RESUME - FRANK RODRIGUEZ

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RESUME

FRANK RODRIGUEZ

270 Clifford St. Apt. G Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

(850) 855-9510

frodrigueztxsa@yahoo.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Logistics/Transportation expert with 18 years experience in national and international transportation
Leader/Manager with 15 years of experience in supervisory and management roles
Conversant with Department of Defense, international agencies, and contractors; proven ability to establish and maintain important professional relationships with key personnel

Experienced First Sergeant/Employee Relations Manager of up to 400 personnel
Business consultant for medical care clinic and mental health/therapeutic care practice
Secret Security Clearance

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

AIRLIFT MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATON OPERATIONS

Primary Airlift Validator/Manager for Air Education and Training Command (AETC) consisting of 13 bases, Air Force Personnel Center and Wilford Hall Medical Center. Advised command leadership on air travel policy and hazardous materials travel guidance. Training manager for 2 instructors/course material on hazardous cargo training for installation of 5,000 personnel. Lead transportation expert for command’s crisis action team after 9/11; coordinated and provided guidance on transportation issues. Provided (AETC) commanders intransit visibility with status on personnel and cargo during this initial deployment of forces phase. Primary air transportation representative/manager for Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component (CJSOAC) for Iraq’s first historical election after 9/11; coordinated movement of 100 short tons of special operation assets within theater in tactical environment. Supervised the successful movement of 128 tons of cargo/483 personnel on eight aircraft three times within a 6 week period, in support of Florida’s record setting hurricane season 2004. From austere location, manifested and loaded 30,000 passengers, pets and baggage for the successful evacuation of Clark AB, Philippines in the aftermath of Mt. Pinatubo’s volcano eruption 1991.

FIRST SERGEANT/EMPLOYEE HUMAN RELATIONS MANAGER

Duties: Advised commander/Chief Executive Officer on personnel actions, legal/personnel matters and morale welfare of up to 400 personnel assigned. Advised unit’s senior enlisted counsel on professional development and morale issues. Provided one-on-one counseling sessions with members on professional and personal issues. Liaison with base and local agencies on mental health, financial, legal, professional, employment, housing and educational issues.

LEADERSHIP AND ADDITIONAL DUTY POSITIONS

Exercise evaluation team member for wing/base Inspector General- provided hazardous material expertise for exercise scenarios/inspected wing’s cargo for international travel. Briefed unit commander’s and wing inspector general on unit readiness and training. Unit Behavioral Health Liaison- briefer/trainer on suicide prevention for unit’s 400 personnel assigned. From deployment location, instructed conversational Spanish to 40 deployed British and Australian military personnel.

BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Advisor to family practice M.D. and family mental health practice. Consulted in accounting, billing, records management, computer systems and software applications/programs; performs marketing research, human resource management and employee computer training.

Employment History

Superintendent, Logistics Readiness Squadron Unit Control Center 04/2009 to Present

Consultant for Family Medical & Mental Health Therapist Practice’s 09/2007 to Present

First Sergeant/Employee Relations Manager, Special Ops Civil Eng Sq 08/2007 to 04/2009

Non-Commissioned Officer/Manager for Wing Deployment Training 06/2005 to 08/2007

Non-Commissioned Officer Cargo Functions/Manager, Port Operations 07/2006 to 01/2007

Command Airlift Validator/Airlift Manager, Headquarters AETC 02/2000 to 07/2004

Passenger Service Agent, Aerial Port 03/2000 to 10/2000

Air Passenger Supervisor, Aerial Port 12/1996 to 05/1999

Supervisor Air Transportation, Hazardous/Special Cargo Terminal 03/1994 to 02/1996

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Troy University, Troy, AL

MSM- Management, Specialization Healthcare Management (Graduation Date July 2010)

Wayland Baptist University, San Antonio, TX

BA - Occupational Education, Management 2008

AA - Business Administration 2008

Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL

AA- Business Administration/Transportation Management 1997

AA - Human Resource Management 2007

United States Air Force Formal Courses

United States Air Force First Sergeant Academy 2007

Hazardous Materials Preparer Course 1994/2004/2006

USAF Senior NCO Academy 2006

DOD Government Purchase Card 2005

USAF AMC, Aerial Port Operations Course 2004

USAF NCO Academy 2003

Air Force Principles of Instruction Course 1999

Air Transportation Craftsman 1997

Airman Leadership School 1995

Intermediate Wartime Contingency Course 1992

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

Instructor/Facilitator: Hazardous Materials Inspector& Preparer/Behavior Health Liaison (Briefed suicide prevention; liaison for unit personnel concerning mental health)

Fluent in Spanish: speaking/writing/reading

Computer Skills-Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/Outlook/FrontPage/Project Manager), Visio, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Joint Airlift Logistics Information System, Single Mobility System, Global Transportation Network.

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

Air Education Command’s LG Transportation NCO of the Year 2001

Letter of Commendation from AETC Commander (4 Star General) 2004

Letter of Commendation from AETC Vice Commander (3 Star General) 2004

Senior NCO of the Quarter 2006

NCO of the Quarter 2000, 2001 & 2004

Senior Airman Below-the-Zone; Promoted 6 months ahead of peers, Nov 1992

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