John D. Olive

About John D. Olive

Professional leader with over four decades of first responder experience in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Fire Emergency Services, Air Force Civil Engineering, Homeland Defense and/or Counterterrorism related activities. Led combat EOD actions during OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/STORM, RESTORE HOPE SOMALIA, and IRAQI FREEDOM. Graduate of the Center for Creative Leadership, USAF Senior Leadership Course and Joint Senior Leaders Course with a CBRN Defense and Response Focus. Lean, Six Sigma (LSS) Greenbelt on Business Process Reengineering. Retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, currently employed as a federal employee for the Department of Defense.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Eod Division Sme

   Air Force Civil Engineer Center

   Nov 2014 — Present · Tyndall Air Force Base, PA

   Dr. John “JD” Olive is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Program, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Dr. Olive serves as Senior Manager, EOD Division, providing oversight on all Air Force EOD acquisition, research and development, and sustainment programs, encompassing 1,500 Unit Type Codes, a $1B resources portfolio,$300M, 5-year program central procurement program, a $91M Air Force demolition munitions inventory for 19 career fields, directly enabling the Organize, Train, and Equip of 1,700 Total Force EOD Airmen at 84 locations worldwide. As Air Force SME, Dr. Olive is the service focal point for DoD Operational Environmental Executive Services Committee on Munitions, Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board (DDESB) for EOD issues, and other joint and national level committees developing DoD and industry unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) standards. Chairs the EOD Information Management System Joint Configuration Control Board (EODIMS JCCB) on incident reporting and data sharing. He develops concept and operational plans to orchestrate the implementation of new programs into existing Air Force architecture, such as Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation to enable Airfield Damage Recovery operations, a $3.4B portfolio, is accountable for development of tactics, techniques, and procedures for all nine-core EOD mission areas and is the final authority for technical issue resolution.

Education

• Park University

  Associate of Science (A.S.)

  2000 — 2002

• Colorado Technical University

  Doctorate of Management

  2009 — 2013

• Central Michigan University

  Master of Science in Administration

  2002 — 2005

• Park University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  1997 — 2001

• Florence

  High School (Wisconsin)

• Community College of the Air Force

  Associate of Science (A.S.)

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Defence
• National Security
• Homeland Security
• Intelligence
• Program Management
• Dod
• Weapons
• Contingency Planning
• Organizational Leadership
• Operational Planning
• Afghanistan
• Force Protection
• Information Assurance
• Emergency Response to Terrorism
• Joint Military Operations
• Strategic Planning
• Command & Control
• Military Experience
• Protection
• Military Training
• Tactics
• Change Management
• Military Operations
• Command
• Training
• Air Force
• Eod
• Process Improvement
• Top Secret
• Cbrn
• Interagency Coordination
• Combat
• Explosives
• Defense
• Policy
• Readiness
• Leadership Development
• Government Contracting
• Emergency Management
• Military Logistics