Stassi D. Cramm
1001 West Walnut
Independence, MO 64050
816-521-3034
SCramm@CofChrist.org EDUCATION

PhD in Organization and Management Capella University, Minneapolis, MN Degree expected 2007
MA in Religion Graceland University, Independence, MO 2002
MA in Organization Management University of Phoenix, Las Vegas, NV 1998
BS with Honors in General Engineering University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL 1983
- 4.75 out of 5.00 Overall Undergraduate Grade Average/ 4.95 out of 5.00 Junior-Senior Grade AverageTEACHING & TRAINING EXPERIENCE
  - Community of Christ Seminary/Graceland University, Independence, MO
    - Chair, Master of Arts in Religion or Christian Ministry Project/Thesis Committees
    - Co-Chair, Leadership Track for Master of Arts in Christian Ministry
    - Guest Lecturer, Christian Mission Course
  - Community of Christ Christian Education
    - Adult Sunday School Teacher
    - Children's Sunday School Teacher
    - Continuing Education Unit TeacherWORK EXPERIENCE
      - Apostle and Director of Mission Support Ministries, 6/2005 - present
        
        Serve as one of twelve senior missionaries for the worldwide denomination and serve as executive officer for all of the ministries and services that support the mission of the church around the globe.
        Led a design team which developed an appreciative inquiry summit for 300 staff from around the world to collaborate on the redesign of Mission Support Ministries
      - Counselor to the Presiding Bishop, 4/2002-6/2005
        
        Served as one of three chief financial officers for the worldwide denomination.
        Designed and implemented an extensive training program for the Mission Center Financial Officers
        Co-authored a new stewardship book for church membership
        Streamlined and managed the World Ministries budget for the annual operations of world church ministries around the globe
        Realigned the records management, membership records, and information systems departments into a streamlined, single department providing more services with fewer resources
        Recruited and hired a Chief Information Officer to oversee the new department
      - Southwest Pacific Region Administrator and Financial Officer
        
        Administered twenty-one congregations in the region covering Baja California Mexico, southern California, southern Nevada, and Arizona.
        Supervised the five paid ministers in the region and organized 200 volunteer ministers.
        Provided vision and policies for the region in accordance with headquarters’ directions.
        Developed annual budgets and managed regional assets and liabilities.
        Empowered the general membership through effective programming, processes, structures, sound theological and organizational foundations, as well as quality resources.
        Designed and implemented a leader/minister education program.
        Streamlined administrative processes to shorten approval times and increase efficiency.
        Invited to participate on the World Church Leadership Council (WCLC).
        Advocated support and funding for missionary efforts in Baja California Mexico.
        Hosted a regional workshop on “Encountering the Gospel of Peace” and hosted a regional gathering on visioning the future.
      - Electronic Warfare (EW) Directorate Technical Director
        
        Responsible for the technical quality and content of all products prepared by the EW Directorate including program introductory documents, test plans, information sheets and reports.
        Instrumental in improving the test concept of the B-1 Defensive System Upgrade Program, which saved more than $1 million by eliminating unnecessary tests.
        Established a revolutionary process that stopped tests from being started if appropriate technical and safety reviews had not been accomplished.
        Pinpointed training deficiencies in the engineering workforce, designed an innovative concept for specialized on-the-job training of engineers, lobbied for funding to pursue the concept and initiated the development of the concept. Engineers are receiving more focused training as a direct result of this innovation.
      - Electronic Warfare Test Engineering Division Manager
        
        Established the electronic warfare test-engineering workforce that supported Combined Test Forces (CTFs) through the use of a process-centered organizational structure.
        Developed the management and communication processes for identifying workload and manpower needs.
        Launched a new program of excellence by expanding the authority of the engineers at the CTFs and preparing the engineers to successfully apply their new authority.
        Established this new division in response to a short-suspense order from the Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC).
        Won the support of the senior AFFTC managers who were initially opposed to the concept.
        Earned the loyalty of the engineers who were moved into the new division through unprecedented consensus building processes.
      - Special Assistant to the Commander
        
