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Patrick Galletta

Virginia Beach,VA

Summary

“Mission-driven leader” with over a decade of experience of not finishing what I start.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chief (Extremely) Petty Officer

US Navy
Portsmouth, VA
08.2023 - Current
  • Successfully scaled emotional distance across multiple environments (professional, personal, hybrid remote)
  • Led initiatives in minimizing vulnerability exposure through controlled transparency frameworks
  • Championed a culture of conflict avoidance disguised as workplace harmony
  • Consistently sidesteps accountability with elite-level conversational pivoting and selective unavailability
  • Specialized in transforming minor discomfort into full organizational paralysis through strategic inaction

Chief Architect of Controlled Disengagement

US
Virginia Beach, Virginia
06.2020 - Current
  • Frequently defaults to independence framed as strength, even when interdependence is required
  • Capable of appearing calm and rational while internally avoiding vulnerability or accountability
  • Demonstrates proficiency in minimizing or intellectualizing emotional impact on others
  • Skilled at creating ambiguity that allows for flexibility or escape from expectations
  • Comfortable with distancing behaviors (physical, emotional, logistical) when intimacy or pressure increases
  • Effective at reframing withdrawal as self-protection or “needing space” without collaborative resolution

Bearfight CrossFit

Owner
Norfolk, VA
06.2016 - 08.2021
  • Horribly managed business finances, budgeting, payroll, and vendor relationships to ensure minimum profitability
  • Gradual emotional withdrawal preceding major decisions, enabling unilateral exits without shared processing
  • Passive erosion of trust structures through inconsistency, omission, and selective engagement
  • Long-term reliance on avoidance cycles that temporarily reduce anxiety while compounding systemic instability
  • High resistance to introspective disruption unless confronted with unavoidable loss or external collapse

Education

High School Diploma -

Baldwin High School
Baldwin
06-2004

Skills

  • Leadership and Team Development
  • Training Design and Delivery
  • Program and Acquisition Management
  • Process Optimization and Logistics
  • Strategic Planning and Execution
  • Innovation and Technology Integration
  • Cross-Functional / Interagency Collaboration
  • Policy and Doctrine Development

Certification

  • Master Training Specialist (Naval Education and Training Command)
  • High Risk Instructor (Naval Special Warfare Command)

Timeline

Chief (Extremely) Petty Officer

US Navy
08.2023 - Current

Chief Architect of Controlled Disengagement

US
06.2020 - Current

Bearfight CrossFit

Owner
06.2016 - 08.2021

High School Diploma -

Baldwin High School
Patrick Galletta