ANDREW R COBB www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-cobb/2b/7ba/53b

Phone: (412) 807-1294 Email: cobb.andrewr@gmail.com

Mailing Address:

9249 Vantine Street

Penn Hills, PA 15235

HIGHLIGHTS & COMPETENCIES

Eight years of high-responsibility

leadership and training experience

Dedicated to quantitative foundations

for effective solutions to

organizational problems

Committed to improving operational

strategies and processes

Active NACLC Secret Level Security

Clearance, re-adjudication date of July

2018

Comfortable with use of SPSS and

Minitab statistical software for data

analysis and reporting

Trained in the use of project

management software to include MS

Project and MS Visio

Proficiency in all MS Office

Applications: Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher,

Outlook, Access

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified

Conversational in French, basic

understanding of German language

Coursework in Project Management,

Health Systems, Database

Management, Empirical Methods

Self-starting, competent individual

willing to develop new skills to help

grow himself and the organizations

with which he works

EDUCATION

H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University Master of Science in Public Policy & Management, Accelerated Masters Program

Carnegie Mellon University Bachelor of Arts in History

Current Major GPA 3.47

University of Maryland University College Certificate in Clinical Mental Health

GPA: 3.83

May 2013

May 2015

Carnegie Mellon University, Office of Professional Development Services Intern

Worked closely with the departmental director and staff to establish the foundational values from which the new Professional Development Services programming has been built;

Provided administrative support to the director and her full-time staff, utilizing various pieces of office software to include MS Excel, MS Word, MS Publisher, Adobe Acrobat Pro X, and FileMaker Pro;

Served as part of the team responsible for changing how members of the Carnegie Mellon University staff community view professional development, increasing the levels of participation in and demand for new programming;

Helped with the coordination of departmental programming, working with catering services, Technology Services, and other members of the campus community to ensure that the needs of presenters and attendees are met;

Developed a number of fillable forms to increase the efficiency with which programming is scheduled and executed in accordance with the wishes of the requesting organization;

Aided in the development of literature and resources for managers and newly hired personnel to help ease transitional stress within organizations;

Established relationships with administrators and staff members across campus, representing the department in a highly professional and overall pleasant manner.

Improved the accessibility of professional development resources through my role in developing the Professional Development Library Guides (LibGuides) in coalition with the University Library System and the departmental director;

Designed and managed an organizational newsletter that provides the Carnegie Mellon University staff community information and insight into various topics that are important to the preservation of a strong work group;

May 2013 to May 2014

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

May 2016

RELEVANT ADVANCED COURSEWORK

(AS OF SPRING 2015)

Empirical Methods for Public Policy Analysis

Health Systems

Project Management

Medicine & Society

Introduction to Database Management

Organizational Design and Implementation

Strategy Development

Management Science I: Optimization and Multicriteria Methods

Management Science II: Decision and Risk Modeling

Financial Analysis

Healthcare Management

LtCol Chris Raible Memorial Golf Tournament Project Lead

Carnegie Leadership Consultant

Military Police Company B, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, USMC Reserves—Special Reaction Team Leader

Carnegie Mellon University Student Veterans and Family Association—Charter Member

Kaiserslautern Military Community (Germany) Toys for Tots—Local Coordinator and Founder

Semper Fi Fund Volunteer

United Service Organization—Distinguished Volunteer

Heinz College Healthcare Club—Member

Heinz College Veterans Club

Church Choir

Used military and civilian leadership experiences to offer a fresh take on the importance of flexibility in leadership styles and the necessity for open communication with both subordinates and supervisors in an ever-changing professional environment.

United States Marine Corps Marine Corps Branch Service Liaison/Patient Administration Clerk

Provided administrative support to all wounded, ill, and injured Marines and Sailors being medically evacuated from operational theaters across the globe;

Improved the operations procedures for the detachment, and implemented a multi-faceted compliance and training schedule for all organizational, DOD, and federally mandated periodic training requirements to include HIPAA, Privacy Act of 1974, and facility procedural training;

Served as a detachment logistics officer, coordinating support in concert with Global Patient Movement Requirements Center (GPMRC) and Theatre Patient Movement Requirements Center (TPMRC) to guarantee seamless transfer of patients from the theatre medical treatment pipeline to continued care or returns to duty;

Acted as a Casualty Assistance Calls Officer, providing emotional and logistical support to family members transported to Medical Treatment Facility during periods of high emotional stress;

Redefined the supply management system and created a multi-functional database to track supply issue, usage, and expenditure over the course of the fiscal year, eliminating over-allocation and substantially decreasing losses;

Standardized the methods by which patient administrative information was maintained and transferred, easing the records management burden of patients in ensuring continuity of care across provider systems (i.e. Theater Medical to Continuous Care Facilities, DoD Hospitals to VA Care Clinics).

Military Police Officer, Special Reaction Team Leader

Lead a small group, trained in advanced apprehension, negotiation, and neutralization tactics, making sound, safe, and instantaneous decisions in difficult and stressful situations;

Facilitated Anti-terrorism/ Force Protection training for Multi-National Forces South as an advisory group focused on international security cooperation in the Panama Canal Region;

Trained members of the Royal Moroccan military forces on diverse, highly-specialized equipment while assigned as a team leader and member of Operation: African Lion training task force;

Commanded highly capable, multi-functional law enforcement professionals through training evolutions and served as Company level subject matter expert on negotiation and deliberate entry in high-stakes, high-stress situations.

December 2006 to present

COMMUNITY & EXTRACURRICULAR INVOLVEMENT

*Personal, professional, and/or academic references, and writing or project samples, available upon request..