TRUTH…

Recently, I have been asked at my JOB INTERVIEWS… Kevin, WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT???

MY ANSWER: Man, that is a really great question… THANK YOU.

When I look back on my life… THERE ARE MANY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THAT I CAN GIVE… For example: My B.S. in Marketing, My M.B.A in Business Administration, My Certificate from DoD in Security Assistance, My Post-Graduate Certificate from the University of Illinois in Digital Marketing, My Badges issued by IBM on my knowledge of Artificial Intelligence, My Distinguished Toastmaster Award (AWAITING CONFIRMATION), My two Paul Harris Fellowship Awards (ROTARY), My Post-Graduate Certificate from the University of Virginia in Accounting/Finance Foundations…

With all of that processed… I LOVE THAT I AM A LIFELONG LEARNER AND HAVE THE PERSISTENCE, GRIT, DETERMINATION TO HAVE THE ACCOLADES THAT DEMONSTRATE MY PASSION TO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER.

THAT IS MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT… OBTAINING THE ABILITY TO SEE THINGS THROUGH…

I AM NOW GOING TO START LISTING SOME SKILLS THAT I PERFORMED WHILE WORKING AT A JOB…

FISCAL ADMINISTRATION:

As a past employee (5 years) of the US Government in Naval Ordnance Management, I have a history of fiscal management. For our federal government, I was considered the Subject Matter Expert on the Foreign Military Sales program with the United States Navy. I provided guidance in all functions relative to procurement, budget, and administrative functions. I want to share my ability to evaluate programs with the Commonwealth of PA. I ensured compliance with the US Navy and US law-specifically DoD 5105.38-M. The Department of Defense 5105.38-M is the guidance for a military department to manage a Foreign Military Sales Case. I validated this guidance with the United States Code 22 and the Arms Export Control Act to manage time, scope, and costs. My accuracy and obedience allowed the US NAVY to manage more than 3,000 cases a year. I observed a reduction time spent on case management by 20% and a reduction of transportation costs by $1,000,000.

REPORTING:

When I was employed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Fiscal Management Specialist, I monitored and answered inquires from the Office of the Budget. They sent the office that I was employed with cost allocation reports. I reported back to Office of the Budget actual financial figures spent by various program areas. I corrected mistakes made by Directors so that SAP would accept the coding. UNFORTUNATELY, my position was eliminated… I took the later part of the year off for self-improvements.

RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROJECTS:

Last year, I served as a Division Director for the Toastmaster International Organization. Toastmaster’s provided me a platform to offer recommendations to clubs that were not performing to the goals of the District. I managed an area in Central PA with 23 clubs consisting of 250 members. For example, a project that a club might want to host to boost membership, is that of an Open-House. The Toastmaster Organization gave me an opportunity to share my intellectual recommendations for improvement from managerial experience. I am still on a leadership position in this organization; however, on a club level as my Home Club’s Vice President of Public Relations.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS:

I am the Grant Co-Chair for my ROTARY Club. I am currently in the middle of a project involving purchases of items for RENOVATIONS at Cornerstone Youth Ministries. I plan to use my skills that I learned at Toastmasters for support in my endeavor. Cornerstone is expecting to pay over $20,000 for the upgrade. We want to help Cornerstone provide a safe, fun, intriguing atmosphere for the youth of the Elizabethtown community. We want Cornerstone to continue it’s mission in the community. Hopefully our assistance will help Cornerstone reach more of our youth.

PRESENTATIONS:

When I was an Agency Fiscal Officer for my Agency at the Commonwealth,  I had extensive training on coding for a new communications platform… TelcoSM.  I transferred my knowledge on this system to new Fiscal Management Specialist 3(s).  I implemented my own training.  This meant that I worked with the TelcoSM Development Team.  I created a PowerPoint Presentation to satisfy the requirements of the Development Team to become an Agency Fiscal Officer.