PO1 Michael Blass

PO1 Michael Blass

Dates of Service: Apr 1988 - Apr 2008
RETIRED
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Military professional with experience in team management, administrative accountability, acquisitions, and supply management. Effectively managed more than $10 million in construction, medical, and various support equipment. Sales Account manager with over five years’ experience in sales department concentrated on commercial diving and tactical equipment.

Military Experiences

Nov 2006 - Feb 2008
Supply Department Lead Supervisor
- Managed annual budget of 1.5 million dollars of field medical equipment, consumables, and training equipment. Utilized various internal and Department of Defense accounting systems, keeping in contact with many points of contact in order to coordinate and fix common discrepancies for 6 fiscal years. - Purchasing Operations. Initiated requirements, reviewed material requests, government purchase card purchases, National Stock Number (NSN) MILSTRIP purchases, and major purchases requiring that Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Navy Simplified Acquisition Procedures were followed.
Jan 2002 - Oct 2006
Supply Logistics Departmental Supervisor
- As Platoon Commander for Headquarters, 3rd Platoon NMCB40 was responsible for the administrative, employee relations and deployment readiness of 47 personnel under my charge. - As Supply Logistics Supervisor: Was responsible for the budget, acquisition, receiving, shipping, issue, storage, and accountability of all controlled and consumable materials required by the Battalion totaling $4.5 million annually.
Sep 1999 - Nov 2002
Financial Office Lead Supervisor
- Supervisor in charge of the procurement, budgeting, accounting of training materials necessary to complete the training and enhance the readiness of all West Coast Seabee Battalions. Annual Budget approximately $6 million. - Developed Government Purchase Card Microsoft Access database currently still used by some Naval Construction Force personnel for tracking, certification, and accounting purposes. - Developed complicated and diverse Microsoft Excel spreadsheet utilized for reporting and balancing of the command’s training budget of $6 Million.
Oct 1995 - Sep 1999
Financial Office Supervisor
- In charge of the daily running of the Financial Office, NSA Souda Bay ,Crete, Greece during Bosnian War. - Responsible for the air and surface shipments forwarded to deployed ships in the area. - Developed my first database utilizing DBASE IV. Used for tracking and submitting requisitions.

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

2010 - 2013

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