This document is a resume for William D. Clark, a recently retired Naval Officer with over 20 years of experience in leadership, program management, logistics planning, and concept creation. He has a proven record of success leading teams and completing projects on time and under budget. His experience includes roles in military faculty and instruction, logistics planning for the 7th Fleet in Japan, managing the supply department on a naval destroyer, and teaching at the Navy Supply Corps School.

1. WILLIAM D. CLARK
3 6 F O S D Y K E S T . P R O V I D E N C E , R I 0 2 9 0 6
401-683-8215
clark1969@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/williamdclark1/
Summary
A newly retired Naval Officer with over 20 years of experience. Long record of leadership,
program management, strategic logistics planning, and concept creation. A proven record of
success in leading teams within complex organizations in a wide variety of environments and a
solid reputation for completing projects on time and under budget.
Competencies • Program Management
• Operational Logistics Planning
• Leadership
• Concept Development
• Technical Writing
• Budgeting
Experience
United States Naval Officer, logistician, planner, manager and instructor with a diversity of
assignments around the world.
Military Faculty 2010 - 2014
U.S. Naval War College, College of Operational and Strategic Leadership, Newport, Rhode Island
• Trained and educated all levels of military and civilian personnel on strategic level mission planning by forming and leading
Operational Planning Teams (OPTs) tasked to think creatively and critically in developing solutions to solve complex and
often chaotic problems
• Led and assisted with multiple training teams in supporting the global command and control and operations of Navy Fleet
Headquarters and Maritime Operations Centers in high tempo environments
• Hand selected to the team tasked with re-writing the overall Navy core planning doctrine
• Wrote and published the Navy’s first logistics planning doctrine
• Hand selected to manage the Naval War College Internal Control Program, ensuring the financial and information security
viability of fifty highly diverse and detailed accountable programs across the organization
Logistics Plans Officer 2007 - 2010
U.S. Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan
• Led multiple planning teams of ten or more U.S. and coalition military logisticians in conducting strategic, operational and
tactical fleet logistics planning in support of two major Pacific Theater standing contingency plans
• Designed and integrated the logistics support and coordination for fuel, maintenance, services and transportation to U.S. and
coalition forces in real-world humanitarian missions in Indonesia and the Philippines
• Trained and led U.S. Naval Officers, both active and reserve, in both preparing and participating in major multinational
naval exercises in the Pacific and Far East
Supply Officer, Department Head 2004 - 2006
USS McFaul, Norfolk, Virginia
• Managed all budgeting, services and sustainment for a modern U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer
• Led a department of over 50 officers and sailors in conducting financial, inventory, food service, retail and postal operations
for a crew of 450
• Managed an annual budget of over $3 million and a service part inventory of over $50 million
• Leveraged all aspects of the U.S. Navy supply and transportation systems to guarantee that McFAUL could always
execute her mission on lengthy deployments across multiple theaters around the world
Disbursing Instructor, Curriculum Coordinator 2001 - 2003
Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia
• Taught over 300 student naval officers in a six-month course in shipboard financial and cash management, budgeting
and book keeping
• Redesigned and converted the entire disbursing curriculum to an electronic medium, including a system of timely and
cost-effective course revisions and updates
• Mentored junior officers in career planning and leadership skills needed for their first sea assignments
Supply Division Officer 1998 - 2001
USS Rodney M. Davis, Everett, Washington
• Managed all billing, cash management, payroll for a U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate throughout multiple deployments
• Led a division of 10 sailors in conducting financial, inventory, retail and postal operations in support of a crew of 125
• Mentored sailors in leadership, career planning and personal financial management skills for their first time at sea
Labor Market Analyst 1995 - 1996
Texas Workforce Commission, Austin, Texas
• Analyzed unemployment insurance data for all counties and industries across the State of Texas in developing
employment forecasting models to aid in state and federal budgeting processes
• Functioned within a complex organizational environment by developing strong working relationships, coordinating and
collaborating with multiple administrators through all layers of local, state and federal government

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WILLIAM
D.
CLARK
Recognition and
Awards
Navy Meritorious Service Medal (Second Award), U.S. Naval War College, 2014
Navy Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Seventh Fleet, 2010
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy Supply Corps School, 2004
Navy Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Navy Supply Corps School, 2004
Instructor of the Quarter, Navy Supply Corps School, 2003
Volunteer of the Year, Junior League of Athens, GA, 2003
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, USS Rodney M. Davis, 2001
Education U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies, 2007
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Master of Business Administration (Finance), 2004
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Bachelor of Science (Economics), 1995
U.S. Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia
Basic Qualification Course, 1997-1998
Purdue University, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, 2014
Publications
Navy Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (NTTP) 5-01.4, “Navy Planning, Logistics”; Norfolk, Virginia,
Naval Warfare Development Command, 2014
Wai, L. & Clark, W.; Idaho Statistical Abstract; Moscow, Idaho, University of Idaho Press, 1994
Clearance TS/SCI Eligible
Community
Service
U.S. Navy Volunteer Coordinator, Athens Area Habitat For Humanity, Athens, Georgia, 2001-2003
Volunteer, MLK Center, Newport, Rhode Island, 2014