David Gaylord has over 20 years of experience managing logistics operations and personnel. He has consistently met targets for cost, productivity, accuracy, and timeliness. Currently serving as a Logistics Manager in the Tennessee Air National Guard, his responsibilities include overseeing $18M in annual inventory, training personnel, and ensuring regulatory compliance. He has received several awards for his leadership and job performance.

1. “David has done an outstanding job leading throughout the chaos!”
DAVID M. GAYLORD
CLARKSVILLE, TN 37040
(931) 624-2959 DGAYLORD101@YAHOO.COM
LOGISTICS MANAGER
SUMMARY
Mission-focused Logistics / Supply professional with over twenty years of experience managing the storage and
distribution of goods. Successfully planned and managed logistics operations and personnel, liaising / negotiating
with ancillary organizations and management, tracking quality, quantity, stock, delivery, and transport services.
Responsible for policy and process management, issue resolution, warehouse supervision and staff training.
Regularly meets cost, productivity, accuracy and timeliness targets, compliance, and maintenance of metrics and
data analysis to assess performance and implement improvements. United States Army / Air Force Veteran.
Open to Logistics Management role with an organization seeking a trusted leader and proven team builder with
a passion for logistics. A relationship-focused advisor and mentor with unwavering commitment to problem
solving, performance excellence, and total customer satisfaction.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Logistics Management Program Management Operations Management
Technology / Logistics Systems Inventory Management Policies & Procedural Authority
Compliance / Inspection Resource Management Shipping & Receiving Management
Asset Management Planning – Delivery - Resupply Stakeholder Engagement
Annually responsible for over $18M in property and supplies for US Air Force – including inventory, track,
ship and resupply in support of the 24/7 unmanned air craft mission located at Nashville IAP.
Provides supervision to personnel at all levels - including training, counseling, mentoring and coaching.
Senior Military Advisor for an 82-member Logistics Readiness Squadron.
Awarded Wing Senior Non-Commission officer of the year 2013.
Received Meritorious Service Award for Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom 2003 - 2004.
PC Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Outlook, SharePoint, Internet Explorer. Operates several computer
web based systems on a daily basis.
CAREER HISTORY
TENNESSEE AIR NATIONAL GUARD 1989 – 2017
LOGISTICS SUPERVISOR, TENNESSEE AIR NATIONAL GUARD – NASHVILLE, TN 2010 – PRESENT
Provides technical and administrative supervision to 19 subordinate personnel within Logistics Readiness / Material
Management, establishing priorities based on attainment of goals, objectives, and work requirements. Manages budget of
$190K for four government programs.
Establishes division policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory procedures, establishing
metrics and reviewing performance indicators to assess efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance.
Evaluates requirements for additional resources and balances organizational needs with overall mission
requirements and resource interests.
Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with ancillary units, supported
organizations, and higher headquarters.
Identifies the need for special projects, initiates milestones and goals, and determines and executes
appropriate recommendations for unresolved / questionable problems.
Administers the Reutilization Program, screening and selecting property for reutilization.
Verifies eligibility authority and approval prior to release of property, and makes non-routine property
processing decisions for individual property items.
Ensures compliance with newly automated disposal methods, operational processes, and techniques, and
validates compliance with all disposal requirements for customers or service providers.
Provides detailed instruction and guidance regarding disposal of non-routine or specialized items when
downgrading property, with property requiring special handling, or of potentially hazards, toxic or
environmental pollutants, and where chemicals are involved.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Guided unit through inspection with zero discrepancies, receiving excellent rating (2010 – 2012).
Coordinates annual resources of asset inventories valued at $18M; with average accuracy rate of 98%.
Coordinated the six-month remodel and relocation of personnel, six warehouse / office spaces valued at
$8M, with total project allocation over $150K.
Proficient in PC and Mac Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Outlook, SharePoint, Internet.

2. DAVID M. GAYLORD
“A Subject Matter Expert (SME) in his field, he provides OUTSTANDING technical expertise and direction.”
