Michael L. Moran7 Balsam Bay Court, Bluffton, SC 29910

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SUMMARY:

Thirty-five years of professional service as a Senior Naval Officer/Aviator, Senior Business Executive, and Program Manager in positions of increasing responsibility and authority, succeeding in high-stress, high-tempo environments. Proven Chief Operating Officer capabilities. Highly experienced organizational change and continuous Improvement Manager; personally responsible for implementing operational and human capital management efficiencies resulting in more than $90MM in cost savings. Recognized Maintenance & Asset Reliability Leader with strong business acumen resulting in maintenance productivity savings of more than $22MM for Kraft Foods.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Total Productive Maintenance

Program Lead for Maintenance and Reliability at Kraft Foods; implemented maintenance spend optimization improvements based on reliability assessments that generated $22MM in productivity from 2013 to 2014.

Reduced Maintenance, Repair, & Operations (MRO) inventories by $8MM in 2014 through greater reliance on COTS/OEM consignment, Vendor Managed Inventory, and the re-base lining of Min / Max requirements.

Reduced the Total Cost of Maintenance as a percentage of Replacement Asset Value from 6.8% to 4% in less than 18 months through a series of maintenance optimization efforts across 500+ food production lines.

Increased Planned Maintenance across 36 U.S. and Canadian production facilities by 18% in just 12 month (47% to 65%) through the implementation of Daily Management Systems and rigorous 180 Day Action Plans.

Infrastructure Management Lead for 36 Kraft Foods’ production facilities in the U.S. and Canada including maintenance / upkeep of plant roofs, boilers, HVACs, compressed air, and all other utility systems.

Implemented Condition Based Maintenance (Predictive Maintenance) at 26 production facilities in 2014 with the introduction of vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasonic technologies, and remote sensing capabilities.

Developed an Intra-Plant MRO Transfer Program in 2014 allowing for the efficient and effective movement of MRO between production facilities resulting in a total cost avoidance of $1.7MM.

Pillar Lead for Integrated Lean Six Sigma’s Planned Maintenance and Initiative Management including Defect Identification, Breakdown Elimination, Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, 5S, and Technical Readiness.

Proven Leadership

Commanding Officer in charge of a Navy Tactical Squadron; responsible for a staff of 213 personnel, five aircraft valued at $252MM, and an additional $100MM in support equipment. Received the Navy’s highest awards for both Operational Readiness and Safety.

Awarded the Navy’s highest recognition for Aviation Excellence in Operations and Maintenance while serving as the Commanding Officer of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 134 from 1995 to 1997.

Commanding Officer in charge of the Navy’s only Basic Military Training Command; responsible for a staff of 1,260 military, civilian, and contract personnel. Oversaw the training and professional development of more than 43,000 personnel annually from 2003 to 2006.

Awarded the Navy’s highest recognition for Human Capital Management in 1997, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Business Acumen

Michael L. Moran Phone: 847 714 3237

Selected as one of only seven Senior Officers in the Department of Defense to participate in the prestigious Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program working with the CEO/COO/CFO leadership of Caterpillar, Hewlett Packard, AB&B, Accenture, Human Genome Sciences, and Northrop Grumman.

Senior Business Manager/Strategic Planner for a $289MM enterprise with operations across 16 Midwestern states. Responsible for all resource and performance management functions for 12 departments including budget development, resource allocation, operational risk management, and financial execution.

Achieved a 99.9% execution rate from FY08 through FY12 against $289MM in annual gross obligations for 122 separate business lines supporting a Navy Region Headquarters and four major Navy installations.

Program Management

Co-Project Manager for the Navy’s largest re-capitalization project involving the construction of 11 new training-centric facilities and a one of a kind systems trainer worth a combined total of $820MM.

Spearheaded the conceptual design and development of an $82MM state-of-the-art, one of a kind event-based trainer; Battle Stations 21. The project was awarded the Design-Build Institute of America’s “Best Overall Design-Build Project” in 2008.

Event Coordinator for San Diego’s “Fleet Week”; the largest Sea and Air Show in the U.S. attended by more than 250K spectators and requiring the coordination of 30 federal, state, and local community organizations.

Process Improvement/Risk Management

Led the strategic planning and complete transition of a Navy Headquarters’ operation spanning 16-states from a previously decentralized business model to a centralized operation generating more than $12MM in labor and non-labor efficiencies.

Managed the execution of 13 Lean Six Sigma projects across a $500MM Food Service/Logistics operation that returned $7MM in documented savings from 2009 to 2012.

Responsible for developing and overseeing the organization’s Risk Management Strategy involving 132 separate business lines with an annual operating budget of $242MM. Work with the departmental leadership to identify resource shortfalls, develop mitigation strategies, and account for all 2nd and 3rd order effects.

Operational Excellence

Served as Operations Officer for a multi-national Combined Task Force involving 64 warships, hundreds of tactical air assets, and over 20,000 personnel supporting combat operations in Afghanistan.