        Established and led the modeling and simulation (M&S) task force dedicated to the integration of M&S into the Electronic Warfare test process.
        Provided technical advice to the Commander on all weapon system test and infrastructure development M&S activities for the 150 person EW Directorate.
        Served as senior technical liaison for the EW Directorate and the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) providing connectivity between test and evaluation and the role of M&S in the Air Force and the Department of Defense (DoD).
        Developed the M&S vision, policies and implementation strategy for the EW Directorate and the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) in accordance with Air Force and DoD visions and policies.
        Trained AFFTC personnel on M&S tasks.
        Marketed EW Directorate capabilities creating new M&S business opportunities.
        Instrumental in establishing teams with Air Force Material Command (AFMC) M&S Integration Office (MSIO), Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC), Air Force Studies and Analysis (AFSAA), Navy and Army EW test and M&S divisions and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as well as other Intelligence agencies.
        Designated by the Air Staff in the Pentagon to co-chair the Test Process Working Group developing inputs for the M&S end state assigned by the Chief of the Air Force for incorporation into the Air Force’s Advanced Plan and Program Guidance (APPG).
      - Range Integration Division Manager
        
        Served as the Director of the Integration Division which developed, built and installed specialized instrumentation; integrated new infrastructure capabilities onto the range in support of Electronic Warfare test, evaluation and training; and accomplished verification and validation testing to insure quality of all simulation capabilities offered to customers.
        Led a diverse cadre of 170 engineers, analysts, and scientists in the accomplishment of all in-house improvement and modernization programs to include numerous simulation programs such as the Synthetic Target Generator and Miss Distance Scoring System.
        Responsible for the safety, quality, and completeness of all ground and flight-testing accomplished by the division to validate the simulations maintained by the organization.
        Advocated and implemented several key internal multi-million dollar programs to include establishment of the Time Space Position Information Quality Team, Data Quality Improvement Program and Miss Distance Scoring System Quantification Program.
        Established several teams with external agencies to support Special Access Programs to include Air Combat Command, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, System Program Offices, and Intelligence Agencies.
        Represented the organization serving on national working groups that oversaw four major Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) programs with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC) and National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC).
        Led these national working groups in defining test conduct policy in meeting the objectives of the programs.
        Instrumental in re-engineering the process followed by these programs achieving a 50% reduction in time to get the new assets in the field for test customers.
        Introduced the concept of the Intelligence Agencies producing a validated digital threat model in the Joint Modeling And Simulation System (JMASS) architecture as a product of S&TI. Gained national support for this concept.
      - Evaluation Engineering Branch Manager
        
        Led the 90-person branch responsible for the integration of new infrastructure capabilities onto the range in support of Electronic Warfare test, evaluation and training.
        Directed a highly technical and scientific workforce in the planning, executing, and analyzing of ground and flight tests of extremely sophisticated, instrumented test resources.
        Operated and maintained specialized measurement capabilities in support of the mission to include the Air Force Flight Test Center’s (AFFTC) Antenna Measurement Facility as well as nine mobile Radar System and Certification Analysis Laboratories (RASCAL).
        Guided development of new flight test methods and measurement techniques.
        Established and maintained close working relationships with other Air Force, Navy and Army test organizations to insure that infrastructure capabilities met all existing and future test and training requirements.
        Directed the engineering staff in all matters relative to Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) gathering to include instrumentation, performance verification, special measurements, and report writing.
        Teamed with other leaders at the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC), and National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) to insure that all S&TI requirements were met in a quality and timely manner.
        Served as Chair for the AF/TE sponsored Technical Review Board (TRB) responsible for the oversight of three working groups: Infrared Models, Digital Simulations, and Missile Fly-out Model Working Group (FMWG).
        Orchestrated the incorporation of common fly-out models from the FMWG into multiple Department of Defense (DoD) facilities to include the Electronic Combat Range at China Lake and the Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator (AFEWES).
      - Program Manager
        
        Program Manager for $15M contract to design, develop and install a state-of-the-art simulation capability combining radio frequency (RF) injection of simulated airborne targets with one-of-a-kind ground radars.
        Led a mixed team of 15 Air Force and support contractor personnel in the total life-cycle management of the Synthetic Target Generator (STG) program to include: writing specifications, preparing government estimates, evaluating contractor proposals, awarding a contract, monitoring contractor progress, writing test procedures, accepting delivery of the system from the contractor, preparing the ground radars for installation, installing the systems on multiple ground radars and accomplishing final verification and validation testing of the operational STG capability.
        Convinced management of the in-house team’s ability to take over the project during the third phase of the STG development instead of awarding a follow-on contract.
        Decision resulted in significant cost savings and improved flexibility for responding to changing test mission requirements for STG applications.
      - B2-Flight Test Engineer
        
