Robert Hallett
Holly Springs,NC
Summary
Dynamic executive level leader with over three decades of operational and strategic level experience. Broad experience in leading geographically disparate cross functional organizations up to 14,000 personnel in matrix style management organizational structure. Proven track record in team building and solving complex problems to meet organizational directives.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Business Development
Parsons Corporation
06.2024 - Current
- Kept abreast of overall business trends that informed execution of long-term business and marketing strategies
- Established long-term opportunities with key clients while building marketing plan to build additional relationships
- Led change and transformation across business areas to deliver benefits and align company resources.
- Identified potential clients with area of specialty and developed sales strategy responding to needs and objectives
- Provided leadership and guidance to proposal team inception to completion
- Acted as sponsor during project execution and directed activities of corporate sales staff
- Kept abreast of national / international political and economic conditions
Colonel / Ground Combat Arms Officer
United States Marine Corps
09.2016 - 06.2024
- Active duty commissioned officer with combat and operational assignments overseas in Japan, Middle East, Europe, Africa and throughout United States
- Held numerous executive level leadership positions to include Chief of Staff, Chief Operating Officer as well as operational command at every rank assigned
- Effectively supervised annual operating budget of $56 million dollars and material resource allocation of over $2 billion dollars for maximum impact on organizational goals
- Strategic advisor to national command authority with primary task in monitoring worldwide events significant to national defense, crisis response, and as a component of the strategic response
- Provided executive level operational flexibility in a diverse range of multi-disciplinary requirements to include business development, project management, operations, logistics, human resources, and budgeting that resulted in enhanced productivity and improvements across all levels of organizational functions.
- Developed and implemented internal inspection program with established key performance indicators that resulted in the only active-duty division to pass command inspection in past five years.
- Operationalized service directed experimental organization in response to real world threats to include establishment of a forward deployed headquarters in Naples, Italy and Tallinn, Estonia with multiple geographically dispersed subordinate commands across Europe under matrix organizational structure.
- Improved efficiencies across staff to include setting goals that increased retention of key personnel above 90%, reduced administrative separation processing down 60%, investigative processing down 50%, and doubled medical processing and enrollment in accordance with new service initiatives.
- As commander of 2400 person force (civilian equivalent to Director or Senior Manager), ensured operational capability, accountability, material readiness and personnel development in COVID informed environment without any degradation or loss of established organizational requirements.
Field Artillery Officer
United States Marine Corps
11.1991 - 09.2016
- From Captain to Lieutenant Colonel, served in a myriad of leadership, instructional, support and operational roles to include as Seminar Leader (Academic Advisor/Lead Instructor); Commanding Officer (Director) at both battery and battalion levels; Executive Officer (Deputy Director); Assistant Deputy Director for Operations with the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Battalion Operations and Assistant Officer; Current Fires Officer (Technical Specialist); Battalion Logistics Officer; Aide de Camp (Executive Assistant) for the Office of the Commanding General, Marine Corps Base Quantico; Communication Strategy and Operations Officer (Technical Specialist); Officer in Charge and Instructor within The Basic School - the Marine Corps' entry-level school for all new officers assigned to the Marine Corps
- As a junior company grade officer, various fire support billets and commands, including deployments with the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
Education
Master of Arts - Strategic Studies, Military & Strategic Leadership
U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies
Fort Leavenworth, KS06-2014
Certification
Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmentalized Information clearance
Joint Operations and Strategic Planner (National Defense University, Norfolk, VA)
Certified Communications Strategy and Operations Planner (Defense Information School, Fort Meade, MD)
Timeline
Director of Business Development
Parsons Corporation
06.2024 - Current
Colonel / Ground Combat Arms Officer
United States Marine Corps
09.2016 - 06.2024
Field Artillery Officer
United States Marine Corps
11.1991 - 09.2016
Master of Arts - Strategic Studies, Military & Strategic Leadership
U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies