Robert B. Collins

8 Irish Rd.

Bel Air, MD 21014

443-955-4769

blacklab10@hotmail.com

 

LOGISTICS/LIFE-CYCLE SUPPORT h NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT h CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Significant experience in managing the operations and support of consumer and industrial accounts within energized, customer-driven environments.  Possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills, working knowledge of Windows, and MS-based programs, including Prophet21 data-base management systems.  Extensive working knowledge with varying interests in numerous areas, particularly technological and troubleshooting/problem solving.

 

EXPERIENCE

Camber Corporation, Abingdon, MD

Equipment Specialist/Provisioner (GS 11 equivalent, contractor) for Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Edgewood, MD area, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC).

Secret Security clearance

8/2010 to 11/2014

 

Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) certified. Successfully provide life-cycle support and provisioning for the DoD under MIL-STD 1388 and MIL-STD-1552.

 

PRECISION RESOURCES, Chelmsford, MA

Provisioning Specialist III (contractor) for BAE Systems, York, PA site

2/2008 to 2/2009

 

Successfully provided life-cycle support and provisioning for the DoD under MIL-STD 1388 and MIL-STD-1552 utilizing SLICwave, WebFLIS, and EDVS document query software.

 

BALTIMORE MUNICIPAL GOLF CORP., Baltimore, MD

Course Operations, Pine Ridge Golf Course

2006 to 2008

 

Various responsibilities include course and grounds layout and maintenance.  Pine Ridge is one of the busiest public courses in the nation at 85,000+ rounds per year – necessitating an aggressive schedule of turf management.

 

 

N.H. YATES & CO., INC., Cockeysville, MD

Warehouse management and Inside Sales Representative, Hydronic and Industrial Heating Components and Systems

2003-2006

 

Member of both the marketing and production teams (warehouse management); responsible for inventory, researching, specifying and processing all orders related to delivery of single-item products and also the fabrication of multi-component systems

·   Managed numerous industrial and consumer accounts; responsibilities included daily or weekly client contact, ordering and filling of customer product requirements, and providing advice relative to product selection and installation, and accurate warehouse inventory.

·   Prepared bids and quotes based on the needs of all accounts assigned to me.

·   Assisted senior outside sales staff in the assembly of data and materials for multi-level projects.

·   Developed and maintained working relationships with a wide variety of manufacturers, fabricators, wholesalers and contractors.  

·   Maintained, updated and employed Prophet21 data management system.

 

Monumental Life Insurance Company

Sales Representative

2001-2003

 

Licensed life insurance sales representative

·   Managed accounts and successfully sold life insurance products.

·   Resolved all policy terms and agreements to the mutual satisfaction of claimant and company.

 

 

BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, MD

Crime Laboratory Technician II

1994-2001

 

NOTE: Curriculum vitae available upon request.

 

 

IDEAS, INC., Columbia, MD

Manager, Configuration/Provisioning Department

1991-1993

 

Managed team of 6 configuration specialists with responsibility for providing life-cycle support for the DoD and NSA installations.

·   CLEARANCE: TS/SCI with NSA poly

·   Apply technical and administrative direction in complex environment

·   Perform Physical Configuration Audits

·   Verify conformance per Military Specification(s)

·   Knowledge of OSHA Standards

·   Supervise all data entry by staff using Interactive Computer Aided Provisioning System (ICAPS)

·   Establish and coordinate budget / perform annual personnel reviews

 

 

DOCU-DATA CORPORATION, Glen Burnie, MD

Data Manager & Chief Provisioner, Engineering Department

1983-1991

 

Chief Provisioner - responsible for Data Management and Life-Cycle support for various NSA installations.

·   CLEARANCE: TS/SCI with NSA poly

·   Review and correct system drawing packages

·   Provide Base Line Support at sites to audit systems before review

·   Perform all provisioning tasks in accordance with MIL-STD-1552 and 1388

·   Participate in government contract negotiations

·   Technical writing

 

 

EDUCATION

TOWSON UNIVERSITY, Towson, MD 1979-1983

·   BS program – physics / minor - natural science

 

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, Daytona Beach, FL – 1978

·   BS program in Aeronautical Science

 

CESSNA FLIGHT SCHOOL, Middle River, MD 1979

·   Certified Private Pilot

 

 

PERSONAL

·   Inventor – patents pending with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

·   Author -- Poetry/Fiction (Published)