WORK HISTORY

City of Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Medical Services
Brigade Chief 07/22-present

• Field Brigade Chief
• Budget Analysis/Control
• Human Resources Management
• Workflow and Process Improvement
• Senior Officer supervision of administrative issues, logistics support, command and control
• Unified command in complex incidents
• Public Information Officer (if Senior Leadership not available)
• Overall command and control of shift operations
• Overall accountability for EMS field operations
• Performance accountability for EMS captains and volunteer EMS Supervisors
• Overall performance responsibility for assigned paramedics
• Overall performance responsibility for on-duty volunteer members
• Administrative accountability for assigned captains, career paramedics, and affiliated volunteers
• Logistics accountability for assigned shift
• Professional development responsibility for assigned career captains and paramedics
• Finance and payroll responsibility for assigned captains and paramedics
• Health and wellness responsibility for assigned captains and career paramedics
• Health and wellness monitoring responsibility for all on-duty members

City of Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Medical Services
EMS Captain 07/19-07/22

• EMS Captain in Operations Division
• EMS Captain in Training Division
• Acting Chief Duty Officer
• Experience with Human Resources related issues for both career and volunteer issues, staying current with updates in City
and Department Policies and Procedures
• “EMS 5” Program Captain during departments COVID 19 Response successfully reducing employee and ERS Partner
exposures and illness, deviation of low acuity calls as per Department policy (Unit Commendation Award)
• POCUS Program Development submission and continued work at TEMS Regional Counsel for region wide implementation
(ongoing)
• Customer Service for both internal and external clients while protecting Department and City interests
• Facilitate positive patient outcomes and on scene management with all ERS and Healthcare partners
• Mentor and Train subordinates to progress within the Department from New Hire to Acting Field Supervisor

• Successful Command and Control of multiple EMS Incidents from single victim to multiple victim incidents
• Ongoing Professional Development through the NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership Mentoring Program as 1 of 10 EMS
Professionals selected from Nationwide selection process

City of Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Medical Services 08/13-07/19
Paramedic/Senior Paramedic

• Maintain BCLS, ACLS, PALS, AMLS, PHTLS Instructor, Virginia EMT-P, EVOC, VaDL, Vehicle Extrication, HSEEP Certification
• Provide Emergency Medical Services to the citizens and visitors of Virginia Beach and mutual aid to surrounding
communities
• Perform invasive procedures as per TEMS, VaOEMS, and department protocols/directives
• Field Training Education
• Scene Direction and Call Management
• TEMS CISM Debriefer
• Presenter at statewide, regional, and city educational initiatives and in-services
• Perform invasive procedures as per TEMS and Department Specific Protocol
• Facilitate positive communication between patients, crews, inter-agency personnel, community partners, and hospital
personnel
• Awarded Unit Commendation for Eastern Shore Tornado Response (July 2014 event)

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Bayview Physicians/NOWCARE, Virginia Beach, Va. 01/15-05/19
EMT-P/MA

• Maintain EMT-P, CPR, ACLS, PALS
• Patient Intake, Triage, and Discharge
• New Employee Program Development and Trainer/Mentor
• Phone Patient Care Customer Service and Clinical Follow Up
• Establish IV’s, Medication Administration, 12 Lead EKG, Splinting, Wound Care, CLIA Waived Lab Testing and compliance
documentation
• Pharmacy Inventory Control Program Management and Inventory Control
• DOT Certified Urine Drug and Breath Alcohol Screener

Medical Transport, LLC, Virginia Beach, Va. 01/01-04/14
Critical Care Paramedic (Prior Operations Supervisor)

