Barron Brittingham
117 Holleman Drive West, #20101 College Station, TX 77840
http://www.linkedin.com/in/BarronBrittingham
(214) 770-5018 john.brittingham@neo.tamu.edu
Five years experience in negotiation, project management, and organizational leadership. Ability to identify issues for improvement and determine workable solutions. Increased efficiency and maximized taxpayer value through mutually beneficial contract strategy and exceptional customer service.
Education
Texas A&M University, Mays Business School, College Station, TX Master of Business Administration, GPA 3.7/4.0 United States Air Force Academy Bachelor of Business Management, GPA 3.1/4.0 Acquisition Professional Development Program Level II Certification
December 2013 May 2007
Experience
748th Supply Chain Management Group, Hill Air Force Base, UT September 2011 – July 2012 Aircraft Commodities Contracts Manager Negotiated emergency $4.7M IT Bridge contract; six-week award averted shutdown of critical IT service. Hand-picked for $30M follow-on IT effort; innovative GSA solution on-track to exceed 6-month award. Recently awarded AF Commendation and Joint Service Commendation medals for AK/Iraq achievements. Defense Contract Management Agency Central, Baghdad, Iraq December 2010 – June 2011 Administrative Contracting Officer Led 3-member Static Security team; executed $1.2B portfolio; provided security to over 50K personnel at 27 Forward Operating Bases across Iraq Expert oversight of MOI/ACOB mandate prevented thousands of illegal weapons from entering Iraq. Rapid execution of contractor vaccination program halted potential theater-wide Yellow Fever outbreak. Effected closeout of 27 security contracts; de-obligated $549M; maintained security for US drawdown. 673rd Contracting Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK July 2007 – August 2011 Contracting Specialist Oversaw 4-member SABER Construction Team; 5-yr/$50M contract provided rapid infrastructure support to Air Force and Army units base-wide. Guided Emergency Operations Center during 2010 C-17 crash recovery; 80hrs/119 contracts/$249K yielded perfect firstresponder support. Planned/Executed 26 projects/$5M during End of Fiscal Year 2010; 100% success and zero dollars lost.
Leadership and Memberships
MBA Association, Mays Business School August 2012 - Present President, Class of 2014 Leads 8-member MBAA team to coordinate value-added MBA leadership/academic/professional/social opportunities DCMA Central Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq December 2010 – June 2012 Team Lead, Theater-Wide Installation Static Security Contracts Organized/Conducted site visits at forward-operating locations across Iraq; Diligently analyzed threats/validated security posture. Built DCMA Central Fitness Program; Daily sessions kept AF members in top physical condition & motivated 4 to 1 st DCMA Central Iraq Marathon.
Skills, Honors and Interests
Entrepreneurship: TAMU 3-Day Start-Up event; Business Advisor to “SchoolD-U” team, secured full project funding in 3 days Skills: Contract Strategy and Negotiation, Market Research, Price Competition, Task Management, Leadership Hobbies: Outdoorsmanship, Hunting, Fishing, Aviation, Fitness