DAN STARK

95-1123 Anuanu Street

Mililani, HI 96789
(808) 626-4994
ds6acee6@westpost.net
OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position in Training or Quality
Assurance Management.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
- 34 years of active duty in the U. S. Navy. 19 years
commissioned service on loan to U.S. Department of Energy
providing regulatory oversight of Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Plant operation, maintenance and overhaul.
- Active Security Clearances: U.S. Navy SECRET,
U.S. Department of Energy "Q".
- Proven problem solver, dynamic leader, experienced mentor.
EXPERIENCE
PROBLEM SOLVER - CAUSAL ANALYSIS EXPERT
- Applied in-depth causal analysis to a series of rigging and
crane accidents. The actions resulted in reducing the number
of accidents by over 50% and significantly reduced severity.
These actions were so successful they are being implemented at
the other public shipyards.
- Coordinated a team from engineering, weld shop, support shops
and shipyard quality assurance to reduce shipboard nuclear weld
defects from two per year to zero over the last three years.
- Identified that long standing manning shortages was the major
contributor to an inability to sustain improvement with one
division. Mentoring managers and producing a robust long-term
hiring and qualification plan resulted in a 15% improvement in
cost performance, reduced error rates, and improved morale and
retention within the first year.
TEAM PLAYER - COST ADVOCATE
- Pushed innovative concepts that simplified the nuclear
submarine fuel removal processes cutting labor costs in
half and saving $5,000,000 per submarine.
- Mentored supervisors on strategic planning techniques to
improve individual job readiness that ultimately reduced
labor costs from 63,000 man-days to less than 55,000
man-days (saving $6,000,000).
- Identified an unnecessary practice associated with
non-destructive testing and coordinated the efforts to
eliminate the costly practice saving $100,000 annually.
STRATEGIC PLANNER - SYSTEMS THINKER
- Facilitated a diverse group to implement a goal-oriented
 strategic planning and assessment tool, which resulted in
improving performance efficiency in 1 shop from 70% to 98%.
- Key member of a project management team that completed a
first-of-a-kind nuclear cruiser defueling three weeks early
and 20% ($4,000,000) under budget.
- Solved a series of workmanship issues with electrical shop
performance. Working with engineers, inspectors, and
electrical workers, identified the underlying attitudes and
behaviors and eliminated the previous problems.
PROVEN TRAINER AND MANAGER
- Hand selected to develop a 6 week RADAR curriculum for the
Navy. Created approximately 80% of the lesson plans, an
examination question data base, and set up the practical
radar lab that included trouble shooting to a component
level and electrical safety.
- Managed training for a department of 36 nuclear trained
supervisors and operators, including preparing and grading
written qualification and retention of knowledge
examinations, drafting and executing practical drill
scenarios, and assessing examination and drill performance.
As a result, departmental performance moved from below
average to above average in one year.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, Columbia College,
Columbia, MO, June, 1988
- Certified Engineer-in-Training, Certificate No. 138323,
January 5, 2010, California Board of Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors
- Qualified Master Training Specialist, Chief of Naval Technical
Training
- Federal Emergency Management Institute - Introduction to Incident
Command System
- Proficient with Microsoft Project, WORD, Excel, Access, and
PowerPoint