• Maintain BCLS, ACLS, PALS, ITLS, Virginia EMT-P, Virginia ALS Coordinator, Virginia EMT Instructor, EVOC, VaDL
• Direct supervision of 50+ employees, operational-education-quality management personnel
• Have performed hiring for districts operational personnel
• Develop/Implement/Supervise New Employee Orientation Program and ALS Orientation Program
• Supervise certification/licensure compliance
• Ensure corporate training compliance
• Maintain Occupational Health compliance and Workman’s Comp assignments for MTI Personnel
• Developed/Maintained/Supervise CCQI Program with reports to Director, Risk Management, and Legal Council
• Developed Basic and Advanced Life Support Continuing Education Programs
• Developed/Implemented Medical Transport as an AHA BLS Training Site
• Presenter at state wide training symposiums regarding bariatrics, dialysis patients, and special needs and high tech patient
care population
• Function as Designated Infection Control Coordinator and Designated Education Coordinator with VaOEMS
• TEMS CISM Debriefer and PIC (Scheduled Coordinator)
• Tidewater EMS Education EXPO Symposium Planning Committee
• Microsoft Office Proficient –Word, Excel, Power Point
• Transporting critically ill patients from outlying facilities to a higher level of care facility
• Perform invasive procedures as per TEMS and Critical Care Protocol
• Facilitate good communication between sending and receiving facilities, maintain good customer service skills, act as
representative of the company at all times
• Rewrite/Update Critical Care Protocols

• Train the Trainer Arrow IABP “Auto Cat”
• Serve on TEMS CISM Team as Peer Debriefer
• New Employee Orientation Coordinator

HHS/NDMS/VA1 DMAT 06/10-present

Healthcare Technician/Critical Care Paramedic

• Maintain BCLS, ACLS, PALS, and Virginia Paramedic Certification
• Function for Pre-Hospital, Hospital, and Critical Care Level Patient Care
• Deployable Team Member for both International and Domestic Deployments (Intermittent Employment)

Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, Va. 11/93-12/05
Paramedic Clinical Preceptor

• Responsible for acting as liaison between hospital staff and students
• Facilitate learning opportunities for students
• Perform invasive procedures as example for students
• Critique student performance in regards to their skills and their interpersonal relationships with staff and patients
• Bridge gap for students from classroom to clinical setting
• Maintain BCLS, ACLS, PALS, Virginia Paramedic certification
• Teach ACLS, PALS
• Tutor students in cardiology and med math calculations
• Instruct Introduction to Cardiology (2 credit prep class)
• Instruct in Practical Skills Stations
• Awarded 1996 “Instructor of the Year” by Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council

City of Chesapeake Department of Emergency Medical Services, Chesapeake, Va. 10/88-10/93
Paramedic

• Provide 911 Emergency medical Services to the citizens and tourist of Chesapeake, Va. And mutual aid to surrounding
communities
• Maintain BCLS, ACLS, PALS, and Virginia Paramedic
• Maintain Virginia Department of Fire Programs Hazardous Materials Technician certification
• Assist on fire ground operations with light suppression and rehab services
• Keep maintenance records for ambulance at station level and recommend when service work needed
• Station maintenance as needed
• Attend community functions for department public relations
• Other duties as per Fire Captain and EMS Supervisor
• Awarded “Star Performance Award” for recommending use of Glucometers in pre-hospital care environment-first city in
Tidewater to adopt use as standard of care

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Education

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Leadership in Police Organizations
• October 2023
NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership Mentor Program (Inaugural Program)
• Assistant Chief David Edgar of West Des Moines Department of EMS (Facilitating/Assigned Mentor)
• May 2022-October 2023
National Fire Academy, Emmitsburg MD
• Emergency Medical Services Incident Operations January 2020
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia
• Point of Care Ultrasound for the Prehospital Care Provider (3 Credit Course and Clinicals) Spring 2019
Sentara Leadership Institute, Sentara Healthcare Corporation

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Leadership Management Courses

Courses of Interest:
• Foundations of Leadership Track 1, Foundations of Leadership Track 2, Leadership Immersion, Advanced Leadership
Immersion
Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, Va.
A.A.S. focus in Emergency Medical Technology 12/2010
• Paramedic, Anatomy and Physiology 1+2, Pathophysiology, Intro to Microbiology, Concepts in Critical Care, 12 Lead EKG
Interpretation, General Pharmacology, College Algebra, Human Life Span and Development, Society and Death, The
Psychology of Death, Intro to Sociology, Spanish
International Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation, Ellicot City, Maryland
Courses of Interest:
• CISM-Basic, CISM-Advanced, CISM-When Disaster Strikes, CISM-Peer One on One, CISM-Law Enforcement Perspectives,
Assaulted Staff Action Plan, CISM in the Workplace, CISM Suicide Prevention
QA/QI Officers Course, EMS Today 2007 Conference, Baltimore Maryland
• 2-Day course offered by Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services