Gary Icardi is a Transition Senior Chief Storekeeper with over 26 years of experience in the US Coast Guard, most recently as a Financial Inspector. He has extensive experience in budgeting, accounting, reconciliation, inventory management, and financial administration. He is seeking a position as a Supply Technician, Financial Technician, or Accounting Technician that utilizes his skills in financial management, customer service, and systems experience.
1. Gary S. Icardi Gary.Icardi@gmail.com
510.786.7329 C 4955 Cherbourg Rd
Citizenship: US Virginia Beach, VA 23455
LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/gary-icardi
Objective: I am a Transition Senior Chief Storekeeper with over 26 years of service as a Storekeeper
in the US Coast Guard. Most of my experience is in either budget/accounting, Reconciliation,
Forklift operator, or aviation physical inventory and parts management. I am looking to get a job as a
Supply Technician, a Financial Technician or an Accounting Technician.
Work Experience
Financial Inspector, SKCS, US Coast Guard 07/12 - Present
CG FORCECOM (FC-Acfae) S: CWO4 Chad A. McNeill
300 E. Main Street P: 410.279.8624 May contact
Norfolk, VA 23510 $75,000.00 USD Per Year
Duties: As a Financial Inspector, inspected 197 Coast Guards units to ensure they were in
compliance with all Coast Guard Finance Rules, Regulations, Policies, and Procedures. Administered
and developed the inspection calendar for 3 fiscal years and was responsible to publish the schedule
of unit inspections for over 350 Coast Guard units in a timely fashion. This included the rescheduling
and reorganizing of approximately 175 scheduled inspections. I assisted with the development,
rollout, and implementation of a Virtual inspection program and a smaller finance checklist to
inspect units via computer, thereby reducing overall travel costs by $75 K a year for our unit.
Directly mentored, trained, and provided technical guidance for over 750 Command personnel,
Storekeepers, and Machinery Technicians as needed in the areas of Financial Administration, Motor
Vehicle Management, General Purpose Property, Physical Inventory Management, Morale, Welfare,
and Well-being (MWR), IMPREST funds, and the Transportation of Freight programs. Analyzed our
financial checklist with the program managers to ensure it was in line with all Coast Guard Financial
Instructions, Policies, and Procedures to ensure the most up-to-date checklist for each fiscal year. As
the unit scheduler, reorganized 175 unit scheduled inspections due to their operational or availability
schedule.
AFC-56 Program Manager, SKC, US Coast Guard 08/08 - 06/12
CG FORCECOM (FC-TRX) S: Mrs. Lenora Roberts
2100 Half St. SW P: 202.475.5066 May contact
Washington, DC 20024 $58,000 USD Per Year
Duties: Assessed, budgeted, oversaw, tracked, and reconciled the AFC’s 30, 34, and 56 accounts
consisting of 70 program elements with approximately 1000 project codes totaling $124 M dollars
annually. Led the division to identify and correct 2,134 erroneous charges totaling over $2.3 M
dollars and spanning multiple fiscal years. Improved the process to analyze, validate, and correct all
open obligation validation application (OOVA) transactions with tremendously increased the ability
to comply with requirements for CFO audits and quarterly pipeline certifications. Oversaw and was
responsible for, as the Primary Inventory Control Manager and the Property Officer, all of the
property in FORCECOM which is geographically located in six locations throughout the US totaling
over $600 K dollars in assets. Provided outstanding customer service and support to all HQ unit
personnel as well as support to FORCECOM Field units on supply and finance related issues and
questions to ensure compliance with all applicatable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures were
followed and adhered to by all members of the command.
As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the Coast Guard’s Financial Management System, utilized the
financial system to its full potential to successful account for all funding and to provide outstanding
2. customer assistance for all customer requests. Resolved accounting issues and errors with the Coast
Guard’s Finance Center to ensure all obligations and charges are correct. Reconciled over 4500
program element status (PES) reports over 4 fiscal years totaling over $90 M dollars with zero errors.
Established that all 55 AFC-56 accounts were input into our financial management system correctly,
added members to the accounting lines, added credit cards to the correct line of accounting (LOA) as
needed, and provided customer support as required. Ensured that all transactions listed on the open
obligation validation application were correct and valid charges, any errors were corrected, and all
transactions that were no longer needed were deobligated. Recouped over $12 M dollars over a 4
year period to be used to fund other Coast Guard projects and field units to ensure they were
mission capable.
Supply Management, SK1, US Coast Guard 07/06 - 07/08
CG HITRON Jacksonville S: SKC John Schuler
13520 Aerospace Way P: 904.718.3711 May contact
Jacksonville, FL 32210 $40,000 USD Per Year
Duties: Oversaw the day to day activities in the supply shop, to include procurement, property,
reconciliation, physical inventory, HAZMAT shipment paperwork, and transportation of freight, and
ensured all these responsibilities were executed properly and in compliance with all CG rules,
regulation, policies, and procedures. Accomplished the expanditure of the general purpose property
of the unit from just over $1 M dollars to over $5 M dollars in value and from 750 line items to over
2500 line items with no issues or errors and in a timely fashion. Was a member of a team that
expanded the unit parts inventory from 250 line items and $8 K in value to over 1800 line items and
$850 K dollars in value. Utilized the IATA, CFR 49, and other shipping manuals to coordinate
HAZMAT shipments to locations throughout the world to ensure that CG missions could continue
without any asset down time and ensured all C-17 on-loads were in regulation thus reducing shipping
delays by 25%. Analyzed the unit fuel accountability program and developed a new tracking system
for all fuel purchases and fuel receipts for the unit aviation assets. Optimized new ideas to develop a
plan to track and distribute supplies to other departments. Properly trained and operated as a
certified forklift operator several different size forklifts to ensure that trucks were properly loaded
and unloaded with no damage to any shipments or equipment. Expertly recouped over $20 K in unit
funds, within the first week of reporting to the job, to use this funding to procure critical items
needed to finish out unit deployments and to provide back to the Coast Guard for use in other
critical funding projects. Assisted with 8 quarterly inventories of over 2800 type 3 & 5 parts with no
issues or discrepancies in a two year time period. Served as the only certified forklift operator for the
supply office and expertly onloaded and offloaded in excess of 150 shipments of material, supplies,
and aircraft ground support equipment with no damage or discrepancies.
Financial Manager, SK1, US Coast Guard 07/02 - 06/06
CG MLC Pacific, Finance/Procurement Branch (FPB) S: Mr. Paul Dinsmore
Coast Guard Island P: 510.437.3015 May contact
Alameda, CA 94501 $40,000 USD Per Year
Duties: Resolved complex financial management/account management reconciliation problems
involving multi million dollars accounts saving the Coast Guard over $8 M dollars over a 2 year
period. Constantly provided training on the Coast Guard’s financial management system to new
users to ensure their smooth transition to the system. Provided customer service to over 28,000 coast
guard members spread out throughout the Pacific Area Theater of operation, to include from the
west coast of the USA all the way to Japan. Served as the alternate System Administrator for the
Coast Guard’s financial management and accounting system for over 2500 personnel, where he
expertly added these 2500 users to over 17500 accounts and also added over 2250 credit cards.
Expertly reconciled 25 accounts and over 12500 Program Element Status (PES) Reports over a four
3. year period which totaled more than $58 M Dollars with no errors or issues. Provided excellent
customer service and support to over 200+ financial management system users throughout Coast
Guard Island, to include analyze reconciliation issues to resolve over $750 K dollars in accounting
errors. Identified, researched, and resolved over $4.8 M dollars in errors in reconciliation and
accounting to recoup this funding to be used for other Coast Guard missions.
Supply Management, SK2, US Coast Guard 04/00 - 06/02
CG Group Upper Mississippi River S: SKC Ronald Sisco
300 Main St P: unknown May not contact
Keokuk, IA 52632 $29,000 USD Per Year
Duties: Expertly provided procurement service, financial service, reconciliation, supply technical
service, and customer support for the Group Office, as well as, to 6 outlying operational units (5
Coast Guard Cutters and one LORAN Station) with a combined yearly operating budget of $950 K.
Improved the relationship between the outlying units and the group office on ordering, receiving,
and delivering high dollar items to the underway cutters to ensure they could complete their mission.
Ordered, stocked, and maintained the general supplies locker of approximately 750 line items valued
at $25 K.
