planning.
- Cleaned and maintained vehicle and assessed vehicle for damage after each shift.
- Completed regular inspections and maintenance actions, as well as basic equipment repairs, to keep equipment operating at peak levels.
- Practical knowledge of psychological and physiological elements and practices sufficient to assess soldiers with vehicles and equipment, and to encourage the use of safety motivation activities.
- Oversaw licensing for over 150 soldiers in GCSS Army.
- Gathered information, identified and implemented resolution, planned follow-up and logged and filed incident report to successfully manage complaints.
- Adhered to safety policies and procedures to install or remove IP stop devices, optical network terminals and wireless access points.
- Performed troubleshooting and equipment testing to identify and correct problems end to end and network-wide.
Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) GS-11
Defense Logistic Agency
Tobyhanna
02.2025 - 07.2025
- Provided support across the organization's customer base (DLA, J-code, Distribution Center, and external) by supplying requested information, to include guidance, suggested improvements, and education on areas of responsibility with established timelines so that contractors and customers can meet intended objectives.
- Ensure stows and items are packed to SOPs.
- Provided emails for supervisor on contractor's production and provided photos as well.
- Handled any roadblocks during 2nd shift without supervision.
- Identified problems and offered ideas and solutions to project lead and supervisor.
- Acting as on-site COR (Contracting Officer Representative) assists contractors in obtaining any IT related requirements coordinate any local Government provided training, MHE, and/or materials.
- Proposed new safety procedures or modified operating practices to ensure fingerprinting and health exams for new employees.
- Gathered, documented and modeled data to assess business trends.
- Collected, organized and modeled data using DPMAP and OPM systems.
- Briefs higher headquarters representatives on progress of many different programs.
- Conducts workload, DLA manpower requirements, DLA training requirements, resources allocation, information and records management, document control, statistical tracking, program management, and other areas of management concern.
- Helped DLA Human Resources to classify security level for job vacancies and positions descriptions (Tier 1-Tier 5-Non-Secret-Top Secret).
- Prepares briefings for Deputy Commander, composes letters, memorandums and reports without receiving detailed guidance.
- Help coordinate and process fingerprints and security clearances with DLA Headquarters and Tobyhanna Army Depot for new hires.
Management Analyst GS-9
Defense Logistic Agency
Tobyhanna
07.2019 - 11.2021
- Evaluated current DLA hiring processes(fingerprints and IDs) to develop improvement plans.
- Motivated and encouraged management representatives, employees, and visitors to apply or observe safety practices.
Education
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZBachelor of Science - Sports Management
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, PASkills
- Weekly Payroll
- Accurate Documentation Preparation
- Service Agreement Coordination
- Price Changes
- Data Analysis And Visualization
- Specialist Procedures
- Customer Loyalty
- Customer Experience
- Reading Comprehension
- Secret Security Clearance
- GCSS Army Certified
- Master Resilient Trainer (Level 2)
- Analysis and Security Summary
- Safety Violations (OSHA and OPSEC)
- Military Operations
- Organizational Systems
- Analysis and Technical Data Provisioning
- Client Satisfaction
- Traceability Requirements
Accomplishments
- On Spot Award (multiple times) DLA DISTRIBUTION STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION CIVILIAN LEADER OF THE YEAR DLA DISTRIBUTION TOBYHANNA
- 2025 Employee of the Month (March and 2nd Quarter)
- 2019 Strategic Goals Award 3rd Quarter
- 2019 DLA Small Team Category Award 1st Quarter
- Significant contributions were instrumental in winning of the Army's Chief of Staff Deployment Excellence Award for Gun Truck operations in 2011.
- Combat Action Badge 2011 Afghanistan.
- 2 Deployments - Afghanistan (2011) and Kuwait (2022)
References
- LTC Luna, Former DDTP Commander, (253)-376-8775
- Mr. Steavon Allen, DLA DDTP Wholesale Director, (570) 580-3334
- Mr. Mark Sarti, Supply Specialist Supervisor, (570) 332-3434
- Sergeant Major Albert Singleton, (215)-694-4277
Timeline
Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) GS-11
Defense Logistic Agency
02.2025 - 07.2025
General Supply Specialist GS-9
Defense Logistic Agency
10.2022 - Current
Management Analyst GS-9
Defense Logistic Agency
07.2019 - 11.2021
Master Sergeant GS-12/equivalent
United States Army National Guard
12.2001 - Current
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Sports Management
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania