Joshua L. Dixon5682 Carter Street Unit 1, Killeen, TX 76544

Cell Phone: 253-292-7702 Email: joshua.l.dixon14.mil@mail.mil https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshualeedixon

Profile SummaryAutomation and Information Systems Manager with the practical understanding of business needs, who is self-motivated and results-driven; providing qualitative and quantitative results that improves both organizational and individual strengths. Experience in all aspects of leadership, training and professional development of employees. Excelled in configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of all information systems within in the entire organization.

Summary of Qualifications Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance valid till 04 August 2016 12 years of active military experience Trained at different echelons of the military including Corps, Brigade, and Battery levels Subject matter expert: Senior advisor, personnel manager, trainer and evaluater for all Fire Direction

operations Highly adaptable, able to work independently or as a member of a team Proficient in Microsoft programs such as Office, Powerpoint, Word, and Excel

Key Accomplishment Developed key personnel in company to ensure mission capability was at highest standards resulting in

100% qualified in Military Occupational Skill and 100% trained throughout organization consisting of over 300 employees.

Successfully trained Washington National Guard unit in Fire Direction Operations as a Junior Leader, which in tuned lead to 100% qualification and giving the entire organization full combat capability to deploy to theatre of operation in Iraq.

Exceeded expectations of senior leaders in having the first mobile operations center setup within entire company by completing all tasks required for communications, automations, and firing capability in 3 days less than expected.

Professional ExperienceUnited States Army Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems Specialist (2003-Present), Specialist -Staff Sergeant

Supervised, established, maintained and operated communications systems within the Fire Support realm of Combat Operations. Supervised the preparation of the Fire Direction/ Control Center. Prepared data systems for operation to include cabling, network management, database verification, as well as installation and removal procedures.

Computes and verifies accuracy of firing safety data and maintains current situation data and database while both deployed to Afghanistan and over 100 live fire exercises on Fort Hood, Texas, National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California and Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Washington with no safety violations and in a timely manner.

Able to calculate and input information into Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) in order to get accurate and timely fire missions processed. Fired over 2500 rounds in military career with no firing incidents as both computer operator and section chief.

Supervise fire direction operations including preparation for operations, communications setup and maintenance, to include connectivity to other army battle command systems such as EMT ( Effects

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Management Tool ), JADOCS ( Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination System ) , CPOF ( Command Post of the Future ), and TAIS ( Tactical Airspace Integration System ).

Assisted FAATDS (Field Artillery Advanced Tactical Data Specialist) and operations leader in supervision of all fire control operations in the cannon battery and higher echelons as the subject matter expert on Fire Control operations. Served as Senior Fire Direction Sergeant to Brigade Command Team, in control of 3 firing Battalions consisting of rockets, missiles, and cannons.

Information Technologies Specialist (1999 -Present) Private First Class - Specialist

Supervised, installed and performed maintenance on information processing systems, peripheral equipment, and associated devices in mobile and fixed facilities. Constructed, edited and tested computer system programs.

Help desk and technical support for all automated systems within the Brigade, which included over 200 computers and laptops.

Operates and performs unit maintenance on multi-functional/multi-user information processing systems and peripheral equipment to include computer hardware/software, printers and scanners and all telephonic devices.

Transfers data between information processing equipment and systems; isolates malfunctions; assists in design and testing of computer programs.

Instrumental in the drafting and proof reading technical manuals and standards of operations as well creating all end users AKO accounts in the Brigade.

Education and Training

Central Texas College, Killeen, TX

Completed 39 semester hours towards Associate Degree in Information Technology

Advanced Leadership Course6 week course designed to train senior leaders advanced combat and garrison skills to lead squads, sections, and platoons.

Basic Leadership CourseA 30 day course designed to teach soldiers skills needed to lead small teams and or squads in combat operations.

Precision Fires CourseA 3 week course to train NCOs and Officers the rules for Weaponeering (Weapon Choice Vs Target Disposition), Collateral Damage Estimations, and Target Mensuration (Precision Target Plotting)

Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System Operator Course2 week course operator course designed to highlight and demonstrate all the mission capabilities of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System for Field Artillery Operations in the combat environment.