Supply Management, SK2 & SK3, US Coast Guard 09/96 - 04/00
CG Air Station Clearwater S: F&S4 Gordy Willis
15100 Rescue Way P: unknown May not contact
Clearwater, FL 33762 $25,000 USD Per Year
Duties: Prepared, processed, and shipped 250 shipments of used aviation type 2 and 4 parts back to
the depot level repair center in Elizabeth City, NC accurately, on time, and with no loss to any of the
parts or shipments, which allowed the items to be repaired in a timely manner and returned back to
the fleet. Assisted with the reprogramming, processing, packaging, and shipment of over 15000 line
items worth of parts totaling 65000 parts and valued at over $4 M dollars when the parts were no
longer required to be stocked in the unit’s physical inventory and were to be stocked at the aviation
product line main supply center. Issued type 2 and type 4 Ready For Issue (RFI) parts to the aviation
departments when requested with no issues or discrepancies. Updated the unit physical inventory
database with any parts reductions that were issued during night watch to the midcheck section.
Expertly provided forklift services for the loading, unloading and delivering of large equipment,
parts, and materials without any item being damaged due to operator error in a 4 year time period.
This included the loading and unloading of trucks with both new and used aircraft parts that totaled
over 600 pickups and deliveries of these materials, often with the whole trailer needing to be either
loaded or unloaded. Processed and ordered over 6000 credit card micro purchase orders in excess of
$10 M dollars and completed over 75 credit card statements totaling over $9 M dollars in a 15 month
period. Provided customer support to over 650 members stationed at the unit on physical inventories
policies, procurement questions, deliveries, general purpose property, and HAZMAT shipping issues.
Prepared and shipped over 250 HAZMAT shipments to other Coast Guard units worldwide to
ensure the mission could be completed with no discrepancies. Established the procedure that is still
used today for the various departments to accurately receive, sign for, account for, and delivery their
shipments to the correct office or job location. Assisted with and performed in 12 spot inventories
requested by the depot level aviation product line with 100% accuracy on each inspection.
Procurement Specialist, SK3, US Coast Guard 09/93 - 08/96
USCGC POLAR STAR (WAGB-10) S: SKC Mary Cirniglario
1519 Alaskan Way S. P: unknown May not contact
Seattle, WA 98134 $20,000 USD Per Year
4. Duties: Served as the unit’s only credit card holder and was responsible for processing over 4500
micro purchase credit card orders totaling over $5 M dollars in a three year period. Member assisted
the primary reconciler with assistance into any unusual, unknown, or problems with reconciling the
units accounting books with that of the Coast Guards Finance Center for a 6 month period to bring
the SKC up to speed on recon after being out of rate for her last tour. Conducted 2 wall to wall
inventories of the unit’s physical inventory total over 7500 line items and updated the units’
computer inventory to ensure it was verified with the actual count in the store rooms. Served as a
certified forklift driver for the unit to transfer supplies and materials from the warehouse to the unit,
traveled a distance of ¼ of a mile each way, successfully delivered over 1500 round way trips in a
three year period with no damaged or destroyed packages. Was certified and operated both the 6K
and the 20K forklift to complete these movements of supplies.
Deck Seaman, SN, US Coast Guard 12/89 - 08/93
CGC CITRUS (WMEC 300) S: BM1 Galicia
2100 N. Bayshore Dr. P: unknown May not contact
Coos Bay, OR 97420 $12,000 USD Per Year
Duties: Served as deck seaman, master helmsman, damage control firefighter, and after steering
phone talker. Struck and worked as a Storekeeper while on board. Expertly purchased, received,
stored, receipted for, and reconciled purchases made for the unit in place of the SK1, who would be
gone from the unit on leave or TDY, without only minimal and first time guidance with any errors or
issues.
Education
05/89 High School Diploma
Moon Valley High School, Phoenix, AZ 85029
Job Related Training
05/09 Senior Leadership Development Course
01/07 Centralized Shipboard Supply Certification
04/07 Air Force Hazardous Material Shipping Course
01/05 Simplified Acquisition Refresher Course
04/99 Basic Reconciliation Course
09/96 Navy Hazardous Material Shipping Course
08/96 Federal Government Credit Card Training Course
09/95 Basic & Advanced Large Unit Financial System (LUFS) Course
Honors, Awards
Coast Guard Commendation Medal
Coast Guard Achievement Medal (4)
Coast Guard Letter of Commendation
Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal (7)
Humanitarian Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal (2)
Global War Terror Service Medal
Other Information
I have worked with and I have proven Technical skills on the following Software: Microsoft
Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook), Adobe, Large Unit Financial System
(LUFS), VERINT, ORACLE, AMMIS, Global Freight Management (GFM) and the following
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (95, 98, XP, Vista), Windows 10. I am highly proficient
in the Coast Guards financial management system (FPD) with over 15 years’ experience with
providing customer service to over 6000 Coast Guard members with any issues they are
experiencing and with providing a fixable solution to these issues.