Dewanna K Thornton
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
Army 79R E-7 | 20 years, June 2001 - Present | ETS'd June 2021
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
Army 79R E-7
20 years, June 2001 - Present
ETS'd June 2021
Experience
Human Resource Recruiter, U. S. Army,
October 2015 - Present
Assistant Manager Logistics Department, U. S. Army,
January 2019 - July 2021
Clergy and Ministry Support Specialist, U. S. Army,
May 2017 - April 2018
Education
Associate of Appplied Science, Central Texas College,
October 2004 - December 2017
Work Experience
Human Resource Recruiter October 2015 - Present
Army | 79R | E-7 | Ohio City, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Executed the entire recruitment process for the organization (i.e. job posts, phone interviews, job interviews, regular communication with candidates and managers, and recruitment administration).
- Managed the posting of job vacancies at the best performing recruitment channels.
- Significantly reduced the costs of mistakes such as engaging incompetent, unmotivated, and under qualified employees.
- Effectively administered job interviewing schedules for all job vacancies and kept promises to job applicants.
- Conducted the process of captivating, screening, and selecting potential and qualified candidates based on objective criteria for a job.
Assistant Manager Logistics Department January 2019 - July 2021
Army | 79R | E-7 | Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Planned and managed logistics, warehouse facilities, transportation, and customer services for a department of 10 team members.
- Monitored and kept track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs, and efficiency of $$ worth of inventory.
- Served as vendor and purchasing liaison and negotiated with suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers.
- Led and influenced subordinate logistics team leaders to accomplish critical tasks and achieve organization objectives.
Clergy and Ministry Support Specialist May 2017 - April 2018
Army | 79R | E-6 | Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Oversaw the security requirements for all pastoral clergy and religious facilities
- Coordinated religious observances with medical and mortuary affairs representatives.
- Provided crisis intervention to include intervention counseling in moments of crisis, response to crisis and suicide prevention/ intervention.
- Provided leadership and vital support to the clergy during religious services and everyday activities by contributing to ministry team programs and worship services.
- Maintained discretion and confidentiality, while working with highly confidential information and conflict situations.
Assistant Business Operations Team Leader September 2010 - April 2012
Army | 79R | E-5 | Afghanistan
- A leader role model who exhibited high standards, discipline and provided effective examples through personal actions.
- Managed daily operations to ensure that all operations are in full compliance with applicable guidelines, including safety and quality for a $$ operational budget.
- Employed a leadership operations process to visualize, describe, direct, and assess the work while achieving the end result.
- Led from the front by remaining visible, involved, and fully engaged as the team executes the mission.
- Anticipated potential action scenarios and adapted appropriately to competing demands and the teams shifting priorities.
Team Leader Environmental Health and Safety Department August 2011 - April 2012
Army | 79R | E-5 | Kandarhar Airfield, Afghanistan
- Collaborated to keep higher and lower headquarters, superiors, and subordinates informed of the key issues facing the organization.
- Supported team members through focused programs for training, professional development, and coaching.
- Managed salary and hourly team members and contracted personnel to perform day to day functions.
- Always took initiative to accomplish the mission in the absence of direction and guidance from higher headquarters.
Career/Employment Guidance Counselor September 2010 - July 2011
Army | 79R | E-5 | Kandarhar Airfield, Afghanistan
- Demonstrated knowledge and willingness to use information about transferable skills from one industry or occupation to another to advise candidates.
- Proactively assisted aspirants to find educational opportunities, as well as locate and apply for jobs that matched their skills and expectations.
- Collaborated with aspirants to identify what services were available and how they should leverage them to meet their job search and career goals.
Business Unit Training Advisor/Coordinator September 2009 - August 2010
Army | 79R | E-5 | camp zama, japan
- Performed all assigned training duties in compliance with internal business unit policies and all governing external regulations.
- Assisted with annual competency training material, administered proficiency scores, and assessed competency for all functional areas.
- Assured quality customer service to all business unit training customers.
Team Leader Administration Department September 2007 - August 2008
Army | 79R | E-5 | Camp Zama, Japan
- Served as team leader within an administrative management department of ## team members responsible for the combined functions of human resources, administration, education and training and finance operations.
- Processed routine day-to-day tasks such as preparing personnel status and strength reports, preparing personnel awards, and other administrative support as required.
- Supported the human resource demands of the office by updating job requirements, processing human resources paperwork, and supporting departments projects and activities.
Assistant Business Operations Team Leader January 2004 - December 2004
Army | 79R | E-5 | Schofield Barracks, HI, USA
- Anticipated potential action scenarios and adapted appropriately to competing demands and the teams shifting priorities.
- Understands the big picture and was always able to translate the mission intent of senior leaders.
- Provided the necessary tools, information, and resources for the team to get the job done.
Business Unit Assistant Operations Manager January 2004 - December 2004
Army | 79R | E-5 | Schofield Barracks, HI, USA
- Synchronized business operations by effectively communicating with all the relevant people, business units, and coordinating all relevant inputs to ensure production output and on time delivery goals were achieved.
- Assisted in overseeing the organization's operation functions and was responsible for staff development, operations and plans, and organizational development and modernization.
- Provided oversight in the preparation of all written information management tools/documents designed to simplify business plan execution.
