Gregory T. Pappas
Canton
Summary
Results-driven management professional with proven ability to lead teams to success. Strong focus on team collaboration, operational efficiency, and achieving measurable outcomes. Adept at strategic planning, process improvement, and fostering culture of accountability and excellence. Known for adaptability and consistently meeting changing organizational needs.
Overview
49
49
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
Auto Zone
01.2023 - Current
- Oversees a team of 15 retail associates on a daily basis/overall store retail/commercial management, supervision
- Job duties include opening and closing stores creating work schedules, ensuring prompt bank deposits and accuracy on inventory and personnel development
- Maintain level of professionalism while building comradery implement Auto Zone policy and procedures
- Rotating weekly shifts openings / closings – manage analyze and reconcile monthly P&L statements
Independent Insurance Agent
Smart Money Retirement Solutions
01.2019 - Current
- Conduct educational seminars to prospective clients for Fixed Indexed Annuities and insurance products
- Search daily for appropriate annuities that fit the client’s profile and what is best for the client
- Conduct annual reviews with all clients to make sure investment objective is on course
Financial Planner
John Hancock Financial Network
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Responsible for planning, execution and management of client’s accounts, whose cumulative money under management is in excess of $30 million
- A strategic thinker
- Taking the time to truly understand each client’s needs, then serves to educate them on strategies designed to help accomplish their individual 'road to success.'
- Dedicated
- Amassing long hours in monitoring progress of client’s accounts to ensure the best possible financial outcomes
- Series 7, 63 and Insurance license
- Utilize Insurance and Securities strategies to mitigate risk and protect assets and build a balanced portfolio and legacy planning
Assistant Director of Finance
National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Served as Assistant Director of Finance for Office of Military Readiness Reserve and Office of Plans and Exercises
- Worked closely with senior leadership executing annual travel budgets, while managing a demanding number of Taskers for the Plans and Exercise Division
- Monitored and provided essential input to the Director, NGA annual operating budget for the Military Readiness Reserve and Office of Plans and Exercises
- Oversaw Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corp Program Managers, and mobilized 150 Airman, Soldiers and Sailors to support the imagery effort around the world
- Responsible to the Director of Finance for a $100 million budget (FY10) for active-duty support and the intelligence production of 161 drilling reservists
- Assisted the Director of Office and Plans establishing Program Objective Memorandum (POM); writing each job function in support of the imagery effort of this directorate
Assistant Director of Finance
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Assistant Director of Finance for 820 Intelligence Officers located in 13 locations nationwide with a budget of approximately $27,000,000
- Instrumental in establishing Program Objective Memorandum (POM) for each reserve billet within ONI
- Responsible for submitting Internal Operating Budget (IOB) to Commander and establishing priorities for mission essential support
- Coordinated unfunded requirements (UFR) with Controller those billets for reservists supporting contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Responsible for directing and coordinating intelligence production efforts including counter-terrorism, maritime shipping and logistics protection, special warfare programs, counter-intelligence, and other classified endeavors
Commander
US Naval Forces Europe
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Assigned as Senior Program Manager to Joint Inter-Agency Planning Group (JIAPG), Western Balkans synchronizing US Government Theater Security Cooperation, Defense Reform, Counter Terrorism and capture of War Criminals in Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia and Croatia
- Made numerous visits as a key member of the JIAPG fact-finding team to meet with senior foreign military officials and President’s in Albania and Montenegro to find and coordinate solutions to critical force modernization issues in those countries
- Instrumental in identifying funding shortfalls for an Albanian small arms and ammunition destruction facility, and assisted securing additional monies from donor countries
- Spearheaded, in collaboration with the Montenegrin Ministries of Defense and Interior, the upgrade/integration of defense radar systems, exceeding NATO standards for accession
- Assisted with Albania’s Force Modernization Plan, including establishing an Army Training and Evaluation Program as a NATO Training Mission for the country’s Rapid Reaction Brigade, thus strengthening the nation’s bid for NATO accession
Various Roles
Southern Region Joint Operational Intelligence Cell
01.2001 - 01.2006
- Supported the SRJOIC and Joint Forces Command (NATO), Naples, IT from 2001 – 2005 in various capacities as Analyst, Deputy Commander, Operations Officer and Deputy N2 for the Commander Component Maritime, Naples, IT
- In November, 2001 served as analyst for 4 months at the SRJOIC with analytical concentration in the Balkans and briefed CINCUSNAVEUR every week and the JFC, Naples J2 daily
- Called back to fill the Deputy Commander vacancy for 120 days oversaw a joint force of 26 US Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors and responsible for the triennial DIA SCIF inspection, passing the inspection with only 2 minor deficiencies
Supervisor
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
01.1976 - 01.2006
- 4 years’ experience in Reservations sales booking reservations for customers at Atlanta incoming call center
- Responsible for loading/unloading of commercial aircraft; providing solutions to passengers who require special assistance
- Supervised 15 agents and day to day operations of the busiest airport in the world
Education
BBA - International Business
American InterContinental University
Atlanta, GA01.2015
MBA - Finance
American InterContinental University
Atlanta, GA01.2012
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN01.1976
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Time Management
- Verbal and written communication
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
References
Furnished upon request
Additionalinformation
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Timeline
Manager
Auto Zone
01.2023 - Current
Independent Insurance Agent
Smart Money Retirement Solutions
01.2019 - Current
Financial Planner
John Hancock Financial Network
01.2011 - 01.2015
Assistant Director of Finance
National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
01.2010 - 01.2011
Assistant Director of Finance
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
01.2007 - 01.2010
Commander
US Naval Forces Europe
01.2004 - 01.2006
Various Roles
Southern Region Joint Operational Intelligence Cell
01.2001 - 01.2006
Supervisor
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
01.1976 - 01.2006
MBA - Finance
American InterContinental University
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
The University of Tennessee
BBA - International Business
American InterContinental University
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