Awarded the "Legion of Merit" and the “Bronze Star,” two of the nation’s highest military awards, for planning and executing an emergency deployment of a Carrier Strike Group in less than two weeks following 9/11.

Responsible for a five-year/$500MM Non-Profit Food Service/Logistics operation, the largest in the Navy. Program employs 1,200 personnel serving more than 10 million meals per year across 15 dining facilities while maintaining a 98% customer satisfaction rate.

WORK HISTORY:

Michael L. Moran Phone: 847 714 3237

Kraft Foods: Director Technical Services, Engineering, Maintenance, & Reliability, Northfield, IL Nov 13 - Present Program Lead for Maintenance & Reliability, Total Productive Maintenance, Initiative Management, and Critical Control Networks for 36 Kraft food production facilities. Responsible for a staff of ten Engineers and Maintenance professionals with an annual operating budget of $10MM.

Commander, Navy Region Midwest: Executive Director, Region Business Manager, N5/Strategy & Future Plans, and Director of Food Service & Logistics, Great Lakes, IL

Jan 08-Nov 13 Served as the N5 Strategy Leader/Business Manager for both Navy Region Midwest and NAVSTA Great Lakes. Responsible for resource and performance management for a $289MM enterprise. Served as the NAVSTA Great Lakes Director of Food Service and Logistics for a $500MM non-profit service contract.

Lockheed Martin: Deputy Program Manager, Fort Belvoir, VA. Sep 07-Jan 08 Deputy Program Manager for a $150MM service contract

supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Responsible for the academic services, curriculum development, curriculum delivery, and special project development supporting more than 110 geospatial intelligence courses. Managed a team comprised of 14 sub-contractors totaling 129 personnel.

IBM: Senior Managing Consultant, Supply Chain Management, Chicago, ILOct 06-Sep 07 Program Lead for a Studies and Analysis project with

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop and implement a Critical Thinking (CT) curricula. Led the research, analysis, and comparative study of various methodologies culminating in a best in class CT model.

U.S. Navy: Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, ILSep 03-Jun 06 Led a staff of over 1,200 personnel with an annual budget

of $8.5MM and capital assets valued in excess of $1.5B. Responsible for the education, training, and leadership development of 43,000 personnel annually. Received the “Operational Excellence Award” in 2004 & 2005 and the “Retention Excellence Award” in 2004, 2005, & 2006.

U.S. Navy: Operations Officer, Commander Carrier Strike Group Seven, San Diego, CA Jun 01-Sep 03 Managed a Strike Group Operations Staff charged with the strategic planning, tactical execution, exercise development, logistics planning, and supply sourcing for ten capital warships, a carrier air wing, and over 10,000 personnel. Developed combat plans and successfully executed Strike Group operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan.

U.S. Navy: Senior Fellow, Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program, Houston, TX Aug 00-Jun 01 Assigned to a Fortune 50 company working directly for corporate leadership in broadband communications delivery and energy outsourcing.

U.S. Navy: Political/Military Branch Head, Commander Naval Forces Europe, London, UK Oct 97-Aug 00 Branch Head responsible for staffing all European, Russian, and African political/military issues for a Four Star Navy Flag Officer. Prepared senior leaders for visits with foreign dignitaries, military leaders, and congressional representatives on all issues impacting NATO and the U.S. Navy.

U.S. Navy: Commanding Officer, Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 134, Oak Harbor, WA Jun 95-Oct 97 Responsible for a squadron comprised of 213 personnel, five $57MM EA-6B aircraft, and support assets valued at over $100MM. Charged with executive oversight of operations, maintenance, safety, electronic warfare, supply, training, human resources, quality assurance, and all administrative/legal programs. Received

Michael L. Moran Phone: 847 714 3237

the Navy's Battle “E” Efficiency award for Operational Excellence in 1996 and the Navy’s Safety “S” award in 1995 and 1996.

U.S. Navy: Lead Threat Analyst, Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, Omaha, NE Jun 92-Jun 95 Lead Planner and Operational Research Analyst in the Threat Analysis Branch responsible for modeling surface-to-air and air-to-air attrition probability calculations in support of the Single Integrated Operations Plan (SIOP).

U.S. Navy: Student, USAF Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, ALJun 91-Jun 92 Student undertaking advanced coursework in the areas of

joint/combined operations, aerospace power projection, planning, budgeting, strategy, and military ethos.

U.S. Navy: Naval Flight Officer, Division Officer, Department Head, Oak Harbor, WA Jul 80-Jun 91 Selected as the 1988 "Naval Flight Officer Instructor of the

Year" from among 63 squadron members. Selected as the 1980 “Fleet Replacement Electronic Countermeasures Officer of the Year” from among 300 aviators.

EDUCATION:

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Bachelor of Science – Kinesiology

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, Master of Science – Aeronautical

Sciences

Graduate of the United States Air Force, Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, AL

Graduate of the United States Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA