Brandon Satre

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•Married Swiss wife, completed legal obligations and settled into new home •Attending intensive German language course 5 days per week – currently in B1 •Earning continuous education credits to maintain Project Management Professional certification accreditation

•Provided ad-hoc work (paid) for local landscaping business •Volunteered at local church, retirement home, and assisted mother with her non-profit organization to combat drug addiction in northern Virginia •Sold belongings, prepared for and moved to Switzerland

•Traveled in United States, Chile, Costa Rica, South Africa, and Europe •Volunteered with Ocean Research Conservation Africa, protected Plettenberg Bay, educated local children

•Hand-picked as aide based on excellent performance in previous position •Directed staff of 3 to support sr leaders, managed deadlines on 500+ tasks, coordinated with global stakeholders •Coordinated meetings between main stakeholders of 5 year, $150M IT consolidation project—646K email boxes, 12K servers from 275 global sites migrated into single IT enterprise environment •Developed/enforced standards for 2.1K person org across 8 global locations, ensured integrity of 1K+ personnel/policy documents

•Led 10-member team to plan and execute 62 communications and information projects and 7 new facility communications installs, within $102M budget •Supervised $2.5M project to transition airfield communications from tactical to permanent, aided flight safety for 120 aircraft •Initiated project review board with key leaders, determined scope of proposed projects, simplified initiation process, increased visibility to functional leaders on new requirements

•Directed ops for 714-member team across 4 locations to provide 24/7 end-user tech support for 850K users worldwide •Stood-up 22-member cell to transition 3.5K accounts to new software, saved $6M •Standardized 2K procedures within enterprise IT service desk, increased 1st-contact fix rate by 12% on 988K tickets •Executed $34M contract, maintained quality control, processed invoices, defended budget needs insuring 79% of org’s manning; negotiated contract amendment to supplement service provision

•Supervised 15-member team to monitor, restore, and facilitate technical support of $250M network for the Air Force mission at 28 sites across 13 countries, contributed to more than 65K successful air sorties •Briefed Organization Director and Divisional Director daily on critical network issues •Directed troubleshooting on 21 network outages, prioritizing solution, leading team actions, provided 99% uptime rate to support 76K personnel in Southwest Asia

•Led 4-member team to operate deployment work center supporting 180 personnel in 5 organizations •Spearheaded manpower realignment in response to 2 major personnel changes, completed critical actions on 2 classified databases 3 months ahead of corporate deadline •Created training management tool, improved Director’s visibility on training status •Planned/organized 2-day training session for 80 personnel to correct deficiencies, contributed to an “Excellent” readiness inspection rating from Headquarters

•Supervised 12-member team operating a $1.2M secure network supporting over 2,800 users by providing e-mail, file/print and internet/intranet customer service •Oversaw installation of 22 encryption devices and activated 7 secure circuits to increase customer base by 1,500 users •Guaranteed communications needs met for Divisional Executive and his deputy on over 30 trips abroad, and supported more than 50 incoming executive leaders’ communications needs

Education based in writing assignments and online forum contributions

French Minor, with core curriculum targeting critical thinking; application of engineering methods; scientific reasoning /principles of science; the human condition, culture and societies; leadership, teamwork and organizational management; clear communications; ethics and respect for human dignity