Mark Ferris

Background

About Mark Ferris

EXECUTIVE LEVEL MANAGER PROFILE Exceptional leadership record making definitive, high-intensity decisions with immediate consequences A proven leader and manager with over thirty years of battle tested management and operations experience. A strategic thinker experienced in multiple aspects of operations, planning, logistics, programmatic and organizational design. A consistent track record of successes solving complex problems while leading large, diverse, goal-oriented organizations challenged with time-sensitive missions requiring visionary and innovative solutions often in austere and stressful environments, including combat zones. • PMP Certified • Sigma Six Green Belt • Secret Clearance NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Established two base camps in seven days to support 2,500 First Responders following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico • Established logistics support chain to support USACE’s power restoration mission in Puerto Rico • Rated “Exceptional” in all areas of the US Government’s (USG) Annual Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) for the LOGCAP IV contract valued in excess of $150M • Managed country operations for the Department of Defense’s top priority acquisition program in Iraq, the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program • Successfully directed a 650 member Support Battalion during a 12 month combat tour in Afghanistan • Establish a viable system of providing logistical support to US and Coalition forces in Northern Iraq Served as the SECDEF’s Subject Matter Expert on logistics during NATO country assessments CORE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES Executive Management Program Management Project Management Logistics Planning Operations Strategic Planning Team Building Business Development Goal-Setting Prioritization Inter-Personal Skills Initiative Decisiveness Budgeting Organizational Assessments Organizational Development Customer Relations Risk Management Excellent Communication Skills