Ronald Vaughn
Mesquite,Texas
Summary
Highly-motivated Disaster Manager with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Motivational leader and organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building and customer service skills. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive company success. I am focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Disaster Program Manager
Medical City Plano/Frisco
Plano, TX
03.2022 - Current
- My duties include developing and maintaining the hospital's Emergency Operations Plan and Policies and procedures.
- Responsible for the four phases of Emergency Management (Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery).
- Implement Emergency Management activities across six critical areas (communications, resources and assets, safety and security, staff responsibilities, utilities, and patient clinical and support activities).
- Coordinate emergency management exercises with various public safety agencies and emergency management organizations.
- Work with various agencies to develop after-action reports and serve as an exercise evaluator.
- Collaborate with community response partners for emergency preparedness and response at the facilities.
Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic GIS Supervisor
Dallas Fire Rescue
Dallas, TX
05.1995 - 02.2022
- Served as a Field Lieutenant, Firefighter/Paramedic, an Emergency Medical Services Shift Duty Officer, a Special Event Paramedic, a member of the Water Rescue Team, and the department's Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Lieutenant.
- Served as the department's coordinator for pre-incident planning.
- Worked with the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management by providing information to assist with natural and artificial incidents. I have experience working with the 2020 Dallas Tornado, the police shooting in downtown Dallas, helping with shelters for Hurricane Harvey evacuees, providing testing and logistical locations for COVID testing.
- Experience working with various community, public services and private organizations as it pertains to providing information for emergency response, and disaster planning.
Education
Master of Science - Emergency Management/Homeland Security
Grand Canyon High School
Grand Canyon, AZ05-2021
Ph.D. - Industrial And Organizational Psychology
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZSkills
- Team Development
- Compliance Enforcement
- Personnel Management
- Strategic Planning
- Utilization Management
- Resource Management
- Operations Management
- Customer Service
- Policy and Procedure Improvements
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Community Outreach
- Critical Thinking
- Performance Monitoring
- Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Organizational Performance
- Event Planning and Execution
- Individual Instruction
- Presentation Creation and Delivery
- Multi-Operations Management
- Program Leadership
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Good Judgment
- Strategic Direction
- Team Training and Development
- Problem-Solving
- Documentation Proficiency
- Logistics Operations
- Decision-Making
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Team Leadership
- Relationship Building
- MS Office Applications
- Volunteer Management
- Detail Oriented
- Program Reviews
- Work Delegation
- Attention to Detail
- Training and Development
- Effective Negotiations
- Change Management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Risk Analysis and Management
- Proficient in Microsoft Products
Certification
- ICS 100
- ICS 200
- ICS 300
- ICS 400
- ICS 700
- ICS 700b
- ICS 800b
- Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management/Unified Command
- FCC Ham Radio Operator License
- Community Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Certification.
Affiliations
- A member of the Denton County and Plano Ham Radio Operator Club.
- Worked with the City of Frisco and Plano to train hospital staff and helped organize and develop the Hospital Emergency Response Team at Medical City Plano.
- Participated in the Joint Commission and the Hospital's Trauma surveys.
- Part of both facilities' Environment of Care Committees and am currently working with hospital leadership to prepare for the Magnet Survey
- Have been a keynote speaker and have presented at various Public Safety, Emergency Medical Services, GIS conferences, conventions, and seminars.
- Served on the International Association of Fire Chiefs Technology Council.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Disaster Program Manager
Medical City Plano/Frisco
03.2022 - Current
Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic GIS Supervisor
Dallas Fire Rescue
05.1995 - 02.2022
Master of Science - Emergency Management/Homeland Security
Grand Canyon High School
Ph.D. - Industrial And Organizational Psychology
Grand Canyon University
- ICS 100
- ICS 200
- ICS 300
- ICS 400
- ICS 700
- ICS 700b
- ICS 800b
- Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management/Unified Command
- FCC Ham Radio Operator License
- Community Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Certification.
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