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QA AUDITOR / RESOURCE ADVISOR, TENNESSEE AIR NATIONAL GUARD – NASHVILLE, TN 2001 – 2009
Performs analysis on a wide range of technical functions by analyzing historical and current data and identifying deficiencies
or potential problems during surveillances or staff assistance visits.
Evaluates fluctuations or trends in statistics, resolves discrepancies, and makes recommendations for
change when problems are identified.
Compares supply performance and maintenance interface data with prescribed standards to identify
effectiveness of supply support, and analyzes current / potential problems identified by flight management.
Performs in-depth research and analyses, making appropriate recommendations for improvement, and
implements corrective measures when specific actions are required.
Utilizes software, spreadsheets, databases and graphics to collect, organize, analyze, display, and/or brief
management information to customers and/or squadron management staff.
Monitors inventory losses by analyses of inventory discrepancies, adjustments, and trends to ensure base
resources management system accuracy. Receives incoming shipment discrepancy reports and analyzes
incoming / outgoing reports to ensure effectiveness of the Supply Discrepancy Report (SDR) program.
EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT, TENNESSEE AIR NATIONAL GUARD – NASHVILLE, TN 2005 – 2008
Supervises and performs equipment, accounting, and inventory stock control, financial planning, and funds control.
Computes requirement, determines allowance, and researches and identifies equipment requirements. Supervises and
performs operations involved in storage, inspection, identification, and receipt of equipment.
Verified accountability of all capital, nuclear related, and Communications Security (COMSEC) equipment.
Responsible for facility safety and security, conducted inventories, operated automated equipment, special
purpose government vehicles, and materiel handling equipment.
Provided key stakeholders with analysis while maintaining system to ensure actions were accomplished
within timeline, discrepancies were corrected, and provided after-action reporting.
Ensured inventory and accountability of equipment assets, including accounting of purchases over $2.5K.
Assured equipment requirements for deployments, identifying equipment to be transferred / placed /
returned from deployed status.
Led item accounting procedures, providing assistance and additional training when required.
Accountable for capital assets valued over $100K and ensured semi-annual reconciliation of all equipment.
MATERIAL HANDLER, TENNESSEE AIR NATIONAL GUARD – NASHVILLE, TN 2004 – 2005
Receives and processes notice to stock parts and equipment. Assures incoming materiel matches that of the accompanying
documentation. Examines materiel for shortages, overages and obvious damage and coordinates any discrepancies with
the Cargo Movement Element.
Stores all in-warehouse items, and provides secure storage and handling of classified and sensitive items,
controls item deterioration, and initiates inputs to add or delete warehouse locations on item records.
Responsible for the inventory and proper accounting of all in-warehouse assets, and performs special
inventories as required.
Selects items to be moved and transfers them to the Cargo Movement Element for delivery/shipment.
Assures items requiring special handling (i.e., classified) are receipted for by authorized individuals.
Inspects all classes of property, and ensures materials are properly identified as to condition, identity,
security, and classification.
Monitors material suspect program to eliminate possible hazards or substandard material. Coordinates with
Bioenvironmental Health Technician on all hazardous items, ensuring items properly identified.
Manages unserviceable holding area. Ensures disposition is received in a timely manner. Monitors Quality
Deficiency Reports (QDR) pending disposition. Process turn-ins and Coordinates with Quality Assurance for
disposition instructions.
EARLY POSITIONS 1989 – 2004
Positions of increasing responsibility in Logistics and Leadership roles.
EDUCATION • TRAINING
High School Graduate
Tennessee Air National Guard Full Time Supply Technician – Nashville, TN
Air Force Supply Logistics / Management Managers School – 4 Weeks, formal training
Air Force Supply / Logistics Journeyman Course – 3 Weeks, CBT (computer based training)
Air Force Supply / Logistics Apprentice School – 7 weeks, formal training
Army Unit Movement / Planner School – 40 hours, formal training
FISCAL Law Course – 40 hours, formal training
Government Credit Card Approving Official Course - 40 hours, CBT (computer based training)
Air Force Resource Managers School – 120 hours, formal training
Tennessee HRO Personnel Managers / Supervisors Class 1 & 2 – 80 hours, formal training