User:John Bridges

John H. Bridges III
Highly qualified expert (HQE) with over sixteen years senior executive experienced at connecting the dots between strategy, budget, innovation, risk and performance requirements. Skilled in collaborative & adaptable strategic leadership, operations, pedagogy, incident & crisis management and passion with extensive experiences in the fields and roles of Homeland Security, Emergency Management, Incident Command, Enterprise Risk Management and Performance Improvement. Successes in all aspects of managing and overseeing culture and change management initiatives to drive organizational objectives and outcomes. Served as Director, Incident Management and Incident Commander for the anthrax response and recovery during and Executive Director, National Preparedness and Homeland Security for historic hurricanes between 2004 and 2007 connected to Katrina, Rita and Wilma, as well as over 73 federal disaster declarations involving complex decisions and recommendations.

Demonstrated leadership expertise and ability to lead and effect change while serving as Incident Commander (IC) and Director, Incident Management for the world’s first successful large-scale anthrax response, decontamination and remediation effort and senior advisor for the U.S. Postal Service’s anthrax response from October 2001 to March 2004.

Prestigious leadership recognition and expertise with numerous credentials that supports the development of key aspects of the continuous improvement program approaches, methods and tools as a Certified Lean & Six Sigma Master Black Belt (CLSSMBB) to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals, including implementing improvements resulting in $22M/year savings using the following principles—Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control, Standardize, and Integrate.

Dr. John H. Bridges III brings rich experience in strategic planning for organizational peak performance as well as in-depth leadership experience in dealing with specific issues, including emergency management, homeland security and performance improvement.