Ryan Hamel

Background

About Ryan Hamel

Senior level experience with U.S. Coast Guard leading planning, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts to major events. Analyzes data to determine needs and builds programs to increase resilience, operational capacity, and personnel expertise. Skilled verbal and written communicator, liaising between senior leadership, governmental, public, and customers. Solves complex, time-sensitive issues, identifying gaps and barriers to effective emergency and non-emergency operations. Routinely managed large scale projects/operational programs, led teams conducting in-depth technical analysis with implemented solutions/process improvement, supervised personnel, led formal/informal personnel performance management, and led cross functional engineering efforts. Wealth of hands-on experience in assessing the labor and physical resources to meet operational and mission support challenges, conducting in depth statistical analysis to measure effectiveness of programs and justify modifications to available resources to meet future needs, and a wealth of both personnel and budgeting experience within DHS/USCG. Possesses both the academic background and professional experience to lead teams or independently conduct innovative quantitative analysis.Highlights- Developed, fielded, and enforced COVID workplace safety protocols to safeguard both staff and deployed law enforcement personnel throughout the COVID pandemic in the New England region. Including centralized supply warehouses, medical engagement for follow-on care, rollout of testing supplies, and contracted on-demand services- Developed and implemented significant changes to how the Coast Guard conducts living marine resources enforcement to create a data driven, risk focused enforcement of fisheries laws in the commercial fisheries mission set nationwide- Implemented a risk based Maritime Homeland Security patrol system in the ports of New York and Boston to replace activity measurement systems developed immediately following 9/11 and the advent of the maritime security mission- Led teams to tackle ill-defined problems, develop measurable milestones, and implement process improvements to yield positive results throughout both individual units and national level issues.