Top Skills
- Operations Management
- Product and Service Development
- Knowledge of Products and Processes
- Business Unit Know-How
- Building Realistic Plans
- Translating Strategy into Business Objectives and Tactics
- Project Management
- Needs Assessment Knowledge
- Analyzing Issues
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Candidate Top Skills
Equipment, Tool, and Instrument Proficiencies
- Air samplers or collectors
- All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled
- Anemometers
- Automobiles or cars
- Bar code labels
- Bar code reader equipment
- Coliwasas
- Colorimeters
- Combustible or hazardous gas detectors for power generators
- Compasses
- Desktop calculator
- Desktop computers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras
- Digital cameras
- Digital video disk players or recorders
- Digital voice recorders
- Distance meters
- Dosimeters
- Electromagnetic field meters
- Electronic counters
- Explosimeters
- Flow sensors
- Flowmeters
- Forklifts
- Gas chromatographs
- Global positioning system GPS receiver
- Hand trucks or accessories
- Hazardous material protective apparel
- Heat stress monitors
- High capacity removable media drives
- High vacuum equipment
- Inkjet printers
- Instant messaging platform
- Ion analyzers
- Ionization chambers
- Laboratory bailers
- Laser fax machine
- Laser printers
- Leak testing equipment
- Level sensors or transmitters
- Levels
- Liquid crystal display projector
- Liquid scintillation counters
- Location based messaging service platforms
- Logging instruments for water wells
- MP3 players or recorders
- Magnetic stripe readers and encoders
- Mainframe computers
- Manometers
- Map measurers
- Mass spectrometers
- Measuring rods
- Measuring wheels for distance
- Microfiche or microfilm viewers
- Microphones
- Mobile phones
- Moisture meters
- Multi gas monitors
- Multimedia projectors
- Nephelometers
- Notebook computers
- Oil content monitors analyzers
- Open stream current meters
- Overhead projectors
- Ozone analyzers
- Pallet trucks
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
- Photocopiers
- Photometers
- Point of sale POS terminal
- Portable data input terminals
- Postal scales
- Precipitation or evaporation recorders
- Protractors
- Psychrometers
- Radiation detectors
- Radio frequency data communication equipment
- Radio frequency identification devices
- Radon detectors
- Recreational motorboats
- Rulers
- Sample preparation bombs
- Scales
- Scanners
- Security cameras
- Single gas monitors
- Soil core sampling apparatus
- Soil testing kits
- Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter
- Special purpose telephones
- Spectrometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Speed sensors
- Surface testers
- Tablet computers
- Tape measures
- Temperature and humidity walk in environmental chamber
- Temperature transmitters
- Theodolites
- Thickness measuring devices
- Toxicology test kits or supplies
- Triangles
- Turbidimeters
- Two way radios
- Vehicular global positioning system GPS
- Video cassette players or recorders
- Video conference cameras
- Videoconferencing systems
- Viscosimeters
- Voice mail systems
- Water analyzers
- Water samplers
- pH meters
Technology Proficiencies
- Access software
- Accounting software
- Analytical or scientific software
- Application server software
- Backup or archival software
- Business intelligence and data analysis software
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Communications server software
- Compliance software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Computer based training software
- Configuration management software
- Content workflow software
- Customer relationship management CRM software
- Data base management system software
- Data base reporting software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data mining software
- Desktop communications software
- Desktop publishing software
- Development environment software
- Document management software
- Electronic mail software
- Enterprise application integration software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Enterprise system management software
- Facilities management software
- File versioning software
- Financial analysis software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Human resources software
- Industrial control software
- Information retrieval or search software
- Instant messaging software
- Internet browser software
- Inventory management software
- Label making software
- Map creation software
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Medical software
- Metadata management software
- Mobile location based services software
- Mobile messaging service software
- Multi-media educational software
- Network conferencing software
- Network monitoring software
- Object or component oriented development software
- Object oriented data base management software
- Office suite software
- Operating system software
- Point of sale POS software
- Presentation software
- Project management software
- Route navigation software
- Sales and marketing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Time accounting software
- Transaction security and virus protection software
- Transaction server software
- Video conferencing software
- Video creation and editing software
- Web page creation and editing software
- Web platform development software
- Word processing software
AWARDS
Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
June 2021
Army Achievement Medal
April 2018
Army Achievement Medal
March 2014
Army Commendation Medal
February 2012
Army Commendation Medal
February 2012
NATO Medal
February 2012
Army Commendation Medal
November 2010
Army Commendation Medal
November 2010
Army Good Conduct Medal
June 2010
Army Achievement Medal
December 2009
Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
October 2009
Army Commendation Medal
October 2007
Army Commendation Medal
October 2007
Army Good Conduct Medal
June 2007
Army Commendation Medal
August 2005
Army Commendation Medal
August 2005
Army Good Conduct Medal
June 2005
Army Good Conduct Medal
June 2004
National Defense Service Medal
August 2002
Army Achievement Medal
April 2002
Army Achievement Medal
April 2002
Training and Certifications
Recruiting Senior Leaders Course
May 2018
Combat Lifesaver Course
January 2018
Advance Leader Common Core
April 2014
Pregnancy Postpartum Physical Training Program Leader Course
September 2012
Army Pregnancy Postpartum Physical Training Program Leader Course
September 2012
Equal Opportunity Leaders' Course
June 2012
Digital Training Management System (DTMS) Master Trainer Course
May 2010
Pregnancy/Postpartum Physical Training Program Instruction
November 2009
Combatives Certification Course (Level 1)
July 2009
Joint Warning and Reporting Network
June 2009
Commander Total Fitness Course
July 2008
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR)
April 2008
Field Sanitation Team Certification Course
February 2008
Total Fitness Course
January 2007
Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below Leader Course
July 2006
Joint Biological Integrated Detectin System (JPBDS) L4 Course
August 2005
Basic Leader Course
August 2003
Driver's Training Course
April 2003
EDUCATION
Associate of Appplied Science,
Central Texas College, Texas, USA
October 2004 - December 2017 , GPA: 3.0