THOMAS EDDY
Panama City Beach,FL
Summary
Logistics and operations leader with extensive experience in the Georgia Army National Guard, focusing on strategic initiatives and supply chain optimization. Demonstrated success in budget management and cross-functional leadership, resulting in enhanced operational efficiency and compliance. Skilled in team coaching and process improvement, driving performance and readiness. Decorated Command Sergeant Major with specialization in operational, logistics, and engineering environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Director of Logistics and Operations
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
11.2022 - Current
- Directed enterprise-level operational strategy in partnership with executive leadership to align C-suite vision with mission execution across a 10,000+ personnel statewide organization, ensuring measurable progress toward strategic objectives.
- Managed statewide logistics and operations encompassing maintenance, transportation, supply, and services, administering a $25M annual budget while enforcing fiscal controls, vendor accountability, and operational continuity.
- Led cross-functional logistics and operations teams supporting international and joint training initiatives, delivering sustained annual cost reductions through optimized transportation planning and supply chain fulfillment.
- Modernized supply chain infrastructure and governance by redesigning warehouse layouts for five subordinate organizations, and implementing updated training programs and policies, driving gains in efficiency, quality control, waste reduction, and resource utilization.
Director of Operations
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
01.2020 - 11.2022
- Partnered with executive leadership to deliver enterprise business operations and training programs for over 480 personnel, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, performance targets, and operational readiness.
- Drove budget KPI attainment by enforcing cost-avoidance controls on non-essential expenditures across quarterly and annual operating budgets, strengthening financial discipline, and expense governance.
- Built and led a 15-member operations team by designing scalable processes, role clarity, and performance standards, resulting in improved workforce engagement, productivity, and organizational stability.
- Modernized facilities and IT infrastructure for a 220,000-square-foot state headquarters, while supervising procurement, contracting, and logistics professionals, and leading a 715+ personnel construction engineering organization in a senior command role.
Senior Operations/Logistics Manager
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
04.2017 - 01.2020
- Delivered enterprise operational and logistics performance targets by translating strategic priorities into executable daily plans across a 550-employee organization, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
- Directed end-to-end operational management, overseeing workforce coordination, service delivery, and logistics execution, while maintaining performance consistency and operational discipline.
- Administered $5M in operational and logistics forecasting and budgets, strengthening cost controls, resource allocation, and financial accountability.
- Elevated team capability and execution by developing operational competencies and implementing a structured communication framework that clarified strategic priorities, improved cross-team alignment, and increased process efficiency.
Investigator/Inspector/Analyst (Assistant Inspector General), Senior Logistician
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
04.2013 - 04.2017
- Strengthened organizational readiness and operational effectiveness through enterprise advisement, inspections, and investigations, executing six comprehensive reviews spanning resource management, intelligence, and operational programs.
- Elevated regulatory and operational compliance by standardizing intelligence and process programs, driving compliance performance from 55% to 100%, and establishing measurable benchmarks for sustained oversight.
- Led fraud, waste, and abuse investigations across administrative and fiscal domains, resolving 175 compliance cases at an above-average closure rate, while ensuring full adherence to ethical and statutory requirements.
- Directed state-level intelligence oversight and governance, advising senior command on logistics and operational improvements, implementing continuous assessment frameworks, and aligning federal and state policies to ongoing process optimization.
Operations Manager
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
08.2010 - 04.2013
- Directed daily operations for an 85-personnel organization, overseeing workforce coordination, mission readiness, and compliance with operational standards.
- Managed $1M in operational and logistics budgets, including inventory control, property book oversight, and SAP-based warehouse procurement, ensuring fiscal accountability, and resource optimization.
- Enhanced personnel deployment readiness from 72% to 96% by leading targeted training programs, mobilization planning, and logistics oversight, directly supporting operational objectives for Operation Enduring Freedom.
- Advised command on operational and logistical strategy, implementing solutions across mission planning, mobilization readiness, and training initiatives to sustain deployment capability, and organizational effectiveness.
Education
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
University of Georgia
Athens, GA01.2021
MASTER OF ARTS - TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
American Public University
Charles Town, WV01.2017
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA01.2007
Skills
- Supply chain management
- Logistics coordination
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Inventory management
- Procurement and vendor relations
- Operations strategy
- Project management (Agile/Lean)
- Risk management
- Data analysis
- Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI
- Warehouse oversight
- Strategic leadership
- Cross-functional leadership
- Process optimization
- Decision-making
- Communication management
- Change management
- Conflict resolution
- Coaching and mentoring
Certification
- Leadership and Workforce Development, 2023
- United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, 2023
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Course, 2016
- DOD Government Purchase Card, 2014
- Overview of Acquisition Ethics, 2014
- Top Secret Clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI), 2013
- Contracting in a Contingency Environment, 2012
- Contracting with Mission Focus, 2012
Awards
- Bronze Star Medal - Operation Enduring Freedom
- Member of Team - Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award - Georgia National Guard
- The Society of Logistics Excellence - Demonstrated Master Logistician
Timeline
Deputy Director of Logistics and Operations
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
11.2022 - Current
Director of Operations
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
01.2020 - 11.2022
Senior Operations/Logistics Manager
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
04.2017 - 01.2020
Investigator/Inspector/Analyst (Assistant Inspector General), Senior Logistician
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
04.2013 - 04.2017
Operations Manager
GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
08.2010 - 04.2013
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
University of Georgia
MASTER OF ARTS - TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
American Public University
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Georgia Southern University