RICHARD F. MACHAMER
Newport News, VA 23602
OBJECTIVE: Project Manager / Strategic Communications Manager
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
CLEARANCE: DOD, Top Secret (last adjudicated: 08/12, expires: 08/16)
EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIO:
05/14 – 09/14, Project Manager
Engility Corporation, Military Health Systems Communications, Arlington, VA
01/13 – 04/14, Strategic Communications Manager
Program Office for Defense Health Management Systems (DHMS); (formerly Department of Defense / Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office)
Axiom-RM, Rosslyn, VA
08/09 – 10/12, Project Manager
BAE Systems, Tidewater Office, Hampton, VA
06/05 – 08/09, Strategic Communications Team Leader, Public Relations (PR)
U.S. Joint Forces Command, BAE Systems, Suffolk, VA
04/99 – 05/05, Special Assistant for International Media
U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
08/98 – 04/99, Director for the Center for the Professional Military Ethic (CPME)
US Military Academy, West Point, NY
02/98 – 08/98, Chief of Public Information, Public Affairs Advisor/Spokesperson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Forces, Bosnia
06/96 – 02/98, Director of Public Affairs (Advisor/Spokesperson)
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
09/94 – 06/96, Editor In Chief, Soldiers Magazine, Fort Belvoir, VA
02/92 – 09/94, Director, Army News Operations, The Pentagon
01/92 – 09/92, Deputy Director, Community Relations, Army Public Affairs, Pentagon
06/91 – 08/91, Editorial Writer, Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, KS
07/89 – 12/90, Executive Officer, US Army, 4th Battalion, 37th Armor, Fort Riley, KS
07/86 – 06/88, Chief of Video Support, US Army, National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, CA
06/84 – 03/86, Chief, Assistance & Investigations, US Army, Inspector General Office, Ansbach, Germany
11/82 – 06/84, Company Commander, US Army, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, Katterbach, Germany
03/79 – 03/82, Instructor & Branch Chief, US Army, Platoon Tactics Branch, Fort Knox, KY
06/78– 03/79, Battalion Maintenance Officer, US Army, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, Baumholder, Germany
11/77– 06/78, Company Executive Officer, US Army, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, Baumholder, Germany
03/76 – 11/77, Platoon Leader, US Army, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, Baumholder, Germany
FORMAL EDUCATION:
TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS:
PUBLICATIONS / EDITORIALS:
AWARDS / SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS:
VOLUNTEER / MEMBERSHIP / COMMUNITY:
KEY SKILL WORDS: academy, administration, Advisor, AFCEA, Airborne, analysis, Armed Forces, Armor, Army, AUSA, battalion, beneficiaries, briefing, budget, Capstone, capture, Command, communication, Congress, contractor, Coordinate, correspondent, CPME, DAV, deliverables, DHMS, directive, directorates, documentary, Editor, Electronics, enterprise, faculty, headquarters (HQ), Health Services, HIMMS, Inspect, Interagency, investigation, J9, Joint Staff , Journalist, leadership, liaison, management, marketing, media, Medical Management, Military, mission, MND, MOAA, NATO, Navy, News, newsroom, NTC, OASDPA, Officer, operations, organization, outreach, Pentagon, platoon, policies, press, proposal, prototype, Public Relations (PR), published, Quality Assurance (QA), reports, RFQ/RFP, security, SFOR, Simulation, specialists, speech, spokesperson, strategic planning, terrorism, training, transformation, Veterans, VFW, video, Warfighting
RICHARD F. MACHAMER
Newport News, VA 23602
OBJECTIVE: Project Manager / Strategic Communications Manager
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
CLEARANCE: DOD, Top Secret (last adjudicated: 08/12, expires: 08/16)
EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIO:
05/14 – 09/14, Project Manager
Engility Corporation, Military Health Systems Communications, Arlington, VA
01/13 – 04/14, Strategic Communications Manager
Program Office for Defense Health Management Systems (DHMS); (formerly Department of Defense / Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office)
Axiom-RM, Rosslyn, VA
08/09 – 10/12, Project Manager
BAE Systems, Tidewater Office, Hampton, VA
06/05 – 08/09, Strategic Communications Team Leader, Public Relations (PR)
U.S. Joint Forces Command, BAE Systems, Suffolk, VA
04/99 – 05/05, Special Assistant for International Media
U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
08/98 – 04/99, Director for the Center for the Professional Military Ethic (CPME)
US Military Academy, West Point, NY
02/98 – 08/98, Chief of Public Information, Public Affairs Advisor/Spokesperson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Forces, Bosnia
06/96 – 02/98, Director of Public Affairs (Advisor/Spokesperson)
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
09/94 – 06/96, Editor In Chief, Soldiers Magazine, Fort Belvoir, VA
02/92 – 09/94, Director, Army News Operations, The Pentagon
01/92 – 09/92, Deputy Director, Community Relations, Army Public Affairs, Pentagon
06/91 – 08/91, Editorial Writer, Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, KS
07/89 – 12/90, Executive Officer, US Army, 4th Battalion, 37th Armor, Fort Riley, KS
07/86 – 06/88, Chief of Video Support, US Army, National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, CA
06/84 – 03/86, Chief, Assistance & Investigations, US Army, Inspector General Office, Ansbach, Germany
11/82 – 06/84, Company Commander, US Army, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, Katterbach, Germany
03/79 – 03/82, Instructor & Branch Chief, US Army, Platoon Tactics Branch, Fort Knox, KY
06/78– 03/79, Battalion Maintenance Officer, US Army, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, Baumholder, Germany
11/77– 06/78, Company Executive Officer, US Army, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, Baumholder, Germany
03/76 – 11/77, Platoon Leader, US Army, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, Baumholder, Germany
FORMAL EDUCATION:
TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS:
PUBLICATIONS / EDITORIALS:
AWARDS / SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS:
VOLUNTEER / MEMBERSHIP / COMMUNITY:
KEY SKILL WORDS: academy, administration, Advisor, AFCEA, Airborne, analysis, Armed Forces, Armor, Army, AUSA, battalion, beneficiaries, briefing, budget, Capstone, capture, Command, communication, Congress, contractor, Coordinate, correspondent, CPME, DAV, deliverables, DHMS, directive, directorates, documentary, Editor, Electronics, enterprise, faculty, headquarters (HQ), Health Services, HIMMS, Inspect, Interagency, investigation, J9, Joint Staff , Journalist, leadership, liaison, management, marketing, media, Medical Management, Military, mission, MND, MOAA, NATO, Navy, News, newsroom, NTC, OASDPA, Officer, operations, organization, outreach, Pentagon, platoon, policies, press, proposal, prototype, Public Relations (PR), published, Quality Assurance (QA), reports, RFQ/RFP, security, SFOR, Simulation, specialists, speech, spokesperson, strategic planning, terrorism, training, transformation, Veterans, VFW, video, Warfighting