ERIC LOREN SALERNO
Highly motivated, dedicated, and organized professional with over 7 years of experience in County, State, and Federal funding policies. I have served on a total of 5 disasters, two with Federal agencies.
My professional management abilities, and oral communication skills have allowed me to clearly and effectively advise various programs at the Federal, State, County, and Private levels.
My areas of experience/expertise include:
♦ Project Management ♦ Project Research and Development
♦ Team Leadership ♦Cost Estimating♦ Building Construction
♦ Federal, State Grants ♦ Project Development
♦Needs Assessment♦Vendor Management ♦ Damage Assessment
♦ Interviewing/Assessment ♦ Budget Management
♦ State Funding Policies ♦ Federal Funding Policies
♦ County Funding Policies♦ Emergency Assistance
♦ Grant Eligibility Determination ♦ Customer Relations
♦ Contract Management ♦ Consulting Services
PERSONAL DATA:
Citizenship: United States.
Veteran’s Preference or Federal Status: GS-1101-09
Security Clearance Information:
E-Quip and SF-85 passed and on file 05/07 #1967519
*Bi-lingual English/ Spanish
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :
Hilton-Hines & Associates Inc-Information Technology & Services.
www.BDHilton.com
Job Title: Senior Consultant $2,500/month
August 2011-Present
Managing Director: Brook Hilton (770) 552-4304
Job Description:
Working as a consultant in customer relations and contract management. Assisted clients and individual program managers in explaining our companies consulting practices as it relates to the technologies industries.
Meeting with new clients for relationship management, and assisted with paperwork signing and answering any questions.
Relaying the meetings notes and dialog to managing director for case files and later review.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency
DAE C3
February 2011 – August 2011
Supervisor: Ron Wells
Job Description:
FEMA Cadre Employee ready for response to declared disaster events throughout the United States. Trained to explain Stafford Act program requirements and procedures, hold town hall meetings, and fully explain all the encompassing steps to obtaining funding.
Duties would have been to intake and verify damages claimed by County and City applicants. Formulate public assistance project worksheets and assist the areas effected in receiving funding through FEMA programs.
URS Engineering Corporation
Program Specialist
August 2008 – August 2010 (2 years 1 month)
Supervisor: Sherry Crouch (703) 691-6621
Active Security Clearance/Public Trust, Moderate Risk *; 00 per hour
Traveled to FEMA disaster locations in the Continental United States within 48 hrs.
Deployed to Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, & Flooding DR-1768.
Also deployed to Indiana for Severe Storms and Flooding DR-1795.
Job Description:
Traveled to FEMA disaster locations in the Continental United States.
Held kickoff meetings with applicant administrators, to advise applicants' in regards to project submittals and timelines for FEMA funding requests.
Estimated total cost associated with the damages incurred by the applicants.
Collected and reviewed various sensitive documents for accuracy and relevant information pertaining to each project.
Collaborated closely with County, State, and Federal administrators serving in a liaison role, and assisted in answering with technical questions that arose.
Prepared project worksheets which consisted of explanative phases regarding the disaster site, as well as various engineering quantities and mathematical computations to explain the projects parameters clearly.
Exited out applicants and signed off all final FEMA paperwork to expedite funding.
QA/QC in the JFO toward the end of the disaster and assisted with closeouts and appeals.
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
July 2007 - August 2008
Disaster Reserve Specialist CSR GS-1101-09 * Active Security Clearance *
Small Business Administration
Office of Disaster Assistance Personnel & Administration Support Center,
13221 Woodland Park Road, Herndon , Virginia 20171
Salary: $ 22.93 per hour
Hours: 84 hours a week
Supervisor: Cadre deployment officer on staff
Job Description:
Communicate with disaster victims by phone, email, and in person, who are applying for home and business loans as a result of damage caused by a disaster and I help them complete the loan applications.
Explain program requirements, screen home and all types of business loan applications, ensuring compliance with Federal department quality standards.
Counsel home and business loan applicants who have submitted incomplete applications.
Close unsecured and secured home and business loans.
Advise borrowers of their rights and obligations under conditions of the Federal loan authorization act.
Involved with all aspects of the loan financing reviews from financial reports, including profit and loss statements and balance sheets, to closing the loans.
CDM FEDERAL PROGRAMS
May 2007 – July 2007
FEMA Project Officer / CI 2 *Active Security Clearance Public Trust / Moderate Risk*
CDM Federal Programs, 14420 Albemarle Point Place, Suite 210, Chantilly , Virginia 20151
Salary: $2,500/bi-weekly
Hours: 57 hours a week
Supervisor: 1-617-452-6000
Deployed to New Jersey to work on Federally-declared Disaster NJ-1694
Job Description:
Worked closely County, State, and Federal administrators serving in an advisor role and assisted in answering with technical questions that arose.
Prepared project worksheets which consisted of explanative phases regarding the disaster site, as well as various engineering quantities and mathematical computations to explain the projects parameters clearly.
Prepared weekly project projections. The categories of work estimated were categories A-G with the majority of damages in categories A,B, and C.
Assembled and edited complete case files, entering the data into the NEMIS System to update the funding amount estimated for each assigned project.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (OES)
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