Kevin Williamson

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY • Results-oriented executive-level leader and United States Marine Corps veteran with over 30 years’ experience in management, personal and professional development, supervision, and leadership; dynamic interpersonal skills; proven leader and accomplished program manager. Effectively communicates both verbally and in writing with multiple boards and its members, executives, staff members, and teammates to realize and promote intent. Excellent interpersonal skills with respect to understanding and communicating with all five living generations. Understands the difference in mentoring, coaching, and sponsoring and proven such at the senior, peer, and junior level throughout various organizations. • Comprehensive understanding of administrative and confidential record-keeping; detail-focused professional; thrives at decision-making and organization and appreciates and understands the importance of personal and organizational accountability. Strengths include loyalty, leadership, the ability to work either independently or on a team; an effective and articulate communicator. Ability to critically analyze information, am adaptable, and have a good feel for customer and employee relations. • Successfully served at all levels of leadership, to include hazardous conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan; advised and assisted at senior- to executive-levels of leadership; proven teacher of personal development and accountability. Held a U.S. Government Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information clearance for over 25 years and have a deep appreciation and understanding for confidential processes. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Personal and Professional Development • Effectively coordinated over 50 personal and professional development programs with both U.S. military and international military leaders through joint engagements and training planning with Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, the Republic of South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea to increase leadership development and education in these countries. • Planned and hosted leadership and professional development symposiums with senior-level military leaders in Japan, the Republic of South Korea, Australia, and Taiwan to improve these areas of focus, directly impacting over 200,000 partner foreign military personnel. • Proven ability in managing a diverse workforce of U.S. and foreign military and civilian employees while meeting organizational goals, budget considerations, and staffing needs. • Significant experience with policy analysis and development, promotion selection, awards processing, performance evaluations, correcting adverse performance issues, customer and employee relations, separations and retirements, and record keeping. • Efficiently managed a blended organization comprised of 200 to 81,000 U.S. and foreign military, government service civilian employees and contracted civilian employees. • Chief executive administrative manager in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ senior Human Resources Development Process leadership, Directors, Program Managers, military personnel and government civilians within the organization’s hierarchy. Coordinated, supervised, and reviewed all administrative and transactional human resources functions. • Provided administrative operations oversight to all programs associated with simulation and training. Maintained and coordinated daily operational schedules for 24 Directors, Program Managers, and Deputy Program Managers. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ​​​​​​​7/1991 – 9/2021 • EXECUTIVE-LEVEL HUMAN RESOURCES ADVISOR – MANPOWER AND​ 8/2019 – 9/2021 Reserve Affairs, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia Executive-level advisor and assistant responsible to the Marine Corps’ Chief Executive Officer for Human Resources, Talent Management, Diversity and Inclusion, and Policy Enforcement. Provided clear, balanced, and actionable recommendations on a broad set of topical issues including budgets, personnel policies and programs, employee retention and systems, implementation and integration of diverse personnel assignments, and enterprise-level personnel initiatives, performance evaluations, and promotions throughout the Marine Corps. Assisted with the effective employment of an integrated manpower system across an enterprise of over 250,000 employees with an annual turnover of 30,000 employees. Responsible for successfully attracting, developing, retaining, and supporting team members, their families, and the civilian workforce as they pursue professional aspirations and personal career goals, in order to provide leaders with the manpower resources necessary to accomplish assigned worldwide missions in accordance with U.S. government regulations. • SENIOR-LEVEL PERSONNEL MANAGER AND ADVISOR – U.S. MARINE ​2/2018 – 7/2019 Corps Forces Pacific, Camp Smith, Hawaii Senior-level leader and advisor to the 3-star Commanding General (CEO) as the U.S. Marine Corps Service Component throughout the Asia-Pacific region, consisting of approximately 86,000 personnel located in the United States and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Managed the development of policies, procedures, analyses, and recommendations relating to organizational objectives and strategies supporting strategic-level military-to-military and U.S. diplomatic efforts. Advised the CEO on vision and initiatives to advance goals and objectives, including proposed U.S. government legislative initiatives, and exercised executive leadership and managerial skill in directing efforts of 17 program directors. • Senior-level Personnel Manager and Human Resources​ –​ 3/2016 – 2/2018 Manpower Management Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia Senior-level advisor and talent manager, responsible to the 2-star Director (CEO) of the Marine Corps’ Manpower Management Division. Directly managed the assignment, distribution, appointment, evaluation, promotion, retention, retirement, discharge, separation, awarding, and service records of approximately 250,000 military employees in the United States Marine Corps. Additional responsibilities included mentoring and advising 24 senior- and executive-level managers providing human resources support to over 185,000 employees. • Senior-level Personnel Manager and Advisor – Marine​​ 10/2013 – 3/2016 Corps Installations Pacific, Okinawa, Japan Senior-level advisor and assistant directly involved with establishing and enforcing U.S. government and U.S. Marine Corps policy and supporting and improving the politically sensitive U.S.-Korea-Japan-Okinawa partnership. Directly supervised and managed 6 senior-level managers and small and large teams in six geographically separated locations throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Effectively coached and mentored 19 mid- to senior-level managers supporting over 25,000 customers and employees throughout the Asia-Pacific region, to include Hawaii, Japan, and South Korea. EDUCATION AND TRAINING • Bachelor of Arts, Management, Summa Cum Laude, American Military University (3.95 GPA), 2019 • Lean Sigma Six Yellow Belt Certification, 2020