Wade Hegele is seeking a position as a manager/leader with over 25 years of experience in the US Air Force, including 3 years as a Flight Commander and 12 years as a commissioned officer. He has a background in electrical engineering technology and aviation technology and has held leadership positions managing teams of up to 104 personnel with budgets up to $2.3M. His experience includes project management, systems engineering, and instruction in electronics maintenance.

1. Wade Hegele
1286 E Snow Creek Dr
Layton, UT 84040
Phone 801-544-3233
E-mail hegele7@juno.com
Objective: Seeking a position as an manager/leader
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
♦ Three years experience as a Flight Commander
♦ Twelve years experience as a commissioned officer in the US Air Force (USAF)
♦ Eleven years experience as a non-commissioned officer in the USAF
EDUCATION
1. Air Command and Staff College (leadership/management training), Air University,
Maxwell AFB, AL
2. Squadron Officer’s School (leadership/management training), Air University, Maxwell
AFB, AL
3. NCO Leadership School (leadership/management training), Air University, Keesler
AFB, MS
4. NCO Preparatory Course (leadership/management training), Air University, Hessich-
Oldendorf AF Station, Germany
5. BS in Electrical Engineering Technology, University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg
6. AS in Aviation Technology, Le Tourneau University, Longview, TX
7. AS in Instructor of Technology and Military Science, Community College of the Air
Force, Maxwell AFB, AL
EXPERIENCE
Leadership/Management
♦ Lead and supervise 30 military, civil servant, and contractor personnel as Command and
Control Flight Commander. Responsible for all software engineering, configurations
management, overseas theater and continental United States installation of radar data
links, and terrain data surveying for obstruction masking of Federal Aviation
Administration and Department of Defense (DoD) radar sites. (1)
♦ Lead and supervise 104 military, civilian and contractor personnel as Mission Systems
Flight Commander. Manage over 4,000 equipment items valued at $25M with an annual
budget of $2.3M. Direct support in 10 work centers for navigational aids, meteorological
systems, ground radio, public address, cable plant and telephone system equipment.
Support Ogden Air Logistics Center, 75th Air Base Wing, 388th and 419th Fighter Wings,
Utah Test and Training Range and 41 associate units. Ensure overall effectiveness of
Maintenance Standardization and Evaluation Program. Serve as Disaster Control Group
lead and Casualty Notification Officer. (2)
♦ Teach schematic level circuit theory and maintenance concepts to American and foreign
students as an electronics instructor. Classes up to 24 were typically first term Airmen.
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2. Systems include high power pulse transmitters, receivers, electronic countermeasures,
electronic counter-counter measures, anti-radiation missile decoy, and beacon
interrogators. Write appraisals, progress checks, test questions, and student textbooks.
(3)
Project Management
♦ Project manager for modernization contracts supplying Command, Control,
Communications, Computer, Integration (C4
I) for North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD). Direct multi-organization teams to analyze requirements and
implement projects. Define operational requirements for Integrated Tactical Warning and
Attack Assessment, theater warning, space control, space support, information warfare,
cruise missile defense and ballistic missile defense missions. (4)
♦ Create C4
I project packages for Tactical Secure Voice, Have Quick, Federal Aviation
Administration/Air Force Radar Replacement, and UHF/VHF Radio Installation Programs.
(5)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
♦ (1)
Command and Control Flight Commander, 84th
Radar Evaluation Squadron, Hill Air Force
Base (AFB), UT
♦ (2)
Mission Systems Flight Commander, 75th
Communications Squadron, Hill AFB, UT
♦ (3)
Instructor of Aircraft Control and Warning Radar Maintenance, 334 Technical
Training Squadron, Keesler AFB, MS
♦ (4)
Space Command and Control Modernization Officer, Cheyenne Mountain
Operations Center, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, CO
♦ (5)
Communications-Computer Systems Engineer, 38th
Engineering and Installation
Group, Tinker AFB, OK
Security clearance: TS/SCI (Periodic review completed in October of 2005)
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