Personal Strengths/Traits:

•     Interagency Relations:

o   Strong Interagency Relations background

o   Demonstrated ability to achieve mutually acceptable solutions

o   Efficient “Multi Tasking” skills under extremely challenging circumstances

o   Practice that it is best to be “Pro-Active, rather than “Re-Active”

o    If mistakes are made, learn from them and move forward in a positive manner

o   Fairness – Practice “Is this how you would want others to treat you or members of your family?”

o   Accept & Adapt to change – If not, will be left behind as others move forward

 Program Manager – Avaya Government Solutions: June, 2011 – May, 2012

 Deliver an Emergency Notification System for the City of New York, Office of Emergency Services (OEM), and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) – Multi Phase Project – Phase 1 Cutover/Post Cutover, Phase 2 – Add Participants.

 Project consisted of an Upgraded Notification System utilizing multiple methods of Delivery including; Phone (Hard Wire & Cell), Short Message Service (SMS) Text, Email, Fax, Instant Messaging, and Social Networking via Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feeds. Project GIS enabled to provide Notifications by Geographical areas.

o   Organize and Manage, Conduct Oversight, Strategic Planning, Schedule monitoring/tracking – Conducted Weekly Status Meetings, Conference Calls, & Web Conferencing – Use of SharePoint for information sharing

o   Project Planning – Develop Communications Management Plan

o   Manage Risk/Issue Logs, and Track

 Fire Department Management Experience: - CAL FIRE - 1971 - 2006

 Deputy Chief Command & Control: Sacramento HQ – July, 2003 - September, 2006

Deputy Chief of Command and Control - Managed Sacramento Command Center (Statewide Command and Control Center) & Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) project. Critical areas in assigning a multitude of resources for emergency incidents on a statewide basis. Oversaw efforts of 2 Regional Coordination Centers and 21 Unit  Emergency Command Centers (911 Dispatch)

·       Coordinate with Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for dispatching of Local, State, & Federal resources to Emergency Incidents throughout the State of California

·       Represented CAL FIRE as Agency Representative in Statewide OES EOC

·       Interaction with the California State Legislative Analyst Office Staff

·       Analysis of proposed legislation affecting CDF Command and Control

Assistant Chief – CAD Project Manager: Sacramento HQ - July 2002 to July 2003

Project Manager, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Project ($15.1 million project) – Upgrade CAD to latest technology. Managed all aspects of complex project. Close interaction and Oversight of Project Contractor, Northrop Grumman, Public Safety Inc. Altaris CAD.

o   21 CDF Emergency Command Centers, & Statewide Training Academy

o   Phase 1 rollout – 10 month statewide implementation

o   Phase 2 rollout – Develop/deploy added Technology Interfaces for CAD to CAD, and Federal Resource Ordering (ROSS) – National Wildfire Coordination Group

o   RMS Implemented to address requirements of providing Accurate/Timely reports, Financial Data, Public/Media inquiries, Training, Statistics, & Political Concerns.

o   Monitored Requirements to ensure compliance

o      Evaluate Risk/Issue Logs & conducted weekly reviews – Action items to mitigate o Monitored Testing/Re Testing processes to ensure any software errors corrected o Oversaw development of Maintenance and Support Contract for long term support of new CAD System

Staff Battalion Chief, Emergency Command Center (ECC – 911 Dispatch Center) Chief: Tulare County Headquarters – June 2000 to April 2002

Emergency Command Center Chief/Manager – Managed Staff assigned to 911 Dispatch Center - ECC provided emergency dispatching services under contract for 10 separate agencies

·       Maintain Emergency Evacuation Plan to provide for Communications Center relocation while providing continuation of Public Safety Communications – Conduct Drills

·       Monitored/Evaluated staff performance and took corrective measures as required

·       Reviewed Call Logs per request or as applicable based on observations

·       Managed Mobile and Handheld Radio Inventory – Budgeted replacement cycle

·       Scheduled Radio Tech Maintenance/Repair of Radio System including Repeater Sites

·       Prepared detailed Reports in response to requests from Internal and External parties (Field & Management Staff, Outside Agencies, County Board of Supervisors, etc.)

·       Project Manager for complete Dispatch Center facility remodel – Temporary relocation

·       Completed Emergency Command Center Operations Course (3 Week)

 Field Battalion Chief, Porterville Battalion: Tulare County – August 1995 to June 2000

Field Battalion Chief in command of 6 Fire Stations:

·       Shift Battalion Chief Officer coverage on a wide variety of emergency incidents. Routinely responded to calls within a 2 Battalion area. Assigned Battalion was the busiest Battalion in the County –Incident Commander (IC) on roughly 175 Residential Structure Fires, 6 Major Commercial Structure Fires, 200 vegetation fires, 15 Hazardous Materials Incidents, 12 Multi-Casualty Incidents, and 1 major Flooding Incident.

 Education:

·       76 College Semester Units Completed, 3.75 GPA

·       Completion of National Fire Academy (FEMA) Coursework in Emergency Management

o   Command and Control of Natural and Man Made Disasters

o   Executive Analysis of Fire Service Operations in Emergency Management

·       Multiple High Level Emergency Management ICS Certifications including; Incident Commander, Operations Section Chief, Finance Section Chief, Safety Officer, Information Officer, Agency Representative, Strike Team Leader (Engine & Crew), & ICS 100/200/300/400

o   Published 6 times

o   Multiple awards at County, State, and National levels

I was born and raised in Tuolumne County. As a youth, I spent my summers in the Emigrant Wilderness at the family business Kennedy Meadows Resort and Pack Station. I attended Curtis Creek Elementary School, and then Sonora High School, graduating in 1999.   My education continued at DeVry University in Phoenix, and then CSU Stanislaus.

I started my career in IT doing technical support for Calaveras Internet, and worked my way up to System Administrator/Network Engineer, and then IT Director. I have been providing broadband to rural communities for 20 years.

My wife and I married in 2009 after she returned from CSU Chico. April was also raised in Tuolumne County attending Columbia Elementary School and then graduating from Sonora High School in 2001. We have two children who attend Sonora Elementary School.

When my daughter started Kindergarten, I ran for a seat on the Sonora Elementary School Board. I do not believe a person should stand on the sidelines complaining about other people's decisions. I would rather lead my children by example. If they want to live in a great community, they need to take the time to be a part of it.

I believe in a small and streamlined local government that will facilitate an environment where people and businesses can prosper.  A local government should be a good steward of the revenue collected from its citizens, and spend that money wisely with a long-term goal in mind.

I generally dislike political rhetoric, because I think it leads to echo chambers and more division. I have been fortunate enough to have friends from both political parties and I have learned that we agree on more things that we disagree on. I think at the local level, we should attempt to focus on issues we commonly face and create solutions upon which we all agree. We can build trust and relationships, which will allow us to work together better on contentious issues in the future. I would rather have a healthy conversation with someone who has a different point of view from my own, because I will almost every time leave that conversation a better person for having considered another’s view.