Shirley J. Cooley
Virginia Beach,VA
Summary
Senior military logistics and program analyst with a Secret Clearance and extensive service across Army and Navy roles. Background includes maritime operations, contract management, budget planning, and readiness support for complex ship and fleet missions, with leadership across large teams and domestic and global operations.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Analyst (Navy)
Military Sealift Command (MSC) - Norfolk, VA (NSA) Naval Station Air
Norfolk, VA
01.2024 - Current
- Major Responsibilities:
- Implements policies, plans and procedures, and monitors operational effectiveness and readiness of MSC ships.
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Government Owned/Government Operated (GO/GO), Government Owned/Contractor Operated (GO/CO), and Contractor Operated/Contractor Operated (CO/CO) ship operations and relationships with Sponsors, Operating Companies (OPCO), and Operational Commanders.
- Ship Knowledge - working knowledge of ship design, construction, and capabilities.
- Life cycle maintenance, safety and environmental systems, marine safety and pollution prevention standards.
- Gained comprehensive knowledge of MSC-controlled ship operations to effectively manage and support maritime activities.
- Five-year maintenance cycles and associated regulatory requirements. Operating practices and doctrine, pertaining to sponsor maintenance requirements and scheduling considerations for military cargo carried aboard Afloat Preposition Forces (APF) Ships and Squadrons.
- Knowledge of ashore/afloat ammunition and explosive safety regulations (handling, storage, transportation) and Explosive Safety Quantity Distance (ESQD) requirements in ship loading and offloading. Plots and analyzes ESQD arcs.
- Budgeting - formulation of an activity budget and its relationship to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES):
- Identified budget and funding requirements during the MSC Business Execution Cycle (MBEC) and monitored the overall financial performance of contracts.
- Developed and aligned activity budget with overall DON/DoD budget; prepared budget document requests and exhibits; completed Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPR).
- Contracting Management - processes and procedures for managing the lifecycle of Maritime assets and services in support of the Contracting Officer.
- Oversaw engineering contracted work and performance, ensuring compliance with contract and Statement of Work (SOW).
- Develops dependable Independent Government Estimates (IGE) with project officer.
- Monitored overall financial performance of contracts and reviewed final Contract Performance Assessment and Rating (CPAR) on contracts.
- Federal and Departmental Policies and Procedures Knowledge - Federal and Departmental statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures related to Maritime Operations:
- Maritime industry related statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures. Commercial shipping industry best practices, which can be applied to the Federal government.
- SOLAS (Safety of life at Sea) regulations, USCG Certificate of Inspection (COI), USCG reporting requirements, Investigations of incidents and mishaps, Sovereign Immunity Policies and Procedures.
- Management Analysis - analysis and actions to resolve organizational efficiencies and increase the effectiveness in the context of voyage planning, vessel performance and post voyage or charter analysis.
- Management and organizational principles pertaining to areas of responsibility (e.g., delegations of authority, administrative procedures) to plan and conduct complex studies to conduct voyage operations and meet mission requirements.
- Identification of sources of information/data for a wide variety of problems and needs. Gathering necessary and accurate information (via case studies, lessons learned, etc.) and accurately interpreting results to clarify an issue or make decisions about the voyage or vessel.
- Technical Project Management - Understands and applies the principles, methods, or tools for developing scheduling, coordinating, and managing programs and resources to meet current and future organization missions in the context of marine transportation.
- Demonstrates knowledge of risk management, quality assurance and control processes and procedures.
- Participates in the scheduling, coordinating, and managing of programs and resources, including costs, work, risk management and performance.
Education
Doctor of Healthcare Administration -
Virginia University-Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA05-2027
Master of Science - Management
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TNBachelor of Science - Social Science
Upper Iowa University
Fayette, IASkills
- Contract management
- Financial analysis
- Financial planning
- Risk evaluation
- Risk mitigation
- Data analysis
- Process improvement
- Software: Microsoft Office, SharePoint
- Operating Systems: Mac / Microsoft Windows
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Stakeholder engagement
- Collaboration
- Written communication
- Time optimization
Personal Information
Title: Senior Military Analyst, Logistician and Military Veteran
Timeline
Program Analyst (Navy)
Military Sealift Command (MSC) - Norfolk, VA (NSA) Naval Station Air
01.2024 - Current
Doctor of Healthcare Administration -
Virginia University-Lynchburg
Master of Science - Management
Austin Peay State University
Bachelor of Science - Social Science
Upper Iowa University