        Air Force flight test engineer (FTE) for vibroacoustic and flutter testing of the B-2. In this role, planned, executed and analyzed flight-testing.
        Served as part of the flight test engineering team in the mission control room for B-2 low and high-speed taxi tests, first flight, and initial envelope expansion tests.
        Instrumental in developing and verifying the first flutter analysis system for clearing flutter flight test points during the flight test mission. Prior to this capability, post mission analysis was required between missions to provide flutter clearance to expand the operating envelope to the next set of test points.
        Lead vibroacoustic engineer for the investigation of anomalous cracking of the B-2 aft deck, which resulted in a redesign.
      - Support Engineering Branch Manager
        
        Led a team of 30 engineers and technicians in activating the site for occupancy by 2000 employees and seven test aircraft.
        Orchestrated B-2 Test Support Facility (TSF) related activities in a number of different organizations including Base Communications Squadron, Base Civil Engineer, Aircraft Instrumentation Development Branch, Aircraft Logistics Squadron, Army Corps of Engineers, the B-2 System Program Office, and the prime B-2 contractor.
        Air Force Program Manager for the $76M construction project of the TSF and $15M project integrating the TSF into the Edwards AFB test range.
        Outstanding leadership resulted in the TSF being built on time and within budget meeting all of the B-2 requirements.
      - Infrastructure Development Manager
        
        Managed activities of a diversified team of engineers and technicians in various design and installation projects including machine shop, civil engineering, defense mapping agency surveyors and flight test engineers.
        Designed and installed radar test range to support B-1B offensive avionics suite.
        Received a letter of appreciation from the B-1B Combined Test Force Commander. PRESENTATIONS
        
        Monthly preaching and teaching assignments at Community of Christ congregations throughout the world averaging 50 assignments per year (Aug 1997 – present)
        Over 24 per year presentations to the Air Staff and Tri-service staff in the Pentagon in defense of development program status and test program findings (1996 – 2000)
        Speaker at Joint Modeling And Simulation System Industry Day (Oct 1997)
        Keynote Speaker for Silver State Chapter, Association of Old Crows (AOC) (Nov 1996)
        Speaker at CROSSBOW Technical Symposium (Sep 96)
        Luncheon Speaker for Antelope Valley Chapter, AOC (Aug 96)
        Key Note Speaker at the 3rd National AOC Modeling and Simulation Conference, "The Responsible Use of Simulation in Electronic Warfare Testing" (Mar 96) PROFESSIONAL REPORTS
        
        Editor of the Temple School Course (PA 231) titled "Bishop: Ministers of Generosity"
        Editor of the Temple School Course (TE 231) titled "Stewardship: An Old Path Made New"
        Co-author of book published by Herald House titled “A Disciple’s Generous Response”
        Monthly co-author of the “Sharing Our Witness and Resources” for the Herald Magazine of the Community of Christ from June 2002 - June 2005
        Authored Southwest Pacific Region 2000 Annual Report
        Authored Master’s project which was published as the “Electronic Warfare Test Engineering Division Business Plan for Fiscal Year 1999” (provided as a sample of my writing)
        Participated in authoring of numerous classified test plans and reports for the F-16, B-1, B-2 and other platforms AWARDS
        
        Meritorious Civilian Service Award (1997)
        7 Performance Management System Performance Awards (1994-2000)
        4 Performance Management Recognition System Performance Awards (1990-1993)
        Performance Award (1989)
        Notable Achievement Award (1988)
        AFA Antelope Valley Outstanding Civilian (1986)
        Air Force Association (AFA) USAF Civilian of the Year for the State of California (1987)
        Air Force Flight Test Center Scientific/Engineering Excellence Award (1987)
        2 Sustained Superior Performance Awards (1986-1987)
        Air Force Flight Test Center Outstanding Civilian of the Year (1986)VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
        
        Camp Buckhorn, Inc. Board Member
        Whispering Pines Camp, Inc. Board Member
        Girl Scout Troop Leader
        Parent Volunteer in the Classroom
        Youth Camp Counselor
        Young Adult Retreat Minister
        Church Retreat and Camp Director
        Congregational Pastor
        Congregational Financial Officer
        Worship Committee Chairperson
        District Financial Officer

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