Senior Enlisted Leader
San Antonio, TX
dj@flees.net
https://www.linkedin.com/in/djflees/
Skills
Leadership | Management | Human Resources
Program | Project Management
Teaching | Instruction
Web Design | Development
Computer Hardware | Software
Programming
Electronic Intelligence Analysis | Reporting
Database Administration
Languages | Software
Microsoft Office Suite
Collaboration Tools (Slack | Teams | Trello | etc.)
C#
php
SQL
HTML | CSS | JavaScript
Unity
Accolades
Air Force ISR Agency Senior NCO of the Year Nominee, 53d Wing, 2020
Senior NCO of the Quarter, 497 OSS, 3Q 2017
Senior NCO of the Year, 31 IS, 2014
NCO of the Quarter, 31 IS, 2Q 2012
Branch Military Performer of the Year, 2011 & 2012
Distinguished Graduate, NCO Academy, 2011
Top Graduate, Electronic Intelligence Technical Training School, 2009
NCO of the Quarter, 2d SOS, 3Q 2007
Distinguished Graduate, Airman Leadership School, 2004
Human Resources Manager | Project Manager | Programmer and Military Veteran with a Top Secret/SCI Polygraph Security Clearance leveraging 25 years of extensive experience in the United States Air Force providing expertise in intelligence, computer operations, and international relations. A focused leader who provides strategic vision and leadership that drives operational and technical processes, safety and compliance, productivity, efficiency, and continuous improvement. Possesses a comprehensive background in operations management, employee development, program analysis, advanced strategic planning, program management, resource management, large-scale operations, analyzing, fusing, and reporting intelligence data resulting from conducting national and global operations. Adept in translating strategic plans into achievable team tasks, conflict resolution, and complex crisis management in high-risk situations. Maintains excellent planning and organization skills with a personal commitment to maintaining high-quality standards. Adept at combining vision, ingenuity, and strong business acumen with welldeveloped project management and leadership qualities to support organizational effectiveness, reach, and overall expansion. PMP (July) and SHRM-CP (December) certification completion expected in 2022.
Served as the primary advisor and trusted counsel to executive leadership on personnel matters, utilization, professional development, quality of life of the workforce, directives, and policies and programs.
Show detailsDirected the group innovation program overseeing the cultivation and development of the innovation vision for a 1,600-member organization; lead an 8-member team to vet the viability and prioritization of innovation efforts.
Show detailsManaged the 16-member Weapons & Tactics Flight; oversaw the creation, updating, and instruction of tactics, techniques, and procedures that codify best practices for the Distributed Ground Station One mission sets and the 1,400 Airman on site.
Show detailsDirected the 34-member Mission Management Flight from Nov 2015 through May 2016, then directed the 120-member Current Operations Flight from June through Nov 2016 for Distributed Ground Station Five.
Show detailsProvided oversight of the planning, programming, and execution of the organization’s budget; monitored internal controls, recorded, and reconciled financial transactions. Managed all aspects of the organization’s travel and supply budgets. Conducted and tracked annual fitness testing for over 1,000 United States Air Force personnel; developed a Physical Training Leader (PTL) course and certified 60+ PTLs
Project Management Professional Certification
Master's of Science in Management of Information Systems
Bachelor's of Science in Internet Software Systems Technology | 4.0 GPA
Associates of Applied Science in Intelligence Studies and Technology
Associates of Applied Science in Computer Science Technology
16-week program covering programming concepts, Ada, Assembler, Fortran, and COBOL
Family website for sharing pictures, videos, and news of what is going on in our lives. It also keeps track of what movies we've seen, books we've read, and games I've played. It tracks our workouts, weigh ins, and special events. It is like 20 apps in one.
Currently hosts my indie idle RPG project, Awesome Theory Idle. Started out as a humor and satire site that morphed into a unique browser-based MMORPG. Players could duel each other or fight random monsters. They could find equipment and upgrade it. There were social aspects of the site that gave participation rewards that fed into the game aspect. It launched in 2007 and at it peaked in 2008 at 250 or so unique users and 30 concurrent users. Development stopped in 2009 though the site remained up and accessible through 2016 until php version changes made it unplayable.
I love pizza, so I decided to start a pizza blog where I review places I have been and talk about topics related to pizza.
A seldom used blog where I discuss web programming, design, and development, specifically focusing on my efforts to figure out problems and challenges to what I want to do. Also hosts my custom Acrophbia application that I developed from an old web-based game on Bezerk.com in the late 1990s. I've used the app to fuel ice breakers and fun social events.
This site is still in development. I also love pinball, and this will be a blog/resource site for other pinball lovers.